In his latest update for Crash.net, rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies reviews round four of the 2005 world championship; the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, which saw the Aprilia Germany privateer produce a 'Randy Mamola' save during practice and then his best qualifying performance of the season - but a lack of engine grunt would lead to a more disappointing race...
After coming home from the Chinese GP, time seemed to go fast before we were back on a plane and off to France the following Wednesday morning.
During the week at home I did a mini MX race which was very good fun. There is a new track about 6 miles from my house so me and a friend went for a bit of practice on Saturday afternoon ready for a bit of racing on Sunday.
It was very cool, a really good track with quite a few big jumps. On the Sunday I got there a bit late and in the first race, I got the hole shot and in 2 laps got maximum arm pump and finished 4th.
In the second race I almost got the hole shot again but got barged out to 2nd. After about 5 laps I was in a good scrap with another guy for 4th and felt totally out of control because my arms were so pumped up. I started to break away from him but then put the bike in a bit high on one of the berms into the soft dirt and it sunk in and pitched me off.
I bent the brake lever and could of quite easily carried on but decided I better stop it there because I felt so out of control and could feel an injury coming on! The more I ride the better my arm pump gets so I just need to ride more and we’ll be right on the case.
The front 3 riders will definitely be hard to beat though, the one guy is World Minibike Champ, Stu Hughes from Shrewsbury who designed and built the track and two brothers who are equally as fast. I need a bit more practice!
