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ROUND 1 / JANUARY 10, 2026 ANGEL STADIUM / ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP P58 "It was a good day overall," Ferrandis said. "I feel comfortable and very confident with the bike and the team. We made a small change between practices, and it helped in the direction. I had a strong heat race and finish. It was unfortunate that my teammate crashed, triggering a red flag, so I had a second chance for a start. The second start was great, right around top five or six, which was good for the first race on this bike. I was able to push and be fast, but I struggled a little bit in the second half of the moto and lost some position. We know what we need to improve, and I know what I need to improve on myself." "The Ducati is where we need to be," said Troy Lee, the team's founder. "The bike is good, and I'm proud of where we are at. We accomplished what we wanted for now, the bike is fast and competi - tive, but we're feeling it for Barica right now. The sport is brutal." Red Bull KTM's Aaron Pless- inger was 10th but showed some serious speed on the night, espe- cially while leading his heat race before tangling with Webb in his heat race. "That was unfortunate," Pless- inger said. "I think Coop' thought everyone was going to go to the outside, and I think he tried to dive to the inside and maybe block them, but little did he know I was going to go to the inside. He got on that single and couldn't get on the brakes and kind of plowed into the back of me." "I've apologized to AP [Pless - inger] for my bonehead move," Webb said. "He's a good friend, and I'd never do that intentionally." randis was a bit lucky with the red flag since he went down in the first turn and got a second chance. He ran in sixth early in the main and had some hard- fought battles before slipping back late in the race, giving the Ducati a respectable top 10 in its Supercross debut. field. It's only the first round, and we have a good base to build off. We've got some work to do, but I know we're capable of improving and putting up better results next week." TLD/Red Bull/Ducati's Dylan Ferrandis rode better than his ninth place would suggest. Fer - Chance Hymas is fully recovered from a knee injury, proving it by finishing second in 250SX.