At the fast race circuit of the Wachauring in Melk (Austria) the fifth and penultimate round of the S2 Championship is held this weekend. Under clear blue skies and warm conditions the spectators came already to the circuit to enjoy the free practices and qualification sessions from the terraces.
In S2 it was Italian TM Racing rider Diego Monticelli (in the photo) who set the fastest time, like he did in the last round in Poland.
After an unfortunate race in Poland, TM Racing rider Diego Monticelli showed good speed in the first free practice, setting the fastest time (1:20:599) in lap 11. The gap to the second fastest rider TMS Honda rider Milan Sitniansky was only 00:097 of a second so nothing is said for the rest of the weekend. TM SBD rider Giovanni Bussei set the third time and was not far away from the fastest riders. Championship leader Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek completed the top four.
Also in the S2 class the top five for the second free practice was the same as in the first practice. TM Racing rider Diego Monticelli was able to take a half second of his best time setting the fastest time to 1:20:089. With this lap time he created some more distance to the rest of the top three, but nothing is settled yet. Vorlicek finished again in fourth followed by KTM MTR rider Romain Kaivers. In the afternoon it was time for the official time practice. TM Racing rider Diego Monticelli was the favourite as he was fastest in all sessions on Saturday. This time the competition came from Giovanni Bussei who pushing hard has set one fast lap after the other, but at the end of the session it was again Monticelli who set the fastest time. In lap 13 he managed to put a 1:19:495 on the clock, only 00:088 seconds faster than Bussei who took second place in the time practice. TMS Honda rider Milan Sitniansky had to settle for third, followed by Suzuki Grau rider Petr Vorlicek who will start from fourth place. TM Racing rider Joan Llados completed the top five.
