Team Yamaha's Tim Ferry, who finished second place in the AMA Outdoor National's💙 behind Ricky Carmichael, is fresh from his first podium finish in the seaon opening World Supercross GP at Geneva last Saturday - and hoping to stand on the top step in tonight's [Saturday's] second round at Arnhem.

After going down during Thursday's practice sess🐓ion, Ferry decided to sit out Friday practice and hang out in the media room instead - where he answered the following questions.

Q: Before the opening round of THQ World Supercross GP⛦, were you nervous about the format of the series?

Tim Ferry: I wasn't nervous at all; we race here all the time and having Clear Channel run the show, it can onꩲly get𒅌 better. It started a little earlier than I would have wanted to. That part is tough but it is going well.

Q: After the first 🍒race, was there anything that surp𒅌rised you?

Tim Ferry: The event was good. I was happy with my result: I got second. I have been to that event before, under different promoters, so I knew wha😼t to expect. I have raced in Holland, so I knew what to expect. Plus, everything is the same: We have the same track builders and all of the Clear Channel people, so it's basically the same thing. ♔Clear Channel supported Yamaha for this and the rest of the teams and riders by shipping our bikes here, so it was pretty easy for us.

Q: What was your first i❀mpression of the track here in Arnhem when you saw it?

Tim Ferry: The first thing I thought was that this track is just like the ones we race at in the U.S. It's a lot bigger, just like the football and baseball fiel🧔ds. This is bigger than last week in Geneva. There were some good battles last week. I think this is great for the European fans. They don't get to see it all the time. They can now see the best riders in the world.

Q:What does this championship mean to you?

Tim Ferry: It seems like the best riders in the world always come to America. I feel like the U.S. has the best riders even if they are from overseas. This is just another race and it ju🎃st happens to be in another country. The same riders and the same talent are♏ here. We may be missing a few riders, but we have some great guys here. David (Vuillemin) won three Supercrosses last year, and if he did not get hurt, he could have won the title.

Q: Where do you see Supercross going?

Tim Ferry: Things are right on schedule and l🤪ooking great. We will have to see what Yamaha wants to do because I have✱ one more year with them. They were very supportive of these races in Europe.

Q: Besides racing, are you having fun?

Tim Ferry: It has been fun. We went to Paris for a few days. It's laid back. It seems like everything is more laid back here compared to the U🌞.S. races. Everyone is not rushing around, and the practice starts later in the day, which is good for us because it gives us some free time. I think everything has been going well. I have gotten to relax and sleep in. I have been able to do some sight seeing.

Q: Tell us about the Thursday test session.

Tim Ferry: It was good because we are not used to take two days off the bike. It is pretty cold here, so even if I could ride outside, it would be tough. 🃏It's tough to be off the bike for a few days, but adding in a Thursday and Friday practice and Saturday race is plenty of riding. As long as you don't travel for a few months at a time, it works out.

Q: Has this trip helped you build unity with the people who came here on
this trip?

Tim Ferry: Yes, for sure. It haౠs really helped Team Yamaha. The team manager and the rest of the staff have been able to spend a lot of time together. Usually, the mechanics and us are on different schedules, so we never see them. They (the mechanics) come here before us and leave after🎶 us, but here it's more of a team. We all go to dinner together and spent more time than usual together.

Q:Is there 💯a track in America tꦺhat you can compare this track in Arnhem to?

Tim Ferry: I would have to say that the size of the track is the same and so are the laps times. Maybe Indianapolis, Ponti🥀ac, Minneapolis, Atlanta it could fall under any of those tracks.

Q: Are those tracks that you excel on?

Tim Ferry: I like those tracks. I have been racing on them for 10 years. I grew up with this type of t𝓀errain.