Honda announce SMX team after qualifying for the MXGP of Belgium

“We know that the character of the track can change all the time, and this year Lommel is different to last year and we need to adapt better. I’m working on myself and the team are working on the bike, and we all put our heads down and look forward to going again tomorrow.”

“I was feeling good at the start, and made a good start into third. I was feeling strong and like we had the pace for top three, but then unfortunately we had an issue that meant I had to stop the bike so we couldn’t finish. The team are working so hard to get to the bottom of it, and I'm confident that we will be fine again by tomorrow. It’ll be hard starting from the outside, but we’ll be pushing hard to make up the ground again.”

“Firstly, we’re proud to be the first to announce our factory team for the SMX event in October. As a stadium race and a different format to the usual MXGP weekends it’s something exciting for us to be part of, and with Gajser, Bobryshev and Paulin we feel we have a strong factory line-up. It’s clear that after today we have a lot of work to do, but in the opening laps Bobby showed good pace so we can be confident of turning things around for tomorrow. We’re working hard on identifying the issue Bobby had, and we’re similarly confident of rectifying it to allow him to shine tomorrow.”