demoted to third and fourth . As a result , Hill inherited the win , ahead of Rick Ware Racing ’ s Savatgy . A battle at the front of the final main of the night saw Roczen , Friese , and Savatgy go barto-bar . Unfortunately for Friese he went down , as Roczen pulled away . Savatgy was second , ahead of home hero Wilson . Friese took the chequered flag in 10th . Roczen said after his first overall victory in the World Supercross Championship , “ The track wasn ’ t super technical , but it was hard tonight . And my starts weren ’ t where they needed to be so I gave myself some work and had to make some passes . With the races being so short you had to make a plan on the fly and pass when you could and it got a bit close . But I was strong in the whoops and tried to stay low over the jumps . I had to push hard tonight , and we ’ ve got some areas where we want to get better .”
Second place Savatgy added , “ I ’ m second tonight but honestly I wasn ’ t the second best guy today . But I ’ m on the podium , that ’ s the goal , I want to be here every round . We ’ ve got some things to work on and improve going forward but , I was second overall last year , and I want to make sure I ’ m in that top three every round .” Friese commented , “ I ’ m happy with where I was tonight . The injury I ’ ve had is like a year injury and I ’ m seven months in . The goal was always to come back better and continue to improve . I had an issue with the footpegs but , I believe I ’ ve got the best bike on the grid . I ’ ll continue to heal and get closer to Ken [ Roczen ]. I ’ ve got to make it hard for him but beat him tonight , I ’ ve shown he ’ s beatable and I ’ ll only get better .” It was decided on a ‘ best of three ’ in the SX2 mains , with defending champion and 2022 vice champion Anstie resuming their rivalry from last season , trading main event wins . Sadly for the Brit , Anstie was unable to deliver the overall for the home crowd , taking a brace of seconds on his Firepower Polyflor Honda to McElrath ’ s double victory aboard his Rick Ware Racing Yamaha . Brazilian Lopes showed he ’ s going to be a force in this year ’ s championship , finishing third overall for Club MX FXR despite dislocating his shoulder in warm-up . Mixing it at the sharp end of the mains , he was twice third before a crash in the final race cost him another rostrum finish . He managed to salvage fourth – finishing behind Mitchell Oldenburg – to take third overall in the British GP . Lopes said of his first WSX podium , “ To be here on the podium is incredible . I made the decision to do World Supercross after the US series . I turned down offers to race in America this summer to be here because I like racing with my team and I want to be the Ayrton Senna of supercross to Brazil . It also gives me time to spend at home with my family , otherwise I ’ d spend the whole year in the US . So I ’ m grateful for this opportunity and very happy to be on the podium .”
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