The French Elite championship kick off this weekend at Lacapelle Marival, where a few wild card came to prepare their MXGP season. Both Francisco Garcia and Jake Cannon got good results among some factory boys who will not race the entire series.
For both Francisco and Jake it was a first opportunity to be back on a motocross track after a long forced break for our Spaniard while Jake spend so far more time on Supercross tracks.
Our young 17 years old duo opened their outdoor season in superb style to finish fifth and sixth overall in MX2. Garcia, racing for the first time in five months after an injury ended his season early last summer, finished fifth in each moto and is the effective leader of the championship as none of the riders ahead of him will contest the entire series. Cannon was also impressive in his first race in Europe with two seventh-placed moto finishes just a couple of days after flying into Europe from the States where he had been racing supercross.
Next round of the French Elite: Pernes les Fontaine, March 30th
Francisco Garcia: “It was a great day for my first race with Bud Racing Kawasaki. I’m really happy with the team and with my performance today; I was the leader in both races of the riders who will contest the entire series so it was a good way for us to start the season and I hope we can continue like this. The track was really challenging – tight with lots of ruts and bumps – and I really enjoyed racing here.”
Jake Cannon: “This was my first race in Europe and the track was really gnarly and technical; it was definitely a big change coming from supercross to motocross with longer motos and a challenging track so you definitely had to be on your toes. But I felt like I made a good step today and the result was a good starting point to keep building and improving. And the atmosphere here with all of the fans was crazy; I really enjoyed it.”
