Get ready to back Brits at Matterley
By Alex Hodgkinson on 10th Aug 12
The British GP will be THE biggest festival of motocross the world has ever experienced with four World Championship classes, a World Cup, four European Championship series and a free-for-all Amateur class.The track action gets underway on Thursday, August 16, and runs through to Sunday, August 19, when no less than six of the ten classes will take to the track!
Event schedule
Wednesday
Campers can start arriving at the campsite from 4pm onwards
Thursday
VMX (race 1), Amateur and WMX (race 1)
Friday
EMX65, EMX 85, EMX 125 and EMX 250 qualifying
Amateur Super Final
MX3 qualifying
Saturday
EMX 65 (race 1), EMX 85 (race 1), EMX 125 (race 1) and EMX 250 (race 1)
WMX (race 2)
VMX (race 2)
MX1 and MX2 qualifying
MX3 races
Sunday
EMX 65 (race 2), EMX 85 (race 2), EMX 125 (race 2), EMX 250 (race 2) plus MX1 and MX2 races
Who rides when?
The first track action on the Thursday will be practice and the first moto of the FIM World Ladies Motocross Championship, the FIM World Veterans Cup and the Amateur class.
On the Friday it will be the turn of the MX3 and the EMX riders with practice and
qualifying races and the day will conclude with the Amateur Super Final.
MX1 and MX2 classes will take to the track with their traditional timetable on Saturday.
Meanwhile all four European series will dispute their first
motos, WMX and VMX will have their second motos and the MX3 riders will have both of their races – a busy day!
The final races of the EMX 65cc, 85cc, 125cc and 250cc will take place during the day on Sunday, while MX1 and MX2 will follow their usual Sunday timetable.
FOR FULL PREVIEW AND A LOOK AT ALL THE RIDERS SEE TMX NEWS AUGUST 10
