SM2017 - [S1GP] ROUND 2 | GP of COLOMBIA, Chachagüí - 26mn Magazine - Supermoto

// S1GP // FIM Supermoto European Championship // 2017 //

Chachagui (Colombia) 6 August 2017 – In cloudy but warm weather conditions the last Grand Prix of the FIM SuperMoto World championship was held in Chachagui, Spain. The spectators were already early in the morning present alongside the race track to enjoy the action in this last GrandPrix of 2017. With three great races packed with action the spectators enjoyed every minute. With three race wins TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre took not only the overall victory in Colombia but also his sixth World champion title.

When the lights dropped for the first race of Sunday, it was the German Husqvarna rider Markus Class who the hole shot into the first tight corner of the racetrack, just in front of SWM BRT rider Marc-Reiner Schmidt and the leader in the championship TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre. Behind the top three it was Danish Husqvarna rider Simon Vilhelmsen who had a good start in fourth place. Vilhelmsen was followed by the first Colombian riders David Burbano and Valerio Piedrahita in fifth and sixth. Suzuki Grau rider David Gimenez started as seventh but after a crash of Piedrahita in the second lap, the Spanish Suzuki rider was back in the top six. Colombian Piedrahita had to restart his race in eleventh position. In front the top three was still lead by Markus Class who kept the pace high but Marc-Reiner Schmidt and Thomas Chareyre were still right on his back giving each other no room for errors. Lap after lap there was only a few meters between them, but Chareyre started pushing harder on the two men in front. In lap four the Frenchman did an ultimate pass in the log off-road section in Chachagui and passed Class and Schmidt in one corner, taking the first place in the race. As soon as the TM Factory Racing rider passed his two opponents, Chareyre started to put down some very fast laps creating a gap between him and Class. Husqvarna rider Markus Class on his turn had to watch his back as SWM BRT rider Marc-Reiner Schmidt was pushing harder and harder each corner. Ín the meantime Husqvarna rider Simon Vilhelmsen managed to create a gap to David Burbano who was following on a few seconds. Suzuki Grau rider David Gimenez was still in sixth but with KTM MTR rider Lionel Deridder closing in, the Spanish rider had to keep his speed high to stay in front of the Deridder. In the lead Thomas Chareyre had created a lap of more than four seconds to his opponents and crossed the finish line in first place. Behind the winner Chareyre, Markus Class and Marc-Reiner Schmidt were still fighting for every meter of track. In the last lap of the race, at the end of straight on the back of the track, Schmidt out braked Class just before the entry of the off-road section and took over the second place in the race. Class tried everything but he couldn’t make an overtake move on Schmidt anymore who kept the door closed. Schmidt didn’t make any mistake and finished in second, 00:241 seconds in front of Class. Simon Vilhelmsen finished in fourth place, followed by Colombian rider David Burbano who completed the top five in this first race.

For TM Factory rider Joan Llados the weekend was over after the warmup. The Spanish rider suffered from food poisoning and couldn’t start in the races.


S1GP Race 2

With a very enthusiastic crowd on the grandstands the second started at 14:30 hours local time. This time the hole shot was for the defending World champion TM Factory Racing rider Thomas Chareyre before Husqvarna rider Markus Class and SWM BRT rider Marc-Reiner Schmidt. As in the first race Danish rider Simon Vilhelmsen was in fourth place followed by the Colombian rider Valerio Piedrahita and Suzuki Grau rider David Gimenez. In front Chareyre wasted no time and was settings very fast laps from the beginning of the race. Class and Schmidt tried to follow the Frenchman on his TM, but after a few laps Schmidt had to let his opponents go in third place. Class could follow Chareyre and was very close to the TM. Class tried to overtake Chareyre a few times in the off-road section but the TM Factory rider didn’t make any mistakes and kept Class behind him. [...] More on race synthesis on www.supermotos1gp.com


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