Press Release

Honda’s pre-season preparations continue throughout Europe‏

ocscottie
3/21/2011 7:25pm
All
four of Honda’s official world motocross riders were in action this
weekend at three separate meetings, as they each continue their
respective pre-season preparations ahead of the start of the world
championship season next month in Bulgaria.

Honda World
Motocross riders Rui Gonçalves and Evgeny Bobryshev took part in their
second race of the week at the third round of the Italian Championship
in Cingoli. Conditions were tough but both riders showed well, narrowly
missing out on the podium positions. Looking to build on an impressive
win last time out, Bobryshev went 4-3 across both motos while team mate
Gonçalves improved on his Faenza performance with 9-5 finishes.

In
the UK, LS Honda Racing’s Shaun Simpson contested the Hawkstone
International at the ‘home of British motocross’. The hard charging
Scot started well with 5th in the first moto and improved with a solid
4th position in the second to take 4th overall. Simpson went one better
with a podium in the super final, which saw the top 20 riders from MX1
and MX2 riders competing.

Simpson’s LS team mate, Ken De Dycker,
was on top form on the continent as he dominated the second round of
the Dutch Championship in Halle. Big Ken took the double victory in the
MX1 class, cementing his superiority early on by winning the first moto
by nearly a minute!

Rui Gonçalves, Honda World Motocross
I
was riding more confidently than Faenza but still felt tight on the
bike and was tensing up a lot in the first moto, so finding hard to get
into my rhythm. Between motos I didn’t really change anything on the
bike, just worked on resolving what I was doing wrong and finding my
focus. It worked as I felt much smoother in the second moto and was
able to get a better result.

Evgeny Bobryshev, Honda World Motocross
Honestly
I was not too happy with my riding today but I am pretty pleased with
the result considering. I found the conditions hard with real deep,
deep ruts. It just been raining so hard this week...this is not how
Italy should be is it!? I do feel like I have now clicked with the bike
and feel like it is becoming my bike.

Shaun Simpson, LS Honda Racing
I
like it at Hawkstone as the place has been good to me in the past but I
wasn’t really getting on with the surface if I’m honest. It was soft
and loose on top but with a hard base underneath that was pretty
slippy. Nevertheless my results kept improving as the day went on and
when I got the start I was comfortable holding good pace at the front.

Ken De Dycker, LS Honda Racing
It
was important to go out and get good results but what is more important
is to get a good feeling before the start of the world championship.
This was my last race before the season starts so I was concentrating
on getting everything right with the bike and the settings and I look
to carry this forward into the season ahead.

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