Walker Battles To Third Place Finish At SuperEnduro
Round Two
GP of Germany
Jonny Walker has earned himself a third place overall result at round two
of the 2017 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship held in Riesa, Germany.
Placing just one-point behind team-mate Alfredo Gomez at the end of an
action-packed night of racing, Jonny showed good speed throughout each of
the three finals.
Working hard since the opening round of the series Jonny’s best result
in Germany came in the reversed start order second final. Third in the night’s
first main event, Jonny then placed just over five seconds behind eventual
overall winner Colton Haaker in the second final. In the third and last
final Jonny matched his race one result finishing third behind Haaker and
Gomez. Less than twoand-a-half seconds separated the top three riders in the
event’s closing race.
Round three of the 2017 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship takes place in
Bilbao, Spain on March 4th.
Jonny Walker: “I had a good night and really enjoyed the track
here in Germany. My speed was good. I raced well. My starts just weren’t
what I needed. It’s tough on all SuperEnduro tracks, but especially this
one here in Germany. There’s one good line and it’s so, so difficult
getting around riders. I learned at the first round that there’s a very
fine line between pushing hard and pushing a little too hard and making
mistakes. It was difficult – I knew I was a little faster than Gomez, but
getting ahead of him was hard. Of course I was hoping for the win but I
really enjoyed the racing and the track. I feel like I rode and raced better
than I did in Poland. The more technical track suited me, it was a cool
night of racing.”
Results – SuperEnduro World Championship, Rnd 2 (overall)
1. Colton Haaker (Husqvarna) 63 points 2. Alfredo Gomez (KTM) 50 3. Jonny
Walker (KTM) 49 4. Mario Roman (Sherco) 37 5. Pascal Rauchenecker (Husqvarna)
35 6. Eloi Salsench (Beta) 26…
SuperEnduro championship standings (after round 2)
1. Colton Haaker (Husqvarna) 117 points 2. Alfredo Gomez (KTM) 95 3. Jonny
Walker (KTM) 93 4. Mario Roman (Sherco) 59 5. Taddy Blazusiak (KTM) 58 6.
Mike Brown (Husqvarna) 56
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