Strong performances for MVR-D Suzuki at Hawkstone

The MVR-D Suzuki team showed their true international potential at the weekend, as Carl Nunn and Mattis Karro both managed to finish inside the top five in the MX1 and MX2 classes of the now famous Hawkstone International event.

In the MX1 class, Nunn overcame early problems in qualifying and the first race where he finished in sixteenth, despite crashing and having to return to the pits, to finish race two on his RM-Z450 in a very impressive fifth place, only behind regular World MX1 contenders. Teammate James Noble suffered similar issues, but less eventual celebration after suffering crashes which would ultimately see him retire.

With Mattis Karro flying the flag for MVR-D in MX2, the young Latvian rode to two impressive finishes. Up to third place in race one, before suffering arm pump, Karro would still cross the line in a strong eighth place. Pacing himself in the second race, Karro managed a solid ride, moving up the field to take fifth place at the flag.

Talking about his rider's performances, team manager Mark Chamberlain commented, "I'm pretty happy with how today has gone. Carl's first race position really doesn't demonstrate how well and determined he rode. Of course by race two he put this behind him and showed us all the real potential. James on the other hand just suffered a torrent of bad luck today, whereas Mattis rode extremely well and without that arm pump, could have gone for an even better overall result. We're all now looking towards Canada Heights next weekend."

MX1 Overall Results: 1st Marc De Reuver, 2nd Kevin Strijbos, 3rd Steve Ramon, 4th Cedric Melotte, 5th Erik Eggens, 6th Tom Church, 7th Ken De Dycker, 8th Jason Dougan, 9th Mark Jones, 10th Carl Nunn.

MX2 Overall Results: 1st Shaun Simpson, 2nd Rui Goncalves, 3rd Xavier Boog, 4th Joel Roelants, 5th Neville Bradshaw, 6th Mattis Karro, 7th Scott Elderfield, 8th Rasmus Jorgensen, 9th Pascal Leuret, 10th Lars Oldekamp