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The defending world champion trailed pole
sitter James Bushell and Lars Akerblom from
the start and needed seven laps before passing
Akerblom to move in to second place and then
set his sights on the leader.
His opportunity came when the lead duo hit a
gaggle of backmarkers and Bushell struggled
to cut his way through, Abdulrazzaq making the
telling pass on lap 13 and going on to take the
chequered flag and win by over 15 seconds.
Akerblom lost ground but held on to take third
place with Jeremy Perez moving up from being
in ninth place at the end of lap one to take fourth
ahead of Johan Johanson andMarkus schick.
Abdulrazzaq sealed overall victory with second
place in Moto 2 but was outclassed by an
astonishing performance by Hungary’s Gyorgy
Kasza, charging from the back of the field of 21
to take the win.
He [Abdulrazzaq] trailed in third for six laps
behind Bushell and Akerblom who hit the front
on lap 7 when Bushell stopped and retired. But
the man on the move was Kasza, scything his
way through the pack, overhauling Abdulrazzaq
and then Akerblom a lap later with the Swede
then dropping to third.
Kasza’s remarkable drive jumped him from
nowhere in the standings at race start to
take third overall behind Akerblom, Grand
Prix honours going to defending champion
Abdulrazzaq.
Defending Ski GP1 champion Jeremy Poret
started his title defence with overall victory, but
it was the young Belgian rider Quinten Boscche
who stole the headlines with a brilliant win in
Moto 2 on his UIM-ABP debut.
Victory for Jeremy Poret in Moto1 was sealed
almost immediately after a brilliant start gave
the champion the upper hand.
Starting form P3, he got the jump on pole-sitter
Raphael Maurin and Stian Schjetlein and never
looked back, leading from start-to-finish to run
out the winner by a narrow margin after a late
charge by Schjetlein.
With Poret out front the chase was initially
led by Maurin, but his challenge eventually
faded, dropping back and his race coming to a
premature end on lap 6. Schjetlein and Quinten
Bossche traded places mid race with Schjetlein
winning the battle and then setting about
chasing down the race leader, closing the gap
considerably but running out of laps and settling
for second place.
Bossche’s third place completed a memorable
day for the youngster, with Mickael Poret
overcoming a back injury to take fourth ahead of
Daniel Svae Andersen andMorgan Poret.
In the secondMoto Poret looked to be on target
for a secondwin after storming to the front from
pole position, but was chased down and passed
by Bossche on lap 3 who then disappeared off
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n° 3August | 2017