The MVR-D Suzuki Team had plenty to celebrate about at the weekend, as Carl Nunn and Mattis Karro climbed their respective podiums at round five of the Maxxis British Motorcross Championship, held at Lyng in Norfolk.

In MX2, Karro would be back to form, after disappointment at round four of the series, where the young Latvian was still recovering from injury. Race one would be his strongest, riding to a well-earned third place, behind eventual winner Stephen Sword and runner-up Jake Nicholls before struggling to pass a large group of riders in the second race relegated the RM-Z250 rider to fifth at the flag. Karro would end the day tied on points for third with fellow Suzuki rider Martin Barr.

With a third place finish at the last round of the series at Hakstone Park, MX1 team rider Carl Nunn looked set to continue his strong form, doing so instantly to finish the first race in third position. Race two would be tougher for the RM-Z450 rider, after hitting the gate and crashing later on saw Nunn remount to bring it home in sixth place, still taking another great third overall on the day.

Team manager Mark Chamberlain: “Naturally, I’m over the moon to have both riders on the podium, but in truth it’s been a difficult round. It’s been tough with Mattis sustaining injury, but he’s back and performing well. Carl is riding extremely well too, and is enjoying his racing more than ever, which shows in his results. From a championship perspective, we now have both riders sitting in fourth place and in touch with the leaders. Roll on Foxhill.”

The team now prepare for round six of the championship at Foxhill on 26th July.

Race Results

MX2 Race 1: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Jake Nicholls, 3rd Mattis Karro (Suzuki), 4th Mel Pocock, 5th Martin Barr (SUZUKI), 6th Scott Elderfield, 7th Neville Bradshaw, 8th Shane Carless, 9th Elliott Banks Browne, 10th Pascal Leuret

MX2 Race 2: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Jake Nicholls, 3rd Martin Barr (SUZUKI), 4th Neville Bradshaw, 5th Mattis Karro (SUZUKI), 6th Wayne Smith, 7th Elliott Banks Browne, 8th Pascal Leuret, 9th Mel Pocock, 10th Shane Carless

MX2 Overal: 1st Stephen Sword, 2nd Jake Nicholls, 3rd Martin Barr (SUZUKI), 4th Mattis Karro (SUZUKI), 5th Neville Bradshaw, 6th Mel Pocock, 7th Elliott Banks Browne, 8th Pascal Leuret, 9th Shane Carless, 10th Wayne Smith

MX2 Championship: 1st Stephen Sword (225), 2nd Neville Bradshaw (170), 3rd Jake Nicholls (161), 4th Mattis Karro (SUZUKI) (159), 5th Martin Barr (SUZUKI) (139), 6th Scott Elderfield (125), 7th Wayne Smith (119), 8th Graeme Irwin (113), 9th Shane Carless (107), 10th Pascal Leuret (93)

MX1 Race 1: Gareth Swanepoel, 2nd Brad Anderson, 3rd Carl Nunn (SUZUKI), 4th James Noble, 5th Tom Church, 6th Jordan Rose, 7th Ray Rowson, 8th Alex Snow, 9th Bryan MacKenzie, 10th Dorren Couts

MX1 Race 2: 1st Brad Anderson, 2nd Gareth Swanpoel, 3rd Scott Columb (SUZUKI), 4th Tom Church, 5th Jason Dougan, 6th Carl Nunn (SUZUKI), 7th James Noble, 8th Bryan MacKenzie, 9th Alex Snow, 10th Jamie Lewis

MX1 Overall: 1st Brad Anderson, 2nd Gareth Swanpoel, 3rd Carl Nunn (SUZUKI), 4th Tom Church, 5th James Noble, 6th Scott Columb (SUZUKI), 7th Bryan Mackenzie, 8th Alex Snow, 9th Ray Rowson, 10th Jamie Lewis

MX1 Championship: 1st Brad Anderson (220), 2nd James Noble (174), 3rd Gareth Swanpoel (172), 4th Carl Nunn (SUZUKI) (160), 5th Billy MacKenzie (127), 6th Tom Church (124), 7th Scott Columb (SUZUKI) (121), 8th Jason Dougan (102), 9th Alex Snow (83), 10th Kristian Whatley (77)

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