FIM Europe Super Twin Bike

The season started out well for the de Haas brothers when they finally sorted out how to run in the sixes. Since then they have been one of the more consistent teams in the Super Twin ranks so it certainly wasn’t a surprise (unlike their previous event win back in 2010 that came from the first alternate spot) for Martjin to wheel the MPM Oil entry into the final round having qualified low with a new PB of 6.6323/209.97. A first round match with no-show from outgoing champion Ronny Aasen came and went with a consistent 6.6599/209.95 and then a semi-final 6.7500 at an improved 212.89 gave him a berth in an all Dutch final against Job Heezen. de Haas left first and busted both ends of his personal marks with a 6.6230/214.92 and Heezen recording a best of 6.7029/191.40 on the ex-Lo Stäuble bike he picked up a couple of seasons ago in the sharpest side-by-side race the class has seen all season.

Points leader Samu Kemppainen came into the Euro finale off the back of a win in Germany (the home territory of championship rival Christian Jäger who had taken the event win on Samu’s patch in Finland). Qualifying in second spot meant a first round meeting for the pair which Kemppainen looked to be hauling hard with the front wheel being carried high until he dropped it directly on the foam block marking the start of the 1320 speed trap with Jäger some way behind. Fortune was smiling on the Skull Racing team as Jäger’s troubled weekend resumed in the semifinal against Heezen halting any hopes of taking the title away from Kemppainen.