Albie Wilkie took his fourth race win and his third consecutive overall Grand Prix victory in the Honda 150 European Championship in the Czech Republic today with a dominant ride. He took the early lead with a great start on his CRF150R and then never looked back, delivering a succession of fastest laps to steam away from the pack in a class of his own. Combined with his second place finish in yesterday’s race, he takes the overall victory in the Honda 150 European Championship at the MXGP of the Czech Republic.
In a reversal of yesterday’s race, this time it was championship rival Jere Haavisto who had the comeback to make after he crashed on the first corner and found himself in 14th. Fighting back through the pack, he minimised the points-damage of Wilkie’s win by finishing an impressive second, just ahead of Albin Larsen who took his fourth top-three of the season to finish third overall.
Just one round of the Honda 150 European Championship now remains, held next weekend in Lommel at the MXGP of Belgium. With the title gap between Wilkie, leading, and Haavisto at just ten points, both will continue to fight tooth and nail for the prize of a Honda-supported ride in the EMX250 series next year.
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