Bobryshev shows class with win in Faenza
Saturday 19 March: Round 2 of Italian MX Champs was held mid-week as it was the Italian National holiday.
Honda World Motocross rider Evgeny Bobryshev took the overall victory in
the MX1 class and MX1 Elite class in the 2nd round of the Italian
Championship in Faenza and in doing so has sent a strong message to his
rivals ahead of the start of the world championship next month.
Racing
against many of the regular world championship protagonists – including
reigning World Champion Antonio Cairoli, former champion David
Philippaerts, Steven Frossard, Tanel Leok and Davide Guarneri –
Bobryshev took 3rd in the first moto before winning the second moto in
dominant style to take the overall victory.
Moto 1: Bobryshev
got out of the gate well and capitalised on his strong track position to
put in solid lap after solid lap as he dialled himself into the
hard-pack Italian track. Growing in pace throughout the 25min + 2 lap
moto, he built towards an eventual podium position. Team mate Rui
Gonçalves also got away well but began to suffer from arm pump during
the race duration. This would drop him down into 10th position by race
finish.
Moto 2: Bobryshev led off the line, but was
momentarily passed by Max Nagl early on. This was not to deter the young
Russian, who put the pass back on him immediately and instantly put 3
seconds on the rest of the chasing field. From this position, Bobryshev
controlled the race, riding smoothly and in a calculated fashion to take
the win with ease. Team mate Gonçalves ran into difficulty once again,
coming together with Philippaerts off the line and having to work his
way back through the field to an eventual 8th position, but showing good
pace in his charge through the pack.
Evgeny Bobryshev, Honda World Motocross: "It
feels great to beat these guys and win in a field as strong as this. I
feel like I rode really well today and felt calm on the bike in both
motos which allowed me to get into the flow. The bike is working really
well and we seem to keep making good steps forward all the time. It
feels like the training I have been doing has really started to pay off!
I can’t wait to race again at the weekend and am really looking forward
to the start of the world championship season. I am a little nervous
but feel like once I get going that will all go and with the support of
the team behind me, everything will be good.”
Moto 1:
1, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha, 30'07.205
2, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM 30'15.614
3, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda, 30'24.718
4, Davide Guarneri, Italy, Kawasaki, 30'26.718
5, Tanel Leok, Estonia, TM, 30'48.974
Moto 2:
1, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda, 29'50.530
2, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM, 29'53.367
3, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM, 29'55.104
4, David Philippaerts, Italy, Yamaha, 29'55.829
5, Kevin Strijbos, Belgium, Suzuki
Overall classification:
1, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda, 80 - 120 - 200
2, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM , 100 - 80 - 180
3, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha 120 - 50 - 170
4, Davide Guarneri, Italy, Kawasaki 65 - 55 - 120
5, David Philippaerts, Italy, Yamaha, 50 - 65 - 115
6, Kevin Strijbos, Belgium, Suzuki 45 - 60 - 105
7, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM, 0 - 100 -100