Italian Motocross International Round 3 Ottobiano

13 February 2017

The third and last round of the Italian International has over the sand of Ottobiano, very demanding track and with a very harsh climate has created major challenges for pilots.

125 Paul in Lugana in good time trials an excellent 4th time in his group.

At the start of race one can not get a good start and lost several positions, Paul makes an incredible comeback has climbed the standings finishing in third position.

In the second heat Lugana managed to start much better positioning itself in the leading pack, Paul is not able to field the same comeback and exhaustion had to pick up the pace by closing 7th.

Samuele Bernardini in his group got the best performance.

In the heat of the MX2 Samuel it is very strong party and in the first laps he fought for the lead, unfortunately due to a problem with the rear brake was not able to fight to the end for victory but finished with an excellent third place.

In the Elite Samuel has tripped immediately strong, Bernardini held sixth place for half the race but a contact with another driver has cost him a clutch problem and was forced to retreat.

Close these International with excellent results that bode well for the first few races of the World.

The team Tm factory is preparing to depart for Qatar that will take place on 24 to 25 February.

Marco Ricciardi: “Very positive day, Samuel was given the best possible and used the bike that will race the first few races of the world, excellent MX2 heats would fight to the end for victory but a problem with the rear brake him It slowed.

In the elite after a good first half of the race due to a contact with another driver had clutch problem. Great race of Lugana in the first heat where he remounted the great, in the second fatigue did not give him the opportunity of another great result.

Close our International also very pleased because we used these three races to test all the material for the World, Samuel has been very good to bring home a great result, Paolo Lugana is improving every race. “