Japanese Takahisa Fujinaminew manager of repsol Montesa Honda trial team, He pointed out when he referred to Toni Bou as “a 30-time world champion, there’s not much to teach her”.
Fujinami tackled his new professional aspect after leaving the competition with enthusiasm, though acknowledges that he already knows how the equipment works after many years of being a part of it as a pilot.
“After twenty -five years here, I know him pretty well and we also know how championships work, training sessions, or what drivers think. and all this is knowledge that we already know, but for me what is new is the organization of the whole team and logistics, especially ”, he explained in an interview broadcast by the Repsol trial team.
“We knew Toni Bou was going to be very strong, but what we didn’t know was her performance on the new bikewith the bigger displacement engine I rode last season, and during the preseason we improved the bike and the result was very good: Toni won all the races and gave up only one lap in eight ”, explains the Japanese .
As for Toni Bou’s new partner, young Gabriel Marcelli, Japanese Fujinami stressed that you can’t teach a thirty -time world champion rider anything or “small, very small, but Gabriel can do it.” “He wants to improve to be a world champion in the future and with 26 years of World Championship experience, I think I can teach him how to learn to focus mentally to face races.“.
He wasn’t that happy with the changes to the regulations for the new season, saying he didn’t agree with the choice of drivers. “I don’t think anyone understands this, as Gabriel Marcelli was left out in the first race after finishing second last year in Barcelona and finishing fourth at the X-Trial World Championship in 2021“.
The next race to be contested by the Repsol trial team is the start of the Spanish Trial Championship in Arteixo and in just one month the TrialGP World Championship in Spain will begin.
“Almost every race on the calendar this year is two days, which means it will be super physical and you have to be fit because, moreover, we will have two races in August and expect it to be very hot. . It will vary a bit. Japan is usually on the calendar, and because of COVID, we can’t go, but this year we’re also missing races in Spain, which we like, but we’re going to have one or two races per month and that means we have to be very focused and physically ready ”, explained Takahisa Fujinami.
“Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to race in Motegi (Japan) for the past three years. and for me, withdrawing from the competition without being able to do so in front of my public, is a thorn in my side, although I hope I can do it as director of sports and hopefully the Japanese drivers will continue as well, ” where is Fujinami.
Source: La Verdad
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