Youngest rider in the team Rockstar energy Bud Racing Kawasaki, Dylan Ferrandis claimed his third double win of the season in Gaildorf, for the last round of the MX2 European Championship. Runner up in the series after missing two of the seven rounds, Dylan will enter next weekend the last round of the MX2 World Championship alongside his MX1 team mates Gregory Aranda and Davide Guarneri, who both scored top ten results in the MX1 class.
Round fourteen of the series, the European GP also hosted the final round of the European MX2 in which French youngster Dylan Ferrandis raced to great wins. Leader of both races since the start, Dylan had no rivals and put on a great show to end the season with a win. Despite missing several rounds of the series through injuries his efforts brought him second place in the championship, just three points away from the title. For his first race in Europe Tommy Weeck struggled with the rough and slippery track, crashing several times in qualifying and in the first moto; but the young American came back from twentieth to seventh in the second race, and shows a good potential a few weeks before the Motocross of Nations where he will defend the colors of Puerto Rico.
Always fast during the practice sessions, Gregory Aranda had his best GP of the season, with a pole position on sunday warm up and to record eighth and ninth places after strong races.
Teammate Davide Guarneri continue with his recent good form as he moved forward in race one to finish seventh. His hope of an even better result in race two were ended at the second corner when another rider failed to brake and slammed into him, causing the Italian to pull out of the race after just three laps.
Dylan Ferrandis: “I did my best today, as always, and I’m happy to end the European series with a double win. Unfortunately I missed five motos due to injuries, and it was impossible to be champion in that situation. The first race in the morning was pretty tough, but then in the second one the track was better; I had fun and now I’m looking forward to Fermo as next weekend I will have the opportunity to race the final MX2 GP of the season.”
Gregory Aranda: “I finished both races in the top ten. It was a good weekend for me, even if this track is not among my favourites. I was in the top three during the Saturday laptimes sessions, but in the qualifying heat I got a stone on my arm when I was in fourth behind Xavier (Boog). I got fastest lap time on sunday’s warm up and it’s good to have a nice speed. It was painful today at the beginning of the races, but I had a good rhythm in both races and was able to finish twice in the top nine. I hope to do something even better next weekend in Fermo.”
Davide Guarneri: “My first race was good with a seventh position, just behind Gonçalves; it confirmed my results of the last three races. I started better in the second race and I was just behind Strijbos when Nagl surprised me. I think he was pushing for his home race because as we came to the corner after the pit lane he didn’t turn and hit me pretty hard. He damaged my gearbox and I hurt my wrist in this incident; I hope it will be OK for next week in Italy and also for the Nations in two weeks. That’s a great race and I’m proud to be member of the national team again this year.”
Stephane Dassé: “It was a pretty good weekend for us. Dylan was strong, he did his best but we knew that it would have been difficult to get the title as he missed too much races during the season. Greg rode strong with good lap times in the race, him and Davide were pushing hard in both races and we hope that Fermo will be also good for us; the season wasn’t always easy, and that’s good for everyone to have good weekends as this one in Germany.”