september 07, 2015 - Honda Moto

Honda, Trial of Portugal - Toni Bou achieves legendary status with a ninth Trial World Championship title

Toni Bou didn’t mess up. In the first ‘match-point’, the Spaniard put on a show of mental resolve and riding prowess that saw him clinch a thirteenth win of the season and secure an unprecedented ninth world championship title.

Repsol #honda Team is already celebrating Toni Bou’s triumph in Paços de Ferreira in spite of still having one GP to go before the season winds up next weekend. It was made all the more special thanks to a hard-fought battle throughout the season with Bou’s arch-adversary, who constantly hounded at the champion’s heels and forced him to ride at an even higher level. Portugal was witness to a two-day display of extraordinary riding in which Bou kept the marks low, minimized errors, stayed in control and finished on top of the rostrum. After scoring six penalty points on the first lap, the crowd were treated to a flawless, mark-free exhibition.

Toni Bou’s success almost eclipsed the great performance of fellow Repsol #honda Team buddy Jaime Busto, who for a second day running, looked like grabbing a podium place, narrowly missing the target by just one mark. The Basque youngster rode a very fluid #trial and after the first two laps was battling for a place on the podium, a place that will surely arrive given the rookie’s class and ambition.

Takahisa Fujinami once again spent the #trial battling as much with lower-back pains as he did with the sections. This handicap stopped the Japanese rider from achieving his aims, finishing ninth on the day but holding fifth position in the overall standings.

Repsol #honda Team’s next outing comes in just a week’s time with the Spanish #trial GP, the last of the world championship calendar in 2015, set to take place in Teo (La Coruña).

Toni Bou 1RACE: 1st CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st (Champion)

Nine titles! I’m really pleased. Today it seemed that the #trial would have been more complicated but in the end it was quite an easy one. These victories in easier trials are really important for boosting morale and as I said before, the high level of the rivals forced me to raise my game. I want to thank my folk, my parents, my girlfriend and all the team members who have worked so hard to help achieve this title. Thanks a lot to all.

Jaime Busto 15RACE: 4th CHAMPIONSHIP: 6th

It was a really tight one, but I picked up a fault in section two and I just missed out on the podium. It was a pity because I felt great today and I would have loved to have accompanied Toni onto the podium. I’ve had really good feelings all weekend on the Montesa Cota 4RT and I think that it has shown in my riding and in the results. There’s still one event left this year to try and make it onto the podium.

Takahisa Fujinami 5RACE: 9th CHAMPIONSHIP: 5th

Today I tried to make up for the result yesterday but I continued to have a lot of back trouble. It was a bit frustrating because I couldn’t manage to improve on yesterday’s points in most of the sections. I only hope that I am able to recover this week to be able to finish the year off well and get this bad result behind me.

Miquel CireraTeam Manager

First off, I would like to congratulate #tonibou for his ninth world title in Outdoor. What he is achieving here is something that, in the world of trial, is going to be really difficult to outdo. The team result today wasn’t a bad one. Jaime almost got onto the podium. That will be an objective for next weekend. Fujinami did all that he could, considering his physical condition. Once again, I want to repeat, behind every great rider there is a great team. I want to congratulate everyone for their professional work. People might think that this is easy, but I can assure them that it is not. We have been winning titles for many years, but there were also many years when we didn’t win them. Repsol #honda Team has been doing really well for some years now and that’s been the result of teamwork and the factory. I would like to congratulate the people from HRC too, who are with us, form part of the team and are constantly working to improve on the bikes. These results come thanks to them too. Congratulations to all those who collaborate with the team including the doctors, physios and we thank them for their work with the riders. Many thanks to all and congratulations.

Trial 2015 Sunday, September 6th 2015Trial Round T8 , #trial 2 Trial of PortugalResults Session

1	BOU Toni	1	SPA	6	0	0	20	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa	6
2	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	10	2	0	17	Gas Gas	Gas Gas	12
3	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	14	3	7	15	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco	24
4	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	12	5	8	13	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa	25
5	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	15	11	1	11	Beta Factory Racing	Beta	27
6	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	23	19	2	10	Beta Factory Racing	Beta	44
7	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	24	23	13	9	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco	60
8	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	30	24	27	8	Montesa Team Karlsson	Montesa	81
9	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	36	31	22	7	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa	89
10	DABILL James	6	GBR	22	30	43	6	Vertigo	Vertigo	95
11	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	35	32	34	5	Beta Factory Racing	Beta	101
12	TARRES Pol	9	SPA	26	33	37	4	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco	101
13	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	41	37	33	3	Jgas	JTG	111
14	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	39			0	Vertigo	Vertigo

Trial 2015 Sunday, September 6th 2015Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

1	BOU Toni	1	SPA	311	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa
2	RAGA Adam	2	SPA	271	Gas Gas	Gas Gas
3	FAJARDO Jeroni	4	SPA	220	Beta Factory Racing	Beta
4	CABESTANY Albert	3	SPA	205	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco
5	FUJINAMI Takahisa	5	JPN	181	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa
6	BUSTO Jaime	15	SPA	164	#honda Team">Repsol #honda Team	Montesa
7	FERRER Alexandre	8	FRA	124	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco
8	DABILL James	6	GBR	120	Vertigo	Vertigo
9	CASALES Jorge	7	SPA	88	Beta Factory Racing	Beta
10	KARLSSON Eddie	14	SWE	83	Montesa Team Karlsson	Montesa
11	KADLEC Franz	16	GER	82	Beta Factory Racing	Beta
12	SHEPPARD Jack	13	GBR	50	Jgas	JTG
13	TARRES Pol	9	SPA	40	Sherco Factory Team	Sherco
14	MORET Francesc	18	SPA	25	Vertigo	Vertigo
15	PEDERSEN Hakon	12	NOR	24	Ossa Pedersen	Ossa
16	OGAWA Tomoyuki	18	JPN	16	Honda Team Mitani	Honda
17	KUROYAMA Kenichi	20	JPN	14	Yamaha	Yamaha
18	SORENSEN Ole Kristian	19	NOR	14	Sherco	Sherco
19	NOZAKI Fumitaka	19	JPN	8	Yamaha	Yamaha
20	OGAWA Tsuyoshi	21	JPN	7	Beta	Beta
21	BROWN Michael	11	GBR	5	Gas Gas	Gas Gas
22	NOMOTO Yoshiaki	22	JPN	2	Beta	Beta
23	SATO Yuki	25	JPN	1	Honda	Honda