Fourth round of the Supermoto World Championship which took place in Poland on the Slomczyn track, a new track where it had never been raced before, a track with a very slippery asphalt section and an off-road section which created many problems for the riders with several punctures which kept the result in the balance until the final laps of the third heat.
Marc Schmidt immediately found himself at ease and set the best time in qualifying which would give him the chance to fight for super pole, a good performance for Erik Provaznik who finished 11th, Mitja Krasniqi and Nicky Reimer struggled to find the right feeling and closed 13th and 14th.
In the Super Pole Marc Schmidt makes a small mistake on his fastest lap and has to settle for second position.
At the start of Race One Marc started carefully but within two laps he took the lead, the German maintained an incredible pace and no opponent could come close to him and he finished in first place with a margin over his rivals. Excellent performance for Erik Provaznik who finished in eighth place followed by his teammate Mitja Krasniqi in tenth place, Reimer was 12th.
The Fast Race once again sees Marc Schmidt as the protagonist for better or for worse, after a good start and an amazing first lap Marc takes the lead of the operation but unfortunately due to a puncture he has a bad fall, where he suffers a trauma to his right leg, Schmidt has to stop in the pit lane to replace the rear tire and will finish in 15th place. Exceptional performance for Provaznik who manages to obtain his best result with the fifth place finish, Mitja Krasniqi is ninth at the finish line and Nicky Reimer best and is 11th.
In the Super Final Marc Schmidt has to start from fifteenth place on the grid, in the last heat the position is decided on the arrival of the Fast Race, Marc is lightning at the start and immediately sets off in pursuit of the leaders but when he was in the top positions he slipped and had to start his comeback again which led him in just a few laps to reach the head of the group and take the lead, going on to win with an epic feat. Mitja Krasniqi is eighth at the finish line and Reimer 9th, Provaznik finishes in 16th place.
Thanks to his results, Marc Schmidt managed to finish the Polish GP in second position and managed to increase his lead in the standings. Mitja Krasniqi takes the third step of the podium in the Rookie class.
Ivan Lazzarini: “Complicated race, Marc was the fastest driver all weekend, shame about the mistake in the super pole, great victory in race 1 and amazing comeback in race 3, shame about the puncture in the second heat. This is a track condition where the federation needs to pay more attention, but fortunately the other riders also had the same problems and we managed to increase our lead in the standings. Excellent race for Krasniqi who gets on the Rookie podium, Erik and Nicky also did very well.”
