Carlos Campano won in Argentina

LA RIOJA
(ARGENTINA), 2 May 2010 – Yamaha rider Carlos Campano from Spain will
remember the FIM MX3 World Championship event of La Rioja for a long time.
Campano won in front of 20.000 South American spectators. Alex Salvini
finished second and Matevz Irt third.

The whole weekend in
Argentina
was interesting. South American temperament gave to the event special
spirit. Home spectators and local organizer had their own hero, Victor
Dario Arco. They are proud that Arco represents La Rioja in
Europe this year, competing in the MX3
World Championship series. Their expectations were high. Arco made the real
euphoria when he finished fourth.

After start of the
first heat spectators were already shouting all around the track. Arco took
the first MX3 holeshot in his career. Campano and Salvini were riding
faster, so Arco could not resist their attacks. When Salvini came on the
leading position, he escaped to Campano and took the win in the first heat.

In last two laps Arco
almost lost third position. When the race was almost over Matevz Irt
started to ride so fast that he caught Arco. Argentine was strong enough to
keep Irt behind and crossed finish line third.

Second heat was even
more excited. Campano and Salvini started first. Already at the beginning
Salvini tried to overtake Campano. Spanish rider was hard rival. Salvini
did not give up and in the second part of the heat he started to attack
Campano again. Salvini and Campano made a real spectacle for spectators.
They were riding one by another, spectators could see several overtakings.
Then Salvini made small mistake and Italian did not want to risk too much
in last two laps. So Campano won the second race.

In the second heat
Arco was not as fast as in the first, but he was still in touch with the
top. Arco finished fifth. His start was good but Matevz Irt and French
Honda rider Milko Potisek were faster, finished third and fourth. Potisek
said: “I am glad to compete in
Argentina .
The ambience is nice, all the people very friendly. I ride here with the
support of Honda Argentina, they gave me the bike for this race. I am
satisfied with the result.”

Winning the second
heat Campano became the winner of the third MX3 World Championship event.
Alex Salvini finished second with the same number of points, so the
difference in the Championship Classification stays six points. Matevz Irt
finished third what keeps him on the third position in the Championoship.
His difference to Salvini is 21 points.

Dario Arco finished
fourth and missed the podium for only two points. Arco said: “It’s been a
great event and I am proud of my home place. I would like thank to my
family, team, supporters and to everyone who helped me to finish this great
weekend with such a good result. I am planning to make the complete MX3
World Championship series in Europe
and I hope I will continue with good results.” Arco is on fifth position in
the current Championship Classification. French rider Milko Potisek
finished fifth and Martin Zerava from Czech Republich was sixth.

RIDER'S COMMENTS:

1^st CARLOS
CAMPANO (
Spain ):
»I am very content with this weekend. I won in front of so many spectators
and I am still leading the Championship. I had some problems in the first
heat. I was able to resolve that and I progressed to the second position.
Second heat was more difficult. We had a big battle with Salvini and it was
really not easy to hold back his attacks. I would like thank to all the
people here in
Argentina ,
I feel very welcome.”

2^nd ALEX
SALVINI (
Italy ):
“It’s been my first time here and I am so happy. Yesterday I took the pole
position and I knew I am ready to fight for the top. My first start was
fast, I overtook Arco and Campano and I won. Then my second start was bad
and I also made a mistake on the jump. So Campano acquired more than 5
seconds. At the end I was pushing but I made one more mistake and in last
two laps I did not want to risk too much. Today’s result is good for my
position in the Championship because I am still six points behind Campano.”

3^rd MATEVZ
IRT (
Slovenia ):
“I had good feelings on this track. I made a mistake in the first heat. In
last three laps I was riding really fast to overtake Arco on the third
position but I couldn’t. I took a good second start and I was riding third
almost the whole heat. I am looking forward to next races and I hope I will
continue this way.”

RESULTS

1^st Race
Top Ten: 1. Alex Salvini (ITA,
Husqvarna), 0:00.000; ; 2. Carlos Campano Jiminez (ESP, Yamaha), +0:00.000; 3.
Victor Dario Arco (ARG, Yamaha), +0:00.000; 4. Matevz Irt (SLO, Husqvarna),
+0:00.000; 5. Milko Potisek (FRA, Honda), +0:00.000; 6. Martin Zerava (CZE,
Honda), +0:00.000; 7. Jose Gerardo Felipe (ARG, Kawasaki), +0:00.000; 8.
Luis Correa (ARG, Kawasaki), +0:00.000; 9. Leonardo Quintanilla (CHL,
Honda), +0:00.000; 10. Luciano Quintanilla (CHL, Honda), -1 lap(s)

2^nd Race Top
Ten: 1. Carlos Campano Jiminez
(ESP, Yamaha), 34:47.942; ; 2. Alex Salvini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:09.046; 3.
Matevz Irt (SLO, Husqvarna), +1:00.123; 4. Milko Potisek (FRA, Honda),
+1:05.844; 5. Victor Dario Arco (ARG, Yamaha), +1:09.238; 6. Martin Zerava
(CZE, Honda), +1:24.361; 7. Jose Gerardo Felipe (ARG, Kawasaki), +1:43.481;
8. Luis
Correa (ARG,
Kawasaki ), -1
lap(s); 9. Leonardo Quintanilla (CHL, Honda), -1 lap(s); 10. Petr Michalec
(CZE, Honda), -1 lap(s)

Overall Standings: 1. Carlos Campano Jiminez (ESP, Yamaha), 47
points; 2. Alex Salvini (ITA, Husqvarna), 47 p.; 3. Matevz Irt (SLO,
Husqvarna), 38 p.; 4. Victor Dario Arco (ARG, Yamaha), 36 p.; 5. Milko
Potisek (FRA, Honda), 34 p.; 6. Martin Zerava (CZE, Honda), 30 p.; 7. Jose
Gerardo Felipe (ARG, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Luis Correa (ARG, Kawasaki), 26
p.; 9. Leonardo Quintanilla (CHL, Honda), 24 p.; 10. Petr Michalec (CZE, Honda), 21 p.

 

Championship Classification after 3 events: 1. Carlos Campano
Jiminez (ESP, Yamaha), 137 points; 2. Alex Salvini (ITA, Husqvarna), 131
p.; 3. Matevz Irt (SLO, Husqvarna), 110 p.; 4. Martin Zerava (CZE, Honda), 87 p.; 5. Victor Dario Arco
(ARG, Yamaha), 79 p.; 6. Milko Potisek (FRA, Honda), 59 p.; 7. Tommi
Makinen (FIN, Honda), 55 p.; 8. Mickael Pichon (FRA, Honda), 50 p.; 9. Christophe Martin (FRA, Husqvarna), 40 p.;
10. Petr Michalec (CZE, Honda), 40 p

Complete results at: http://www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx?ct=1&c=8
 

More photos at: http://www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery/default.aspx?aid=537

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