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Bossche produced a brilliant performance in Moto 1 to take victory
with defending champion Jeremy Poret following the young Belgian
to the chequered flag for the second time in two outings, Mickael
Poret taking third.
Despite starting from pole Bossche dropped places immediately and
trailed the Poret brothers off the start.
Behind the leader a titanic battle developed with Bossche closing
down and attacking Mickael Poret, eventually making the successful
pass on lap five. Two laps later he moved in on and passed race leader
Jeremy Poret and going onto to take his second win of the year by
5.54s.
Morgan Poret ran all but the final metres of the race in fourth place
and looked to be on course to make it a Poret two-three-four, but
dramatically came off his Ski passing a group of backmarkers just
before the finish line, eventually clambering back on board and
finishing in eighth.
Raphael Maurin made up ground from sixth place passing Stian
Schjetlein on lap 4 and then passing a floundering Poret to finish in
fourth. Fifteen-year-old Marten Manni produced another impressive
outing moving up from ninth to take fifth place ahead of Markus
Lutsokert.
It was a disappointing afternoon for two of the championship’s big
names; Schjetlein struggling with his set-up and coming off his Ski
after colliding with another rider but salvaging seventh spot, whilst
Kevin Reiterer was forced to jump off his preferred SDC before the
start and jump on to Jonna Borgstrom’s Kawasaki. The switch forced
the 2015 champion to start from the outside line of 29, and despite
carving his way through the pack of riders ahead of him could only
manage to finish in 12th.
InMoto 2Mickael Poret and Bossche traded places at the front early
on, Poret losing the lead after the opening lap then getting it back
before being passed by the young Belgian rider for the second time
on lap three and trailing him to the chequered flag.
But the victory that would have given himhis first Grand Prix titlewas
short-lived with Bossche penalised and disqualified for cutting the
course, handing the win and title to Poret.
Raphael Maurin made it a France one-two with his best result from
the opening rounds of the season andwas unchallenged in second and
secured his first podium, with 2015 world champion Kevin Reiterer
ending his run of bad luck moving up from 12th to take third and
finally put some solid points on the board.
Defending champion Jeremy Poret struggled in the rough conditions
but fourth place after finishing in second in Moto 1 put him on the
podium in third overall. Fifteen-year-oldEstonian riderMartenManni
produced another impressive performance coming home in fifth with
Stian Schjetlein in sixth.
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