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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
The start of the 2010 GP series must have been a dream come true for Kenneth Bjerre. Recording his debut win in Gothenburg, saw him rocket to the head of the standings.
Suddenly, all eyes were on the Dane and the talk was about whether the 26 year old could not just clinch further victories, but bag a championship title too.
The Peterborough racer was keep to play down any talk of winning the crown, repeatedly saying “It’s where I finish at the end that matters. It’s a long season. It’s nice to be leading now but I want to be leading after Bydgoszcz.”
Unfortunately, Torun was where his championship hopes came unstuck with scoring 4 points. It was worst result in his GP and even after the event, he and his team were baffled as to what had gone wrong for them that night.
Cardiff needed a big performance. However, in the lead-up to the event, he suffered a nasty injury to his knee whilst riding for the Panthers at Eastbourne. This was not what the Esbjerg man needed before the fifth GP.
The Wroclaw rider battled on though and scored 7 points on what must have been a disappointing night for him. However, he didn’t put his misfortune down to not being fully fit, he was left ruing a race with fellow Dane and ex Panther, Hans Andersen, which he believed cost him his place of making the semi-finals. It was also a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
I shouldn’t have let Hans pass me in my first heat. I didn’t have the luck tonight with the draw. In the beginning of the meeting, I had the outside gates which no-one could make a start from.”
A below par peformance from the Slangerup rider has not diminished his hopes of still being crowned World Champion. Currently, Bjerre has slipped to fourth in the table, since a rostrum finish from Jason Crump has nipped him into 3rd place overall. Bjerre has a small advantage over new GP winner Chris Holder, Rune Holta and his fellow compatriots Nicki Pedersen and Andersen.
“I still believe I can be World Champion and I won’t give up until it’s no longer possible.”
It was the second half of the 2009 GP season that saw Bjerre come alive last season with three finals. The GP at Vojens will be one he will surely be eyeing for a potential victory in front of his home supporters. He also has the small matter of the Speedway World Cup to be raced at Vojens and he and his Danish team-mates will be looking to reclaim the silverware from the Polish contingent!
Article by and with permission of Leandra Graves.
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