RAMON 3RD IN BELLPUIG MX1 QUALIFYING
 Steve
Ramon and Ken De Dycker qualified well for round two of the
FIM MX1 World Motocross Championships at Bellpuig in Spain
on their Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 RM-Z450s.
Ramon - the reigning MX1 World Champion - finished the session
in third position just 0.8 seconds behind hard-pack specialist
Sebastien Pourcel who's fastest. Having not raced on hard-pack
since the Valence International back in February, Ramon's
amount of improvement on the track throughout the day and
his final qualifying position gives him good confidence going
into tomorrow's race.
"The track is good with a lot of grip and it's getting
rougher now which will suit me more," says Ramon. "It
took me a while to get used to the track because I haven't
ridden on a surface like this for some time but in the qualification
session my riding came good, my bike was running great and
the session went well for me and so I was able to put a good
lap in. Tomorrow I'm hoping for good weather and two good
starts - if I get those the results should be good."
Currently leading the MX1 World Championship after completely
dominating round one at Valkenswaard, De Dycker qualified
in fourth position on his factory RM-Z450. Unable to train
as much as he'd like prior to this race due to a shoulder
injury he sustained in Holland, he is pleased to be on the
pace and is confident of success.
"I'm looking forward to the race," said Ken. "It's
the first time since Valence that I've raced on hard-pack
and even though it's a different track in different conditions
I hope the results can be the same as at Valkenswaard. I'm
happy with my time in the qualification session and fourth
position is okay because here the start is quite fair and
not as important as it was in Valkenswaard."
The weather forecast for tomorrow's races is light rain throughout
the day.
MX1 Timed Practice:1 Sebastien Pourcel (Kawasaki - France)
1:50:659, 2 Max Nagl (KTM - GER) 1:51:398, 3 Steve Ramon (Suzuki
- BEL) 1:51:527, 4 Ken De Dycker (Suzuki - BEL) 1:51:833,
5 Tanel Leok (Kawasaki - EST) 1:51:863, 6 David Philippaerts
(Yamaha - ITA) 1:52:105, 7 Billy MacKenzie (Honda - GBR) 1:52:249,
8 Josh Coppins (Yamaha - NZL) 1:52:560, 9 Jonathan Barragan
(KTM - ESP) 1:52:758, 10 Julien Bill (Honda - SUI) 1:52:896.
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