CEV Repsol Moto2 European Championship and European Talent Cup: Izan Guevara is the new ETC champion
The Circuito de Jerez Ángel Nieto was the setting of the sixth round of the FIM CEV Repsol, where Edgar Pons achieved a conclusive victory in Moto2™ and Izan Guevara was proclaimed champion of the European Talent Cup.
In the Moto2™ European Championship, Edgar Pons consolidated his leadership with another victory, his sixth of the season. Héctor Garzó (CNS Motorsport) started from pole and took the lead followed by Alessandro Zaccone (Promoracing) and Edgar Pons, with the three riders pulling clear. Behind there was a crash involving several riders, which left Keminth Kubo (VR46 Master Camp Team) alone in fourth position chased by Tommaso Marcon (Team Ciatti-Speed Up). The championship leader overtook first Alessandro Zaccone and then Héctor Garzó to win the race by more than two seconds from the poleman and Zaccone. Tommaso Marcon was fourth and Keminth Kubo, fifth. Héctor Garzó took the Repsol free fuel cheque.
Edgar Pons has bolstered his Moto2™ ECh leadership and now has a 53-point advantage over Héctor Garzó. Garzó moves ahead of Niki Rikhard Tulli (Team Stylobike) as the rider did not take part in this round of the FIM CEV Repsol. Pons therefore has a chance to take the title at the next round in Albacete. Peetu Paavilainen (Redding-Pinamoto RS) was the best in Superstock 600, achieving his first victory in a category led by Alessandro Zetti (FAU55 Racing).
In the ETC, Izan Guevara didn’t waste his first chance at the title. The Cuna de Campeones rider won the first race, and the eighth place of Fermín Aldeguer (Bester Capital Dubai), his great rival in the fight for the championship, meant that he had won the title at the first attempt. Izan Guevara chalked up his sixth victory of the season after a race with an exciting finishing battle with his teammate Daijiro Sako and Diogo Moreira (Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0.0). From the start, Diego Moreira took the lead followed by a large group that broke up when with Marcos Ruda (Cuna de Campeones) fell. Diogo Moreria and Izan Guevara moved clear chased by José Antonio Rueda (Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0.0). Daijiro Sako closed in on José Antonio Rueda and with two laps to go he caught the leading two riders. In the end Guevara took his sixth consecutive victory of the season ahead of Daijiro Sako and Diogo Moreria. However, Daijiro Sako was penalized for exceeding the track limits on the last lap and had to give up his second position to Diogo Moreira, who received the Repsol free fuel cheque.
In the second ETC race of the day Diogo Moreira earned his first victory of the season in a fast race which Diogo Moreira led along with Daijiro Sako and Izan Guevara among others. It seemed at first that Diogo Moreira and Izan Guevara would escape, then it looked like Daijiro Sako’s turn, but in the end it all came down to the final explosive lap where the poleman took the flag followed by David Alonso (Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team) and Izan Guevara. Alex Millán (Hawkers Karbium Aro), José Antonio Rueda (Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0,0), Dajiro Sako and Lorenzo Fellon (ZF Grand Prix School) couldn’t make the podium. Diogo Moreira was presented with the Repsol free fuel cheque.
The seventh FIM CEV Repsol round of the season is at the Albacete circuit on October 13.
