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On Saturday, the final stage of the Baltic Motorway Championship “Motul Grand Prix” took place on the Biķernieki track, where the most exciting events took place for the participants in the crowded “BMW 325 CUP” class, where the fastest of Latvian pilots was Matīss Mežaks.
30 participants entered the BMW 325 CUP class. Carmen Krava, a 15-year-old Estonian, won a surprising victory in the qualifying race. Next to the first row was the vice-leader of the championship Edvīna Žadeikis, and in the third place the leader of the championship Karolis Jovaiša.
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At the start of the race, Jovaiša took the lead, with Latvian driver Artjoms Kočlamazašvili in the back. Matīss Mežaks demonstrated a great performance on the wet track, who quickly overcame the competitors in the tenth starting places and reached the second position. At the finish of the first race, Jovaišas won, the second Mežaks, the third place went to Lithuanian Jonas Ramanauskas, and the fourth place went to Konstantīns Calko.
Matīss Mežaks took the lead in the second race of the competition, closely followed by Edvinas Žadeikis and Karolis Jovaiša. In the fight for the first place, Mežaks gave in to Žadeikis and started defending himself against Jovaiša. In the last bend of the Biķernieki track, Lithuanian athlete Jovaiša performed an overtaking maneuver with little contact between the two riders, as a result of which Mežaks drove off the track and lost three positions. At the finish of the trip, the first was Žadeikis, the second Jovaiša, the third and fourth place for Estonian athletes Romets Reisins and Enars-Klaus Kunman, Uldis Timaks fifth, but Matīss Mežaks sixth.
In the totality of both trips, the first is Karolis Jovaiša, the second is Edvinas Žadeikis, and the third step of the podium is Matīss Mežaks.
In the overall standings of the season, the victory was won by Karolis Jovaišs, the second by Edvinas Žadeikis, and the third place by the Latvian Krišjānis Oskerko. A total of 55 participants took part in the season.
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In “BTC2” class, Atis Veismanis won the first race, which before the second race allowed to achieve the same number of points as the season’s main competitor Simo Lind from Estonia. However, a technical defect in the second race prevented Weismanis from fighting for the victory in the overall rating. Arnis Baumanis sixth place in the sum of two trips.
More information at www.batcc.eu.
The information was prepared by:
Andis Meilands, BaTCC direktors
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