The Repsol Honda Team rider won his 200th Grand Prix while Takahisa Fujinami finished eighth in Portugal.
The several times World Champion, who was first in yesterday’s Qualifying, achieved his 100th victory, improving Dougie Lampkin’s record of 99 victories.
Takahisa Fujinami, third in Qualifying, finished eighth, the same place he has in the overall standings, led by his team mate with a 10-point advantage over the second.
Toni Bou made his debut in the Outdoor Trial World Championship in 2003 –in 2007 he started with the Repsol Honda Team–, since then, he has achieved 100 wins in 200 GPs – stablishing a record ratio of 50%–, 145 podiums and 11 World Championships.
In the indoor championship, Bou has a track record of 12 World Championships, 57 victories in 78 rounds. From those wins, 55 – in 66 races – were achieved at the Repsol Honda Team.
Toni Bou 1st:
I’m very happy: I would never have imagined it. I didn’t know I had reached the 200 Grand Prix, I don’t usually look at the numbers, but I’m very happy to have achieved 100 wins, and even more knowing that I won 50% of the races I had participated in, it’s an amazing efficacy. Today I felt very well of my injury, I feel better every day, so I’m happy about that too. Today we had to push from the beginning, as our rivals are very strong. We’ll keep fighting hard for this difficult championship.
Takahisa Fujinami 8th:
Today it was a tough day for us, thigs didn’t go our way. After the first lap, the classification was very tight and the situation was really complicated, but we’ll keep working for the next race. I want to congratulate Toni [Bou] for his 100 wins. I’m very happy for him and for the whole team.
