Steve Ramon enters the British Grand Prix at Donington Park and the penultimate round of the 2007 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship with a real chance of taking the lead in the series for the first time.
Ramon squandered a real chance of taking the lead at the last round when the Belgian suffered first lap incidents in both motos and was only able to card a fifth place overall, although he still cut the absent Kiwi's points lead from 43 to 12.
Coppins will to return to action this weekend but his race fitness is unlikely to be 100% and Ramon is poised to seize the initiative ahead of the final Grand Prix at Lierop in Holland.
"It was a pity that I could not make the podium in Ireland but the gap is only down to 12 points now," he remarked. "With the way I could come back to those positions, especially fourth in the second moto, I feel very confident for this weekend. Hopefully I can have the red plate after Sunday," he said.
Main Photo: Steve Ramon
