World Motocross Championship Grand Prix of Switzerland
8 August 2016
Last GP before the summer break was played in Switzerland, artificial track within a natural amphitheater, the exceptional presence of the public that has taken the stands assault.
The Tm Factory team played an excellent game right from Saturday qualifying.
Samuele Bernardini has exalted the Swiss race track in the qualifying round after a great start finished in third place, a result that gave a good charge and morality to the whole team.
In race 1 Bernardini is stratospheric departing centers the holeshot and for much of the race is held tight leadership, with each passing minute Samuele had to leave the pitch because his opponents were a bit faster.
Bernardini finishes in fourth place in the heats.
In race 2 Samu can not expose another excellent start to the first corner and passes around the 12th square but at the end of the first lap he was already fifth, unfortunately in trying to attack an opponent for fourth place they came to contact and “Berna” has had the worst.
Samuele is shared eighth and at an excellent pace climbed to the sixth place.
Bernardini has once again shown tremendous growth and prove the lap times great and always very regular.
In the overall standings he finished in fourth place, and thanks to the important result is now in eighth place in the world.
Excellent day also for the youth of the 125, Paolo Lugana was able to stay in both races in the top of the standings by closing 15 th overall and Manucci has got a good 20th.
Long summer break of three weeks before returning to the track for the final European race at Assen before the last two Grand Prix in America.
Marco Ricciardi Team Manager commented on the race: “Very positive this race, Samuele along with the team found the right setting and the feeling with the track, third place in qualifying that there was hope. Hole shot for Samu in Game 1, his opponents had a rate slightly faster but Bernardini finished 4th with a good race pace. Too bad race 2 after a bad start but had recovered a contact made him lose positions still closing 6th. We have recovered one position in the championship and now we have to give everything for the last three races. ”