Pidcock Motorcycles News

10 Jun 2011

Unofficial World Flat Track Championship.

Lonigo, Saturday 21st May

Italian Flat Track specialist Marco Belli won the FIM Flat Track test meeting in style which was held in
Lonigo on a warm Saturday night.

He topped the main event after the qualifying heats dropping his only point to Fabrizio Vesprini in his first
outing. He also dominated the semi-final 1 - he completely missed the gate - and went from third to first
and into the final after a tough battle for first position with British youngster Tom Woolley on his
Pidcock CRF450R.

Belli said afterwards "I'm over the moon after this prestigious victory and it is like the icing on the cake after
a lot of years of racing. I dedicate this win to myself and to my family who have supported me during my
whole career. I was really proud to hear the Italian anthem after the prize-giving ceremony"

The meeting saw a lot of over-takings and passes in which was a real advertising for the speciality.

The race format saw the main event with 8 heats which featured 8 riders and were run over 6 laps. The first
three riders for each semi-final went straight to the final and the last chance heat qualified the last two
riders to the final. The final was run over 12 laps.

One of the best races of the night was heat number 3 in which eventual winner Belli came from third to first
in a couple of laps.
The fifth heat was also another race to remember for the fans. Vesprini and Belli battled elbow to elbow for
a couple of laps in a classic Italian derby.

Runner-up was hot prospect British Tom Woolley. He started the meeting with a third place, but
then found extra speed and was one of the best entertainers of the night.

Third on the rostrum was Aidan Collins, the other British rider in the line-up. He collected three straight
second places in the main event and also in his semi-final. He zipped from the gate in the final and seemed
on his way to the victory, but was passed by Belli and Vesprini on the second bend of the second turn.

Also the last chance heat deserved be to mentioned. Hungarian rider Onodi Bejamin rocketed from the
tapes and lead for a couple of laps. He then was passed by Lucarini and Scalabrin for the last places in the
final.

Fabrizio Vesprini, one of the pre-meeting favourite, finished the meeting just outside the rostrum places. He
was leading at he halfway stage and was well in contention for a medal place before being passed by
fellow countrymen Belli and British pack Woolley and Collins. He reported "I'm very disappointed because
I gated well all the night. Unfortunately I missed the gate in the final and it proved costly. Anyway Belli,
Woolley and Collins deserved the rostrum places"

FINAL RESULT

1 Marco Belli (Ita) Zeta, 20
2 Tom Woolley (GB) Pidcock Honda, 17
3 Aidan Collins (GB) Honda, 14
4 Fabrizio Vesprini (Ita) Husaberg, 12
5 Vittorio Emanuele Marzotto (Ita) KTM, 10
6 Massimiliano Andreotti (Ita) Honda, 8
7 Alessandro Scalabrin (Ita) KTM, 7
8 Maurizio Lucarini (Ita) Honda, 5
9 Alessandro Castiglioni (Ita) KTM, 4
10 Onodi Benjamin (Hungary) KTM, 3
11 Bryce Starks (USA) Kawasaki, 2
12 Damien Bomais (France) Yamaha, 1
13 Dario Magnoni (Ita) Harley Davidson, 0
14 Massimo Zambon (Ita) Fasciani, 0
15 Marco Buzzi (Ita) Yamaha, 0



In the British Championship (Short Track) Tom Woolley leads the Points table after 2 Rounds.

2011 SILKOLENE STUK CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
PRO CLASS
NUMBER RIDER                   RD 1 RD 2 RD 3 RD 4 RD 5 RD 6 TOTAL
1ST 93 TOM WOOLLEY         16    12                                     28
2ND 17 DAVID HAITH          20     8                                      28
3RD 54 PETER BOAST          12    14                                     26
4TH 7 BEN BAKER               14      9                                     23
5TH 71 GLYN POCKLINGTON 7      11                                    18
6TH 14 TIM NEAVE               8     10                                     18
7TH 1 AIDAN COLLINS          0    16                                      16
8TH 10 TIM GREIG               9      5                                      14
9TH 11 ADAM MARSHALL     11     3                                      14
10TH 25 DEREK BRINDLEY    6      7                                      13
11TH 20 DARREN TRAPMORE 10    2                                      12
12TH 61 KEV ARMSTRONG    3      6                                       9
13TH 64 GEOFF BALDOCK     5      4                                       9
14TH 9 RICHARD MAY           4      0                                      4
15TH 3 PAUL SHELDON         2      0                                      2
16TH 28 STEVE COLES         0      1                                       1
17TH 66 GEOFF BULL           1      0                                       1