SuperMoto: Thomas Chareyre (TM-Michelin) wins Italian GP

Thomas Chareyre held position after starting from pole and went on to lead Race 1 unchallenged from flag to flag to win by a margin of more than seven seconds.

Ivan Lazzarini (L30 Racing-Honda), who was competing on home soil, spent the early part of the race fighting the reigning world champion Mauno Hermunen (SHR-TM-Michelin) for second place before the Italian finally secured the position for good on Lap 4. The Finn was then hit by Adrien Chareyre (Aprilia Fast Wheels-Michelin) who took third place on Lap 5.

Four laps later, though, Hermunen recovered third spot, leaving Adrien Chareyre to finish fourth, ahead of Marc Reiner Schmidt (KTM) who was making his world championship debut.

The second race was much calmer as Hermunen appeared in front out of turn one before remaining in control until the chequered flag. There were few changes further down the order as Thomas Chareyre claimed second place, ahead of his brother Adrien who handed Michelin its fourth one-two-three finish of the season. Yvan Lazzarini was fourth.

The only real battle was for fifth place between Marc Reiner Schmidt and Pavel Kejmar (833 Racing Team-Husqvarna) who eventually ended up clinching the position.

In the championship standings, Thomas Chareyre has gone two points further clear of Hermunen (+2 points). Lazzarini has eased a point clear of Adrien Chareyre to go third. Kejmar is fifth.

Classifications:

Race 1: T. Chareyre (TM-Michelin). Lazzarini (Honda). Hermunen (TM-Michelin). A. Chareyre (Aprilia-Michelin). Schmidt (KTM). Etc.

Race 2: Hermunen (TM-Michelin). T. Chareyre (TM-Michelin). A. Chareyre (Aprilia-Michelin). Lazzarini (Honda). Kejmar (Husqvarna). Etc.

Championship standings: T. Chareyre (TM-Michelin), 186 points. Hermunen (TM-Michelin), 178. Lazzarini (Honda), 146. A. Chareyre (Aprilia-Michelin), 145. Kejmar (Husqvarna), 120. Etc.

Next round: European Grand Prix, Latina, Italy (July 19).