October 23, 2007

APRILIA WINS THE FIM S2 WORLD MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE TWIN SXV 5.5

Team Aprilia Off won the World S2 Manufacturers’ Titles in the FIM World Supermoto Championship with the twin SXV 5.5. The success came in Greece at the final Gp of the season, crowned by a comeback waged in splendid synergy between the official team (with only one rider this year, British Christian Iddon) and the Spanish satellite BQR team (with Jorge Nestor).

It was in fact these two riders who won the decisive points that led to the crowning of the S2 Manufacturers’ Titles, reserved for motorcycles with over 500 ccs. The 2nd place obtained by Iddon in Race 1 and Jorge's Race 2 victory (atop an SXV 5.5 VDB Replica) locked in the World S2 Manufacturers’ Titles. For the Aprilia SXV, it is its 4th international title won in the past three years in this discipline, adding to Jerome Giraudo's 1st place Rider title in 2004 and the 2006 double victory in the Rider and Manufacturers’ championships by Thierry Van Den Bosch. Therefore, after the Aprilia SXV 4.5 won the 2006 450cc's Manufacturers’ championship, the same consecration goes to the SXV 5.5; queen of the higher cylinders.

Aprilia was also the protagonist in the S1 with a double victory from Thierry Van Den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5) who, although he won 10 out of 16 disputed heats, placed 2nd in the World S1 Rider ranking with the Aprilia SXV 4.5 and 2nd in the S1 Manufacturers’ classification. Unfortunately, VDB and Team Aprilia Off Road paid heavily for two errors in two heats that ultimately weighed like stones over the overall championship. With more than ten heat victories under his belt, Van Den Bosch and Aprilia also enjoyed success in four of the eight Gp's, logging over 124 lead laps to Thomas Chareyre's 95 (Husqvarna) and his brother Adrien's 41 (Husqvarna), the ultimate victor of the championship who finished just nine points ahead of Van Den Bosch. Absent in Greece was Jerome Giraudo (Aprilia SXV 4.5) who is still out due to the eye injury suffered a month ago during the German championship. Team Aprilia Offroad dedicated the S2 Manufacturers’ Titles to him as soon as it was awarded, hoping to see him on the track again as soon as possible.

Megara (GR) – Greece Gp, 8th round of the FIM World Supermoto Championships

S1 Class

Race 1: 1. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5); 2. Bernd Hiemer (Ger/Ktm); 3. Ivan Lazzarini (Ita/Yamaha); 4. Kevin Berthome (Fra/Honda); 5. Adrien Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna).

Race 2: 1. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5); 2. Thomas Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna); 3. Bernd Hiemer (Ger/Ktm); 4. Ivan Lazzarini (Ita/Yamaha); 5. Adrien Chareyre (Fra/Husqvarna).

Greece Grand Prix S1 Classification: 1. Thierry Van Den Bosch (Fra/Aprilia SXV 4.5) 50 points; 2. Bernd Hiemer (Ger/Ktm) 42; 3. Ivan Lazzarini (Ita/Yamaha) 38.

Final S1 Rider Championship: 1. A. Chareyre (Husqvarna) 330 points; 2. Van Den Bosch (Aprilia SXV 4.5) 321; 3. T. Chareyre (Husqvarna) 288; 7. Giraudo (Aprilia SXV 4.5) 208.

Final S1 Manufacturers’ Championship: 1. Husqvarna 356 points; 2. Aprilia (SXV 4.5) 347; 3. Honda 272; 4. Ktm 249; 5. Yamaha 241.

S2 Class

Race 1: 1. Gerarld Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna); 2. Chrisrian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 5.5); 3. Marcel Goetz (Sui/Ktm); 4. Attilio Pignotti (Ita/Ktm); 5. Nestor Jorge (Esp/Aprilia SXV 5.5).

Race 2: 1. Nestor Jorge (Esp/Aprilia SXV 5.5); 2. Attilio Pignotti (Ita/Ktm); 3. Matthew Winstanleny (Gbr/Ktm); 4. Fabio Balducci (Ita/Tm); ); 5. Chrisrian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 5.5).

Greece Grand Prix S2 Classification: 1. Jorge (Esp/Aprilia SXV 5.5) 41 points; 2. Pignotti (Ita/Ktm) 40; 3. Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna) 40; 4. Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 5.5) 38.

Final S2 Rider Championship: 1. Gerarld Delepine (Bel/Husqvarna) 311 points; 2. Attilio Pignotti (Ita/Ktm) 306; 3. Chrisrian Iddon (Gbr/Aprilia SXV 5.5) 283.

Final S2 Manufacturers’ Championship: 1. Aprilia (SXV 5.5) 325 points, WORLD CHAMPIONS; 2. Husqvarna 319; 3. Ktm 314; 4. Tm 306; 5. Husaberg 230.

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