The Kawasaki teammates sprinted to the front in the opening moto around the hillside track, moving clear of the opposition at two seconds a lap until leader Searle suddenly lost the use of the front brake and had to slacken his pace. Roelants took over for a clearcut victory with only one rival also able to take advantage of Searle's misfortune.

A determined Searle made no mistakes in race two, leading throughout on his KX250F to clinch the overall victory on the day and move to within seven points of the series lead, whilst Roelants overcame a hectic first lap to clinch third place on the podium.

GP Rookie Dylan Ferrandis of Team Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki again showed his potential as he twice raced into the top ten for the second consecutive GP and the teenager now holds eighth place in the championship.

His teammate Valentin Teillet scored a tremendous second to Searle in the qualification race, but was unfortunate enough to crash heavily on the second lap of the opening race when holding sixth place. He was in great pain after sustaining a hematoma in his back and suffering shock, but was unable to contest race two.

Tommy Searle: “My KX250F Kawasaki is even faster than last year and I had no problem to take the holeshot in both motos. That always make the races easier and I was unlucky not to have a double win this weekend.

We're still not sure how it happened but I lost the front brake in the first race; I had to change my lines and it was difficult on a track with so many steep downhills but I only lost two places and I knew that a win in race two would give me the overall GP victory.”

Joel Roelants: “I never got a good result at this track before, but the team and the bike are so good. I quickly got into second place behind Tommy in the first race so I could see his lines and we built a big lead over the rest of the field. We have a really good relationship and help each other in training; when he had a problem I was able to take over for the moto win and back it up with another result in race two to end the day on the podium.”

Dylan Ferrandis: “I didn’t felt so comfortable on this track; the ground was so hard so it was a demanding weekend for me physically as I'm still not back to 100% after my injury during the winter. But I got my second top ten result in two GPs and I'm sure I can progress even further during the summer.”

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