Great beginning for the new partnership Vibram+TM Racing at Supermotard World Championship 2011: the defending World Champion Thomas Chareyre (in the photo) got the first place in the opening Grand Prix of Italy this past April 3rd in Busca.

Thomas led the whole race, successfully facing Davide Gozzini and Thierry Van den Bosch in the 1st heat, Mauno Hermunen and Massimo Beltrami in the second one and Hermunen and his borther Adrien Chareyre in the final rush.

Next race of the Supermotard World Championship will be the Grand Prix of Bulgary, to be held in Pleven next May 29.

GENERAL RANKING

1. CHAREYRE, Thomas (FRA, TM) 75 points
2. HERMUNEN, Mauno (FIN, Husqvarna) 60 points
3. LAZZARINI, Ivan (ITA, Honda) 49 points
4. GOZZINI, Davide (ITA, KTM) 48 points
5. MARIE LUCE, Alexis (FRA, KTM) 46 points
6. BELTRAMI, Massimo (ITA, Honda) 39 points
7. CHAREYRE, Adrien (FRA, Aprilia)38 points
8. BIDART, Sylvain (FRA, Honda) 38 points
9. BARTOLINI, Fabrizio (ITA, Yamaha) 36 points
10. VAN DEN BOSCH, Thierry (FRA, Aprilia) 34 points.