‘Swanie’ enjoys a solid German GP

Gareth Swanepoel took part in
Round
8 of the MX1 World Championship this past weekend, held in
Teutschenthal,
Germany. As an ex MX1 German National Champion ‘Swanie’ looked
forward to the event and took encouragement from the thousands of fans
that
lined the rough hillside circuit.

Swanepoel rode a comfortable
qualification race on Saturday, taking 10^th position,
securing a
decent gate pick.

In the opening 35minute and 2
lap
moto on Sunday ‘Swanie’ launched his CAS Honda out the gates,
and avoiding the first turn mayhem he powered his number 8 machine
around
lap 1 in 12^th position. By lap 2 ‘Swanie’ was into
10^th position, but a small mistake on the technical circuit
took
the South African down, losing him vital track position. Swanepoel set
charge again, eventually getting himself into 13^th position
by
the end of the race.

A great start in moto 2 put
‘Swanie’ up in the leading pack, charging around the circuit in
5^th position. On lap 2 De Dycker set him up for a pass, which
in
turn gave enough room for Bobryshev and Philippaerts to slip through at
the
same time, leaving ‘Swanie’ having to set chase on them. For
the remainder of the long moto Swanepoel rode a consistent and fast
pace,
crossing the finish line in 10^th spot, and taking
11^th overall for the day.

“I enjoyed the racing this
weekend. The track was so rough from all the classes that they ran, but I
felt strong and the bike was very good. This has not been one of my
favorite circuits in the past, but this weekend I settled into it and
really enjoyed racing on it. This week I am just going to spend some
time
practicing at home in Belgium before flying out to Latvia at the end of
the
week for the next GP.” Commented Swanepoel.

www.swanie.co.za

Results

Moto 1
1  DE
DYCKER, Ken
2  PHILIPPAERTS, David
3  DESALLE, Clement
4  BOOG,
Xavier
5  NAGL, Maximilian
6  CAIROLI, Antonio
7  RAMON, Steve
8  BOBRYSHEV,
Evgeny
9  STRIJBOS, Kevin
10  LEOK, Tanel
11  GUARNERI, Davide
12  BOISSIERE,
Anthony
13  SWANEPOEL, Gareth
14  COPPINS,
Joshua
15  ALBERTSON,
Jimmy

Moto 2
1  DE
DYCKER, Ken
2  CAIROLI, Antonio
3  DESALLE,
Clement
4  BOOG, Xavier
5  PHILIPPAERTS,
David
6  GUARNERI, Davide
7  NAGL,
Maximilian
8  BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny
9  RAMON,
Steve
10  SWANEPOEL, Gareth
11  GONCALVES, Rui
12  LEOK,
Tanel
13  ALBERTSON, Jimmy
14  FERRIS, Dean
15  WALKNER,
Matthias

Overall
1 DE DYCKER,
Ken   50
2 DESALLE, Clement  40
3 PHILIPPAERTS, David  38
4 CAIROLI,
Antonio  37
5 BOOG, Xavier   36
6 NAGL, Maximilian  30
7 BOBRYSHEV,
Evgeny  26
8 RAMON, Steve   26
9 GUARNERI, Davide  25
10 LEOK,
Tanel   20
11 SWANEPOEL,
Gareth  19
12 ALBERTSON,
Jimmy  14
13 GONCALVES, Rui   13
14 STRIJBOS, Kevin   12
15 BOISSIERE,
Anthony  9

World Championship Standings
1  CAIROLI,
Antonio 341
2  DESALLE,
Clement 276
3  PHILIPPAERTS, David 267
4  DE DYCKER, Ken  251
5  NAGL,
Maximilian 248
6  RAMON, Steve  237
7  BOOG, Xavier  217
8  LEOK,
Tanel  182
9  GUARNERI, Davide 165
10  BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny 149
11  STRIJBOS,
Kevin  121
12  BOISSIERE, Anthony 116
13  COPPINS, Joshua  113
14  SWANEPOEL,
Gareth 111
15  POURCEL, Sebastien 92