ZitatSöderberg second in Finnish Championship supercross
Turku Motorclub brought the second race of Finnish Championship supercross to the yard of HK-hockey arena and collected all the best Finns to the start line. Toni Eriksson was leading and Ludde Söderberg was second after their qualifying round on Saturday up until the thunder broke the event and the finals were postponed to Sunday. Harri Kullas stormed to victory, Söderberg tamed the whoop section and placed second and Antti Pyrhönen was third. Eriksson made a drastic mistake as he was overtaking a rider in the first round.
In the second supercross of the Finnish Championship in Turku the best riders from Finland battled for the victory on the track made to the yard of the HK-hockey arena. The event lured a lot of people interested of the sport and the fans included big Finnish names such like Sami Hyypiä. The race scheduled for the Saturday was however postponed due to thundering storm and finals were ridden on Sunday.
“The boys are in good mint – they are fighting and only that takes them further. It’s a pity the thunder moved the finals to Sunday and I miss the final fight”, cheered ICE1RACING team owner Kimi Räikkönen his riders. Räikkönen took part in the Red Bull Show Run –event in Helsinki on Sunday, as he rode with his rally car together with Sebastien Loeb on the track in downtown.
Toni Eriksson won his qualifying round and Ludde Söderberg was second in the same race. In the finals Harri Kullas dominated, but Söderberg tamed the whoop section and won the fight with Antti Pyrhönen of the second place.
“Really a good weekend. The thunder tried to stop the fun we were having, but luckily we were able to race today. It was great to race on a good track, the whoop section was mine this weekend”, said happy and satisfied Söderberg.
Toni Eriksson was third in the start of the finals, but made a drastic mistake as he was overtaking a rider in the whoop section of the first round.
“I wanted to ride aggressively and it didn’t pay off. I’m not going to worry about this much, we came here to have fun”, summed Eriksson.
The next GP will be raced in Lommel Belgia July 31st.
The European motocross GP was raced in south of Germany in hot conditions in Gaildorf. Ludde Söderberg was 22nd in the first race and 19th in the second race in MX2. Toni Eriksson was 23rd in both races in MX1. Young rider from Finnish Championships, Teemu Lehtinen was given a change to test his speed in EMX by ICE1RACING, Lehtinen didn’t qualify to the race.
The Euro GP was raced close to Stuttgart on a slippery and hard clay track in Gaildorf. ICE1RACING brought a young rider of good performances in Finnish Championships, Teemu Lehtinen to test his speed in EMX.
“Really a nice experience. Of course I would have wanted to qualify, but it wasn’t my time yet. The first is now behind me, so it’s good to get back to training for my next EMX”, commented Lehtinen who had just finished his first EMX race.
Lehtinen didn’t qualify from the B-final to the race on Saturday. Another Finn in EMX, Niko Koskela qualified, yet didn’t finish neither of the races. As the EMX champion was crowned Romain Febvre.
“We want to support the Finnish riders and award their good progress”, cheered Kimi Räikkönen, the ICE1RACING team owner, who had come to see the race weekend.
The second last competition of the season was a race at its’ best. In MX2 Ken Roczen finalized his lead and won the World Champion title in the second moto as Tommy Searle finished the moto with a win and Jeffrey Herlings was second.
Ludde Söderberg was 22nd in the first race and 19th in the second race.
“Tough track. I’m happy that I was able to finish with decent results in the motos. Saturday was really terrible, I must get my game on for qualifying races also”, commented Söderberg, who finished the weekend with two GP points.
MX2 was won by Tommy Searle, Ken Roczen was second and third was Jeffrey Herlings.
MX1 World Champion title was crowned by Antonio Cairoli already in the first moto. KTM celebrated also the factory championship.
Toni Eriksson was 23rd in both of the race. MX1 was won by Antonio Cairoli, second in the GP was Evgeny Bobryshev and third was Xavier Boog. With wild card in the race was also the MX3 rider Antti Pyrhönen, he finished 21.
The last GP of the season will be raced in Fermo in Italy September 11th.
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ZitatThe final for GP season – both Söderberg and Eriksson on GP points
The final for the motocross GP season was raced this weekend in Italy. Ludde Söderberg was 19th in the first race and 18th in the second race in MX2. Toni Eriksson couldn’t finish the first moto due to flu, but was able to beat the heat in the second moto by taking a GP point and finishing 20th. The World Championship titles were crowned already before the last GP on hard pack track of Fermo. Söderberg finished his season in the 25th place, in MX1 Santtu Tiainen finished 51st and Eriksson 57th in the classification.
The last GP was raced on the hard pack track in Fermo. The fanatic Antonio Cairoli fans, who had come to cheer the World Champion title owner crowned already last weekend, were missing their idol – the death of Cairoli’s mother pressed the KTM team celebrations. Yet the crowds were given a rare occasion, when the MX2 champion also crowned last weekend, Ken Roczen challenged the riders with a 125cc.
Ludde Söderberg was 19th in the first race and 18th in the second race in the last GP of the season. The MX2 GP was won by Jeffrey Herlings, Tommy Searle was second and third was Max Anstie.
Toni Eriksson was struggling with flu and couldn’t finish the first moto. In the second moto he was better rested and after exhausting riding was able to collect a GP point by finishing 20th. MX1 was won by Gautier Paulin, second in the GP was Pourcel Christophe and third was Jonathan Barragan.
The World Championship titles were crowned already the weekend before in Gaildorf. ICE1RACING participated for the first time to the GP series and gave the Finnish Champions of last season a chance for a full GP season. Söderberg was able to ride complete series in MX2 and was able to collect 42 GP-points, which placed him 25th overall. In MX1 due to injuries two riders, Toni Eriksson and Santtu Tiainen, shared the spot. Tiainen finished 51st on the classification and Eriksson 57th.
“The season was for sure very interesting and teaching for the boys. The level in GP is very high and the tracks according to that. It was great to see Finns in the start. Result wise the boys probably waited for better results, but the fact is, that they are familiar on the sand, but other surfaces bring still a lot of challenge”, commented the team manager Kari Tiainen the season.
ICE1RACING riders Söderberg and Eriksson along with Antti Pyrhönen will participate in the motocross of Nations in Saint Jean d’Angely, France next weekend September 18th.
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