• UK World Trial Grand Prix – Round 8 FIM Trial
World Championship 2006
• Hawkstone Park 29/30 July 2006
• The stage is almost set, with just over a week to
go before the arrival of the FIM Trial World Championship
to the UK mainland, with the T+MX Grand Prix Great Britain
taking place at Hawkstone Park on 29 / 30 July 2006. This
famous Shropshire venue has a rich history of hosting epic
international motorcycle events, and the forthcoming trial
looks set to continue this proud tradition.
• Chasing a record breaking eighth World outdoor title,
British favourite Dougie Lampkin is not only looking to repeat
the victory he secured at the same event last year, but with
the added bonus of having the opportunity to record his 100th
Grand Prix win to mark yet another milestone in his incredible
sporting career. Cheered on by eight thousand home fans in
2005, Lampkin snatched a dramatic last lap win twelve months
ago and will be hoping for a similar performance to improve
on the third position he currently holds in this year’s
series.
• Lampkin will not be the only rider looking forward
to returning to home soil, as having recently claimed the
European title to add to his World Junior championship, James
Dabill is sure to welcome the opportunity to perform in front
of a British crowd. Now competing in the World championship
class, James’ best result to date was a seventh place
at the Portuguese Grand Prix earlier in the year. With plenty
of vocal support behind him Dabill will be going all out to
try and break into that exclusive top five.
• Britain has plenty to shout about in every class.
Young Michael Brown from Scarborough has a real chance of
repeating Dabill’s 2005 success and lifting this year’s
World Junior crown. Currently third in the overall standings,
Brown is only seven points behind the series leader and could
close the gap if he can pull off a victory on home turf. It
is a similar story in the Youth class, with Alexz Wigg hunting
down championship header Loris Gubian. Wigg has ground to
make up after having missed the Japanese GP due to school
exams, but is still in with a good chance of the title, with
only ten out of twelve days counting in the supporting classes.
• With event organisers L+M Events hard at work ahead
of next weekend’s event, good news has come courtesy
of Sandiford Motorcycles. Three brand new Montesa Cota 4RT
bikes have been kindly loaned to the event team by the official
British importer in order to assist with course construction
prior to the trial and to provide transport for the travelling
marshals over the course of the weekend.
• “We are delighted to be associated with the
World trial. It was a great event last year, and it is sure
to be better this time around. In addition to sponsoring a
section, we will also have a dealer present and having the
bikes there will really give us a good presence, on a weekend
when both Dougie and Montesa could make history by winning
his 100th World trial.” Commented Caroline Sandiford.
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