thankfully some more went down at turn two ; I just never gave up , put it behind me and concentrated on pulling back as many places as I could . “ Potentially , I got a few gifts , particularly when ( Germany ’ s ) Larissa Papenmeier fell on the last lap , but I ’ ve got to thank my crew for keeping me posted . I ’ m proud of the way I stayed composed and I was just in my zone all race . “ Such a crazy race and it put me in the right position before race two . I knew the points so I didn ’ t need to take any risks . I stayed out of the chaos and tried to stay focused through the last laps but I don ’ t want to take it away from the girls in front who were riding so good . I let it play out in front of me and took the overall today and the championship . It was so close in the end .
“ I ’ m so speechless . Just with all the uncertainty – it ’ s been just such a difficult year for me this year . That huge crash in Mantova ( round three of the series ) was massive and to get back to my bike and see my handlebars bent . I just thought ‘ no , is this championship done ?’ But I kept believing and , when the times got tough , we kept going . “ We were all put under-the-pump knowing it was tight coming to the final round but thankfully I got that moto win in race one and that made the difference . I just want to enjoy this one this evening but 100 % sure I want to make it a three-peat with Kawasaki next year .”
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