Sunny Italy welcomed the European SuperMoto riders in the all asphalt circuit of Castelletto di Branduzzo, offering a one day event in extremely hot conditions, typical for the season. Race 1 of the SM2 for the GP of Europe began not in the best way for the winner of the pole position Yuri Guardala from Italy. Due to outside assistance at the grid he was disqualified from the race in question. However, the Italian performed at a top level and at the second race he proved his style and ambitions this season. In any case, the epic battle for the European championship included a heavy Italian pressure on the current leader of the series – Asseri Kingelin, who won Race one ahead of Paolo Gaspardone, and his fellow Italians – Gioavanni Bussei – third and Fabrizio Bartolini at fourth place. The top five in Race 1 was finalized with the