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Honda HRC’s general manager Roger Harvey has praised Jed Beaton’s efforts at the 19th and final round of the 2017 MX2 World Championship in France, where the Australian lodged a highly-impressive third overall result.

Beaton was initially slated to contest just three rounds with the factory outfit, although he was drafted in the for an additional round after the Carglass Honda team released him from his commitments in the European Motocross Championship.

Harvey revealed he couldn’t have asked for anything more from the Tasmanian-native, particularly after placing the youthful talent on the highly-anticipated 2018 CRF250RW model at the last minute.

“It has been a very pleasing day for us today in what were extremely difficult conditions,” Harvey explained. “It was the same for every rider but in order to survive you need to remain consistent and Jed did just that.

“He had only been put on the CRF250RW last week in Assen for the first time, we essentially just threw him on it but he has just gelled with it. The podium result today is proof of that and a great way to end the season for everyone.

“We couldn’t have asked more of him, it was a great effort. Thank you to everybody, the team, the HRC technicians from Japan and of course Jed himself. Extra special thanks have to go to Carglass Honda for releasing him to us this weekend.”

In just his fourth grand prix, the 2016 Australian MX2 champion pieced together 3-4 results for the final spot on the podium, which saw him join fellow Aussie Hunter Lawrence (Suzuki World MX2), who placed second with a race win to his name.