El Molar in Spain was the venue for the 2015 FIM World Junior Motocross Championship, the event ran in stifling heat as the temperatures soared at the hillside circuit.
The weekend produced strong results for the British riders with KTM Factory Junior rider Conrad Mewse narrowly missing out on the FIM World Junior 125cc crown after battling with Maxine Renaux of France. During the Saturday qualifying just Alexander Brown made it through to the Main races with Callum Green, Dee Jay Walker, Gregg Pettit missing out on transfer places in the highly competitive 125cc class.
In the 85cc Class Chris Mills secured two top ten finishes to finish seventh overall, with Ben Clark finishing the weekend 23
rd overall and Tom Grimshaw 29
th overall. Unfortunately Adam Collins missed the cut off for the main races via the LCQ and young Callum Mitchell suffered a broken wrist in the opening race on the Sunday.
In the 65cc class in was Vinnie Guthrie who was the fastest placed British rider in the 65cc Class. The other British riders competing in the 65cc class saw Alfie Jones finish 23
rd overall, Ben Pratt in 24
th overall and Morgan Evans 26
th overall.
The strong overall results meant that Team GB secure second overall in the Team standings behind France and ahead of Australia in third.
Following the event, Team GB Manager John Percival said;
“I’m very proud of all the riders in the team, they all gave 100% within their classes. Conrad produced two very good results and was so close to winning the 125cc title and along with Chris Mills result in the 85cc class it was great to claim the runner up spot in the Team Standings”