Both KTM factory riders Max Nagl and Jonathan Barragan were on top of their game in Nelspruit, South African on Saturday coming in second and third behind Steve Ramon of Belgium in Time Practice ahead of Sunday's MX1 Grand Prix of South Africa.
Nagl of Germany riding for the Red Bull KTM Racing Team was very positive after the Saturday practice session saying: "Its good here and I like the track a lot. It has some interesting jumps and it is a lot different from all the other MX tracks on the GP circuit. Tomorrow it will be important to stay in front. I want to be up with the front group in both heats and try to make the podium."
Nelspruit is in the north east of South Africa about 330 km east of Johannesburg and situated in the Crocodile River Valley. The GP is the tenth in the fifteen round series in 2008.
Results MX1 Time Practice
- Steve Ramon, Belgium, Suzuki
- Max Nagl, Germany, KTM
- Jonathan Barragan, Spain, KTM
- Sebastien Pourcel, France, Kawasaki
- Ken de Dyker, Belgium, Suzuki
