The ‘remodeling’ The X-Trial World Championship starts this Saturday, December 21 at Palacio Vistalegre (Madrid) having the best drivers today, where the current world champion stands out Tony Bouwhose purpose is to repeat the feat and achieve his nineteenth indoor trial title (X-Trial).
The trial returned to the Spanish capital twenty-one years latersince 2003, when the Spanish driver Adam Raga, who said goodbye to the Madrid fans in this first round of the World Championship after almost 30 seasons at the highest level, was proclaimed world champion for the first time.
This season brings important changes to the regulations of the X-Trial World Championshipbecause the number of finalists has been expanded to four, thus increasing the number of candidates for the podium and victory.
From the first round (Q1)where depending on the route, Pilots will face five or six action zonesthree of the four finalists will appear, while the rest will do so after winning the second round (Q2), called the “last chance.” In its part, The starting order of the final will be decided by a “Superpole” duel to the four finalists before the competition begins.
Same round Q2 and Superpole will use the Sprint format to which the total time penalties of the drivers in the race are added.
Boucurrent world champion, who cHe has the best record in the history of this sport with 36 world titles18 in the indoor test and the same in the outdoor modality, will try to continue his great streak and achieve success in Madrid, as he did in 2023.
The Catalan’s main rivalsboth in this first round and throughout the world championship, will be his partner in the Repsol Honda team Gabriel Marcelliwho will be looking for his first victory in the World Cup, and the pilot of GasGas Jaime Bustowho disputed the title until the last appointment last season.
Bou expressed how “special” the race in Madrid was in remarks to the team: “CA visit to Madrid is always special because it is the ‘home’ of Repsolso we will try to put on a good show for the public.”
“The goal for 2025 is to win the title“We know that it is very complicated because the opponents are very strong, but we will go with a positive attitude and with confidence, both in the team and in myself,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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