Toni Bou repeats second spot in Andorra

On Jul 5, 2015

Trial of Andorra

Trial 2015 Round T6 , Trial 2

Repsol Honda Team come away from the Andorra Trial GP having picked up satisfactory results and points which – in spite of not winning – keep Toni Bou firmly at the helm of the world championship overall standings. Fujinami takes fifth and Busto, hampered by physical issues, finishes sixth.

It was a gruelling and tough trial in Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra, with a Repsol Honda Team unable to accomplish their original objective of a Toni Bou victory. The current world champion was frustrated in some of the sections, where several errors raised the scorecard tally to levels that left Bou incapable of overcoming the day’s eventual winner Adam Raga.

Toni Bou, nonetheless retains a 28-point advantage at the top of general rankings with three GPs still left before the season closes.

Bou’s brother-in-arms at Repsol Honda Team, Takahisa Fujinami, put in an improved performance compared to yesterday’s, although three consecutive errors on lap two minimized the possibility of a podium place. A fifth final place on the day in Andorra corresponds to his fifth position in the overall rankings.

Repsol Honda Team’s debutant Jaime Busto had it tough in the Andorra heights today. A sudden attack of lumbago saw the rookie seek treatment from the organization’s medical team and left the Basque rider unable to ride at full potential on the event’s second day, although Busto did succeed in coming away with a respectable sixth place.

Next port-of-call for the Repsol Honda Team will be at the same location next weekend, this time for the Spanish Trial Championship, the fourth date of the calendar. The next FIM Trial World Championship event will be the USA GP – the seventh round – to be held on 25th and 26th July.

Toni Bou ¹

RACE: 2ND CHAMPIONSHIP: 1ST

The trial got off to a tough start when I picked up a ‘5’ in the second section. There were a few moments when it looked like I could pull it off, but in the end it wasn’t to be. And when it’s not meant to be, the best you can hope for are the runner-up points, because I almost finished in third place. Adam has been really strong here and I know that it will be really hard to beat him in the coming races, which is why all the consecutive wins and the advantage up until now are so important.

Takahisa Fujinami ⁵

RACE: 5TH CHAMPIONSHIP: 5TH

I continued to have some problems in some of the sections, where I couldn’t make it over the obstacles which went from ‘0’ to ‘5’. For that reason I picked up a lot of points. I fought really hard, but on the second lap I committed three faults in a row which meant a podium was out of the question. Yesterday, I was last out of the chasing pack, but today I was the first of them. Now it’s time to focus on the forthcoming races which won’t be at altitude, so hopefully I won’t feel so bad.

Jaime Busto ¹⁵

RACE: 6TH CHAMPIONSHIP: 6TH

Today I really suffered. No sooner had the race began when I started to feel a lot of pain in my lower back and I didn’t think that I’d be able to finish the race. Luckily, there was a physio from the organisation who gave me a massage and I was able to go on. I didn’t want to pay any attention to the result, just to get through it as quickly as possible. At the end of the day, sixth place isn’t bad, but I had a tough time out there today.

Miquel Cirera

Team Manager

It hasn’t been such a good weekend for Repsol Honda Team, but the second place finishes are important if you want to win the world championship. Toni wants to win and we do too, but today it wasn’t possible. Two runner-up positions aren’t a bad result. Fuji performed better today and is a little happier. Jaime had a physical problem so we didn’t expect anything of him. Moreover, he finished in a good position all things considered. We will be working really hard to try and win the next event which is in the United States. We have to thank everyone, even though we didn’t come away with the victory, for the great team effort. This was a really tough trial for the high altitude and temperatures.

Results Day 2 GP Trial Andorra

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	L1	L2	L3	Points	Team	Time/Gap
1	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	2	10	3	20	Gas Gas	15
2	BOU Toni	1	SPA	9	5	8	17	Repsol Honda Team	22
3	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	6	14	4	15	Sherco Factory Team	24
4	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	10	16	13	13	Beta Factory Racing	39
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	18	21	18	11	Repsol Honda Team	57
6	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	20	19	22	10	Repsol Honda Team	61
7	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	33	9	20	9	Beta Factory Racing	62
8	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	23	17	27	8	Sherco Factory Team	67
9	DABILL James	6	GBR	27	21	29	7	Vertigo	77
10	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	26	24	28	6	Beta Factory Racing	78
11	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	37	33	31	5	Vertigo	101
12	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	31	43	37	4	Montesa Team Karlsson	111
13	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	37	38	40	3	Jgas	115
14	PEDERSEN Hakon	12	NOR	53	44	37	2	Ossa Pedersen	134
15	TARRES Pol	9	SPA				0	Sherco Factory Team

Rider Standings

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team
1	BOU Toni	1	SPA	231	Repsol Honda Team
2	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	203	Gas Gas
3	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	168	Beta Factory Racing
4	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	153	Sherco Factory Team
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	145	Repsol Honda Team
6	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	121	Repsol Honda Team
7	DABILL James	6	GBR	91	Vertigo
8	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	91	Sherco Factory Team
9	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	63	Beta Factory Racing
10	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	59	Montesa Team Karlsson
11	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	44	Beta Factory Racing
12	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	37	Jgas
13	TARRES Pol	9	SPA	32	Sherco Factory Team
14	PEDERSEN Hakon	12	NOR	24	Ossa Pedersen
15	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	18	Vertigo
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