9-10/4/05
Natureza Motor Club organised GP of Portugal
Round 2: ’05 FIM World Enduro Championship
Guadalajara, Spain
Husky Sport Husqvarna rider
Daryl Bolter, racing for the Italian Mucci Racing Husqvarna team, claimed two
more podium finishes in the Enduro Junior class of the ’05 FIM World Enduro
Championship, this time finishing in third on both days of the GP of Portugal
in Fatima.
After his mixed start to the
series in Spain, where he finished outside the top 10 on day one and then in
third on day two, Bolter placed as the only 125cc mounted rider to feature on
the first page of the Enduro Junior class results in Portugal. Confident of a
good result in the dry conditions, Daryl ended day one just 25 seconds behind
class winner Spaniard Cristabal Guerrero despite making a few small mistakes.
Despite his mistakes Daryl showed good speed on all three special tests.
Enjoying the technical
special tests and the challenging Portuguese terrain, Daryl again placed in
third on day two after working his way back from fifth in class after two
crashes on the extreme test early in the day. With Spaniard Guerrero
blisteringly quick on day two, Bolter placed 25 seconds behind class runner-up
Jake Stapleton. Consistently quick on both the motocross and enduro special
tests, Bolter again proved that he is a serious contender for the Enduro Junior
title.
Despite his disappointing
result on day one of the season opener in Spain where he placed in 13th
and claimed just eight championship points, Daryl’s three podium visits since
have placed him in third in the Enduro Junior world championship standings. 24
points behind class leader Cristabal Guerrero, Daryl is just 10 points adrift
of runner-up Jake Stapleton.
Daryl Bolter: “I made a few mistakes on day one but in general it
went really well. I finished on the podium with third, which always makes a
race good but the course was also really enjoyable. Portugal was pretty tough
in places with a lot of rocks but the course was really fun to ride, you
certainly couldn’t relax too much. The special tests were also great fun but
again pretty technical – you couldn’t afford to make any mistakes because there
were a lot of riders that were all really fast.
“Day two started well but then I crashed twice on the
second lap, which meant that I had to work back from fifth to finish third
again. All in all it’s been a really good weekend. With the exception of losing
time on day one in Spain my world championship has started really well and I’m
really enjoying it. I’m getting on well with the team and my bike is also
really good. I’m not too far off Jake, who’s second in the championship but the
Spaniard Guerrero is riding really well. I’m just going to keep pushing and
hopefully in Italy I’ll be able to move up a step on the rostrum.
Results – Day 1
Enduro
Junior
1.
Cristabal Guerrero (Gas Gas) 30:17.89; 2. Jake Stapleton (TM) 30:22.88; 3.
Daryl Bolter (Husqvarna) 30:43.76; 4. Oriol Mena (Gas Gas) 30:54.35; 5.
Paulo Bernardi (Honda) 31:01.43; 6. Marc Bourbeois (Husqvarna) 31:11.07; 7.
Lukasz Kurowski (Gas Gas) 31:25.11; 8. Lucas Puerta (KTM) 31:39.01; 9. Yannick
Bossi (Husqvarna) 31:57.16; 10. Carlo Conforti (Husqvarna) 32:05.12; 11. Gustavo
Gaudencio (KTM) 32:20.82; 12. Paulo Felicia (Gas Gas) 32:30.27; 13. Richard
Wressel (Husaberg) 32:33.75; 14. Jesus Garcia (Yamaha) 32:46.69; 15. Juraj
Dozsa (KTM) 32:47.77; 16. Mike Kock (Honda) 32:51.53; 17. Kristffer Jonsson
(Honda) 33:12.68; 18.Jeremy Garcia (Gas Gas) 33:22.37; 19. Armand Monleon
(Yamaha) 33:32.58; 20. Antonio Maio (Yamaha) 33:37.89
Results – Day 2
Enduro
Junior
1.
Cristabal Guerrero (Gas Gas) 37:20.71; 2. Jake Stapleton (TM) 38:04.86; 3.
Daryl Bolter (Husqvarna) 38:30.59; 4. Oriol Mena (Gas Gas) 38:41.46; 5.
Paulo Felicia (Gas Gas) 38:41.76; 6. Paolo Bernardi (Honda) 38:44.52; 7. Lukasz
Kurowski (Gas Gas) 38:54.81; 8. Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) 39:20.36; 9. Lucas
Puerta (KTM) 39:27.61; 10. Si Wakely (Honda) 39:31.05; 11. Gustavo Gaudencio
(KTM) 39:34.44; 12. Yannick Bossi (Husqvarna) 39:59.59; 13. Juraj Dozsa (KTM)
40:04.56; 14. Carlo Conforti (Husqvarna) 40:04.63; 15. Armand Monleon (Yamaha)
40:05.41; 16. Jesus Garcia (Yamaha) 40:05.60; 17. Richard Wressel (Husaberg)
40:37.55; 18. Mike Kock (Honda) 40:51.98; 19. Jeremy Garcia (Gas Gas) 40:58.49;
20. Antonio Maio (Yamaha) 41:17.35
Issued for and on behalf of Husky Sport by Jonty
Edmunds