Samuli Aro holds onto second place in E2 World Championship

KTM Factory rider Samuli Aro wound up the E2 season at the French Grand Prix on Sunday with a sixth place securing enough championship points to finish second in the world championship behind arch rival Mika Ahola.

Aro's final day out on the track in the French countryside was not without incident. He had one small crash, which cost him some time but thankfully no injury or damage that stopped him completing the day's action.
 
Meanwhile his KTM Enduro Factory Team team-mate Fabien Planet was in fine form again on Sunday to score his second podium in two days in front of his home crowd. The course, with its grassy surfaces and woodlands was tailor-made to suit the French riders and Planet also took good advantage of the familiar conditions.
 
Aro has been on the podium 11 times during the 2007 season including victories in Sweden and Canada. Planet, who finished fourth in the championship standings, was three times on the podium but consistently well in the points ranking after each race.
 
Results Sunday
1. Johnny Aubert, France, Yamaha
2. Mika Ahola, Finland, Honda
3. Fabien Planet, France, KTM
4. Stefan Merriman, Australia, Aprilia
5. Xavier Galindo, Spain, KTM
6. Samuli Aro, Finland, KTM (2007 Vice World Champion)