KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli rider David Knight claimed his fourth double Enduro 3 class win of the ’05 season at the GP of Spain in Gernika. Knight now extends his lead in the E3 championship to 39 points. Comfortably winning the Enduro 3 class on both days, Knight also finished the event as the fastest overall rider—irrespective of class—on both days.Just one week after claiming victory at the gruelling Erzburg Rodeo in Austria, Knighter arrived at the WEC’s second Spanish event confident of maintaining his world championship winning streak—and he did. With the event featuring three very different, but also much shorter, special tests than previous rounds of the series, fine weather and four laps of an enjoyable course made for some of the championship’s closest racing yet.On day one Knighter soon found his rhythm despite thinking on occasions that he was still racing aboard his 300cc two-stroke. Overshooting a couple of corners during the opening two laps, David steadily opened up what would become a 30 second winning margin. Making no major mistakes during the opening day’s competition, Knighter again proved too fast for his competitors.On day two David again set the pace in the E3 class winning all but one of the day’s 12 special tests. Even faster than he had been on day one, David placed his KTM just under one minute ahead of his nearest rival, Finland’s Marko Tarkkala. With the ’05 WEC series all but at the half way stage David now sits comfortably at the head of the E3 championship, some 39 points clear of his Finnish teammate. Winning the E3 category in Spain, Knight also played an important part in ensuring that the KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli squad topped the team competition.David Knight: “It’s been another great weekend for me although I kept overshooting corners early on day one. I think it was because I raced a 300cc two-stroke last weekend at Erzburg and didn’t have any time to go training on my 500 before this weekend. Once I’d ridden a few laps I was ok and didn’t have any more problems. With the special tests being quite short I really thought that there would only be hundredths of seconds between the top riders, so to win by just over half a minute on day one was good.”I found day two was a bit easier, I think it was because I was getting used to the bike again. The only problem I had was that I kept going for a kick starter thinking it was my 300, forgetting that my four-stroke race bike has a button! I nearly hit a fox in one of the enduro special tests but apart from that I didn’t have any problems at all. The event got better as it went on. The tests were good fun and winning again just made it better.”Enduro 3 Results – Day 1
1. David Knight (KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli) 35:50.77
2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 36.23.73
3. Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas) 36:30.31
4. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 37:14.25
5. Alex Zanni (Honda) 37:18.24
6. Mika Ahola (Husqvarna) 37:30.69
7. Alessio Paoli (TM) 37:36.90
8. Thierry Klutz (Gas Gas) 38:03.03
9. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 38:08.50
10. Sebastien Denis (Husqvarna) 38:33.20
11 Gerard Farres (KTM) 38:33.52
12. Michal Rudolf (KTM) 38:33.84
13. Mario Rinaldi (Husaberg) 38:42.51
14. Thierry Traccan (Husqvarna) 42:04.89
15. Tobias Auerswald (Husqvarna) 42:14.25
16. Jens Oestreich (KTM) 43:38.29Enduro 3 Results – Day 2
1. David Knight (KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli) 42:05.59
2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 43:02.62
3. Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas) 43:33.84
4. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 43:55.74
5. Mika Ahola (Husqvarna) 44:08.23
6. Alex Zanni (Honda) 44:10.64
7. Thierry Klutz (Gas Gas) 44:13.71
8. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 44:39.88
9. Mario Rinaldi (Husaberg) 44:42.06
10. Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 44:57.11
11. Gerard Farres (Husqvarna) 45:05.20
12. Michal Rudolf (KTM) 45:18.11
13. Sebastien Denis (Husqvarna) 45:35.37
14. Maurizio Magherini (Beta) 47:58.38
15. Thierry Traccan (Husqvarna) 49:42.42
16. Tobias Auerswald (Husqvarna) 50:32.56
17. Jens Oestreich (KTM) 51:20.66
Enduro 1 ResultsDay 1
1. Ivan Cervantes SPA KTM 36:27.36
2. Simone Albergoni ITA Honda +0:08.13
3. Marc Germain FRA Yamaha +0:09.79
4. Alessandro Belometti ITA KTM +0:19.48
5. Paul Edmondson GBR Honda +0:26.90
6. Petteri Silvan FIN KTM +0:40.48
7. Andre Raphael FRA +0:48.55
8. Maurizio Micheluz ITA Yamaha +0:56.07
9. Arnau Vilanova SPA Honda +0:58.87
10. Richard Larsson SWE TM +1:00.98
15. Mike Hartmann GER KTM +2:16.03Day 2
1. Ivan Cervantes SPA KTM 42:35.36
2. Marc Germain FRA Yamaha +0:19.51
3. Alessandro Belometti ITA KTM +0:40.31
4. Paul Edmondson GBR Honda +0:48.14
5. Arnau Vilanova SPA Honda +0:49.76
6. Bartosz Oblucki POL Yamaha +1:02.74
7. Simone Albergoni ITA Honda +1:24.24
8. Richard Larsson SWE TM +1:29.62
9. Xacob Agra SPA Yamaha +1:42.46
10. Andre Raphael FRA +1:43.10
14. Mike Hartmann GER KTM +2:30.40
15. Petteri Silvan FIN KTM +2:39.61
Enduro 2 ResultsDay 1
1. Stefan Merriman GBR Yamaha 35:56.44
2. Fabien Planet FRA KTM +0:17.62
3. Samuli Aro FIN KTM +0:35.05
4. Alessandro Botturi ITA KTM +0:56.81
5. Anders Eriksson SWE Husqvarna +1:04.80
6. Valtteri Salonen FIN Honda +1:07.10
7. Emmanuel Albepart FRA Honda +1:42.88
8. Jordan Curvalle FRA Kawasaki +1:45.10
9. Miki Arpa SPA Husqvarna +1:45.73
10. Bjrne Carlsson SWE Husaberg +1:52.32Enduro 2 Results – Day 2
1. Stefan Merriman GBR Yamaha 42:25.77
2. Fabien Planet FRA KTM +0:23.33
3. Samuli Aro FIN KTM +0:34.00
4. Alessandro Botturi ITA KTM +0:56.03
5. Jari Mattila FIN Beta +0:57.81
6. Anders Eriksson SWE Husqvarna +1:09.06
7. Bjrne Carlsson SWE Husaberg +1:13.87
8. Valtteri Salonen FIN Honda +1:27.74
9. Emmanuel Albepart FRA Honda +1:30.02
10. Euan McConnell GBR Honda +1:42.57
1. David Knight (KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli) 35:50.77
2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 36.23.73
3. Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas) 36:30.31
4. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 37:14.25
5. Alex Zanni (Honda) 37:18.24
6. Mika Ahola (Husqvarna) 37:30.69
7. Alessio Paoli (TM) 37:36.90
8. Thierry Klutz (Gas Gas) 38:03.03
9. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 38:08.50
10. Sebastien Denis (Husqvarna) 38:33.20
11 Gerard Farres (KTM) 38:33.52
12. Michal Rudolf (KTM) 38:33.84
13. Mario Rinaldi (Husaberg) 38:42.51
14. Thierry Traccan (Husqvarna) 42:04.89
15. Tobias Auerswald (Husqvarna) 42:14.25
16. Jens Oestreich (KTM) 43:38.29Enduro 3 Results – Day 2
1. David Knight (KTM Enduro Factory Team Farioli) 42:05.59
2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 43:02.62
3. Seb Guillaume (Gas Gas) 43:33.84
4. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 43:55.74
5. Mika Ahola (Husqvarna) 44:08.23
6. Alex Zanni (Honda) 44:10.64
7. Thierry Klutz (Gas Gas) 44:13.71
8. Vita Kuklik (KTM) 44:39.88
9. Mario Rinaldi (Husaberg) 44:42.06
10. Daniel Persson (Husaberg) 44:57.11
11. Gerard Farres (Husqvarna) 45:05.20
12. Michal Rudolf (KTM) 45:18.11
13. Sebastien Denis (Husqvarna) 45:35.37
14. Maurizio Magherini (Beta) 47:58.38
15. Thierry Traccan (Husqvarna) 49:42.42
16. Tobias Auerswald (Husqvarna) 50:32.56
17. Jens Oestreich (KTM) 51:20.66
Enduro 1 ResultsDay 1
1. Ivan Cervantes SPA KTM 36:27.36
2. Simone Albergoni ITA Honda +0:08.13
3. Marc Germain FRA Yamaha +0:09.79
4. Alessandro Belometti ITA KTM +0:19.48
5. Paul Edmondson GBR Honda +0:26.90
6. Petteri Silvan FIN KTM +0:40.48
7. Andre Raphael FRA +0:48.55
8. Maurizio Micheluz ITA Yamaha +0:56.07
9. Arnau Vilanova SPA Honda +0:58.87
10. Richard Larsson SWE TM +1:00.98
15. Mike Hartmann GER KTM +2:16.03Day 2
1. Ivan Cervantes SPA KTM 42:35.36
2. Marc Germain FRA Yamaha +0:19.51
3. Alessandro Belometti ITA KTM +0:40.31
4. Paul Edmondson GBR Honda +0:48.14
5. Arnau Vilanova SPA Honda +0:49.76
6. Bartosz Oblucki POL Yamaha +1:02.74
7. Simone Albergoni ITA Honda +1:24.24
8. Richard Larsson SWE TM +1:29.62
9. Xacob Agra SPA Yamaha +1:42.46
10. Andre Raphael FRA +1:43.10
14. Mike Hartmann GER KTM +2:30.40
15. Petteri Silvan FIN KTM +2:39.61
Enduro 2 ResultsDay 1
1. Stefan Merriman GBR Yamaha 35:56.44
2. Fabien Planet FRA KTM +0:17.62
3. Samuli Aro FIN KTM +0:35.05
4. Alessandro Botturi ITA KTM +0:56.81
5. Anders Eriksson SWE Husqvarna +1:04.80
6. Valtteri Salonen FIN Honda +1:07.10
7. Emmanuel Albepart FRA Honda +1:42.88
8. Jordan Curvalle FRA Kawasaki +1:45.10
9. Miki Arpa SPA Husqvarna +1:45.73
10. Bjrne Carlsson SWE Husaberg +1:52.32Enduro 2 Results – Day 2
1. Stefan Merriman GBR Yamaha 42:25.77
2. Fabien Planet FRA KTM +0:23.33
3. Samuli Aro FIN KTM +0:34.00
4. Alessandro Botturi ITA KTM +0:56.03
5. Jari Mattila FIN Beta +0:57.81
6. Anders Eriksson SWE Husqvarna +1:09.06
7. Bjrne Carlsson SWE Husaberg +1:13.87
8. Valtteri Salonen FIN Honda +1:27.74
9. Emmanuel Albepart FRA Honda +1:30.02
10. Euan McConnell GBR Honda +1:42.57
