Tramatza (Italy), 8 May 2024 – After the opening round of Comunitat Valenciana in Albaida, Spain, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship is ready for the second race scheduled 11 May weekend at the track of Sardinia Circuit in Tramatza, Sardinia, Italy, In the past years the Italian circuit hosted epic battles that thrilled the crowd. In 2024 Thomas Chareyre and Marc Reiner Schmidt battled it out for the victory which went to the French rider just a few corners before the finish line. In Sardinia, defending Champion Schmidt (Team Undici – TM), will try to reach the highest step of the podium to confirm his leadership in the standings. In Spain, Marc almost hit the perfect race if he hadn’t missed the pole position for a matter of a few tenths of a second. The rider was the protagonist of a solo race and won the three motos.
Behind him Lukas Hollbacher (Schruf Racing – KTM), back after a long break, was very determined and came home with the 3 points of the pole position qualifying second in the GP standings. The Austrian rider is not the only one who wants to break the hegemony of Marc Reiner Schmidt, in fact in third place there is Spanish Julen Avila Cortes KTM MTR Racing – Rookie Champion – who will try to join the battle for the victory.
Two riders are leading in the Rookie with the same number of points: Francisco Gomez Requena JBD COMPETITION and Gabin Pernat. The first reached the highest step of the podium courtesy of the best result achieved in the Super Final. This class is the one that will launch the riders of the future as it happened with Cortes who is facing the top riders in 2025. Not far from the front riders, young Jan Ulman from Czech Republic is improving race after race and will soon be among the favorite riders to take the victory.
Sardinia will welcome the big names of the S1GP as well as for the first time the young riders of the SMJ European Championship, the future of the sport. Defending Champion Nathan Terraneo decided to jump to the S2 starting from the next race scheduled in Romania and will be riding a 250 4-stroke bike. Ukrainian Yevsevii Kovalov starred at the first appointment and last year battled it out for the victory till the final moto. According to the way Young Yevsevii started the season he will try to avoid mistakes in order to come home with the desirable trophy, followed by Czech David Zsolt Bereczki and the Romanian talent Mark Luca Iovita.
TIME TABLE
SATURDAY: 9.45 SM Junior Free Practice 1; 10.10 S1GP Free Practice 1; 11.30 SM Junior Free Practice2; 11.55 S1GP Free Practice2; 14.00 SM Junior Time Practice; 14.30 S1GP Q1; 15.00 S1GP Q2; 15.20 S1GP Superpole; 16.15 SM Junior Race1; 17.15 S1GP Race 1
SUNDAY: 11.30 SM Junior Race2; 12.30 S1GP Fast Race; 14.00 SM Junior Race3; 15.00 S1GP Super Final
In the photo: Sardinia Circuit view
LINKS
