PR: The unlucky devil rides with the F&H Racing Team.
The fourth Grand Prix of the season was difficult for F&H Racing Team. On the fantastic circuit of Arco di Trento, the unlucky one managed to ride with all three drivers and play tricks on them. Jed Beaton managed to battle through the weekend the best and finished twelfth. Adam Sterry managed to finish the first heat in tenth while Ruben Fernández-Garcia remained scoreless. The victory went to Jorge Prado-Garcia, Pauls Jonass remains the leader in the championship.
After the very good qualifying on Saturday with Adam (7th) and Ruben (8th) in the leading group, the South Holland team was looking forward to Sunday afternoon. The start of the first moto did not go smoothly for the trio of Kawasaki riders. Adam comes out of the first corner in seventeenth place while Ruben and Jed are involved in a crash in the same first corner. Eight riders crash and it takes some time for Ruben to find his bike. In the first round, the Briton manages to move up five places and comes out of the first round in twelfth position. Duels are fought with Pichon, Bernardini and Bertuzzi, all of which are decided in Adam's favor. Ninth place seems to be for the Leatt-clad rider, but Brylyakov is stronger in the final. The Russian finishes ninth ahead of Adam, who becomes the best Kawasaki rider. Despite a fall, Jed comes out of the first round in 24th place and he needs some time to make up places. Once he has found his feet, the Australian can work his way to a nice fifteenth place. Ruben rides a lonely race after the crash, the Spaniard comes back from 36th place to 26th, but his efforts are not rewarded with points.
In the second moto Adam and Jed managed to start fourteenth and fifteenth respectively. By riding completely different lines, Jed manages to enter the top ten in just three laps. He manages to get into seventh place after twenty minutes, but due to a mistake Watson passes. The Briton is no longer surprised and finishes seventh ahead of Jed. Adam is unfortunately involved in a crash between Vaessen and Kjer Olsen. The friendly Brit gets over the jump before the 'track mashall' has a chance to react and claps on one of the bikes. He had to leave the race with a sore arm and some damage to the KX250F, but fortunately he was not injured. The race is already over for Ruben, he has crashed for a moment and his pursuer sprints on his motorcycle. During this collision the stop button is hit and breaks off. This causes the cables to short circuit and the engine can no longer be started.
Next game:
The fifth Grand Prix will not take long as the circus will travel directly to Agueda for the Grand Prix of Portugal.
By: Steven van Kempen/KEMCO
Photo: Bavo Swijgers
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