SuperMoto: round four in Cremona, Italy
After visits to France, Romania and the Czech Republic, the FIM SuperMoto World Championship will be in northern Italy (Cremona) this weekend. The fourth round marks the season’s halfway point and there’s still everything to play for!
The first double-whammy of the year for Mauno Hermunen (SHR-TM-Michelin) saw the reigning world champion close to within six points of the championship’s leader Thomas Chareyre (TM Racing Factory-Michelin) who dropped eight points to the Finn after coming second and third in the Czech Republic.
A fall during the last meeting’s second race increased the deficit of Adrien Chareyre (Aprilia Fast Wheels-Michelin) to 32 points in the provisional standings.
Ivan Lazzarini (L30 Racing-Honda) is fourth (+33 points), while his compatriot Christian Ravaglia (Honda-Michelin) took advantage of the different problems encountered by his rivals to move up to fifth place. The two Italians will be on home soil this weekend and naturally eager to clinch a top result.
Even so, there promises to be an interesting fight for overall supremacy between Thomas Chareyre and Hermunen, as Adrien Chareyre, Lazzarini and Ravaglia battle for a footing on the championship’s provisional podium.
Timetable:
Saturday, July 5:
11:25am-11:55am: Free Practice 1
2:10pm-2:40pm: Free Practice 2
4:10pm: Qualifying Practice
4:45pm-4:55pm: Super Chrono
Sunday, July 6:
10:55am-11:15am: Warm-up
2:00pm: Race 1
4:30pm: Race 2