The mercurial talent that is Christophe Pourcel – winner of two MX1 Grands Prix already this year on his CP377 Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki – starts the first of a short series of personal blogs where he explains a little about his life and racing…

The Silver Arrows pair came so close to securing a dream 1-2 race start at the end of qualifying on Saturday. Michael Schumacher blew away the competition with a blistering lap around the 2.07 mile (3.3 km) circuit, which would have been enough to secure his first pole position since his return to F1.

In the first dry – and the warmest – event of the year so far, Doran´s car experienced excessive intercooler temperatures. "There are actually a few small problems and together they are making it very difficult," said Doran.