Courtney Duncan takes the series lead in the FIM World WMX Women’s Motocross Championship with victory for the third consecutive year at Arroyomolinos in Spain.
The New Zealander was once again dominant as she raced to her first double-moto victory of the season and her twenty-first career GP victory to place her equal-first in the all-time series records.
She was closed down by her gate rival out of the gate but, secure in the knowledge that her strength, endurance and speed would serve her well, she didn’t panic. Quickly fifth in sticky conditions with deep ruts building in many turns due to the track-watering necessary to combat the intense heat, she chose her lines cleverly to avoid coming together with her rivals, picking them off one-by-one to move to the front on the fourth of eleven laps, eventually cruising home to victory by seven seconds.
Duncan now takes a ten-point lead to the next round of the series at Villars-sous-Ecot in France in two weeks’ time while Kawasaki also extended the lead in the FIM Manufacturers’ Championship to sixteen points courtesy of Duncan’s double-moto victory.
“Obviously I’m really stoked. Two wins and the red plate; I couldn’t hope for a whole lot more. I felt my start wasn’t all that good, especially round the first corner, but I made a few positions through the next two turns and rode patiently. We didn’t really have a warm-up this morning and the track was completely different to yesterday so I wanted to find my lines before I worked my way to the front. It’s nice to have the series lead but there’s a lot of racing still to be done; roll on France in two weeks’ time and hopefully, we can keep the momentum rolling.”
Courtney Duncan
