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Team Suzuki Swift rider, Brad Anderson, was back to podium form at the weekend as the Maxxis British Motocross Championship returned to the famous Foxhill circuit near Swindon in Wiltshire.

With the ex grand prix venue seeing the best conditions of the season so far, with blistering temperatures, it would be the RM-Z450 rider who would achieve the greatest success. With Anderson finishing fourth in race one, despite three crashes, while going on to stalk race leader Billy Mackenzie in race two, to cross the line as runner-up, he would finish the day in second place overall.

In the MX2 class it would be Anderson’s team mate that would ride to the best results, with Pascal Leuret just missing out on the podium on his RM-Z250 in both races to finish fourth.

Not content with solid results in both categories, Suzuki riders went on to dominate the top ten in both MX2 races with Jake Nicholls, Carl Nunn, Elliott Banks Browne, Lewis Gregory and Jason Dougan all following the Frenchman home, inside the top ten.

Suzuki GB’s George Cheeseman commented, “Well done to all three teams this weekend. It’s great to see Brad back at the sharp end in MX1, and very encouraging to see all three teams scoring inside the top ten of MX2. We look forward to the final two rounds of the championship and wish all teams the best of luck.”

Results:

MX1 Race 1: 1st Billy MacKenzie, 2nd Wayne Smith, 3rd Mark Jones, 4th BRAD ANDERSON, 5th Jordan Rose, 6th Bryan MacKenzie, 7th James Noble, 8th Gordon Crockard, 9th Jim Murro, 10th Danny Smyth

MX1 Race 2: 1st Billy MacKenzie, 2nd BRAD ANDERSON, 3rd James Noble, 4th Tom Church, 5th Bryan MacKenzie, 6th Gordon Crockard, 7th Mark Eastwood, 8th Mark Jones, 9th Mark Hucklebridge, 10th Luke Mellows

MX1 Overall: 1st Billy MacKenzie, 2nd BRAD ANDERSON, 3rd James Noble, 4th Mark Jones, 5th Bryan MacKenzie

MX2 Race 1: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Shaun Simpson, 3rd Zach Osbourne, 4th PASCAL LEURET, 5th JAKE NICHOLLS, 6th CARL NUNN, 7th ELLIOTT BANKS BROWNE, 8th Martin Barr, 9th LEWIS GREGORY

MX2 Race 2: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Shaun Simpson, 3rd Zach Osbourne, 4th PASCAL LEURET, 5th JASON DOUGAN, 6th JAKE NICHOLLS, 7th Martin Barr, 8th Neville Bradshaw, 9th LEWIS GREGORY, 10th ELLIOTT BANKS BROWNE

MX2 Overall: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Shaun Simpson, 3rd Zach Osbourne, 4th PASCAL LEURET, 5th JAKE NICHOLLS, 6th Martin Barr, 7th ELLIOTT BANKS BROWNE, 8th JASON DOUGAN, 9th LEWIS GREGORY, 10th Neville Bradshaw

Suzuki’s officially backed Motocross teams made the trip across the Irish sea at the weekend for round five of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship held at Desertmartin near Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

Following domination of the result sheets at the last round at Lyng in Norfolk, where the Suzuki teams recorded multiple podium finishes across both classes, it would be Brad Anderson of Team Suzuki Swift and Carl Nunn of Suso MVR-D that would make the podium visits this time, with a well-earned third place in the first MX1 race for Anderson and the same result for Nunn in the first MX2 race on-board the RM-Z250.

With Anderson and Nunn recording solid results in both opening races, Relentless Suzuki MX rider Jamie Law would be the other strongest Suzuki rider in MX1, taking a solid eighth place in race one and ninth in race two, to finish the round in eighth overall.

In MX2, the usual Suzuki torrent of top-ten finishers was to follow Nunn home, with no-less than four more RM-Z250s inside the top-ten in race one, with Jason Dougan in fourth, Marcus Norlen in sixth, Lewis Gregory in eighth and Jake Nicholls ninth.

In the final MX2 race, a further four more Suzuki’s would complete the top-ten with Nunn missing out on a podium spot in fourth, Dougan in fifth, Lewis Gregory in seventh and Marcus Norlen in eighth.