A win for Toni Bou in Motegi on the second day of the Japanese GP where the Repsol Honda Team rider took control early and dominated throughout the day. Team-mate Takahisa Fujinami, once again, finished on the podium on a day when he took his world championship trial tally to 300.

An overwhelming triumph for Toni Bou in the Japanese Grand Prix. The Repsol Honda Team champion shone on the second day in a performance, which in many ways, mirrored his success here last season.

Rain during the night forced race authorities to modify some of the sections making them more manageable. For this reason Toni Bou, feeling in better physical shape, was able to overcome any setbacks and weather the competition in his own inimitable style. By halfway point on the first lap Bou had already taken control, holding the first position which he then maintained throughout the rest of the three laps of the twelve section course, improving each time around. This is the second win this year for the Repsol Honda Team star who now has a five-point advantage over nearest rival Adam Raga in the general rankings.

Takahisa Fujinami celebrated a 300th world trial championship appearance with another podium finish. In a determined effort and one that differed from previous performances, the Japanese rider rode a precise and focused trial that saw him narrowly miss out on the second step of the rostrum. The Motegi circuit is something of a talisman for ‘Fujigas’: the Repsol Honda Team rider has obtained a total of 26 podium finishes there. Over the course of the 300 world championship trials, the veteran has accumulated 4103 points, with 295 finishes within the top 15 finishers and a total of 155 podiums (32 wins, 55 second places and 68 third places).

Basque rider Jaime Busto comes away from the trial unsatisfied after having hoped to make it onto the podium in Motegi. However, in spite of a brief spell where he notched up a lot of marks including four faults in four sections, the young rider has otherwise performed at the same high level as trial’s top guns.

The next trial in the FIM Trial World Championship will take place in Germany in a month’s time. On the 28th and 29th May, the town of Gefrees will play host to the third date of the season. The Repsol team will, however, first dispute the second round of the Spanish Championship in Sigüenza on May 15.

Toni Bou

TRIAL: 1st CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st

I’m really happy with this Japanese GP. It rained last night so they changed some of the sections around which made things a bit easier. Besides, I feel better physically; I realised that I usually improve on the second day, so I will have to bear that in mind, because I feel the pain less in the shoulder. Today’s victory has been an important one and judging by the way that things have gone over the last month, I’m over the moon to be five points clear at the top of the leaderboard.

Takahisa Fujinami

TRIAL: 3rd CHAMPIONSHIP: 4th

I’m really pleased to be able to celebrate my 300th world championship GP with a third place finish. It is fantastic. Today’s third spot was totally different from yesterday, because I was battling all the way with Adam for second place. I felt really strong. Yesterday, I couldn’t get my head around it, but today ‘Fujigas’ was back. I’m happy about the way I did things. I’d also like to mention that I wouldn’t have been able to make it all this way alone without the spectators, the fans, the sponsors, the team and Honda. This success is important for me and I wish to thank each one of you.

Jaime Busto

TRIAL: 6th CHAMPIONSHIP: 5th

Yesterday, I went to bed thinking that everything would go much better but I come away from here with completely the opposite sensation. Today I started really well but then I made two faults in two sections…. I didn’t have a very good day. I have to train harder and make fewer mistakes. Maybe it was because the sections had become easier and didn’t allow any margin of error. For next time… more of the same, but better.

Private: Miquel Cirera

Team Manager

The overall balance of the Japanese GP is a very positive one. Toni had a great race today; yesterday he suffered a lot more. It will be a difficult year but for now the good results are coming in. To be ahead after Japan is a reason to be happy. Fujinami got a great couple of results at home; the two podiums are a great satisfaction. Today, we even thought that it would be possible to finish in second place but Adam is Adam and he wouldn’t allow it. Jaime Busto made a few mistakes today that he ended up paying dearly for. It is just a question of experience. Once again, I would like thank all the team and especially the physio who has been taking care of Toni, who also did a great job. Now it’s time to set our sight on the next goal and we have the Spanish Championship ahead, where we will decide how we go about things. Toni will have some tests in Barcelona and then we will see.

Trial 2016
Trial Round T2 , Trial 1   Motegi

Results Trial GP Japan Day 2

Pos. Rider Num Nation L1 L2 L3 T3 Champ Team Constructor Points
1 Bou Toni 1 SPA 8 5 1 20 Repsol Honda Team Montesa 14
2 Raga Adam 2 SPA 11 11 4 17 TRRS Factory Team TRRS 26
3 Fujinami Takahisa 5 JPN 13 11 9 15 Repsol Honda Team Montesa 33
4 Cabestany Albert 4 SPA 20 11 8 13 Sherco Factory Team Sherco 39
5 Fajardo Jeroni 3 SPA 18 20 15 11 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 53
6 Busto Jaime 6 SPA 20 17 20 10 Repsol Honda Team Montesa 57
7 Grattarola Matteo 18 ITA 23 16 19 9 Gas Gas FG Italia Gas Gas 58
8 Dabill James 8 GBR 31 20 9 8 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 60
9 Ogawa Tomoyuki 13 JPN 29 22 10 7 Honda Team Mitani Honda 61
10 Tarres Pol 12 SPA 31 15 15 6 TRRS Factory Team TRRS 61
11 Kadlec Franz 11 GER 29 24 8 5 Gas Gas Gas Gas 61
12 Kuroyama Kenichi 14 JPN 19 20 27 4 Yamaha Racing Yamaha 66
13 Gubian Loris 21 FRA 25 24 20 3 Beta Factory Racing Beta 69
14 Gelabert Miquel 20 SPA 35 26 15 2 RFME Spea Sherco 76
15 Nozaki Fumitaka 16 JPN 30 25 22 1 Team Nozaki Scorpa Scorpa 77
16 Karlsson Eddie 10 SWE 41 22 19 0 Montesa Team Karlsson Montesa 82
17 Casales Jorge 9 SPA 42 25 20 0 Beta Factory Racing Beta 87
18 Tournour Gianluca 23 ITA 45 34 21 0 Gas Gas Gas Gas 100
19 Shibata Akira 28 JPN 43 34 27 0 Vertigo Vertigo 104
20 Dagnicourt Benoit 19 FRA 45 31 30 0 Vertigo Factory Team Vertigo 106
21 Ogawa Tsuyoshi 22 JPN 42 35 33 0 Beta Factory Racing Beta 110
22 Saito Akio 25 JPN 49 34 33 0 Honda Honda 116
23 Pedersen Hakon 15 NOR 49 42 30 0 Gas Gas Gas Gas 121
24 Brown Michael 17 GBR 445 40 38 0 Gas Gas Gas Gas 123
25 Kira Yuya 27 JPN 53 43 32 0 Beta Beta 128
26 Nomoto Yoshiaki 24 JPN 52 45 44 0 Beta Beta 141
27 Sunada Masahiko 26 JPN 56 54 44 0 Honda Honda 154
Location Information

Race format 12 sections x 2 laps

Twin Ring Motegi, Haga District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan - View in Google Maps

Records

Podium 2019 -day2- Toni Bou - Adam Raga - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2019 -day1- Toni Bou - Adam Raga - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2018 -day2- Jaime Busto - Toni Bou - Adam Raga
Podium 2018 -day1- Jeroni Fajardo - Adam Raga - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2017 -day2- Toni Bou - Adam Raga - Albert Cabestany
Podium 2017 -day1- Toni Bou - James Dabill - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2016 -day2- Toni Bou - Adam Raga - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2016 -day1- Adam Raga - Toni Bou - Takahisa Fujinami
Podium 2015 -day2- Toni Bou - Takahisa Fujinami - Jeroni Fajardo
Podium 2015 -day1- Toni Bou - Jeroni Fajardo - Adam Raga
Podium 2014 -day2- Adam Raga - Toni Bou - Albert Cabestany
Podium 2014 -day1- Adam Raga - Toni Bou - Takahisa Fujinami