The teenager was quickly on the move in race one from a tenth-placed start, taking over sixth already on the second lap and continuing to push until another rider caused him to fall on lap three and he went back to fifteenth. He was soon making strides again and had twelfth in his sights by half-distance until the discomfort of the week-old wrist injury started to kick in and he sensibly steadied his pace to bring home a safe thirteeth. A rapid start and a clever first turn saw him emerge top-three in race two and, again bravely gritting his teeth, he maintained a top-six ranking for four laps before settling into a pace which he could maintain for the full race-distance to delight the home fans with an eighth-placed moto finish. The result earnt him ninth overall and he has rebounded to fifteenth in the series standings.
 
Mathis Valin: "I had a good start and I was really fast in race one until another rider crashed in front of me. I had pain in my wrist after that and I just concentrated on staying on two wheels. I had another good start in race two but after a few laps I started to feel quite a lot of pain again. I wanted more from this weekend but 13-8 motos for a guy who wasn't even sure to come here on Wednesday that was not bad. Anyway, we will keep working and it's good that we now have a weekend off for me to heal up."
 
In the European EMX250 Motocross Championship Venum Bud Racing Kawasaki's Francisco Garcia started the weekend well as he clearly topped his Qualifying group in both practice sessions but poor starts cost the Spaniard in each points-scoring race. A fall on lap two of the first race on Saturday afternoon added to his woes after he had quickly moved into the top-ten but, setting podium-pace lap times in traffic he recovered to eighteenth at the finish. He needed four laps of Sunday morning's second moto to advance from a mid-pack start into the top-ten; continuing to push he moved into the top-six after twenty minutes and, lapping even faster than the leaders, swept into fourth three laps from the finish. His efforts earnt fifth overall over the weekend and he is now seventh in the points standings.
 
Bud teammate Jake Cannon also showed excellent speed without the deserved reward; the Australian teenager swept to an impressive holeshot in the first moto and maintained a top-three ranking for three laps before falling as a rival tagged his front wheel. He went back to eighth in the incident but responded well to regain fifth before he was eliminated in the closing stages of the race. The youngster proved his strength and tenacity in race two as he pushed for the entire race from outside the top-twenty to finish ninth. He is now eleventh in the series points standings.
 
Bike It Kawasaki's Bobby Bruce rode forcefully from tenth to fifth in the first moto before a crash dropped him to nineteenth at the finish. The English youngster narrowly missed the holeshot in race two and ran a solid top-six until he stalled the motor in a deep sticky rut at half-distance to finish eleventh.