The Swiss round of the FIM European Motocross Championship was a resounding success for Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki, with Brian Moreau and Tristan Charboneau taking the race victory in the European 125 and 250 championships.
Before the final round of the 125 series, Brian Moreau remains leader of the championship.
Second in his qualifying group on Saturday, Brian Moreau started his weekend with another podium result as he secured a second position in the first 125 heat. He got another great start in the second race, and took the lead after two laps to win pretty easily his third heat this season. After this second overall success this year he is now leading Italian Facchetti by 19 points before the last round next weekend in Sweden.
Tristan Charboneau, the American who has been racing this year in Europe swept to the fastest time in qualification at the track on the outskirts of Frauenfeld-Gachnang and led the opening moto from start to finish for a clearcut victory. Taking the holeshot in race two to lead for six of the thirteen laps before settling for the third place, Charboneau secured him his second consecutive overall victory in the series and he is now eighth in the championship standings. Charboneau’s teammate Marshal Weltin narrowly failed to complete a Kawasaki sweep of the podium. Fourth in race one, the American missed the podium on the tie-break after finishing seventh in race two after a crash in the last lap and has now advanced to fifth in the series. This weekend Marshal was also selected by team Puerto Rico for the upcoming Motocross of Nations, organised in UK on October 1st.
Brian Moreau: “It was a good weekend, and in both races I got a pretty good start. In the first race I was in second position when Haarup came back behind me, then I woke up and pushed to keep this second position. Before the second race they watered the track and it was slippery, I didn’t felt confident during the first laps but then I took the lead to win another race. I got many second positions this year so it’s great to win again, now the goal in Sweden will be to secure this European title.”
Tristan Charboneau: «It was a good weekend, pretty easy actually, though that second moto was probably the hardest. Those guys had a lot of drive to get their best finishes of the season, but I gotta give it to Bud Racing and my mechanic for supporting me through the hard times and the good times, giving me this chance to race the European championship. »
