Ferrandis Lands on Podium at Pro Motocross Opening Round

28-05-2023

Ferrandis Lands on Podium at Pro Motocross Opening Round

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis returned racing to enjoy a podium finish at yesterday’s opening round of the Pro Motocross Championship at Fox Raceway in Pala, California. As expected, the track showcased a fast and rutted terrain, but the Frenchman quickly found his form in his first race back and collected two third-place finishes to round out the podium in third overall.

Ferrandis holds a special place for the track where he earned both of his Pro Motocross titles – the 2020 250MX and 2021 450MX Championships. While he has had a limited amount of time on the bike to get comfortable for the outdoor style of racing after coming back from injury, the multi-time champ didn’t show it on the track. After qualifying fifth to start the day, Ferrandis launched out of the start in the opening moto to quickly find second after the first few turns. He moved back to third on Lap 7, but Ferrandis maintained a strong pace to hold off any charges from behind to secure third. He had another good start in Moto 2 and ended up riding in third from start to finish, putting Ferrandis and his Yamaha YZ450F on the podium in third overall.

The Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing team will travel to Northern California for the Hangtown Classic for Round 2 of the Pro Motocross Championship and the 19th round of the SuperMotocross World Championship in Rancho Cordova outside Sacramento.

2023 Pro Motocross 450MX Fox Raceway Results

2023 Pro Motocross 450MX Championship Standings

Dylan Ferrandis

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing

“It is always good to end up on the podium, and I didn’t really expect that. During qualifying, I was struggling a little bit with the bike with the new chassis. I wanted to be a little bit more comfortable, and that’s what we worked on all day. The bike kept getting better session after session. If anyone had told me I would have finished on the podium at the first round, I would have told them they were dreaming. Everybody worked really hard, so it was good to give them back something with a podium and get some good points.”

Jeremy Coker

Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing

“ I don’t think it could have gone any better with the short period of time Dylan had to get ready. For him to come out and go 3-3, it’s great for the team, and we’ll keep building from here to get better every weekend.”