Runner-up spot with a flavour of victory for Toni Bou in season opener

I’m very happy with the way that I am physically. It really wore me out. It was very tough, but I’m happy with it because if things continue this way then it will get better. The result was the least of my worries; I’m very pleased and would like to thank the team and especially Doctor Joaquim Terricabras, who has done a great job. I’m really thankful. I have a broken tendon and a luxation in the bicep. The muscle is holding up and I can go on the bike. The third lap was a really good one. Tomorrow I’m going to be exhausted because today was so tiring. If we can salvage something out of the weekend and be recovered in time for Japan, that will be great. We have gone from thinking that the championship was lost to thinking about first or second place again.

I was behind Jaime on the first lap and I saw that he was going really well. I tried to do the same as him, but in the two final sections I made two faults. In the final section, the easiest of them, with the pressure of having to finish in time I picked up a fault in the beginning. I realize that I let myself get overcome by the pressure. The result, seventh, I wasn’t expecting, because I feel great. I did some good stuff too.

On the first two laps I felt really super-comfortable, especially in the first which seemed as if I had been here all my life. On the third I came across several ruts and made some mistakes that I shouldn’t have made such as breaking a tape with my boot and some errors in trajectory. Let’s hope it goes better tomorrow.

We are satisfied with the team result. Toni had a great trial in spite of the injury that he has. He was in pain throughout the three laps, but the result has been very satisfying for the championship. We hope to be able to recover a bit ahead of tomorrow’s event and be at the same level. Fujinami looked as if he would get a good result until the last lap, but made one too many mistakes. I hope that he will be able to sort this out for tomorrow and move further up the leaderboard. I think that Jaime surprised us all. He had an incredible first lap. The second one too, but in the end he made some mistakes that are typical of rookies. You learn from your mistakes and we have faith that tomorrow will go better.