Challenging “trial and error” for Jorge Casales in Spain

Michelle Liew

September 14, 2020

A frustrating weekend for Casales indeed as the Spaniard struggled to improve from the crashes he sustained.

Jorge Casales | Photo credits: GASGAS

The TrialGP of Spain held in Pobladura de las Regueras just ended and the race proved to be a frustrating one for GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Casales. The second round of the 2020 FIM Trial held in the north-west of the country closed its veil during the weekend with Casales coming in 10^th position in Day One and eighth place on Day Two. The challenge in securing the podium win is attributed to a number of issues that occurred during the race.

Casales completed the first lap with the sixth-best score and 34 marks lost. Improving to 31 marks lost on lap two, his bike caught up with an issue during lap three. This resulted in the Spaniard collecting maximum scores of five in each of the 10 sections, ending the day in 10th overall.  Unfortunately, a significant crash held Casales back on the second day of competition. He collected 27 marks at the end of his first lap and this ensured he was well in contention for a strong end-of-day result. In lap two he dropped just 17 marks. He completed the lap for 31 marks lost, ending his day in eighth yet having performed much better than his final result suggests.

Jorge Casales and his GASGAS Factory Racing team now head to Andorra for a third consecutive weekend of FIM TrialGP World Championship competition. Round three of the 2020 series will be held in Sant Julia, Andorra on September 19-20.

Jorge Casales (GASGAS Factory Racing)- As It Happened

Photo credits: GASGAS Factory Racing

“It’s clear that this wasn’t my best weekend, and certainly not the results we were hoping for. Things started ok on day one. I felt good and things were going ok. But around midday, I had some issues with my bike. I tried to fix it, but we couldn’t make the changes we needed to, so the day didn’t end well. Everyone in the team put that behind us for day two and I honestly felt great during the first and second laps.”

“Frustratingly, I had a big crash in section five, which was one of the toughest sections of the event. I hurt my leg when I crashed, which made the next one-and-a-half laps really tough. I had some other misfortune towards the end of the day as well. That added another five marks to my score. So all-in-all, not the event I had hoped for. I’ll be working hard to come back strong next weekend in Andorra.”