MOTOCROSS MXGP OF ARGENTINA 2016

GP1: Argentina - Top five for Petar Petrov

The MXGP World Championship moved to South America for two rounds, with Argentina this weekend and Mexico next one. On the Patagonian track of Villa La Angostura the leaders of the MX2 and MXGP series keep their red plate, and Petar Petrov scored his best result so far with a fifth overall in the MX2 class.

While his teammate Dylan Ferrandis is still recovering from his shoulder injury, Bulgarian Petar Petrov continues to score good results and his now fifth in the standings. “I battled all weekend long, but finally I got my best result of the year with a fifth overall in the GP and fifth position in the championship! On Saturday I didn’t feel comfortable on the track but we worked on the settings and found solutions; this track was really fast and I'm never as comfortable when it’s not so technical. But I had to deal with it, so there are a lot of positive points to take out of the weekend. I know that I have to work on the starts and the first ten minutes; we need to fix that for the next GPs. In both motos I passed several riders in the second half of the races; it’s frustrating as with better starts I could have been on the podium. But it’s a long season, it’s important to be consistent and apart from one DNF we have been consistent so far,” said the KRT MX2 rider.In the MXGP class Shaun Simpson scored an eighth position to keep his seventh rank in the series, while Clement Desalle got his first top ten result of the season. The Belgian rider suffered an arm injury earlier in February, and is improving at each race. “I had some good lap times in the practice session, but in the qualifying race Bobryshev crashed just in front of me and I couldn’t avoid him; I had to come back from last to ninth. Today I had a good start in the first race and was in the top five, but after fifteen minutes I could feel the effect of not being able to ride my bike so much since my accident and I had to slow down. I finished seventh; for sure I’d like better results but I don’t want to take stupid risks as I’m still recovering. The second race was similar with a good rhythm in the first laps, but then I lost some positions. I know that soon I will be able to train normally; for sure it’s always difficult to wait as I want to win races and score podiums,” explained the Kawasaki rider.

The GP series will continue next week in Mexico.