Finally the GP of Italy saw us among the protagonists, Brando Rispoli took the second step of the podium in the EMX125, bringing up the colours of the TM moto. Good performance also for Yago Martinez in the points in both races of the MX2 World Championship.

Maggiora Park offered all kinds of weather conditions over the weekend. Saturday’s mud and rain gave way to Sunday’s sun and heat. It was a difficult task for the riders to get the best out of the track over the two days.

Yago Martinez, competing in the MX2 World Championship, started Saturday’s qualifying session in 11th position. The same position then followed in the RAM qualifying race, where he fought in the middle of the field throughout the race.

On Sunday, although his position at the gate was not easy, Yago managed to get a good start in the first race and was immediately close to the top ten. Throughout the race he battled around fifteenth place and at times was as low as 13th. At the end of the race, after losing a few positions, he finished in 15th place.
In the second race his start was not as effective and throughout the race he battled between 15th and 20th place. At the end of the race he finished in 18th place, which gave him some more important points.

Halfway through the championship Yago is 23rd in the standings.

YAGO MARTINEZ: “We are convinced that if we start ahead we can get good results, we will work on these points to finish the rest of the season well! We have pace, but we also have to concentrate on Saturday, which will make life easier for us on Sunday by having better positions at the start. See you at Ponte a Egola, thanks as usual to the team and all our supporters”.

Brando started his Saturday in the best possible way. The heavy terrain was not a problem for him and he achieved the second fastest time in his qualifying group, thus obtaining a good starting position.

On Saturday afternoon, the organisers decided to cancel race one due to the weather conditions and postponed everything to Sunday. The following day it was decided to run only one heat to the great regret of all the drivers and teams.

At the start of the only heat, Brando made a perfect start, taking the hole shot and immediately leading the pack. On the second lap he crashed and lost a few positions. After rejoining the race in fourth place, he began to drive at a very fast pace, catching the third and second placed riders. When he got behind the leader he tried to close the gap, but the heat was coming to an end.

Brando finished second in the race and in the GP standings and climbed the second step of the podium at Maggiora!
He is now eleventh in the championship and has four more rounds to try and break into the top ten.

BRANDO RISPOLI: “Spectacular weekend at Maggiora, on Saturday I showed that I was one of the fastest, almost taking pole twice in my group. The race went more or less as I wanted it to, the aim was to start first and I did that, while I was building up an advantage in first position a break in a corner caused me to fall, from fourth I managed to recover, get closer to first in the last lap and then finish second. I am very happy, after a period that was more negative than positive, I finally got a great result without ever giving up. I have to thank the whole Tm moto team, Robin Caldelli, Brian Tiso, Giovanni Adamo, Massimiliano Costantini, the Moto Club Torre della Meloria, Ivano Zanatta, Simone Lorenzoni, SnepSpa, Mario Resti, Saba fish and my family, without them this result would not have been possible”.

The next race in which both our riders will participate is this weekend. The fourth round of the Italian Pro Prestige will be held at Ponte a Egola (PI). Yago and Brando will both be competing in the MX2 class.