Monster Energy Yamaha’s Joel Roelants left a fast and relentless Sevlievo circuit for the Grand Prix of Bulgaria happy to have bagged some FIM Motocross World Championship points and to have re-launched his MX1 debut campaign on the works YZ450FM.
The Belgian travelled to the fifth round of seventeen only days after an unfortunate fall at the Italian fixture at Arco di Trento last Saturday. Unsure of his capabilities around the wide and hilly track that divided many rider’s opinions, Roelants took confidence from two steady runs to 11th and 13th positions after a brace of mediocre starts in the 35 minute and 2 lap motos.
It was an encouraging outing for the former MX2 Grand Prix winner who can now look to a fortnight break to improve his fitness and confidence ahead of round six and the Grand Prix of Portugal. Steven Frossard is hoping to be in action in two weeks. The Frenchman was in the UK undergoing pulse magnetic field therapy and laser treatment on his left foot and plans to be back in the paddock for the trip to the Agueda circuit.
Joel Roelants
“I feel satisfied. I took eleventh and thirteenth places so I got some points, more than I expected. In normal conditions this is not a good result but I made something today and now we will work hard in the two weeks before Portugal. My starts weren’t the best and if they had been better then the results could have been higher but I have to be satisfied because at the beginning of the weekend I had no idea how the Grand Prix would go.”