Neither Ben Townley or Stefan Everts clinched a World Title this weekend in Gaildorf and both will have to wait until Ballykelly, in Ireland, on Saturday 11th to celebrate their successful season.
Townley lost his chance when he got involved in an early pile-up during the first heat, while Mickael Pichon won his 33rd Grand Prix and keeps a mathematical chance in the MX1 class.
After a rainy night the track was very slippery on Sunday morning and most of the riders used the warm up session to fix different settings and discover new lines on this technical and rough track.
Stephen Sword was back from the hospital and gave positive news about his condition but he also had to watch countryman Carl Nunn crash on the same jump. With a painful neck, the Honda rider didn't compete in the races.
In the MX1 class Mickael Pichon got the holeshot in the first race but Stefan Everts was at his rear wheel in the second corner.
Pichon made a little gap but crashed on the fifth lap; losing time to re-start the bike and wasn't able to catch Everts who won the first race followed by Pichon, Joshua Coppins and surprisingly Antoine Meo on a 250 Kawasaki.
Pichon got another great start in the following heat but this time Everts missed out. He came back to third after one lap and then passed Steve Ramon for second spot; Pichon was so strong this time that he always improved the gap and won the race, followed by Everts, Coppins and Luigi Seguy.
Seguy slipped at the first start and Ramon crashed on a fast jump during the first race, Meo retired in the second heat due to a broken shock and Kevin Strijbos finally finished this GP in fourth after messing up both starts.
The MX2 class proved to be much more exciting than the main category this weekend.
In the first race Antonio Cairoli and Mickael Maschio battled for the win, but Cairoli crashed and let Alessio Chiodi and Claudio Federici on the podium alongside the French rider.
