Toni Bou dominates Motegi with a double

It couldn’t have been better this weekend. Despite suffering a lot today because the trial was extremely easy, there was a lot of pressure not to make mistakes that would have complicated the final result. But I was able to achieve it with a zero in the last zone and win the race. I'm happy to have been able to put up with the pressure and I want to thank the team for a great job this weekend. We will see how the next events go, but we have made a good start to the World Championship.

It was a shame because I thought I would have been able to repeat the podium of yesterday. I have had a slight problem with the chain in one of the easy zones and I think it was fatal, because I missed out on a final prize. Fifth is not bad, but I thought that I would have been closer to Toni as it was so closely fought today… it has left a bad flavour in my mouth. But, on the whole, I'm happy with how it went this weekend, to be back in competition in Japan and the whole public that has encouraged me non-stop from section one through to section fifteen. Many thanks to all the fans.

Even though the result is the same as yesterday’s sixth place, I think I've done a little better. In the first round they gave a very harsh ‘five’ and I made a lot of mistakes in the final sections, which were quite easy. On the second lap I fell in section three and from then on I finished the trial almost without penalty marks. A pity because I wasn’t able to make amends for the disastrous first round.

Today was a different race than yesterday: much drier, more simple and so everything was much more equal and mistakes were costly and could mean a rider easily missed out on a podium place. Toni worked hard to win. It must be recognized that Adam Raga had a great trial, worthy of the great rival that he is. Fujinami fought hard, like Jaime, but they were left without a prize. They have done some extraordinary things, especially Jaime, but they made mistakes and in the world championship and that comes with an expensive price. We will continue working and I have to acknowledge the great work that the team has done in this trial which although we are not "at home", we nevertheless did everything well. We will continue fighting. See you all back in Europe.