German Bernd Hiemer became the S1 2006 World Champion and snatched the Title from 2005 Champion Gerald Delepine. Both rivals kept the rhythm high in the first Moto but Hiemer was the winner. He opened up a gap then lost the advantage because of a mistake; Delepine came close to the German but Hiemer pushed hard again and had a final advantage of 2 seconds and a half...