Eight rounds into the 16-round Enduro 1 world championship John Salminen of the KTM Factor Team has a perfect score card – 200 points from eight consecutive victories. It doesn't get any better than that.
The Finnish supremo's two clear victories this weekend in the GP Leovince of Italy give him a stranglehold on the championship standings as he continues to underline his total dominance in the E1 class. Half way through the season its difficult to imagine that another rider can close the gap on the outstanding Finnish rider who returned this season from the USA to compete again in the world championship circuit.
Salminen in fact lost about 20 seconds at the start of Sunday's race but he was able to make it up and eventually won by around 40 seconds, team boss Fabio Farioli reported.
Salminen's Italian teammate in the class, Alessandro Belometti also fulfilled the wishes of team boss Fabio Farioli by taking third place, thus securing the factory team five of six podiums in all three classes on Sunday.
Crowds came out in large numbers to watch the riders compete over tough mountainous terrain but rain that fell in the morning cleared by the afternoon.
Results
1. Juha Salminen, Finland, KTM, tests 55:42.72
2. Simone Albergoni, Italy, Yamaha, 56:23.52
3. Alessandro Belometti, Italy, KTM, 57:30.01
4. Maurizio Micheluz, Italy, Yamaha, 57:40.12
5. Marc Germain, France, Yamaha 57:48.83
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