The Wilvo Forkrent KTM team made the 800km trip through France to the popular St Jean d’Angeley circuit for round nine of the World Championship. The track looked immaculate and the spectators descended on the circuit in their droves on both Saturday and Sunday, creating the customary mix of French excitement and anticipation.
It was a mixed weekend for the British-based team.
Summarising the weekend, Team Manager, Steve Turner said: “A good weekend for Matiss but a disaster for Jake. Matiss had another superb start in the first race but had another silly crash which prevented him getting a top ten. In the second race he rode really strong and kept it on two wheels to take a hard-earned 8th, which is his second in two weeks.
“Jake had a bad first race with two crashes, but the DNF in the second race completely destroyed his day. The whole team works so hard to make sure we have no reliability issues and this problem has kicked us in the teeth to be honest. We have the rare luxury of a weekend off now, after which we will be back 100% focused in Maggiora.”
Interview with Matiss Karro
