Gregory solid at Hawkstone on RM-Z450

The MMX British Open Championship took place at the legendary Hawkstone Park in Shropshire at the weekend, with the Relentless MX team making some changes to the usual format by giving Lewis Gregory an outing on the RM-Z450, alongside his regular big-class teammate Jamie Law.

With the sandy track in great condition, Law was looking to continue his good run of form in the MMX, starting the weekend off from his solid fifth place in the series standings. Frustrated with his eighth place in timed practice, Law was just one place behind teammate Gregory, who impressively was contesting the championship for the first time this year on the larger capacity RM-Z.

Unfortunately for Law, the weekend was not to improve, after a lot of wheel-spin off the concrete start in race one left the RM-Z rider at the back of the pack. An inspired ride, saw Jamie climb back through to tenth, before a massive crash coming down the infamous Hawkstone hill, left Jamie badly dazed, suffering a big impact to his face and a badly gashed knee, ending his day of racing.

Talking about the incident, team manager Rob Hooper commented, "It really was a big accident for Jamie, and we're delighted to see that he only suffered such minor injury. It's at times like these that you realise how important the development from our technical partners is such as Arai and CTi knee braces. It really is the difference between walking away relatively uninjured and not."

Following the retirement of his teammate, Gregory dug deep in race one, moving through the pack on the RM-Z450, using the power to cross the line in a very credible fifth place. Race two was to be no different, coming from 15th place to another strong finish in sixth.

"Congratulations to Lewis this weekend", continued Hooper. "The track was bumpy and the 450 gave him a great work-out. It's just a shame both riders couldn't bring it home safely. Thankfully, Jamie should be fine for the next MMX round at Blaxhall near Ipswich, while Jamie travels out to Holland for the European MX3 GP at Markelo, before they travel to Slovenia for the next round. Also, Scott Probert has made an excellent recovery from his shoulder surgery and had his first outing on a bike last Thursday. He is aiming to return to the race track at the Blaxhall event on July 20th.