Double MX2 top ten for Shots rider Christophe CHARLIER in Goias The Grand Prix of Goias at the new and impressive Trindade circuit brought the 2014 FIM Motocross World Championship near to a conclusion for the Yamaha athlete and team of the MX2 category. The sixteenth round of seventeen was played out on the hard-pack red dirt close to the city of Goiânia and under blazing sunshine Yamaha Factory Racing’s Christophe Charlier was the top YZ250F runner with eighth place overall. Jumps and more jumps: Trindade was as spectacular as it was demanding through the concentration it required and the plus-thirty degree temperatures. Twenty-five thousand spectators sought shade in the grandstands for the second Grand Prix of the year to take place on Brazilian soil. Charlier had the speed to trouble the top ten and threaten the leading group but the Corsican could not master his starts on Sunday. An unspectacular first moto resulted in eighth place but the former European Champion was more attacking in the second dash and moved up from a first lap slot of eleventh to scoop seventh by the flag. Mexico next week will represent his last meeting in MX2 before moving to MXGP for 2015. Christophe Charlier : _ “I didnt start well today and it was hard to pass on this track. There are a lot of big jumps so it was difficult to make the time. Overall not such a good day and now I hope it will go better in Mexico.” Photos : Yamaha Racing
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:44:05 +0000