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Sunday, June 1: Overall Grand Prix success in hot and sunny conditions on the final day of the Grand Prix of Poland fell to Hungarian Leo Kete, Estonia’s Rihard Leinsalu, Poland’s Adam Wasilewski, Estonia’s Mattias Reinass and Lithuania’s Vaznys Domantas in their respective Ski Juniors GP3.3, Runabout GP4 Juniors, Runabout Veterans GP1, Ski GP2 and Runabout GP2 classes.
Kete confirms Ski Juniors GP3.3 GP success with third heat win
Hungary’s Leo Kete started the final Ski Junior GP3.3 Moto with a 100% record and a six-point cushion over Marvin Bohuslav and the youngster hit the front again in Moto 3.
Once again, the two Hungarians were the class of the Junior field until Frenchman Maxime Arthebise found a way past a struggling Bohuslav on lap two. Norway’s Adrian Kristoffersen held fourth and moved up to third when Bohuslav slipped down. Kete headed off into the distance to take a third win of the weekend and the Grand Prix title but Bohuslav recovered well and managed to pip Arthebise to the runner-up spot by finishing third in the last of the Motos. Kristoffersen was fourth.
Leinsalu confirms Runabout Junior GP4 GP win; Moto 3 success for Filiberti
Estonia’s Rihard Leinsalu headed into the last of the Runabout Junior GP4 Motos with two maximum scored and a lead of eight points over Lithuania’s Adas Zalagaitis.
Leinsalu made a strong start and edged clear of Aurora Filiberti, Zalagaitis, Kimily Lepp and Ayrton Cecere and his lead lasted until the sixth lap. He then slipped to fourth behind Filiberti, Zalagaitis and Lepp. The Italian held on take the Moto win from Zalagaitis and Lepp but the priceless 18 points earned by Leinsalu for fourth were enough for the Estonian to win the Grand Prix from Filiberti and Zalagaitis. Cecere finished fifth.
Wasilewski seals Runabout Veterans GP1 GP win with Moto 3 success
Adam Wasilewski started the third of the Runabout Veterans GP1 Motos on 47 points and had a nine-point cushion over both Bartyzel Arkadiusz and Valeri Trujevtsev.
Seven riders started the last of the Motos and Wasilewski made the best start to lead from Trujevtsev, Germany’s Hans-Werner Reichardt, Margus Kesküla and Požarskas Vytautas. Arkadiusz was down in sixth place. The Pole was able to stretch his overall advantage as the heat progressed and reached the chequered flag to secure a 13-second Grand Prix victory.
The procession continued behind the Moto winner. Trujevtsev finished third to secure the runner-up spot in the Grand Prix, Kesküla was second (third overall in the Grand Prix) and Reichardt and Vytautas were fourth and fifth.
Clean sweep for Reinass nets Ski GP2 victory
Estonia’s Mattias Reinass was the strong favourite to win the Ski GP2 Grand Prix after his opening two Moto wins. He started the final heat with an eight-point lead over fellow countryman Karl Joosep Steinberg, although Dutchman Daan Hoeke made the early running as he tried to chase down Steinberg and grab second in the points’ standings.
Reinass had hit the front by the second lap, however, and began to edge away from Daan and Luuk Hoeke with Marlon Tiik in fourth and Steinberg down in sixth behind Manuel Leite. Steinberg was able to pass Leite and snatch fifth and the runners held their positions through eight laps. Reinass cruised to the chequered flag to wrap up a successful weekend with second place in the heat giving Daan Hoeke the runner-up spot in the Grand Prix. Steinberg snatched third from Luuk Hoeke on a tie-break.
Domantas wins Runabout GP2 Grand Prix; Siimann wins Moto 3
Lithuania’s Vaznys Domantas started his last Runabout GP2 heat of the weekend eight points in front of Petr Dryjak. Arnas Jakucionis was 12 points behind and still had an outside chance of snatching the Grand Prix win.
Domantas set the early pace from Mattias Siimann, Dryjak, Jakucionis, Alejandro Prats Palau and Tom Claerhout. Justin Patzner and Janina Johansson settled into seventh and eighth of the 13 runners. But Siimann had his eye on victory and the Estonian saw his chance, stormed through and began to pull away.
He stayed ahead to the chequered flag to secure third in the Grand Prix behind heat runner-up Domantas and third-placed Dryjak. Jakucionis and Claerhout completed the Moto in fourth and fifth.