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2025 UIM-ABP European Continental Aquabike Championship
FILIBERTI, BEERNAUT, VAINIO, REINASS AND DRANGE AMONG MOTO 1 WINNERS IN GYŐR ON SATURDAY MORNING
Saturday, August 2: The remainder of the opening Motos at the Grand Prix of Hungary were held on Saturday at Győrzámoly, near Győr.
Italy’s Aurora Filiberti, Belgian Milo Beernaut, Hungarian youngster Leo Kete and flying Finn Jose Vainio prevailed in the Runabout GP4 Ladies, Ski Junior GP3.2 and GP3.3 and Runabout GP4 categories, while maximum points in Runabout Veterans GP1, Ski GP2, Runabout GP2 and Ski Ladies GP1 went to Hungary’s György Kasza, Estonian Mattias Reinass, Romanian Alexis Mihalcea and Norwegian Benedicte Drange.
Filiberti on top in opening Runabout GP4 Ladies Moto
Italy’s Nicole Cadei may have had pole position for the opening Runabout Ladies GP4 Moto but Nikola Dryjakova was out t
o defend a massive lead of a 38 points in the European Championship. She lined up in fifth behind Cadei, Michelle Dimov, Astra Gurkšnytė and Aurora Filiberti.
Dimov made the strongest start and managed to get ahead of Dryjakova, Filiberti, Cadei and Kimily Lepp and had a lead of 2.96 seconds into lap three. The German continued to lead through the subsequent laps but was passed in the closing minutes by Filiberti, who went on to have a winning margin of 5.28 seconds. Dimov settled for second and third place provided Dryjakova with another valuable haul of championship points. Cadei finished fourth ahead of Kätriin Nilbe, Ilaria Vanni, Lepp and Gurkšnytė.
But Cadei and Nilbe were later awarded 25-second penalties for not maintaining their lanes at the start and that lifted Vanni into fourth ahead of Lepp, Gurkšnytė, Cadei and Nilbe.
Beernaut storms to Ski Junior GP3.2 Moto 1 win
Young Belgian rider Milo Beernaut lined up on pole for the first of the Ski GP3.2 World Championship Motos ahead of Hungarian Noam Bíró Santos and Finn Topi Järvenpää. The start was delayed slightly after a minor issue with turn buoys on the course.
The trio held station from the start and Beernaut then began to pull away from his rivals. Järvenpää moved up to second but his Belgian rival was already 8.88 seconds ahead by the end of lap one. Beernaut stormed to victory by 26.35 seconds with Järvenpää and Santos trailing in his wake.
Ski Junior GP3.3 Moto 1 success for Kete
Emirati racer Ali Al-Ali lined up on pole for the first of the three Ski Junior GP3.3 World Championship Motos with Leo Kete, Marvin Bohuslav and Maxime Arthebise his closest rivals.
Kete stole a march on his rivals and was able to pull clear of Bohuslav and Al-Ali with Arthebise, Pelle Stenborg, Aksel Rauhansalo and Jose Vainio settling in behind the leaders. The Hungarian duo held on at the front and Kete reached the finish 3.21 seconds ahead of his fellow countryman with Al-Ali forced to settle for third place. Arthebise and Stenborg rounded off the top five.
Vainio draws first blood in Runabout GP4 Junior World Championship
Flying Finn Jose Vainio finished seventh in the Ski Junior GP3.3 World Championship Moto and then switched straight into pole position for the first of the Runabout GP4 Junior World Championship heats. He lined up ahead of Aurora Filiberti, Kimily Lepp, Rihard Leinsalu and Francesco Bassenghi.
Vainio began well and maintained an advantage over Leinsalu, Sepp and Filiberti through the opening turn buoys and had extended his advantage to 5.35 seconds by the end of lap one. He maintained a similar cushion over the next few laps and was able to record an impressive 5.23-second win with Leinsalu, Filiberti, Katarina Sepp and Lepp rounding off the top five. Bassenghi, Adas Zalagaitis and Ayrton Cecere were the other finishers.
Kasza takes Moto 1 win in Runabout Veterans GP1
Hungarian racer György Kasza had pole for the first of the Runabout Veterans GP1 Motos but the battle for the overall title put the Polish duo of Adam Wasilewski and Arkadiusz Bartyzel in the spotlight. They were separated by just four points heading into the last three Motos of their season. Hansi Reichardt, Sándor Major and Sergei Prokofjev were also taking part in the Moto.
Kasza stayed out in front of Wasilewski from the start but German rider Reichardt overhauled Bartyzel to grab third place. Prokofjev also passed Major to take fifth position. Wasilewski kept the pressure on Kasza throughout the Moto but the Hungarian was able to claim the win by 6.95 seconds. Wasilewski finished second ahead of Reichardt and Bartyzel and increased his European Championship advantage to eight points with two Motos to run. Prokofjev was later docked two laps for course cutting and slipped behind Major and into sixth.
Mattias Reinass storms through to win opening Ski GP2 Moto
Series leader Daan Hoeke lined up on pole for the first of the Ski GP2 Motos followed by Karl Joosep Steinberg, Mattias Reinass, Csongor Jászai and Marlon Tiik.
Hoeke made the strongest start and moved ahead of Jászai, Reinass, Luuk Hoeke and the Estonian trio of Marlon and Marten Tiik and Steinberg. But Jászai moved ahead for a short time only for Reinass to pass the Hungarian and snatch the lead. Daan Hoeke then regained second place at the expense of the local rider but Reinass held on to claim his fourth Moto win from four starts this season by the margin of 3.53 seconds.
Second place for Daan Hoeke enabled him to increase his European Championship lead, as Jászai, the Tiik duo, Thailand’s Tanawid Mollee, Steinberg and Luuk Hoeke rounded off the top eight.
Mihalcea romps to surprise Runabout GP2 Moto win
Manuel Reggiani earned pole for the first of the Runabout GP2 Motos and started the heat ahead of Stefano Castronovo, series leader Tom Claerhout, Alexis Mihalcea and Alejandro Prats Palau.
Mihalcea surprised his rivals with a strong start and the Romanian grabbed the lead from Reggiani, Justin Patzner, Valdemaras Adamovič and Levente Kacor. Claerhout was down in 11th place with his closest championship challenger Domantas Vaznys in seventh.
Mihalcea continued to pull away and the lead had grown to 12.62 seconds through seven laps. The Romanian held on to claim a memorable 7.41-second win with Patzner passing Reggiani to snatch second place and Adamovič also overhauling the Italian to finish third. Prats Palau and Kacor came home in fifth and sixth and eighth place for Vaznys enabled the Lithuanian to close in on 13th-placed Claerhout in the title race.
Drange takes fourth successive European Championship Moto win in Ski Ladies GP1
The in-form Norwegian Benedicte Drange started the first of the Ski Ladies GP1 Motos on pole from defending World Champion Jasmiin Ypraus and runaway European series leader Jessica Chavanne.
Drange held her nerve to stay out in front but Jonna Borgström took her other rivals by surprise and grabbed second place from Chavanne and Lou Dardillat after a frantic start. Ypraus found herself down in fifth but quickly displaced Dardillat and moved up to fourth. The octet held their positions through two laps with Virginie Morlaes, River Varner and Naomi Benini running down in sixth, seventh and eighth places.
Drange headed into lap six with a lead of 20.78 seconds and she maintained her composure to seal a fourth successive European Championship Moto win after missing the first Grand Prix in Poland. A returning Borgström delivered an impressive performance to finish second, albeit 27.94 seconds behind the defending European champion, and Ypraus finished third.
Chavanne dramatically slipped out of contention on the final lap and the French girl’s demise lifted Dardillat into fourth ahead of Morlaes, Varner and Benini. It also boosted the title hopes of her closest challengers, Morlaes and Ypraus.
Drange said: “It was P1 in Moto 1. I took the start, led the whole way and made a gap to take the victory.”
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