FIM MX1 world championship at Valkenswaard
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Teka Suzuki WMX1's new boy Ken De Dycker took pole position
during qualification for round one of the FIM MX1 world championship
at Valkenswaard, Holland on his aluminium framed, Electronically
Fuel Injected Suzuki RM-Z450 in deep and difficult conditions.
After holding pole position early in the session De Dycker's
time was bettered by another rider so the 23-year-old Belgian
returned to the track to ensure he took the fastest time of
the session.
"I had a good lap in the beginning of the session but
then a few riders went a little quicker than me so I had to
go out again," said De Dycker. "It was maybe not
until the last lap that I took pole because I crashed and
made some small rider errors. It was a tough session, the
track was difficult today and it was easy to make mistakes
so I'm very pleased to be fastest.
"Now that I'll have first pick of the gate that will
be a big help because the start will be very important here.
I hope the weather will be good because the track is not so
much fun like this. If I can do two 40-minute motos at full
speed and without any problems then the result will be there
I think."
Reigning MX1 world champion Steve Ramon qualified fifth fastest
on his RM-Z 450 and remains confident of a good result going
into tomorrow's points paying races.
"I took fifth time which is good for the start gate tomorrow,"
said Ramon. "The track is difficult and there are many
long deep ruts on the face of the jumps. These caused me to
crash on the finish line jump when my front wheel took one
rut and my rear wheel took another.
"The start will be very important tomorrow because there
were nearly five guys who were very close on times during
qualification today. I'm feeling confident, my riding is going
good at the moment and I hope to win or at least be on the
podium."
MX1 Timed Practice: 1 Ken De Dycker (Suzuki
- BEL) 2:06:21, 2 Marc De Reuver (Honda - NED) 2:06:555, 3
David Philippaerts (Yamaha - ITA) 2:06:727, 4 Billy MacKenzie
(Honda - GBR) 2:06:981, 5 Steve Ramon (Suzuki - BEL) 2:07:827,
6 Manuel Priem (Kawasaki - BEL) 2:08:561, 7 Max Nagl (KTM
- GER) 2:08:696, 8 Josh Coppins (Yamaha - NZL) 2:09:272, 9
Kevin Strijbos (Kawasaki - BEL) 2:09:578, 10 Jonathan Barragan
(KTM - ESP) 2:09:581.
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