WIMMER IS 2012 KTM EJC CHAMPION!
published at 07.10.2012 / created by Marcia Hill
Austria's Lukas Wimmer emerged the winner of the 2012 KTM European Junior Cup on Sunday after the second of two races in France’s Magny Cours after a dramatic finish that involved both Wimmer and his only challenger for the title, Spain’s Gaston Garcia.
Both Wimmer, who had a 31 point lead going into the race and Garcia crashed in the final stages of a very hard fought race but managed to scramble back on their KTM 690 Duke racing machines to finish the race in third and fourth respectively.
A drying track meant the conditions were far from ideal and by the end of the eight-lap race it was French rider Giullaume Raymond, third in Saturday’s penultimate race, who topped the podium. Ukranian Ilya Mikhalchik who had led in the early stages finished second.
Fifth went to Jean-Francois Demoulin (France) while wildcards Paul Haquin (France) and Daniel Mettam (New Zealand) completed the top seven.
Adrian Pasek, Artur Wielebski and Kaz Hashmi all crashed without injury in a race that many have said was the most enthralling of the season.
Wimmer has proved to be the most outstanding rider of the season, delivering some thrilling finishes but also deploying tactics that frequently either put him on top of the podium or out of the points. He won four races, was second once and third in the final race but finished three times out of the points.
The competition, held parallel to the World Superbike Championship is a springboard for aspiring your road racers into the senior ranks.
Final Standings KTM EJC 2012
All riders on the KTM 690 Duke machines
1. Lukas Wimmer (A), 136 points
(2012 Cup Champion)
2. Gaston Garcia (E), 111
3. Javi Orellana (E), 81
4. Christian Vidal (E), 73
5. Artur Wielebski (PL), 72
Lukas Wimmer on his way to victory on the KTM 690 Duke
Wimmer with his mechanic Steven Cooney
Class of 2012: Junior racers of the KTM EJC