Turning a two-point deficit into a four-point advantage, defending champion Sammy Halbert burst into the lead of the 2025 FIM Flat Track World Championship with a dominant performance at Vasad in Hungary on September 13 at the penultimate round.
A comfortable winner last time out at Scheessel where he clearly gelled with the fast one-thousand-meter German track, the big question was would Halbert be equally at home on the much shorter 313-meter Hungarian circuit? The answer was an unequivocal yes and the Flat Track fans who had made the journey to Vasad, about 50 kilometers southwest of the Hungarian capital Budapest, did not have long to wait before the rider from Washington State gave a clear indication of his form.
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The Grand Final was all about Halbert who delivered a masterclass in cool, controlled racing. The former AMA GNC champ barely put a wheel wrong and gave himself a 38th birthday present two days early by taking his second consecutive Grand Final win.
He heads to the sixth and concluding round of the 2025 FIM Flat Track World Championship, which takes place September 20 at Pardubice in the Czech Republic, leading Ervín Krajčovič by just four points.
2025 FIM Flat Track Round 5 Results (Top 5)
- Sammy Halbert
- Tim Neave
- Ervín Krajčovič
- Ondřej Svědík
- Marius Kircher
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