Apico sponsor British round!

The trial will once again be staged at Nord Vue, Penrith, Cumbria and this year it will represent the penultimate round of the 2013 FIM World Trials Championship. 

 

This year's Apico British Trial GP will be held on the weekend of July 26/27/28. 

 

The sponsorship deal was struck last week with Apico, the company headed by former three time World Trials Champion Yrjo Vesterinen, and the UK's leading supplier of off-road parts and accessories.

 

The event will be known as the Apico British Trial GP.

 

Event Director John Kerwin said "This is a great deal for the trial, and it's especially good to have Vesty on board, he has already provided some great ideas in moving the trial forwards. 

 

Multi British Trials Champion, Scottish Six Days,  Scott Trial  winner and former World Championship rider Graham Jarvis, Official Course Designer, has some fantastic sections planned, which take into account the change of rules this year.”

 

Building on the success of last year's Youth Trials in the Electric and C&D classes, there will be a dedicated arena in a prime position, near the factory trucks. 

 

This is to recognise the development and growth of youth trials within thesport and spectators really got involved and supported the event in 2012. 

 

Adding to this, new for 2013, Dirt Bike Action has invited our friends from the Classic Trials scene to provide a display of classic trials bikes along with demonstrations on specially constructed sections.

 

The 2012 British Trial GP at the venue was one of the best rounds of the series last year. 

 

And of course it will be recorded in history as the last event to be run under the stop allowed observation rules.

 

2013 will see World Championship trials run under a new version of No Stop rules although the FIM has yet to release full details.

 

The change of rules is not expected to have any great effect on the final results of any round or the series.

 

Toni Bou dominated both the 2012 Championship and the British round  at which he bagged a double win and was responsible for drawing a huge crowd which followed him round the sections in a rolling scrum.

 

The round also gave Brit James Dabill his first ever adult World Championship podium and also saw young Brit Bradley Cox win his first World Youth rounds as he bagged a double in front of an appreciative home crowd.

 

So, all is now under way for the 2013 Apico British Trial GP. 

 

Discount ticket offers and camping for this special event are available at www.worldtrialuk.co.uk .