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 10th 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 12th position. By lap 2 ‘Swanie’ was into
10th 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 13th 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
5th 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 10th spot, and taking
11th 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.
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