GREAT BRITAIN
With free admission on offer to its license holders from the sport’s governing body, the ACU, many thousands of fans turned out to witness another stunning winning performance by Toni Bou under a very hot English sun. Bou controlled the competition from the back of the field after winning qualifying the day before. Despite posting a second-lap total of thirteen, which included two maximums, it was still good enough for a clear-cut win at Tong near Bradford. Behind him the battle for the podium was very intense as Great Britain’s James Dabill on the Gas Gas was second after the opening lap, just eight marks behind. This was not to last though as Takahisa Fujinami came charging up the order on the second lap to leap into third position behind Spaniard Adam Raga on the TRRS, pushing Dabill off the podium and into fourth.