2005 World Trial Championship Round 8
31/7/2005 Hawkstone Park, the United Kingdom
Lost by a thin tape
Sunday, July 31st
After three weeks interval from the Italian round, WTC round 8 took place
at Hawkstone park in the United Kingdom under one-day format.
Fujinami picked the first starting order - the worse pick, among the top
four rider by the ballot, and he did not have a chance to carefully observe
other's riding.
Fuji however showed an excellent ride on the lap 1. Fuji said after the
event that he got out of shape a little at the end, but he completed the
lap with 27 points - 5 points ahead of Cabestany to finish first.
He continued his fine ride on the lap 2. In UK, Fuji had a game plan to
avoid taking five as less as possible. He tried to mark clean, but when it
was difficult, we played safe. He kept adding some points on the lap 2, but
they were all small. Things were going as he planned.
Then it was the section 8, where Fuji made a small but a decisive error
of the day. He hooked the section-tape with his boot and cut the tape getting
a maximum penalty points.
Finishing 3rd on the lap 1, Lampkin was showing a strong ride on the later
lap. He completed the lap with 12 points better than the previous lap, and
he took the victory with 2 points separation from Fuji.
The series leader Adam Raga meanwhile struggled with natural sections and
finished 4th. Fuji cut down the point gap by 4 points, as there are 3 more
rounds to go before the season is up. It is going to be hard and serious
battle for Fujinami for the rest of the season.
Quote from Fujigas:
World Championship 2005
Hawkstone Park, the United Kingdom |
Sunday |
|
Rider |
Make |
L1 |
L2 |
TO |
Pts |
CL |
1 |
Dougie Lampkin |
Montesa |
36 |
12 |
0 |
50 |
11 |
2 |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Honda |
27 |
24 |
1 |
52 |
10 |
3 |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
32 |
35 |
0 |
67 |
9 |
4 |
Adam Raga |
GasGas |
38 |
33 |
1 |
72 |
7 |
5 |
Antonio Bou |
Beta |
39 |
29 |
5 |
73 |
9 |
6 |
Marc Freixa |
Montesa |
46 |
24 |
4 |
74 |
7 |
7 |
Graham Jarvis |
Sherco |
52 |
29 |
2 |
83 |
6 |
8 |
Jeroni Fajardo |
GasGas |
52 |
32 |
2 |
86 |
4 |
9 |
Kenichi Kuroyama |
Beta |
47 |
36 |
4 |
87 |
3 |
10 |
Jordi Pascuet |
GasGas |
57 |
44 |
0 |
101 |
3 |
11 |
Tadeusz Blazusiak |
GasGas |
59 |
49 |
0 |
108 |
2 |
12 |
Shaun Morris |
GasGas |
64 |
53 |
0 |
117 |
2 |
13 |
Sam connor |
Sherco |
63 |
52 |
4 |
119 |
3 |
14 |
Fumitaka Nozaki |
Scorpa |
66 |
54 |
2 |
122 |
2 |
15 |
Steve Colley |
GasGas |
65 |
61 |
1 |
127 |
1 |
L1: Lap1 L2: Lap2 TO:
Time Over Pts: Penalty Point CL:Clean |
Ranking |
1 |
Adam Raga |
GasGas |
195 |
2 |
Takahisa Fujinami |
Honda |
182 |
3 |
Albert Cabestany |
Sherco |
178 |
4 |
Dougie Lampkin |
Montesa |
173 |
5 |
Antonio Bou |
Beta |
136 |
6 |
Marc Freixa |
Montesa |
131 |
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