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Last round of S2 Supermoto EC in Carole

aboutuemLast round of the European S2 Supermoto Championship began with leader Petr VORLICEK moving up to the World S1 Championship, as he had already won the title of European Champion last round in Switzerland, having an advantage of 98 points over Devon VERMUELEN with only 75 points remaining.

Devon VERMEULEN (KTM) respected his statute of Championship runner-up, winning in style the first race of the event in front of Frenchman Frederic GUERIN (Suzuki). Even though GUERIN tried to make some moves onto VERMUELEN, KTM rider managed to lead from start to finish. Third finished Italian Diego MONTICELLI (Honda).

Fulminant start by Frederic GUERIN (Suzuki) in the second race, followed in the first laps by German Jan DEITENBACH (Suzuki), Italian Diego MONTICELLI (Honda) and Devon VERMUELEN (KTM). DEITENBACH did not manage to keep his position and got relegated to fourth place where he finished at the end of the race. Two laps remaining of the race MONTICELLI (Honda) makes a surprising pass on GUERIN (Suzuki) and manages to steal the win from the Frenchman. Third place went to VERMEULEN (KTM).

Last race of the Championship started with Devon VERMEULEN (KTM) in the lead, followed by Frederic GUERIN (Suzuki) and Malachi MITCHELL-THOMAS (TM). After some laps the leading trio was broken as Malachi MITCHELL-THOMAS (TM) made a mistake and stalled the engine on the first off-road part, making way for Finnish Sami SALSTOLA (Honda) to finish third.

Czech Petr VORLICEK (Suzuki) wins the 2012 European S2 Championship with a total of 362 points, followed by Dutch Devon VERMEULEN (KTM) – 334 points and by Finnish Sami SALSTOLA (Honda) – 303 points.

(UEM Press Release 150/2012)