MX-GP: Philippaerts scores first podium for ’10 YZ450FM

RACE REPORT 25/04/2010 Philippaerts scores first podium for '10 YZ450FM DP on Dutch podium David Philippaerts marked a small landmark in Yamaha's MX1-GP history when he took the innovative rear-slanting fuel injected 2010 YZ450FM to 3rd place overall through the rippled and demanding sand of Valkenswaard for the Grand Prix of Netherlands. 22,000 spectators witnessed the third round of fifteen in the '10 FIM World Championship and saw the former World Champion gain a holeshot in the second moto and fill the role of protagonist at this vibrant meeting. After demonstrating the required speed but falling foul of some misfortune in the first two rounds, Philippaerts was finally able to get his hands on a 2010 podium trophy. The 25 year old moved from 8th to 3rd in the first moto and chased down the figure of Steve Ramon, demoting the Belgian in the last three laps to secure 2nd and his first top three finish of the year from five motos up until that point. The factory Yamaha Monster Energy MX team representative led the first two laps of the second affair after exiting the tricky 'S' section of opening corners and then took part in an entertaining dice with Antonio Cairoli, Steve Ramon, Max Nagl, Tanel Leok and Evgeny Bobryshev among others. Philippaerts was just edged out of 3rd place to 4th by Leok on the last lap but had done enough to scale the rostrum. De Dycker in Holland Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team's Ken De Dycker - a former GP winner at Valkenswaard - was 6th overall but had problems getting comfortable and with setting a consistent speed across the sand. The tall Belgian pushed as high as second place in the first moto but a small crash caused him to lose positions and he eventually made it to the flag in 6th. For the second race he was part of the same group vying for podium contention along with Philippaerts although lacked the force to rise higher than 7th by the end of the 35 minutes and 2 laps. Philippaerts is 4th in the World Championship standings and 19 points behind Max Nagl in 2nd spot. De Dycker is right behind, with 5th, and stares at a 6 point deficit to his Italian brand-mate. In the second round of the Veteran's World Cup, champion Mats Nilsson controlled proceedings on his YZ450F to collect his second consecutive win and assert a clear 18 point lead in the standings. Round three of six will take place at Glen Helen for the US GP at the end of May. The fourth round of the world championship will be entertained by the distinctive red soil of Agueda for the Grand Prix of Portugal on May 9th. DP in the sand David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 3rd: "I am really happy today but I made mistakes in Bulgaria and Mantova so this should not have been my first podium of the season; mistakes are part of the sport and today things went well. In the second moto I was pleased to get the holeshot and lead at the start. I was riding good but the track was very difficult and bumpy. I did not want to crash so I was not pushing over the limit. Leok passed me on the last lap but it was OK; I still made it up on the podium." Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 6th: "The whole weekend was tough. I had some pain in my right arm and it was difficult to hold on at times. I had arm-pump from the first lap of the first moto and could not get into the corners like I wanted; it was hard to be consistent. I was more relaxed in the second moto and could fight a bit more but again struggled near the end. We can only hope for better in Portugal." Circuit Length: 1750 Crowd: 22,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Jonathan Barragan 2010 GP of Netherlands 25/04/2010 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 40'47.473 2 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'14.059 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'15.316 4 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'16.411 5 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'20.301 6 Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 0'38.548 7 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 0'39.841 8 Jimmy Albertson Honda USA 0'39.852 9 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'44.176 10 Marc De Reuver Suzuki NED 1'23.255 11 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 1'27.286 12 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'29.865 13 Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 1'31.604 14 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'32.515 15 Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 1'34.756 Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 39'16.455 2 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'03.399 3 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'05.667 4 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'08.087 5 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'09.800 6 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'10.960 7 Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 0'12.261 8 Jimmy Albertson Honda USA 0'34.354 9 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 0'52.305 10 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'12.818 11 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 1'27.169 12 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'32.428 13 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 1'54.309 14 Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA -1Laps 15 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA -1Laps Rider Standings 25/04/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 138 2. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 120 3. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 101 4. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 100 5. Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 94 6. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 79 7. Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 70 8. Tanel Leok Honda EST 66 9. Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 56 10. Jonathan Barragan Kawasaki ESP 56 11. Jimmy Albertson Honda USA 55 12. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 53 13. Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 51 14. Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 50 15. Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 49 16. Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 46 20. Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 14 Manufacturer Standings 25/04/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 147 2. Suzuki 125 3. Yamaha 116 4. Honda 83 5. Kawasaki 82 6. Aprilia 49 7. TM 23 8. CCM 11 RACE REPORT 25/04/2010 Charlier 8th in Valkenswaard sand Charlier in Holland 2009 European Champion and MX2-GP rookie Christophe Charlier took his YZ250F to 8th position overall at a bright, sunny and warm Grand Prix of Netherlands in the sand of Valkenswaard to finish as top Yamaha rider at the third round of fifteen in the FIM World Championship. The French teenager made better starts compared to his first two GP outings in Bulgaria and Italy and also enjoyed more luck. He haunted the fringes of the top five on a terrain that demanded respect and technical mental and physical reserves due to the bumps and waves that churned through the sand. Charlier would post 6th and 8th positions in the two motos for his best ranking so far on the Grand Prix stage. Team-mate and fellow MX-GP newcomer Harri Kullas was 10th. The Finn had to work hard to register 9th and 11th positions after being hit by another rider at the start of Moto1 and nudging the gate and being held-up at the beginning of Moto2. The unlucky teenager also had to contend with a fading rear brake in the latter half of the second outing. Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne was frustrated to only finish 11th. The American had been flying through Saturday, setting the 3rd fastest time in Pre-Qualification, taking 4th in the Qualification Heat and notching the 3rd best time in morning warm-up. Any designs on the podium were lost in the first minutes of both races as the 2009 Turkish GP winner made two costly mistakes that bumped him down the field and limited his options. He was 10th and 13th by the end of the afternoon. Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team's Loic Larrieu made a welcome return from his recent injuries. The Frenchman rode steadily to 13th overall in his first Grand Prix appearance of the season. Team-mate Alessandro Lupino picked up 7 points in the second moto but did not finish the first after a fall led to a sore ankle. Kullas on the gas Osborne holds 8th in the world championship points table but is closely chased by Kullas and Charlier in the following positions. The Agueda circuit and the Grand Prix of Portugal will see the MX-GP riders next in action in two weeks time. Christophe Charlier, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 8th: "I started well and made my way to 6th but I am not used to racing with these guys in the sand and I struggled a little. I was up there again in the second moto but got a bit tired. Anyway I was able to take some confidence from my speed here and will go looking for better in Portugal." Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 10th: "It could have been better today. I had a top ten start in the first moto but someone hit me and I lost a lot of time; I was 29th or something. I started pushing hard and was riding well to get 9th. I made a mistake in the second race with the gate and was far back again. I won some positions and passed people but lost the rear brake in the second half of the race. My speed was OK and my bike was good but the day was ruined by the starts." Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha, 11th: "A huge missed opportunity. I was really good all weekend but ruined my chances on both first laps. In the first race I was top five at the start but just fell over in a turn and something similar happened in the second race; total mistakes on my part. I could not cut through the pack quick enough, and in the second moto the people ahead of me were a little bit more spread out so I could only come back to 13th. It is tough to swallow after good lap-times all weekend and a genuine chance of the podium but I will take the positives and that was some good starts and the improvement in my sand riding." Loic Larrieu, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 13th: "Coming here for my first GP of the year was not the easiest! The races were not so bad, especially because I have not been able to train that much in the sand. I didn't crash and will now try to build on this." Circuit Length: 1750 Crowd: 22,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Rui Goncalves 2010 GP of Netherlands 25/04/2010 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 40'38.808 2 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 0'11.538 3 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 0'31.190 4 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 0'32.125 5 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 0'45.966 6 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 0'55.075 7 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'59.618 8 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 1'10.331 9 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'10.864 10 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 1'26.462 11 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 1'29.764 12 Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA 1'42.091 13 Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL 1'51.960 14 Nikolai Larsen Honda DNK -1Laps 15 Petr Smitka KTM CZE -1Laps 16 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 39'11.832 2 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 0'12.186 3 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 0'37.194 4 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'51.914 5 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 1'05.231 6 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 1'10.994 7 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 1'13.917 8 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'14.452 9 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 1'27.641 10 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 1'33.609 11 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'42.865 12 Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL -1Laps 13 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA -1Laps 14 Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA -1Laps 15 Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA -1Laps 16 Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA -1Laps Rider Standings 25/04/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 130 2. Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 129 3. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 122 4. Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 107 5. Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 90 6. Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 87 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 80 8. Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 78 9. Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 61 10. Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 60 11. Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 59 12. Joel Roelants KTM BEL 54 13. Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL 47 14. Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 31 15. Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA 22 19. Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 18 20. Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA 14 27. Rudi Moroni Yamaha ITA 5 28. Ceriel Klein Kromhof Yamaha NED 4 31. Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED 2 33. Ed Allingham Yamaha GBR 2 Manufacturer Standings 25/04/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 150 2. Suzuki 130 3. Kawasaki 107 4. Yamaha 87 5. Honda 27 6. TM 4 Yamaha Racing Communications Barentszplein 4B / 1013 NJ Amsterdam / The Netherlands T. +31 (0) 20 625 6539 E. office@yrc.nl W. www.yamaha-racing.com © Copyright Yamaha 2010 | Unsubscribe