Kevin Strijbos Suzuki RMZ450K - Photo Courtesy of Beursfoon Suzuki
Race Report - Beursfoon Suzuki round 10 in Uddevalla, Sweden
Kevin Strijbos scores best result of the season at the Swedish Grand Prix
Amsterdam - Beursfoon Suzuki rider Kevin Strijbos scored his best result of the season at round ten of the World Championship Series at Uddevalla in Sweden last weekend. Strijbos rode two strong motos and came home in eight and seventh position which gave him eight place overall.
Kevin was motivated to do well in Sweden. The Belgian rider wasn’t happy with his results at the Latvian Grand Prix so he was determined to do better in Sweden. The weekend started out really well for Strijbos with a seventh place in free practice and an eleventh place in the pre qualifying session. In the qualifying heat he took a decent start and came out of the first corner just inside of the top fifteen. Strijbos passed some riders in front of him and moved into thirteenth position. His charge trough the field ended when he lost his rhythm. Kevin stayed calm and things started to go better in the closing stages of the race. He managed to pass some riders and crossed the finish line in fourteenth position.
In the first moto he took a good start but because of his bad starting position he had to go wide in the first corner and this cost him several positions. He came out of the first corner around fifteenth position. Kevin felt at home on the circuit in Uddevalla and worked himself up to eight position in which he finished.
The start of the second moto was better and this time he started the race in tenth position. In the beginning of the race he worked himself up to eight position. Strijbos rode a consistent race and managed to pass another rider in the closing stages of the race to finish the race in seventh position.
Kevin finished eight overall and sits in eleventh position in the World Championship Standings. The Spaniard Jose Butron failed to score points in the MX2 class. After his shoulder injury his riding is starting to go better each week but in Sweden some bad luck kept him out of the points. In the practice sessions things went well for Jose with a 20th and 21st position in the sessions respectively. In the qualifying heat he crashed in the opening lap and he had to charge back trough the field. Because the track was really fast it was difficult to make up time on the other riders. Jose gave everything he had and finished the race in 27th position.
In the first moto he took a very good start and came out of the first corner in eleventh position. Despite the fact that his riding went well in the beginning of the race he lost several positions. Jose kept fighting but crashed and dropped back to 21st position. Butron found his rhythm straight away but another crash ruined his chances of scoring points. After the crashed he couldn’t restart his bike so he didn’t score points in the first moto.
In the second moto he came out of the first lap in eighteenth position. Things weren’t going well and in the beginning of the race he dropped back to 30th position. Jose kept pushing and passed several riders during the race. Despite his effort he finished in 24th position which wasn’t good enough to score World Championship points. Jose finished in 29th position overall and sits in 26th position in the World Championship Standings.
Round eleven of the series will be held at Lommel in Belgium in August 1.
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Jose Butron Suzuki RMZ450K - Photo Courtesy of Beursfoon Suzuki
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