FTR AND COGHLAN LOOKING FOR VALENCIA VICTORY FTR MOTO and the Monlau Competicion Team’s Kev Coghlan are looking to follow up the FTR 1-2 in the Valencia Grand Prix last Sunday by stepping up their bid for the Spanish Moto2 Championship at this weekend’s sixth and penultimate round, also at Valencia. Coghlan sits seven points adrift of Championship leader Carmelo Morales with Coghlan having taken two wins already this year on the FTR M210, at Albacete and Aragon. “We had a really good test at Valencia two weeks ago,” reported Coghlan. “The FTR guys flew in some new parts that their Grand Prix riders had tried and tested and they’ve definitely improved the machine.” Victory at Valencia for Coghlan, the 2009 Spanish and European Supersport Champion, would prepare the 22-year-old Scotsman ideally for the following week’s final round at Jerez his final race before heading into the World Championship in 2011, riding an FTR M211 for Alex Debon’s Motor Sport 69 Team. “The CEV Buckler Spanish Championship is of great value to us,” said FTR director Steve Bones. “It’s where we made our debut as a constructor with Diego Lozano and Graeme Gowland on the machine at the end of last year. “We’ve obviously moved on from that and taken a handful of GP victories and had a great year in the first ever Moto2 World Championship so we’d now like to conclude the season with the Spanish Championship title. “Victory at Valencia for Kev and the M210 on Sunday would set up a great final round in front of a big crowd at Jerez the following week.” The Valencia Moto2 action gets under way with two 40-minute free practice sessions on Friday followed by two 40-minute qualifying sessions on Saturday. Sunday’s action begins with a 15-minute warm-up followed by a 19-lap race.