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LUPINO EIGHTH IN THE WORLD MX2 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Mon Jun 04 15:49:55 CEST 2012 Press Release
Over 20,000 spectators turned out at France’s fine St.Jean d’Angely circuit for the sixth date of the world MX2 motocross championship. It was back to the full line-up for the Husqvarna Motocross Team By Ricci Racing as Belgian Nick Triest rejoined Lupino and Larrieu after three months out due to injury.
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Over 20,000 spectators turned out at France’s fine St.Jean d’Angely
circuit for the sixth date of the world MX2 motocross championship. It
was back to the full line-up for the Husqvarna Motocross Team By Ricci
Racing as Belgian Nick Triest rejoined Lupino and Larrieu after three
months out due to injury.
After having taken tenth place in
Saturday’s qualifying, Alex Lupino had a particularly unlucky start in
the first race, when a fall on the second lap ended his chances of
finishing in the top positions. Lupino, in spite of being lapped
immediately after coming off, showed himself capable of keeping pace
with the leaders, even marking up the third fastest time, after having
set the second fastest time in the morning’s warm up. Despite Lupino’s
great comeback, he was unable to finish in the points (for the first
time since the beginning of the championship) and finished in
twenty-first place.
Starting out in twelfth place in the second
race, Lupino on the Husqvarna TC250, battled his way up to sixth final
position, showing exceptional speed in the final stages of the
race.
Lupino now holds the eighth overall position in the world
championship after six GPs.
Loic Larrieu also put in a good race
with sixteenth and fourteenth place finishes, keeping a good pace and
earning himself a place in the next GP to be held in Portugal next
week at the Aueda circuit.
Nick Triest, back after three months
off injured over the winter months, took advantage of the race as a
kind of training session, avoiding taking any excessive
risks.
Alex Lupino: “Shame about the first race! I was really
unlucky and made an unforgivable mistake when I fell on the second
lap. Today I felt really good and my times vouch for it. I hung in
there on the second race and it paid off as I managed to go from ninth
position to sixth in the last ten minutes. In the championship
standings I’m in eighth place too, and I’ll take heart from that in
spite of the zero from the first race. ”
World Championship MX2
standings after six races: 1. Herlings (KTM) 270, 2. Searle (Kawasaki)
248, 3.Van Horebeek (KTM) 231, 4.Roelants (Kawasaki) 188, 5. Anstie
(Honda) 160, 6 Tixier (KTM) 159, 7. Nicholls (KTM) 144, 8. Lupino
(Husqvarna) 118.