UK World Trial Grand Prix – Round 8 FIM Trial World
Championship 2006
Hawkstone Park 29/30 July 2006
 With
just two rounds of the FIM trial World championship completed,
the 2006 series is shaping up to be one of the closest ever
title fights with only a few points separating the four main
contenders. Britain’s very own Dougie Lampkin is amongst
these early front runners and will hope to arrive at the T+MX
Grand Prix Great Britain on 29 / 30 July 2006 at the famous
Hawkstone Park venue, in a commanding position.
In the premier class Lampkin will be joined by James Dabill,
who having moved from the Junior category as World champion,
is already making his mark amongst the more established names.
His career best seventh place at the last round in Portugal
is a position he will be looking to improve on when he has
the advantage of riding on home soil.
Picking up from where his team mate Dabill left off, Michael
Brown is now dominating the Junior championship having won
both of the opening rounds in style and against strong Spanish
opposition, who were tipped to be the pre-season favourites.
If all continues to go to plan Brown may be in a position
to clinch his first ever-international title by the time the
series reaches the sandy Shropshire venue.
The current strength and depth of the British assault in
the Youth division is unrivalled by any other Nation. This
group of emerging talent and potential future World champions
will be looking for great home support when their campaign
arrives in the UK in late July. This will be just reward for
their efforts, which by that time will have taken them all
over the World in search of young glory. Alexz Wigg spearheads
this group and currently holds second place in the series,
the rest of the top order is packed with the likes of Lee
Sampson, Sam Haslam, Richard Ellwood and Ross Danby.
Course planning is already underway, with section master
Martin Lampkin having unearthed four brand new hazards. He
is also working on revamping the remainder of the sections
to present the riders with a very different challenge and
to once again provide the public with some of the most spectacular
hazards seen anywhere on the World circuit.
Speaking about the preparation for this year’s event,
Jake Miller of L+M Events confirmed their intention of making
the 2006 trial even bigger and better than the outstanding
round they delivered last July.
“There is no doubt about the success of our initial
event, but there is no way we can stand still, as people will
be coming this year expecting more and that is exactly what
we want to give them. The improvements we are making are wide
spread with better camping facilities through to giving spectators
increased viewing opportunities with two additional sections
in the main group and an extra hazard close to the start.
“People are still talking about last year’s
trial, with the improvements we are making and the additional
activities we have planned for Saturday including the Mini
Masters event, we are aiming to give them an even more memorable
experience this time around. There is a real buzz of excitement
amongst the organising team that seems to be spreading, with
advanced tickets selling twice as fast as last year.”
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