2005 Indoor World Trial Championship Round 2
21/1/2005 - Palais des Sports Marseille, France
Fuji missed the final, but he had a positive feedback.
Because of the new regulation for 2005, Fujinami, who was the final
qualification starter at the opening round, was the first nominated
rider to start the second round. There were two wild card riders started
ahead of Fuji. However for French Bethune and Japanese Fumitaka Nozaki,
sections were very tough, so Fuji couldn't gather so much information
from their riding.
The motorcycles that Montesa-HRC brought France were standard model
as they were in UK round, but Montesa-HRC brought the 'works' motors,
which were not ready 2 weeks ago. Lampkin and Fuji went out with the
'works' motor, but Freixa opted for a standard motor.
Fuji expected that it was going to be difficult to start from the
first for the qualification, and indeed it didn't help him at all.
Fuji's main contenders, Raga, Cabestany and Lampkin started at the
end of the order, and they watched how Fuji, Fajardo and Frexia rode.
It gave them time to set up their game plan.
Lampkin picked the final starting order, and he used it as his full
advantage. Completing 8 observed sections, there was only one point
separation between Lampkin and Fuji. However, Lampkin took 11 minutes
and 11 second compared to Fuji's 11 minutes 27 seconds. Going for the
double-lane, Lampkin knew exactly what he needed to do. Loosing the
final stage wouldn't hurt him as long as he could stay away from mistakes.
For Fuji, on the other hand, the mission was very clear. He needed
to mark clean and beat Lampkin at the stage, and to wait for Lampkin's
mistakes. Lampkin rode very carefully, and he took about a minute longer
than Fuji to complete the double-lane. He lost the battle, but he marked
clean and added one point as he planned. That was enough for Lampkin
to proceed to the final; Fuji's competition was over in France.
Although it was a frustrating result for Fuji, he was satisfied with
the way he fought. It was the most difficult position to start the
qualification lap, but he missed the final by a slim margin to finish
at 4th place: the final proceeding position in the previous seasons.
The motorcycle Fuji rode wasn't full-spec 'works' machine, but it
worked very well. It gave him a big hope when the factory is ready
to bring their 'works' bike. It was an encouragement to see Lampkin
showing a strong performance at the final too, proving that their 4-stroke
machine didn't have big disadvantages against 2-stroke machines. Fuji
was also glad to know his future is bright because his rivals were
not mistake free. Raga didn't show his commanding performance as he
did in the previous year either.
Quote from Fujigas:
Indoor Trial World Championship 2005
Marseille Indoor Trial |
Final Lap |
1. |
Adam Raga |
Gas Gas |
14 |
2. |
Dougie Lampkin |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
18 |
3. |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
23 |
Qualificarion Lap |
1. |
Adam Raga |
Gas Gas |
3 |
2. |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
7 |
3. |
Dougie Lampkin |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
12 |
4. |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
12 |
5. |
Jeroni Fajardo |
Gas Gas |
22 |
6. |
Marc Freixa |
Repsol Montesa-HRC |
28 |
7. |
Jerome Bethune |
Gas Gas |
40 |
8. |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
Scorpa |
43 |
Point Standings |
1. |
Adam Raga |
20 |
2. |
Albert Cabestany |
14 |
3. |
Dougie Lampkin |
13 |
4. |
Takahisa Fujinami |
11 |
5. |
Jeroni Fajardo |
7 |
6. |
Marc Freixa |
7 |
7. |
Jerome Bethune |
2 |
8. |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
2 |
9. |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
1 |
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