JuniorGP: Esteban returned to winning ways while Ramadhipa claimed a first ETC victory as the rain fell on the JuniorGP™ paddock on Sunday.
On a dramatic day of racing in the FIM JuniorGP™ World Championship with rain falling at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Joel Esteban (CFMoto Aspar Junior Team) claimed a first JuniorGP™ victory since 2023 while the Moto2™ European Championship wins were shared between Alberto Ferrandez (GV EBC Moto2) and Alberto Surra (Andifer American Racing). In the European Talent Cup, Kiandra Ramadhipa (Honda – Asia Dream Racing Talent Team) took a first win in the class as Fernando Bujosa (AC Racing Team) claimed his second victory of the year. Stock™ European Championship honours went to Pier Francesco Venturini (AC Racing Team).
FIM JuniorGP
In JuniorGP, rain fell ahead of the sole race of the weekend which resulted in the race being shortened to 10 laps as riders were given more time for sighting laps. Spain’s Joel Esteban battled from 14th on the grid to take victory in the wet race, ahead of Ireland’s Casey O’Gorman (Estrella Galicia 0,0) and his teammate, Rico Salmela. Championship leader Brian Uriarte (UAX SeventyTwo Artbox) got a sensational start when lights went out, building up a huge lead over his rivals, before he crashed at Turn 5; he was able to re-join the race and finished in 10th.
Moto2 European Championship
Alberto Ferrandez made it two wins in the last three races as he claimed victory in Race 1 of the Moto2 ECh. The Spaniard started from fourth but soon found himself in the lead of an eventful 14-lap race as he fended off Milan Pawelec (AGR Team) for victory. Polesitter Xabi Zurutuza (Andifer American Racing) rounded out the podium places, just over a second away from victory with Championship leader Unai Orradre (Team Ciatti – Boscoscuro) settling for fourth.
The rain fell heavily ahead of Moto2 ECh’s Race 2 and that mixed up the results. Alberto Surra (Andifer American Racing) put in some incredibly fast laps at the start of the shortened race to take the lead, and he didn’t look back from there, claiming victory by more than 10 seconds ahead of Facundo Llambias (Estrella Galicia 0,0) as the Uruguayan claimed a first podium after starting from 15th. The rostrum was once again completed by Zurutuza. Orradre salvaged a P11 finish in Race 2 after he had a crash at Turn 13 in the wet, re-joining the race to just finish out of the top ten.
European Talent Cup
In Race 1 in the European Talent Cup, Indonesia’s Kiandra Ramadhipa claimed a stunning maiden victory by less than a tenth of a second ahead of Alvaro Lucas (CFMoto Aspar Junior Team), while Cristian Borrelli (Team Echovit Pasini Racing) claimed his maiden rostrum in the class with third. Fernando Bujosa was fourth despite serving a double Long Lap Penalty for crashing into Lucas at Jerez. Reigning Champion Carlos Cano (UAX SeventyTwo Artbox) fought back from 26th to fight for victory but a crash at the Imola Chicane, which also involved Alex Longarela (Snipers Igax Team), resulted in both riders scoring no points.
In ETC Race 2, Bujosa got a great launch to move into an early lead in the wet but was soon hauled in by his rivals. The #69 and Longalera battled for victory as they created a four-second gap to Lucas in P3 as the #46 completed an all-Spanish rostrum. Cano once again fought his way through the field, this time from 27th, to finish in sixth, in a race that was red-flagged on Lap 7 after it was shortened to 9 laps to give riders more sighting laps.
Stock European Championship
n Stock ECh, Pier Francesco Venturini claimed a maiden podium and victory in the class after a fight with Hungary’s Tibor Varga (IUM Motorsports S.L). The pair were scrapping over second and third initially but were promoted to first and second respectively after Filippo Fuligni (Promo Racing) crashed on the exit of Turn 8 on Lap 5, with the race red flagged and the results declared; it was the second red flag in Stock ECh’s only race after David Jimenez (MDR Competición) crashed in the original start, with the track needing to be cleaned.
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