From
Press Release by MONTESA-HRC
TRIAL TEAM
Spanish
Trial Championship
1st
round: Mancha Real (Jaén), 23.03.2003
Dougie
Lampkin and Takahisa Fujinami take the first two positions.
Dougie
Lampkin (Montesa-HRC Cota 315R) and Takahisa Fujinami (Montesa-HRC
RTL 250) head the overall standing of the Spanish Trial Championship
after the holding, this Sunday, of the first scoring round. This trial
was somewhat soured by the protest of those who are in disagreement
with the participation of foreign riders in this competition, which
for the third consecutive year is qualified as Open and therefore
admits riders of different nationalities.
Montesa-HRC
considers that the sport, the championship and respect for the organisers
and the public must prevail over any other idea. Montesa's three riders
completed a course that the other participants abandoned after the
first stage through zones that were quite difficult as a result of
the rain that fell yesterday. Marc Freixa (Montesa-HRC) finished fifth.
Dougie
Lampkin: “I feel bad about what
has happened and for perhaps being the cause, but it's a question
of rules. Apart from this, it has been a great trial, with a magnificent
public. The zones were very skiddy and a single minute to overcome
them seems to me to be much too tight”.
Takahisa
Fujinami: “I was the first to
open the zones and they were very slippery. Also, everything that
went on put me out. I congratulate the organisers for the work they
have done”.
Marc
Freixa “I didn't feel at ease
in either of the two laps. I did some good things but that's not enough.
You have to keep on working”.
The
second scoring round for the Spanish Championship will be contested
in Manacor (Mallorca),
on April 27. Prior to this, the first two Grand Prix of the World
Championship will be held: that of Ireland
(April 5 and 6 ) and that of Luxembourg,
the following weekend.
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*
Standing
Mancha Real Trial
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*
Spanish Championship
|
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1.
Dougie Lampkin (Montesa-HRC)
|
49
(29+20)
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1.
D. Lampkin (Montesa-HRC)
|
20 points
|
|
2.
Takahisa Fujinami (Montesa-HRC)
|
62
(33+29)
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2.
T. Fujinami (Montesa-HRC)
|
17 “
|
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3.
Graham Jarvis (Sherco)
|
70
(41+29)
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3.
G. Jarvis (Sherco)
|
15 “
|
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4.
Jordi Pascuet (Gas Gas)
|
73
(44+27+2)
|
4.
J. Pascuet (Gas Gas)
|
13 “
|
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5.
Marc Freixa (Montesa-HRC)
|
82
(46+34+2)
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5.
M.Freixa (Montesa-HRC)
|
11 “
|
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6.
Tadeusz Blazusiak (Gas Gas)
|
100
(49+51)
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6.
T. Blazusiak (Gas Gas)
|
10 “
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