Prinz wins European title

From Yamaha Racing

After dominating for the entire season, German Yamaha rider Nina Prinz clinched the Women's European Championship on her YZF-R1 at the third and final round of the series at Albacete (Spain) on Sunday.

The reigning European champion from Mannheim / Leutkirch was in predictably consistent form all weekend, despite the atrocious qualifying and racing conditions.

Prinz went into the final round leading the championship with 50 points, followed by Lara Cordioli on 33 points. Prinz finished the race in a respectable fifth position, but first in her class, in less than perfect race conditions, with unpredictable weather affecting the weekend’s track action. The position gave her 11 points, giving her a 61 point total for the 2008 championship.

Prinz dominated the Saturday qualifying session, another day of difficult weather conditions, with storms and heavy rain hampering the riders. Nonetheless she managed pole position with a time of 1:33.345, a full three seconds clear of second place Spanish Honda rider Elena Rosell.