My love of trial runs in my family; my father and my uncle Oscar have always practiced it. I live in a country house, in the heart of the Penedès, so it is very easy for me to go by motorcycle. When my father ran trials we accompanied him with the whole family and for us it was like a party, we never missed races like the 3 days of Santigosa. When I was 5 years old, the Three Kings brought us our first motorcycle, a Honda QR, with which I learned to ride a motorcycle. Later I moved to a Gas-Gas Boy with which at the age of 9 I raced the Catalan children’s championship with my brother Biel.
My first trial was in Constantí (Tarragona), I admit that I didn’t do very well, but I liked it. Last year I participated for the first time as a rider in the three days of Santigosa, where I ended up very tired, but happy to finish such a hard Trial for a rider who has been in this specialty for a short time. Currently my little brother, Oriol, also competes and the whole family always goes to the different races, we have a great time.
In the 2010 season I participated in the Spanish championship for the first time, and I got the runner-up, it was incredible for me.
PILOT PROFILE
- · Date of birth: 16 December 1997
- · Place: Barcelona
- · First bike: Honda QR
- · Most admired pilot: Albert Cabestany and Laia Sanz
- · Favorite video game: none
- · Motorcycle you use: Gas-Gas PRO 125
- · Your Least Favorite: Traps
INTERVIEW
TRIALWORLD: Tell us about your plans for 2011…
MARÍA GIRÓ: I plan to run the Spanish Women’s B Championship, the Catalan Championship, three days in Santigosa and two days in Arinsal.
TW: How do you organize yourself to reconcile training and studies?
MG: The first thing is studies, I try to study during the week to have the weekend off to train.
TW: Tell us what your training is like during a normal week of class and what it’s like in another week when there’s a race on the weekend.
MG: Even if the classes allow it, I try to practice one day during the week and on the weekend.
TW: Is it necessary to complement motorcycle training with physical preparation or is it not so important at your age?
MG: In my case, I don’t do anything extra, just the usual training sessions on the bike.
TW: Where do you think is the key and the difference between a young guy who starts doing trials to have fun and another who wants to be a professional?
MG: If you want to be a professional, you have to train a lot more.
TW: What do you like most about racing?
MG: That they have beautiful areas and a long and difficult route.
TW: Anything that doesn’t convince you?
MG: The scoring system and rules of the open free.
TW: Would you like to dedicate yourself professionally to Trial or do you think it is a good springboard to do other off-road specialties? See Mario Román…
MG: Trial is my hobby and I’ve never considered it to be my profession.
TW: What do you think of the rulebook? Do you think it favors the arrival of young promises?
MG: I prefer the traditional one. It does not encourage the arrival of young promises.
TW: Do you do a lot of media to stand out in Trial or does the skill of the rider and his perseverance in training count more?
MG: It’s an expensive sport, although with not many resources you can stand out if the driver is skilled and puts a lot of desire.
TW: Finally, tell us where you would like to go in the world of Trial and in what timeframe you would like to achieve it.
MG: Today I’ve reached where I didn’t expect to go, so any result obtained enjoying as much as I have enjoyed this year seems to me, more than good, great.
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