World Trials Championship Round 5 – 01/07/07 Erba,
Italy
James Dabill missed his opportunity to record a top five,
and maybe even a top four placing at the 2007 FIM SPEA Trial
World championship, when he eventually placed seventh at the
Italian Grand Prix. Riding his Future TRW Montesa Cota 4RT,
Dabill begun well at what he can now consider as his second
home GP, but despite holding fifth spot at the halfway stage,
his challenge faded during what was a ‘disastrous’
second lap for the young Tyke.
Dabill really put himself in the mix with a strong showing
through the opening series of stream based sections, including
a fantastic two dab ride in the third hazard, which was only
bettered by eventual winner Bou and third position rider Fujinami.
Although James had recorded no less than five maximums on
his initial tour he closed with a series of four cleans to
give himself a real chance of achieving his best ever World
result.
With the high temperature still present the fifteen kilometre
lap with its ultra tough sections was about to take its toll
on Dabill as he suffered six failures in a row from section
two through to seven. Whilst a clean ride at the eighth hazard
was welcome relief, the joy was short lived as James recorded
a further three fives on route to the finish.
A closing lap some eleven marks worse than his first lap
score pushed James down to seventh, which was a disappointing
finish to what had been a promising day for the twenty one
year old from Leeds.
The small town of Erba, just North of Milan, and not so far
way from the Future team’s base in Bergamo produced
one of the toughest rounds of the season to date, even for
the front runners. Despite his latest result, Dabill has now
closed within three points of Fajardo in the overall standings,
with sixth position in the championship being James’
next target.
“It’s a poor result after I started so well,
I knew I had had a good opening lap and that I was in with
a real chance of a top five finish if I could keep up the
same level of riding. However in the end, the second lap was
nightmare, so I suppose I should be happy with seventh spot
given the circumstances.” Concluded Dabill.
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