The 5th event of the KTM Red Bull Junior Cup took place this weekend in England. The race was started under dry weather conditions as a part of the british championship.
The local hero Chris Hodgson took lead after the start and kept the number one position until the end of the race. Although untouched the rider at position 2, the Austrian Martin Kraus. The championship leader Baptiste Rheims, followed third.
Heat 2 got decided by a foto finish. By the usual way, the starting positions changed totally. Rheims, Hodgson and Kraus had to start their race from the positions of the last row. Kraus finished his race at lap one after a crash. (He is although out of the battle of the championship now). Hodgson and Rheims presented the spectators a great show. Both pilots attacked succesfully the other riders and fought at the end of the race for position 1!. Finally the French decided the race for himself and the Brit took the daily victory of the event.
For the last race in Greece, there are just two riders with the possibilities to take the titel of the championship. The french rider Rheims and the finnish pilot Hermunen!
Race
1. Chris Hodgson UK 47
2. Baptiste Rheims France 45
3. Gino Rea UK 34
4. Mikael Stambeck Sweden 30
5. Elia Sammartin Italy 29
6. Teemu Lang Finland 26
7. Martin Kraus Austria 26
8. Lionel Deridder Belgium 25
9. Adrien Vandommele Belgium 21
10. Johannes Hoffmann Germany 21
11. Patrick Tellenbach Switzerland 21
12. Mauno Hermunen Finland 21
13. Brian Cournad France 20
14. Georg Kraus Austria 18
15. Richard Blakeman UK 15
16. Oliver Pope UK 13
17. Johan Cromphout Belgium 11
18. Carlos Olive Spain 8
19. Scott Woodacre UK 7
20. Sebastian Barthen Germany 4
Overall standing
1 Baptiste Rheims France 180
2 Mauno Hermunen Finland 149
3 Chris Hodgson UK 148
4 Martin Kraus Austria 140
5 Teemu Lang Finland 137
6 Lionel Deridder Belgium 133
7 Patrick Tellenbach Switzerland 127
8 Brian Cournad France 124
9 Elia Sammartin Italy 120
10 Gino Rea UK 107
11 8 Richard Blakeman UK 103
12 Mikael Stambeck Sweden 96
13 Georg Kraus Austria 79
14 Carlos Olive Spain 73
15 Oliver Pope UK 70
16 Andrea Occhini Italy 58
17 Daniel Deibler Germany 58
18 Lee Cunliffe UK 53
19 Adrien Vandommele Belgium 53
20 Johannes Hoffmann Germany 48
21 Johan Cromphout Belgium 48
22 Sebastian Barthen Germany 27
23 Scott Woodacre UK 7
24 Julien Engels Belgium 6