DRT Kawasaki’s Kay Karssemakers raced to his third consecutive top-ten GP finish with seventh overall from 8-7 motos at the fourth round of the MX2 World Championship in Riola Sardo.
The Dutch youngster rode clever opening turns in race one to emerge sixth as the pack raced into the dunes and he consolidated his position with a series of sub 1-50 laps before losing the tow to those ahead of him mid-moto for an eventual eighth after decisively withstanding further threats from behind.
He emerged an initial fifth in moto two after holding a tight line through turn one but was unceremoniously bundled out of the top-ten at turn two. Undetered he regrouped quickly to chase back through the pack for the entire thirty-five minutes, taking over his eventual seventh on the penultimate lap.
«It was a good weekend for P7; I was consistently fast to the finish in both motos. I made a good start in the first moto and was sixth for twenty minutes before I lost my rhythm for a couple of laps but I found it again at the end to make eighth place secure. I rode a really good first turn in the second moto to come out fifth but Farres pushed me off the trck at turn two and I had it all to do again from outside the top-ten. I fought to the end and found my flow mid-race to finish seventh. We are building every week; it was our first goal to be always top-ten and we are already there; the next step is to push for top-five and I hope I can be on the podium before the end of the season.»
Karssemakers sits tenth in the MX2 World Championship standings after a 16-10-8-7 overalls results in the first four Grand Prix.
