The Motocross World Championship gave the starting this weekend at the Losail circuit in Qatar.
After a long wait and hard preseason tests Jose Antonio Butron arrived at the opening round wanting to get a good result in his first race in the premier class of the Motocross World Championship.
As every year the first calendar appointment is done in Losail, where the only night race of the season takes place. In his first year in the category MXGP Jose Butron will have to face to face with 18 riders who have been able to win a round of the World Motocross. But still his career in Qatar has left us many good things.
On Saturday the things did not start well as a fall in the first round of qualifying race made José had to start from the back but this did not stop obtained good results in the races sailed on Saturday.
In spite of not make a good start in both races Sunday at all times José was great race pace and was overcome riders over thirty minutes plus two laps.
In the first race he remained for several laps a big fight with the multi American champion Ryan Villopoto and was able to finish in fourteenth position. In the second climb again and this time was able to finish in eleventh position.
After the two rounds the final result was an eleventh place standing at the gates of the top ten. But this is only the beginning; next week's World Motocross goes to Thailand where Jose Antonio Butron held the second race of the season.
Jose Antonio Butron: "It was my first race in MXGP and I could not make a good start in any of the two races. The good news is that I managed a good rhythm in both races and this means that if I have a good start can be higher up. Yet I was at the gates of the top 10 is already a good result to start."
