The Buildbase CCM Racing squad arrived in Turkey for the third round of the 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship, with the Phoenix Tool teamster Jason Dougan as their lone rider. The loss of Tom Church due to a mystery virus, was hardly the ideal start to a weekend, which saw the all British team play its part in a piece of off road history as Turkey hosted its first ever motocross Grand Prix.

Earlier today Buildbase CCM Racing’s Sporting Director David Thorpe confirmed that Tom Church, the team’s highest placed rider both in the current World and British standings, will not participate in this weekend’s Grand Prix to be held in Istanbul, Turkey. Church has been suffering with the effects of a virus since just after the first round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Italy late last month.

A complete reversal of weather conditions greeted the Buildbase CCM Racing team at Sevlievo in Bulgaria for the second round of the 2009 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship. Riders Tom Church and Jason Dougan enjoyed glorious sunshine and decent temperate – a contrast to the mud-bath they encountered in Italy for the series opener last week – but sadly the results did not match the good vibe around the paddock as the duo could only record twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth positions respectively.

 

Buildbase CCM Racing came through some of the hardest race conditions possible for the first Grand Prix of the 2009 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship to record some excellent point-scoring finishes at a sodden Faenza in central Italy. Whilst many other more established teams found the challenge too tough, the relative rookies of the Grand Prix scene acquitted themselves superbly on all fronts.