Overnight rain had many people worried but soon after qualifying started, the track quickly developed some good lines and some great action. Gert Krestinov’s day started well with qualifying and after settling into the track Gert posted the 8th fastest time in Q1 before improving to 7th in Superpole.
 
The opening race of the day saw Gert produce a great start from the inside gate and round the first corner in second place. On the opening lap Gert lost two more positions to round the opening lap in fourth. During the race Gert rode a solid race to secure a fourth place finish.

 
The second race of the day saw Gert make another strong start and start inside the top 5 and struggling to find his rhythm early on and as a result lost a few position during the middle of the race and eventually finished 9^th at the finish.
 
The final race of the day saw Gert struggle with the start and at the end of the first lap was just outside the top 10 in 11^th. As the race progressed Gert managed to push forward and finished the race in a solid 6^th place to be tied on points for 5^th overall to secure 7^th overall on the day.
 
At the end of the day Gert had moved into fifth place in the MX1 Maxxis British Championship and sits just 17 points behind third place with one round remaining.
 
Gert Krestinov: I’m a bit disappointed with the end result but I’m happy with my riding today on a track that doesn’t really suit my style. I qualified well and that gave me a good gate and start in the first two races, but I suffered a bad start in the last race. In the first race I started in fourth and rode a consistent race to finish fourth. In the second race I was stuck behind Alex Snow and couldn’t make a pass and then got caught by a few others and slipped back to 9^th place. In the final race I pushed forward from a bad start to get 6^th but couldn’t pass Parker on the last lap so that annoyed me.

 
Steve James – Team Manager: today started really well with 7^th in Superpole around a track where everyone was so close on times. Then in the first race Gert got a great start from the inside gate and rounded the first corner in second place and eventually finished fourth. In the second race Gert made another strong start but unfortunately got stuck behind Alex Snow and lost his rhythm and dropped to 9^th at the finish. Then in the last race Gert suffered his worst start of the day and was down in 11^th before working his way up to 6^th at the finish. Gert finished the day 7^th overall but 5^th, 6^th and 7^th were all tied on 45 points and if it hadn’t been for the second race we could have been 5^thoverall or higher. In the championship we have moved up to 5^th place with just one round left so if we can finish the year in 5^th then I will be happy.