American Darian Sanayei claimed his second consecutive podium in the third round of the FIM European EMX250 Motocross Championship at Teutschenthal. The Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki rider got a third overall in Germany with a sixth and a second position, while Nicolas Dercourt got a top ten result.
Darian Sanayei discovered a new track in Germany, and had to learn it quickly to get this third overall and his second consecutive podium. The young American had finished second in his qualifying group, ahead of the series leader, despite suffering with a headache but a poor start in the first moto forced him to charge through the pack for an eventual sixth placed finish. With their practice session early in the morning and the first heat late in the evening, the European riders discovered a new track when they came behind the gate! The track was well renovated during the night, and on Sunday morning he led the second moto for six laps before surrendering the lead to Hunter Lawrence; Darian kept all other challengers at bay. The 6-2 moto results earnt Darian third overall for the weekend and he is now fourth in the championship standings.
Teammate Nicolas Dercourt got a ninth overall; he qualified with a fourth position in his group, and finished fifteenth of the first heat with some vision troubles as he got dust in his goggles. On Sunday he had a better feeling with the track and scored a seventh position, which gave him a ninth overall; he is now tenth in the standings with seven more races at the calendar.
Cédric Soubeyras entered his last Supercross event in Las Vegas, home of the final round of the series. Eight in the practice session, the Bud supported rider had then to qualify for the main event mixing both East and West Coast riders; ninth, he got a eighteenth position on the gate and came back fourteenth at the chequered flag. With three top ten results during the campaign, he finished the series in twelfth position.
Darian Sanayei: “Coming here I didn’t feel so good; I had a headache and I was not sure I would have enough energy. In the first moto I was pretty far back at the first corner and I wasn’t riding really good but I got a sixth place finish. I knew that today would be better; I got a holeshot, which was good, and I pushed during the first part of the moto; I was leading for six laps and then Hunter passed me but with a sixth and a second place I got another podium result. It’s great to get two podiums in a row; again I scored a sixth position in the first race so now I need to improve my first motos to achieve a better position on the podium.”
Nicolas Dercourt: “Not exactly what I was expecting, but the results are better than in Latvia. I qualified in fourth in my group, and was confident; at the start of the first race I was twelfth, but another rider sent a stone in my goggles and I had vision troubles, with mud and dust in the goggles, I finished fifteenth. The second start was similar, during the first laps I lost some positions but then passed enough riders to score a seventh position. There’s still some points I need to improve, but it’s coming better.”
