Anders Eriksson - Enduro 3 class: "The first day was difficult because at the start I had to dosome work on my bike. A few people thought I'd received outside assistance, which I hadn't. Therewas talk that I might get disqualified, which effected my concentration a little. As things turned out Ihad done nothing wrong and I finished fourth, which I was quite pleased with. I wanted to be closerto the podium but it was a good start to the season.
"Day two didn't start that well as I was fifth on the first test, but things got better. Coming into thelast test I was second in class, but then I fell on the last test and dropped to fourth. I can't tell youhow disappointed I am. Not just because I made a stupid mistake, crashed and wasted a great resultbut because I should have given BMW their first WEC podium result."
Wolfgang Fischer - BMW Motorrad Motorsport Team Manager: "It's been a good weekendbecause BMW showed that we are able to fight for podium positions. Anders was second going intothe final test on day two but crashed and dropped to fourth, which was disappointing. Neverthelessit shows that both he and the bike are performing well. Also Simo, Jeff and Bert learned a lot. It wasSimo's first ever WEC race, and only his second enduro, and he put in some strong test times. Weare all looking forward to the next two rounds of the championship so that we can continue to movethings forward in the right direction."
Results Grand Prix of Sweden - Day 1
Enduro 2 class
1. Joakim Ljunggren (Husaberg) 1.01:10.08; 2. Jonny Aubert (Yamaha) 1.01:38.63; 3. JuhaSalminen (KTM) 1.01:50.26; 4. Valtteri Salonen (Husaberg) 1.01:55.44; 5. Antoine Meo (Husqvarna)1.01:56.22; 6. Rodrig Thain (TM) 1.04:47.20; 7. Alessandro Belometti (KTM) 1.04:47.20; 8. FritzAndersson (KTM) 1.05:19.95; 9. Fabrizio Dini (Yamaha) 1.06:00.97; 10. Daniel Persson (Husaberg)1.06:04.94; 11. Alessandro Zanni (Honda) 1.06:32.62; 12. Nicolas Deparrois (Gas Gas) 1.06:33.02;13. Torbjorn Back (Honda) 1.06:46.90; 14. Olle Lothman (KTM) 1.06:49.91; 15. Jean FrancoisGoblet (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1.06:56.87; 16. Fabio Mossini (HM-Honda) 1.07:35.47; 17.Freddy Blanc (Suzuki) 1.07:53.73; 18. Rudy Cotton (HM-Honda) 1.07:58.68; 19. Aaron Bernandez(Husqvarna) 1.08:08.018; 20. Antti Lehtonen (KTM) 1.08:15.06
Enduro 3 class
1. Samuli Aro (KTM) 1.01:23.92; 2. Marko Tarkkala (KTM) 1.01:33.85; 3. Bjorne Carlsson(Husaberg) 1.02:11.94; 4. Anders Eriksson (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 01.03:05.16; 5. SebastienGuillaume (Husqvarna) 1.04:00.30; 6. Christophe Nambotin (Gas Gas) 1.04:57.97; 7. Marcus Kehr(KTM) 1.05:40.31; 8. Alessandro Botturi (Honda) 1.06:36.16; 9. Stefan Svitko (KTM) 1.06:52.58; 10.Daniel Johansson (Gas Gas) 1.06:59.24; 11. Xavier Galindo (KTM) 1.07:04.28; 12. Patrik Stahl(Husqvarna) 1.07:31.78; 13. Stefan Merriman (Aprilia) 1.08:36.15; 14. Ervin Plekkenpol (Honda); 15,Euan McConnell (TM) 1.09:08.54; 16. Jordi Figueras (KTM) 01.09:12.67; 17. Vita Kuklik (KTM)01.09:51.65; 18. Juraj Dozsa (GasGas) 1.10:36.47; 19. Juan Pedrero (Yamaha) 01.11:50.13
Enduro Junior class
1. Roni Nikander (KTM) 1.03:26.23; 2. Marc Bourgeois (Husqvarna) 1.04:07.43; 3. Oskari Kantonen(KTM) 1.04:23.67; 4. Anti Hellsten (Husqvarna) 1.04:24.14; 5. Thomas Oldrati (KTM) 1.04:41.49; 6.Olli Turma (KTM) 1.05:13.57; 7. Jari Pulkkinen (Honda) 01.05:35.96; 8. Oriol Mena (KTM)01.05:39.85; 9. Ricard Wressel (Aprilia) 01.05:40.74; 10. Jens Westerlund (Honda) 1.06:10.81; 11.Robert Kvarnstrom (TM) 1.06:43.90; 12. Victor Guerrero (KTM) 01.07:08.27; 13. Michal Szuster(Yamaha) 01.07:11.84; 14. Oscar Balletti (Honda) 1.07:41.36; 15. Tomas Jansson (KTM)01.06:11.37; 16. John Christian Seljord (Honda) 1.08:17.48; 17. Martin Sundin (Husaberg)1.08:25.78; 18. Miko Mellin (KTM) 1.08:30.50; 19. Fredrik Berg (KTM) 1.08:33.01; 20. Kai Estola(KTM) 1.08:36.13; 21. Bert Meyer (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) 1.08:59.07