Julien Bill – Martin Honda (5-7)

“I’m really happy. Today was really hot and it was hard physically to keep the same speed until the end. I had two great starts – the bike is just so fast out of the gate – and I was racing with the best guys today and I was almost running their speed. I had a good overall result and that’s good for the team, the championship and of course my confidence. At every race now I’m getting nearer to the podium but it’s still not happened for me yet. I’m working hard for it though and it can’t be very far away. The CRF450 is working perfectly for me and the team are doing an awesome job too.”

Marc De Reuver – Martin Honda (DNF-DNF)

“I was riding well in the first race and I was ready to attack Philippaerts and Leok then I came over a jump and the bike stopped and that was it. In the second heat I went out on my spare bike, I got an okay start and then two riders collided before turn two and one of them hit me and then I hit somebody else – it was a big crash. My handlebars were bent and my bike had been upside-down for a while so it took some time to start it again. After that I just didn’t have a good feeling with the bike and I didn’t feel confident riding – it’s been a disastrous weekend for me.”

Billy MacKenzie – CAS Honda (15-10)

“The bike has been working awesome all weekend and the power is just so good and that gave me a lot of confidence on the starts. In race one I got a great start and I was alongside Nagl then I made a good pass on him around the outside. With my shoulder being the way it is I thought being out front is the best place for me because I’d be able to pick my lines well and concentrate on my breathing. Things were going well until about the 20-minute mark and then the freeze spray began to wear off and so my shoulder was more painful and I started to pump up. From there it was just a horrible race for me, I couldn’t turn properly, I couldn’t turn the throttle, I couldn’t pull the clutch, I was in a lot of pain and I had arm pump – I just brought the bike home for 15th place which wasn’t bad considering I couldn’t even ride in the week. “In the second race I got another awesome start and I made a pass for the lead in the second corner. I was on it and I felt good, the track had just been watered so I was picking my lines and I was riding well, nice and relaxed. I lost my front end in a corner that had been watered and I landed pretty hard on my shoulder. After that my handlebars were covered in mud and I got a little bit tense and I got a little bit of arm pump. I dropped off the pace a bit and finished 10th. Everyone in the team seems quite happy with that considering my injury so it’s not been too bad.”

Steve Boniface – CAS Honda (DNF-DNF)

“The weekend was very bad for me. Yesterday I was riding well but in the timed qualification session the times were very tight and even though I was only one and a half seconds behind the fastest guy I ended up 13th. “Today I got a good start in the first moto and I was running fourth and then Pourcel crashed in a rut in front of me and the marshal was a little slow in getting the flag out, I didn’t see him and by the time I did I was already wide open and even though I tried my hardest to go around him I hit him pretty hard. I hit my foot on his footpeg or something and I hurt my foot – it was too painful for me to continue that race. “In the second moto I had a little fall in a corner and I broke the end of the throttle tube. After that the throttle was sticking a little bit and I had another big crash near the mechanic’s area and the bike was all tweaked up after that and that was it. Overall it was a bad weekend for me but I enjoyed riding the CAS Honda – it’s a really good bike.”