Repsol Honda score another double in the French TrialGP qualifying
By Team TMX on 25th Jun 17
Toni Bou, for the first time this season, scooped the best time in the qualifying round of the TrialGP in Lourdes, France. The world champion with a mark-free time posted first spot, with team-mate Jaime Busto a close second.
A notable one-two for the Repsol Honda Team in the qualifying round in Lourdes meant that Toni Bou and Jaime Busto got to start todays trial from the advantageous rear positions.
The duo negotiated some ‘indoor' style hazards, requiring riding of absolute precision in a bid to gain precious milliseconds on the stopwatch. Takahisa Fujinami took the day's sixth fastest time behind his two team-mates with Dabill, Raga and Fajardo also quicker.
Toni Bou: "Today was an important risk for me to achieve the first place that means that I start out in last place tomorrow. I had no choice but to race hard. I saw that the others were pushing really hard.
I saw that Cabestany had a problem just before I started, but in the end it turned out well. I was a bit slow in the first part and right up to the limits, but I'm very pleased to have achieved my first ‘pole'.
We will have to see if they leave the sections as they are for tomorrow. Fujinami, the new rider's representative, expressed the opinion of most of the riders who prefer to leave the sections as they are and not touch them.
If it rains, it will be a bit more difficult, but it can be done. This is a subject that I'm fed up with; they keep changing the sections to make them easier.
You arrive there and find that they are far easier than on other occasions. I think that the non-stop event should be more than just easy sections. It's possible to have high-level sections without them being dangerous”.
