McLaughlin Claims Best Ever WEC Result At GP Of Italy  (Mar 7, 2010)

Electraction TM UK rider Philip McLaughlin has claimed his best ever World Enduro Championship result with a hard fought fifth place in the Enduro Juniior class on day two of the GP of Italy held in Iglesias, Sardinia. Claiming World Championship points at the opening two rounds of the '09 WEC series, Philip was confident he would gain more valuable points in Sardinia with another good performance, although the opening day didn't go as planned on day two he claimed the highest class result of any British rider.

Frustratingly for Philip day one ended prematurely when a wire worked its way lose from the bikes battery, which left him stranded in the Enduro test. Headed towards a top ten result at the time, having removed his tool bag at the start of the first timed Enduro test Philip was fortunate that another rider stopped to assist him. Having lost more then the allocated fifteen minutes by the end of the lap Philip was force to withdraw and prepare himself for day two.

Philip quickly put his day one misfortune behind him and completed a promising opening lap. With his performances on the Enduro tests at both the Portugese and Spanish rounds of the Championship having prevented him from claiming better results, in Sardinia it was on the Enduro tests where he perfomed at his best. With riders in all classes struggling to master the long and demanding test Philip not only managed to complete all of the second day's three Enduro tests without major mistakes but also put in three amazingly consistent times, which ensured he remianed at the sharp end of thr Enduro Junior results. Ending the day fifth Philip was extremely pleased with what is so far his highest ever WEC result placing.

Electraction backed factory rider Rodrig Thain endured a tough GP of Italy as the Frenchman was forced out of the first day's competition due to an ignition problem. On day two Rodrig struggled to match the pace of the Enduro 2 Class leaders due largely to not knowing the Enduro test as well as his rivals having not ridden them on day one. Despite his best efforts he placed 10th in day two.

Philip McLaughlin..."the first day didn't go well as a wire came of my bike's battery in the Enduro test and it took me 25 minutes to get it fixed and complete the test. By the time i had got back the paddock i was over my 15 minute time allowance so i was out, which was really diappointing. Day two went really well though, I had a good opening Motocross test and then just built on that throughout the day. The Enduro test was good for me for once and i was able to put in some pretty good times there. The day was hard and the rocks made it really tricky in places, I'm well pleased to have finished fifth, which is my best result so far in the WEC. There's a good break now so hopefully I'll be able to find a bit more speed ready for the GP of Finland."

Rodrig Thain...."I had this problem with my bikes ignition, which meant i wasn't able to complete the first lap. That made it really difficult fro me on day two because i didn't know the Enduro test well. On each lap of the second day i was losing 40 seconds to the fastest rider's. It's really dsappointing."


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