Total success of participation and races at the second round of the FIM CEV Repsol in Valencia
The FIM CEV Repsol Championship held its second round in Valencia
Last weekend the second round of the FIM CEV Repsol took place in Valencia, where we saw riders Sergio García (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0.0) and Raúl Fernández (Angel Nieto Team) in Moto3, Jesko Raffin (Swiss Innovative Investors Junior) in Moto2, Francisco Gómez (Larresport Bradol) and Matteo Patacca (SIC58 Squadra Corse) in the European Talent Cup, and Joan Sardanyons (Proelit) in the European Kawasaki Z Cup take victories in their respective categories.
The Moto3 category was very exciting, with Sergio García as the protagonist. The rider from Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0.0 won the first race with total authority, but in the second he suffered a hard crash on the first lap, forcing the race to be stopped with a red flag. Earlier, in the first race of the day, Sergio García broke away alone from the start and gradually increased his lead over the chasing group formed by Celestino Vietti (SKY Junior Team VR46 Riders Academy), Jeremy Alcoba (Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0.0), pole-sitter Aleix Viu (Marinelli Sniper), Raúl Fernández, Yuki Kunii (Asia Talent Team), Somkiat Chantra (AP Honda Racing Team) and Ai Ogura (Asia Talent Team). Further back, Marc García (Max Racing Team) tried to catch the chasing group but crashed on the third lap.
Finally García’s victory, as he rode alone after the crashes of Ogura and Vietti, while the excitement centred on the battle for the podium. In the second Moto3 race, Raúl Fernández opened his win account this season, a triumph that makes him the category’s leader after winning a race interrupted on the first lap by the crash of Sergio García and Yari Montella. The race restarted over 12 laps. Aleix Viu, Celestino Vietti and Raúl Fernández broke away alone. A gust of wind knocked down Vietti and Viu, leaving Fernández in solitary lead.
Meanwhile, in Moto2, Jesko Raffin lived up to his pole position to win the race with total authority. The Swiss Innovative Investors Junior rider took the lead as soon as the lights went out and escaped, followed by Edgar Pons (AGR Team) and Lukas Tulovic (Team Wimu CNS), while somewhat further back rode Héctor Garzó (Team Wimu CNS), Augusto Fernández (Easyrace) and Dimas Ekky (Astra Honda Racing Team). Lukas Tulovic crashed on the fifth lap, while Edgar Pons was hampered by lapped riders. Jesko Raffin pulled away to cross the finish line more than seven seconds ahead of the AGR Team rider, and Augusto Fernández, taking advantage of a mistake by Héctor Garzó with three laps to go, passed him to secure the podium.
The first ETC race was spectacular, ending with a win for Francisco Gómez, joined on the podium by Víctor Rodríguez (Laglisse Academy) and Daniel Holgado (Talent Team Estrella Galicia 0.0), after the race was ended with a red flag four laps from the end following a multiple crash. Matteo Patacca produced the surprise in the second ETC race. He did so because the Italian rider started from the sixth row of the grid and ended up winning a race in which Peetu Paavilainen finished second despite also starting well back, while David Salvador (Cuna de Campeones) was third.
In the European Kawasaki Z Cup, Joan Sardanyons (Proelit) claimed the first win of the season and sits as provisional leader ahead of Abián Santana (Bermodel Racing) and Javier Valera (Racing Albacete).
The next round of the FIM CEV Repsol will take place at Le Mans on 19 May, for Moto3 only, coinciding with the MotoGP World Championship, and all categories will return in full on 9 and 10 June in Barcelona.
Source | FIM CEV Repsol
Photo | FIM CEV Repsol and teams
