It’s in front of 6 000 spectators that the 124 riders of this Grand Prix has made the show from 20.00 on the Gymnasium Regional of Talcafor this very first KTMSuper Testof the year… And the Chilean public had enough to watch with the impressive level of the riders!
From the first laps, the spectators new that it will be an exciting Super Test. In the Junior class, the level went up with Robert KVARNSTROM (S – Beta)winning over the Portuguese Luis OLIVEIRA (Yam). Then Antoine MEO (F – KTM)has decided to make the pressure grows with an enormous time of 2’06’’23stealing the first to his biggest rival for the title, the Finn Juha SALMINEN (HVA – 2’06’’99) for 76 hundredths. At this time, the KTM rider was on his way for a victory but, while the ISRAEL’s brothers excited the crowed and Ivan CERVANTES (E – KTM) made the show, Alex SALVINI (I – HM Honda)took the control with 2’05’’47… But the Italian saw quickly that he will not win his first KTM Super Test has an over-motivated Johnny AUBERT (F – KTM) stole it to him with a stratospheric time of 2’05’’21.
Christophe NAMBOTIN (F – KTM)tried to beat the French (2’06’’12) but it was not enough. The KTM rider won the E3 class.
To note that in FIM Youth Cup 125cc, Jamie MCCANNEY (GB – Husaberg) won easily the class with a time of 2’09’’01.
See you tomorrow at 9 o’clock for the great beginnings of the World elite in the Chilean special tests. The public, to which the EWC has offered a great spectacle this evening, must come numerous on the three special tests of the Grand Prix Acerbisof Chile.