Tommy Searle and Tanel Leok shine in England -ozzy go- mxlarge.com

British hero Tommy Searle captured the pole position in the MX2
class at the Grand Prix of Great Britain. The KTM factory rider
won his qualification race after coming back from behind. With a
large crowd in attendance Searle got the British flags flying.
Nicolas Aubin won the other MX2 qualification moto. In the MX1
class it was Tanel Leok who was quickest.

Tommy Searle comments: "It would be so good to win here with
all my family and friends here. I don't feel too much pressure,
Cairoli is gone and some people expect me to win, but I just do
my own race and see what happens. I thought when I was going
around that Cairoli is gone, but then I am racing his team-mate.
It's hard to pass here, so I hope I can get a good start and not
have to pass too many. It's great to get second in the
championship, but I would prefer that Pourcel was racing and
race for the second place in the championship. I am more
confident on the bike now."

Josh Coppins comments: "Today was tough, a lot of pain, but
the shoulder is okay. I would have liked to have sat out another
week, but I can't. When I first saw doctor Claes he said I might
be okay for Ireland, but to be honest it was a long shot. He said
sit Ireland out otherwise I might hurt it. He said I can ride here in
England, it would be tough. I wanted to train in Belgium, but the
weather was too bad, so I came to England and rode here. I am
satisfied, I did little laps, it's a track I like. I would like to be top
five in both motos, whether I can do this is a pain issue. I just
want to leave here with two top fives. My shoulder would be
better for Lierop. Steve averages about 30, 31 per GP and that
is pretty how he did. Everyones says Steve is carrying an injury,
but he rode the Belgian championship last week."

Billy Mackenzie comments: "I have been staying down here with
Tommy (Searle) and James Dobb training, and we popped down
to see the track. It's exciting for me, good to have the crowd here
on the saturday. There is a lot of work for sure, you stop to sign
one autograph and end up signing 20, but it's good to have the
fans and I want to win for them. I put a lap in the beginning (of
qualification) and I went to pole, then I dropped down a little
when some riders went faster, but I was too slow in the first half
of the track. It was always going to be tough, but it was
dangerous because I knew people would go fastest. I got pole
back and with two minutes left I went..." click on ozzy go to the
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