CRISTOBAL GUERRERO KTM’S STRONGEST E2 RIDER IN CHILE

Teammate Johnny Aubert had a difficult weekend on both days. Accustomed to being at the front of the field, the French rider had to settle for fifth place on Saturday and eleventh on Sunday. He lost ground on a tricky Enduro test that started on the crest of a steep slope, followed by a very technical downhill and another ascent. 

This, coupled with the fact that there was a big field of around 150 riders meant it was difficult to get past the slower riders in the field, team boss Fabio Farioli said. “Johnny got stuck on one test on Saturday and on Sunday he had a crash and this cost him time but it was not easy with the slow riders and such a big field.” Aubert returns to competition after being out for the second half of the 2011 season after a nasty crash at the GP of Greece but he did race for the first time in the 2012 Dakar Rally finishing a very creditable fourteenth overall on a series KTM Rally Replica bike. 

Guerrero narrowly missed third on Saturday and on Sunday ended the day being second fastest in three tests to scramble into fourth place for a total of 24 championship points, 10 points off the current leader fellow Spaniard Ivan Cervantes. 

Next weekend there is more new territory for the Enduro riders to tackle when they head for San Juan in Argentina.

E2 Results Round 1
1. Juha Salminen (FIN), HVA 
2. Ivan Cervantes (E), Gas-Gas
3. Oscar Balletti (I), Beta
4. Cristobal Guerrero (E), KTM
5. Johnny Aubert (F), KTM
Other KTM
10. Franco Caimi (RA), KTM
13. Fabio Mossini (I), KTM

E2 Standings after Round 1
1. Juha Salminen (FIN), HVA, 20 points
2. Ivan Cervantes (E), Gas-Gas, 17
3. Oscar Balletti (I), Beta, 15
4. Cristobal Guerrero (E), KTM, 12
5. Johnny Aubert (F), KTM, 11

E2 Results Round 2
1. Pierre-Alexandre Renet (F), Husaberg
2. Ivan Cervantes (E), Gas-Gas
3. Alex Salvini (I), HVA
4. Cristobal Guerrero (E), KTM
5. Juha Salminen (FIN), HVA 
Other KTM
9. Fabio Mossini (I), KTM
11. Johnny Aubert (F), KTM
12. Franco Caimi (RA), KTM

E2 Standings after Round 2
1. Ivan Cervantes (E), Gas-Gas, 34 points
2. Juha Salminen (FIN), HVA, 31
3. Pierre-Alexandre Renet (F), Husaberg, 30
4. Cristobal Guerrero (E), KTM, 24
5. Alex Salvini (I), HVA, 23
Other KTM
6. Johnny Aubert (F), KTM, 16

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