(Motorsport-Total.com) – Dirk Geiger secured the first podium of the current season at the Supersport 300 World Championship in Misano. The German KTM rider from the Freudenberg team finished the second race in second place and narrowly missed out on victory.
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A small mistake in the final lap cost Geiger a possible victory. In the end, he was 0.062 behind winner Bruno Ieraci (Kawasaki). Geiger finished the first race on Saturday in tenth place. In the championship, Geiger is in third place after three of eight events.
“It was a really tough day and a really tough race,” commented Geiger. “I pushed really hard on every lap. On the last lap I made a small mistake that cost me the win. But I’m still very happy about the podium.”
“I want to dedicate this podium to KTM and my team. They have worked really hard. Now we are on the podium and I hope that more top-three results will follow. Hopefully we will move up one position,” says the 20-year-old from Mannheim.
© Team Freudenberg
Freudenberg-KTM team-mate Lennox Lehmann did not have a good weekend in Misano. The young Saxon hopeful missed out on the points in both races.
Lehmann finished the first race in P17. In the second race, the 17-year-old from Dresden finished in P16. Lehmann is currently in P23 in the overall ranking.
Source : German