Midwest Husaberg UK Team

2011 Season

Nov 3, 2011

Grande Finale to the 2011 Season in France for Rockwell

Category: 2011

Posted by: Jack Stringer

World Enduro Championship

Final Round 8 - Mende, France
1st & 2nd October 2011

Midwest Husaberg Team UK team rider Alex Rockwell set off to the final World Enduro Championship round in France after an invitation from the Husaberg factory team to participate in the event. It would be a chance not to be missed so he caught a plane and met the team at the paddock on the Wednesday before the event to set up the bike. After a long, hot dry spell of weather the typical French course would be hard, rocky and dusty and a real test at the highest level of competition for Alex. The Friday night "Prologue" test went well and he posted 7th fastest time in the Under 23 year old class which had 50 competitors. Saturday would be 4 laps of 25 kms and would include an "Extreme" test as well as an enduro and motocross tests. Alex seemed to like the "Extreme" test which consisted of "man made" obstacles such as tyres, logs and rocks, he eventually finished 3rd best Junior rider over this test. However the enduro and motocross tests proved more of a challenge because of the late start position and the dry, conditions meant the course was covered in a "fog like cloud" of dust which made clear vision very difficult. But determined to finish in this event Alex continued on throughout and still finished the day in 10th position overall in his class. Day 2 would be the same course and with no let up in the heat it would be another long hard day in the saddle but the FE390 Husaberg performed faultlessly over the whole weekend taking Alex to another excellent result to finish the second day in 11th position. This gave Alex a total of 21world championship points from one event and left him in 26th in the World Junior Championship. Frustrated because he couldn't ride as fast as he wanted to due to lack of vision Alex was still positive with some of his test times being in the top 6 on many occasions and look forward to next year.

Midwest Husaberg UK would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our sponsors and helpers during this year, without whom we wouldn't have been able to have such a great year. We look forward to your continued help in the forth coming season.