The Czech Republic plays host this weekend to the second Grand Prix of the 2015 FIM Trial World Championship where the Repsol Honda Team will be looking to build on the success achieved at the Japanese season opener.
Repsol Honda Team will line up Toni Bou, Takahisa Fujinami and Jaime Busto to tackle the second date of the world championship calendar in Sokolov, the first of three back-to-back trials that could prove decisive in shaping the title leaderboard.
Toni Bou got the season off to a bang in Japan, nailing a double victory that sits the Spaniard in his habitual top-spot. The win at the Motegi Circuit gives Bou an eight point advantage over the nearest challenger as the Repsol Honda Team legend seeks to add his name to the top of the Czech honours list with a win which until now has remained elusive – in four previous encounters the rider has come away with second or third place finishes.
Takahisa Fujinami will be hoping for a repeat of the fine start that saw him make the podium on Japanese home soil after a long spell out through injury. Runner-up position on the second day in Japan assured ‘Fujigas’ a third place in the overall rankings.
Repsol Honda Team’s third rider, new boy Jaime Busto, was one of the revelations of the season’s curtain raiser, scoring two consecutive sixth spots. This weekend the Basque rookie will be looking to improve his skill yet more.
The Trial in Sokolov will offer a ten kilometre circuit taking in twelve sections which will have to be completed over three laps. The competition will be played out over both Saturday and Sunday with independent scores.
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We arrive at the second race of the world championship as leaders, which is very important, but it doesn’t mean much; the season has barely begun and it will be a very long and difficult one. We will have to be really careful in every race. For this one, in the Czech Republic, we don’t know what to expect so we’ll have to stay focused and hope that all the hard work that we are doing pays off. |
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The race in Japan was a very important one for me as I wasn’t sure how the knee would hold up after the operation and I was a bit nervous as it was the first race of the 2015 season. Luckily, everything turned out right and I finished on the podium which I’m really pleased about. So, let’s see how things go in the Czech Republic. We don’t know anything about this new place, but it would be great to be able to debut there with another podium. |
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I’m am going to try and follow up the positive line from the Japanese GP, a race that went better than I had expected. I hope to go on learning which is my target in this first year in the top category. We are expecting it to be slippery, so it will be a good chance to learn how to handle the bike in such difficult conditions. |