The weather didn't look good, but it was still dry when arriving at
the track. The offroad was again quite sandy - not as bad as in
Vakenswaard - but when dry still ok. Just with the start of
the practices and qualifyings, rain started and it really peaked during
our session. It rained cats and dogs! I brought an extra set of gloves
and goggles to the practice to have both fresh after the free practice
time for the qualifying part of the practice. I struggled in the
offroad (compared to the fastest riders, many others had much more
problems....), but all in all it was ok during the first laps. Then
just before the qualifying started, I fell at the exit of the offroad,
which broke the rhythm. I changed goggles and gloves - which wasn't
very successful because it was pouring down while changing, so it really
felt uncomfortable.
On my laps, I hardly had a free track, twice
having someone blocking my way in the offroad due to crash or stalled
engine. My own time wasn't very good and after qualifying, the
bike was full with sand everywhere, the leather suit and gloves as
well, so I decided to save the bike from further harm and pull out of
the race. It was simply not possible to get everything right for the
first race.
Quali result in own group: 16th |