It was Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 rider Ken De Dycker's turn to narrowly miss out on a podium place this weekend as the former MX1 championship leader emulated his team-mate Steve Ramon's luck of last week - in Sevlievo - by losing out on a top-three overall finish by next to no points. Ramon, meanwhile, had a "weekend to forget" and could only muster a ninth place overall finish after two gruelling motos at the Mantova circuit during the Grand Prix of Italy - the fifth round of the 15 round FIM Motocross World Championship.
The riders from the 2008 full factory Suzuki squad Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 and Suzuki supported teams of Swift Suzuki, Inotec Suzuki and Teka-Suzuki Bodo Schmidt have been introduced to over 100 members of the global motocross media at the clinically clean workshops of Geboers Racing Promotions in Lommel, Belgium.
In occasion of the FIM Motocross Grand Prix of the Netherlands to take place this weekend, April 5th and 6th, at Valkenswaard, Suzuki decided to present its Motocross racing activities at the GRP (Geboers Racing Promotion) headquarters, in Lommel, Belgium. 2008 will see Suzuki’s strong involvement both in the MX1 and in the MX2 classes with the RM-Z machines.