Bou second on opening day

On Sep 12, 2015

Toni Bou second on the opening day of the Spanish Trial GP

A rough day for Repsol Honda Team in the trial back on home soil. The Spanish GP first day finishes in Teo, with recently-crowned world champion Toni Bou in second place. Busto and Fujinami see their efforts compromised by physical issues.

Toni Bou went into the season’s final trial with a more laid-back approach after having sealed his ninth consecutive world championship title last weekend. In spite of the title, the Repsol Honda Team ace was as hungry for victory as ever, but saw hopes of a win on the first day fade after completing the twelve sections with an excess of penalty marks. The trial turned out to be a relatively simple affair, although some overnight and early morning rain had left the terrain in a delicate state. Even so, Bou and Raga – today’s winner – were able to complete the second lap collecting just one mark each on the scorecard. A five-point fault on the first lap and some last lap slip-ups meant the Montesa Cota 4RT rider had to settle for second place.

Jaime Busto was unable to overcome some physical issues and posted a final eighth place. The Basque novice suffered a bout of intestinal troubles and had difficulty finding the verve necessary to tackle the more troublesome sections in the trial in Teo. Nevertheless, Busto has his sixth overall position assured in the championship.

Takahisa Fujinami also had a bad day in the office in Galicia. The Japanese was unable to shake off the back problems that hampered progress in last week’s trial. A sharp movement in section one was enough to cause a recurrence of the pain that lasted throughout today’s entire event.

Tomorrow, Sunday, sees the second day of the Spanish GP and the final day of the FIM Trial World Championship.

Toni Bou ¹

RACE: CHAMPIONSHIP: 1ST (CHAMPION)

It was a difficult day. Once again, we had a trial where there was no chance of making a mistake, but I committed a fault on the first lap, maybe because I was not as focused as I should have been. The second lap went well, but I made some unnecessary errors on the final one. But anyway, I have to hand it to Adam, who made things harder today. When you don’t win, a runner-up spot is a positive result. It’s important to enjoy the weekend of the last round of the world championship which has been so good and go all out for the win tomorrow.

Jaime Busto ¹⁵

RACE: 8TH CHAMPIONSHIP: 6TH

I wanted to give it everything here, but I think that I must have eaten something bad yesterday that made me feel ill. This morning I woke up with problems and I didn’t manage to improve until the final lap, where I finished with a more decent result. It’s a pity but I continue to believe that I can finish the season with a great result.

Takahisa Fujinami ⁵

RACE: 10TH CHAMPIONSHIP: 5TH

I wasn’t able to train during the week as the physiotherapist has been treating me for the back pain that arose in Portugal. But I did train yesterday and this morning and everything felt good, but a double-step in the first section caused a pain that left me physically weak. I didn’t have the confidence to be able to finish some of the more complicated sections and my only hope now is to recover a bit tonight and finish the year well tomorrow.

Miquel Cirera

Team Manager

You can’t win them all, plus Toni’s rivals are tough. Whenever he misses a chance they are straight in there and today he gave them a lot of opportunities. Today things didn’t turn out right, but that happens sometimes in trials. Tomorrow we will try our best to battle as we always do. Finishing in second place isn’t a bad result, but when you are use to winning and then you don’t, the whole thing seems a debacle. The rival was really good and we shouldn’t detract from his work. Fujinami continues to have the back problems and they need to be sorted out. He’s lost his confidence and when that happens the trials don’t turn out the right way. Jaime too wasn’t at his physical best and even though the last lap wasn’t so bad, we will have to fix that too.

Results day 1 GP Trial Spain

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	L1	L2	L3	Points	Team	Time/Gap
1	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	9	1	2	20	Gas Gas	12
2	BOU Toni	1	SPA	17	1	11	17	Repsol Honda Team	29
3	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	20	10	13	15	Sherco Factory Team	43
4	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	24	14	16	13	Beta Factory Racing	54
5	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	26	18	12	11	Beta Factory Racing	56
6	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	32	15	11	10	Sherco Factory Team	58
7	DABILL James	6	GBR	30	23	22	9	Vertigo	75
8	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	40	30	18	8	Repsol Honda Team	88
9	TARRES Pol	9	SPA	45	21	19	7	Sherco Factory Team	95
10	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	45	37	15	6	Repsol Honda Team	97
11	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	46	35	36	5	Vertigo	117
12	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	38	40	45	4	Montesa Team Karlsson	123
13	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	46	40	37	3	Jgas	123
14	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	52	42	39	2	Beta Factory Racing	133
15	PEDERSEN Hakon	12	NOR	53	48	36	1	Ossa Pedersen	137
16	SORENSEN Ole Kristian	19	NOR	56	50	55	0	Sherco	161

Rider Standings

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team
1	BOU Toni	1	SPA	328	Repsol Honda Team
2	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	291	Gas Gas
3	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	231	Beta Factory Racing
4	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	220	Sherco Factory Team
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	187	Repsol Honda Team
6	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	172	Repsol Honda Team
7	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	134	Sherco Factory Team
8	DABILL James	6	GBR	129	Vertigo
9	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	101	Beta Factory Racing
10	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	87	Montesa Team Karlsson
11	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	84	Beta Factory Racing
12	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	53	Jgas
13	TARRES Pol	9	SPA	47	Sherco Factory Team
14	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	30	Vertigo
15	PEDERSEN Hakon	12	NOR	25	Ossa Pedersen
16	OGAWA Tomoyuki	18	JPN	16	Honda Team Mitani
17	KUROYAMA Kenichi	20	JPN	14	Yamaha
18	SORENSEN Ole Kristian	19	NOR	14	Sherco
19	NOZAKI Fumitaka	19	JPN	8	Yamaha
20	OGAWA Tsuyoshi	21	JPN	7	Beta
21	BROWN Michael	11	GBR	5	Gas Gas
22	NOMOTO Yoshiaki	22	JPN	2	Beta
23	SATO Yuki	25	JPN	1	Honda