Team Suzuki’s Steve Ramon came back to form in impressive style at a crowded Teutschenthal today for the Grand Prix of Germany and the fifth round of 15 in the 2007 FIM MX1 World Championship.
The Belgian took second position overall for his best result of the season so far and his second podium of the year on his RM-Z450 after a three-race barren spell as team mate Kevin Strijbos finished in fifth.
The Talkessel course, crowded by 33,000 spectators, offered more variation in terms of lines and thanks to a new sandy section that demanded the full concentration of the riders as they hammered through the deep and very rough thirty metre stretch. The terrain had been modified to offer a softer prospect and generally the alterations seemed to work with a longer lap-time. The high-speed and low technical demands of the course however meant that the riders were either spilt by intervals and running the same pace or packed together. The MX1 motos offered examples of both forms of racing.
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