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Maxxis MX Round Five - Foxhills - Qualifying
25 July 2010
Round Five Qualifying Results from Foxhills,
Swindon
MX2 - Qualifying
The morning races kicked off with qualifying in the MX2 class at
Foxhill today, where there was drama within the first minute of
Timed Practice as Championship leader, Zach Osborne, suffered an
early crash. This left the American rider stunned and he only
managed to record a lap time of over 14 minutes in the Q1
Qualifying session, leaving him on the outside gate for when the
races start this afternoon.
Zach's closest challenger, Jake Nicholls riding for HM Plant Red
Bull KTM, saw the crash as a window of opportunity and took full
advantage of the situation to finish the Q1 session in
1st place. This wasn't to last however and in the Q2
Superpole, Martin Barr riding for PAR Honda took his first Pole of
the season. Neville Bradshaw (Samsung Maxxis Yamaha) dropped off
from second to fourth leaving the second Bike It Cosworth Yamaha
rider, Mel Pocock an opportunity to slip into third position.
Bryan MacKenzie (Thor Horseman Kawasaki) was fifth, Scott
Elderfield (PAR Honda) sixth, Alan Keet (Danger UK KTM) seventh,
Kristian Whatley (Maxxis Henderson LPE Kawasaki) eigth, Elliot
Banks Browne (DB Racing Honda) ninth and Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda)
completed the top ten.
MX1 - Qualifying
CAS Honda rider Evgeny Bobreshev showed off his class at Foxhill
this weekend and continued his recent form dominating both MX1
qualifying sessions. He managed to finish both of the mornings
sessions one and a half seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Jason
Dougan who is riding for Phoenix Tools Bike It Cosworth. Further
back in the field we saw Aprilla rider, Josh Coppins record his
best Qualifying time so far this season finishing in 4th position.
After the session, he spoke confidently about his chances of a
podium place come the end of the day.
The Current MX1 Champion, Brad Anderson riding for PAR Honda
finished 5th in both Q1 and Q2 sessions this morning, where this is
surely a make or break event if he is to retain his title in
2010.
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