ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP MX Prestige - Arco di Trento -18.19 / 06.2022
We have reached the fourth stage of the Italian Mx Prestige Championship which was held on the Arco di Trento track, the Fantic Factory Team Maddii lines up all its drivers in the three classes with the exception of Alexis Fueri.
In the Rookie Cup class reserved for the riders of Cas Valk's exceptional performance 125 aboard his Fantic XX 125, the Dutch driver was very fast right from free practice and set an excellent time in the timed sessions which earned him pole position.
In race 1 Cas fails to put on a good start and on the first lap passes third, Valk thanks to an incredible pace has recovered going to win with an abysmal advantage over the second.
In the second heat Valk does not make a good start losing many positions at the first corner, Cas has again made a great race that has seen him recover positions lap after lap and finishing in second place.
Thanks to the two results Cas Valk wins the stage of Arco di Trento and is increasingly leader of the Championship.
In the MX2 Class Osterhagen and Tondel are at ease on the hard surface of the Arco track and both conquer the second time in their groups.
At the start of race 1 Tondel takes command of operations followed by his teammate Osterhagen, Cornelius crashed violently on lap 7 and was forced to retire, Hakon has thus paved the way to success in the heat.
Cornellius Tondel did not start in race 2, Osterhagen dominated the heat from lowering the gate to under the checkered flag.
Hakon Osterhagen takes home the highest step of the podium in the Mx2 class.
In MX1 Nicholas Lapucci returns to the race who has recovered from the flu that did not allow him to race the World Championship in Germany, Nicholas on the friendly Arco track finds the right feeling and sets the second-best time of his group and the third absolute.
Lapucci in race 1 was perfect, his race pace was unattainable for everyone and he took the victory home.
In race 2 Nicholas at the start is the victim of a crash that sees him resume the race in 27th position. Lapucci is the author of an extraordinary comeback that sees him move up the rankings that allowed him to cross the finish line in third position.
Nicholas Lapucci thanks to the two excellent results is the winner of the Mx1 class and moves close to the leader of the standings.
Marco Maddii comments on the race as follows: “I am really happy with today's race for all our drivers, three victories in all classes I could not ask for better they were all very good demonstrating the hard work done so far. I am very sorry for Tondel's fall from the first analyzes nothing is broken but in the next few days we will do all the necessary checks to exclude any injury. "
Classifica di giornata classe MX2:
1) Hakon Osterhagen #312 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
2) Jan Pancar #253 - KTM
3) Federico Tuani #3 - GasGas
Classifica di Campionato classe MX2:
1) Jan Pancar #253 - KTM
2) Hakon Osterhagen #312 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
3) Cornelius Tondel #302 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
11) Cas Valk #172 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
Classifica di giornata classe Rookie Cup 125:
1) Cas Valk #172 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
2) Simone Mancini #97 - Ktm
3) Brando Rispoli #217 – Husqvarna
Classifica di campionato classe Rookie Cup 125:
1) Cas Valk #172 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
2) Noel Zanocz #716 - Ktm
3) Simone Mancini #97 - Ktm
9) Alexis Fueri #717 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
Classifica di giornata classe MX1:
1) Nicholas Lapucci #211 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
2) Alvin Ostlund #161 - Yamaha
3) Giuseppe Tropepe #223 - Husqvarna
Classifica di campionato classe MX1:
1) Alberto Forato #303 - GasGas
2) Nicholas Lapucci #211 - Fantic Factory Team Maddii
3) Alvin Ostlund #161 - Yamaha