Raceline Pirelli Suzuki press release:

Raceline Pirelli Suzuki is remaining positive, despite recording a tough weekend at round six of the MX Nationals at Raymond Terrace in New South Wales. With the Terrace marking a home round for the Raceline team, hope were high for top results, however with conditions at the track proving to be tough, MXD pilot Jesse Madden was forced into damage control.

In moto one, Madden suffered a poor start before finding it difficult to gel with the Raymond Terrace conditions, eventually crossing the line in 12th position. In race two, Madden managed a better start however a crash in a corner mid way through the moto damaged his gear shifter, leaving the under ninteen’s rider stuck in fourth gear for the remainder of the race.

Madden, who entered the round holding third in the MXD championship, took 12th in race one, and ninth in race two eventually finishing the round in eighth overall, and despite a tough round, now holds fourth in the Pirelli MXD championship standings.

Jesse Madden – (12th, 9th) – 8th Overall

“It was a tricky track for me – I found the conditions quite hard to get used to, but towards the halfway point of that last race I started to feel more comfortable,” he said. “It was a good track, the conditions were just something I wasn’t used to.

“I’m going to get a lot more riding in over the next week and a bit, and just work on those starts again. I made it difficult for myself on the weekend so I’m going to be working on my starts to make sure I can get up the front.”

Raceline Pirelli Suzuki Team Manager Chris Woods shared his thoughts on what was a challenging weekend.

“The weekend wasn’t so great for us, we have definitely had better weekends that’s for sure,” he said. “Since we have stood back and looked at things though, it could have been worse and we are still well and truly in touch with that podium spot in the MXD championship.

“Jesse just struggled all day – Raymond Terrace is one of those circuits, and I mean you could see it across all classes, that some riders just struggle with the conditions. “We’re just going to put it all behind us now, if that’s our worst round then we’re doing ok. We’ll just put our heads down and keep working hard until the chequred flags at Coolum.”

The Raceline Pirelli Suzuki Team will head to Shepparton on July 19 for round seven of the MX Nationals. To stay updated with all team progress, ‘like’ Raceline on Facebook, follow their Instagram via Raceline_motosport or on Twiter via Raceline_