In the sixth round of the FIM CEV Repsol this weekend at the Circuito de Jerez, Ricky Cardús (Team Stylobike) stamped his authority on Moto2™ by taking his second pole of the season, after losing the lead of the Moto2™ European Championship category to Eric Granado (Promoracing) in the last race at Estoril. The Team Stylobike rider managed to improve his time in the second qualifying session with a 1:43.129, squeezing the Promoracing rider off the front slot on the grid. Steven Odendaal (NTS Sportcode T.Pro) debuts on the front row, and looks increasingly in tune with his bike.
Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS) began the season well but failed to get onto the front row of the grid for the second consecutive time. Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda), the first ever Indonesian rider to get on the Moto2™ European Championship podium in Barcelona will be in seventh. Joe Roberts (AGR Team), who has ridden in the Moto2™ World Championship, will start off just behind him. Laura Martínez (Metal Lube Racing Team) was the fastest in Superstock 600 and will fight for her first win in the class.Andreas Pérez (Reale Avintia Academy) is having a great weekend in Jerez: he took his first pole of the season in the European Talent Cup while in Moto3™ he qualified in a praiseworthy twenty-second position. The Reale Avintia Academy rider will lead the European Talent Cupgrid after lapping in 1:51.397, followed by Miguel Parra (Blumaq HMA Racing) and Peetu Paavilainen (H43Team Nobby). Manuel González (Halcourier) will defend the leadership of the category from the third line of the grid.
Full results on FIM Europe website: http://www.fim-europe.eu/events/460
