Difficult weekend for Honda World Motocross Team in Great Britain

In many ways it has been one to forget for the Honda World Motocross
Team at the Grand Prix of Great Britain. The weekend started with news
that an injury to Evgeny Bobryshev would preclude him from taking part
in proceedings, and ended with a crash for Rui Gonçalves in the second
moto.

In the first, Gonçalves had battled to sixth on fast
flowing track that did not seem to suit his style. Out front Frossard
and Pourcel would duel with Pourcel taking the honours. The second moto
saw the Portuguese making moves towards the top-five, before a horror
crash between Tanel Leok and Billy Mackenzie bought out the red flag at
around the 20min mark.

In the re-rack, Gonçalves got a better
start and was running in the top-five but the added duration of another
half moto began to take its toll and the Honda man began to fade towards
the end. A small coming together with Boissiere on the last lap would
see Gonçalves hittin
g the
deck. Although he managed to re-mount, a finish of 14th was all he could
muster. The race was won by Antonio Cairoli, who would also take the
overall GP victory.

Rui Gonçalves, Honda World Motocross
“I
was absolutely empty after that one and had given all I had and had
really bad cramps at the end of the moto but forced myself to finish. It
was a disappointing weekend overall and I am not at all happy, but I
will pick myself up, move on to the next one and look for a strong end
to the season.”