 | Foto: Alex Hodgkinson Arnaud Tonus is back in GP action this weekend. |
Monster Yamaha will be at full strength for the first time this year when Arnaud Tonus takes to the track in this weekend's French GP at St Jean D'Angely. Steve Dixon broke the news this morning that his Swiss star has been given the all-clear to race again and is raring to go. With Mel Pocock at the start in the EMX2 opener, Shaun Simpson in MX1 as usual, and Michael Leib again standing in for Zach Osborne, the Bike It Monster Energy Cosworth Yamaha team will have four riders at the gate over the weekend.
Tonus, 21 next month, was one of the short-odds favourites for the title at the start of the year but a broken scaphoid at the Canada Heights Maxxis just a week before the GP opener put his world ambitions on hold for another year. He will clearly not be 100% race fit and will merely be looking for top ten in France, but Yamaha must be glad to have one of their MX2 top guns back in the chase with the hope of glory later in the summer.
The Rinaldi half of the official Yamaha team should also be at full strength as Steven Frossard hopes a fortnight's rest have given his knee sufficient time to recover, whiole David Philippaerts and Christophe Charlier were both podium men in Brazil.
Author: Alex Hodgkinson
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