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| De Dycker shines with first race ride in USA | | |  | The sixth round of fifteen in the FIM MX-GP World Championship was a tough one for the Yamaha Monster Energy squads at a fast and demanding Glen Helen in east California. Under hot sunshine and watched by 16,000 spectators Ken De Dycker stood out with a splendid ride to 4th position in the first moto, using the potential of the YZ450F to battle rivals and also a rough course with several steep hills and many gravity-defying jumps.
The first American Grand Prix of the century and of the MX1/MX2 era took place at one of the most renowned circuits in the USA and Glen Helen not only gave the world championship riders their hottest weekend of the season so far but also one of the trickiest circuits with a lengthy layout with many elements to conquer.
De Dycker started quite well in the first race and his speed pulled him up into a three-way battle for 3rd position. He eventually defeated Clement Desalle but lost out in his quest for a second top three finish of 2010 to Max Nagl. In the second outing the Belgian was stuck a little further back in the pack and quickly pulled into the pits at one stage after hearing an altered exhaust note. Able to immediately rejoin the sprint the 25 year old completed the distance with 10th for 6th overall. |
|  | Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team's David Philippaerts had a tough day after a crash on one of the downhills while holding second place in Saturday's Qualification Heat partially threw his preparation for the rest of the weekend. Strong winds on Saturday caused practice to be cancelled and left little time for learning the circuit and set-up refinement. The Italian struggled to find an effective rhythm on race day and had a technical problem in the second race meaning an overall classification of 15th.
After maiden US appearances for Philippaerts and De Dycker the pair rest 4th and 5th in the championship standings.
Team, riders and crated bikes were shipped back to Europe Sunday evening with a swift view towards the Grand Prix of France at St Jean D'Angely next weekend.
Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team:
"I didn't have a good start in the first moto but I came back strong and had energy to push to the end. Fourth place was the best I could do because I was making fast laps but also some mistakes. In the second moto I could not get rid of the mistakes and made a poor start. There was a bit of rattling from the exhaust so I came into the pits but it seemed it was OK and I went back out. It was hot out there and I am pretty pleased with my performance."
David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team:
"There is not much I can say about the weekend. I had a fast crash on Saturday and we struggled to find the best set-up and a good rhythm across the track. It was not a normal circuit for us and the first hot race of the season. We had a problem in the second moto and overall it was a weekend that we won't remember!" |
| Circuit Length: NA
Crowd: 16,000
Weather: Sunshine | | | 2010 GP of USA 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 40'08.080 | | 2 | Mike Alessi | KTM | USA | 0'00.668 | | 3 | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 0'08.443 | | 4 | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 0'17.447 | | 5 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 0'30.090 | | 6 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'36.188 | | 7 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 0'40.895 | | 8 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 0'48.051 | | 9 | Grant Langston | Yamaha | RSA | 0'56.959 | | 10 | Kyle Chisholm | Yamaha | USA | 0'58.316 | | 11 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 1'03.955 | | 12 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 1'05.388 | | 13 | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 1'06.214 | | 14 | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 1'18.985 | | 15 | Nicolas Aubin | Kawasaki | FRA | 1'23.222 |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ben Townley | Honda | NZL | 40'44.289 | | 2 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 0'07.997 | | 3 | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 0'09.528 | | 4 | Mike Alessi | KTM | USA | 0'11.313 | | 5 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'25.269 | | 6 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 0'28.412 | | 7 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 0'34.088 | | 8 | Anthony Boissière | TM | FRA | 0'36.597 | | 9 | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 0'42.774 | | 10 | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 0'56.451 | | 11 | Rui Goncalves | KTM | POR | 0'58.653 | | 12 | Kyle Chisholm | Yamaha | USA | 1'16.044 | | 13 | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 1'20.115 | | 14 | Nicolas Aubin | Kawasaki | FRA | 1'40.815 | | 15 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | AUT | 2'00.151 | | 18 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 2'22.518 |
| Rider Standings | 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 259 | | 2. | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 218 | | 3. | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 196 | | 4. | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 184 | | 5. | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 174 | | 6. | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 173 | | 7. | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 167 | | 8. | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 135 | | 9. | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 115 | | 10. | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 111 | | 11. | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 90 | | 12. | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 86 | | 13. | Anthony Boissière | TM | FRA | 75 | | 14. | Sébastien Pourcel | Kawasaki | FRA | 75 | | 15. | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 74 | | 19. | Manuel Monni | Yamaha | ITA | 46 | | 25. | Kyle Chisholm | Yamaha | USA | 20 | | 26. | Tom Soderstrom | Yamaha | SWE | 19 | | 28. | Alvaro Lozano | Yamaha | ESP | 14 | | 29. | Grant Langston | Yamaha | RSA | 12 | | 38. | Matteo Bonini | Yamaha | ITA | 3 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 287 | | 2. | Suzuki | 242 | | 3. | Yamaha | 225 | | 4. | Honda | 192 | | 5. | Kawasaki | 183 | | 6. | Aprilia | 90 | | 7. | TM | 75 | | 8. | CCM | 11 | | 9. | Husqvarna | 4 |
| Fantastic Osborne takes first podium of 2010 at home GP | | |  | The 2010 YZ250F gained its first FIM MX-GP MX2 world championship podium result when Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne raced to be runner-up overall at the Grand Prix of USA at Glen Helen and the sixth round of fifteen. The American appeased his home fans with the second rostrum finish of his career and the first since his triumph in Turkey last year.
In front of 16,000 spectators the 20 year old - who has been drawing closer to the top three each passing GP after recovering from a wrist injury that ruined his 2009 term - glided around the steep hills and across the fast bumps and many jumps of the Glen Helen course to mark 4th and 2nd positions. The MX2 competitors had precious little time to get to grips with a long and demanding track after strong winds forced the free practice sessions to be cancelled on Saturday.
Sunday saw the gusts appear only infrequently but the scorching sunshine remained for easily the hottest and sweatiest event of the year so far. Osborne started averagely in the first moto but pushed his way past Shaun Simpson to arrive to 4th. He again had to relegate the Scot after a better launch in Moto2 but faced a hefty distance to leader Marvin Musquin. The race was red-flagged with 12 minutes remaining when the wind blew a bridge onto the course. |
|  | Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team's Gautier Paulin was fairly luckless. The Frenchman was delayed by an incident involving Jeffrey Herlings and Ken Roczen on the second corner and finished 11th. He then suffered a crash at the start of Moto2 and ploughed a route back to 9th before the race was curtailed. In only his second GP after returning from a broken leg Paulin was 10th in the final ranking.
Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi's Harri Kullas was 15th overall but hoped for better. The teenager Finn could have troubled the top five in the first race after an excellent start but some mechanical trouble ended his participation. In the second moto he was inside the top ten when the bridge that collapsed onto the track actually trapped the unfortunate teenager! Unhurt but bemused, Kullas still classified 10th. Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Alessandro Lupino took points in both motos for 16th overall.
Osborne is now 6th in the world championship and 7 points away from the top five. Kullas is 11th while Paulin has pulled up to 16th despite missing four rounds. St Jean D'Angely will entertain the Grand Prix of France and the seventh race of the 2010 schedule next weekend. |
|  | Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha:
"To be on the podium here is such a good feeling. I did not spend so much time in California before this GP so I really could have used that extra practice time on Saturday but it worked out OK. I am on the right track and now able to run with these guys. It is hard to race with Marvin when you are behind someone like Shaun who is hard to pass. When Marvin has a ten second lead by the second lap then making up that distance is so difficult. I could see the fans going mental around the track and that was special to experience."
Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team:
"Today was not easy. I had a bad start in the first heat and Herlings crashed on the first uphill and I was right behind him. I lost many positions and the track is very fast so it was not easy to catch-up. My speed is still not there. I got up to eleventh but was riding quite nervously and a bit uptight. I had a great start in the second moto but had a crash on some slippery ground hitting a downhill section as I lost the front. I worked my way back to ninth before they stopped the race. I have been feeling a bit sick today and I think this was a bad weekend for me. I have to hope for more from my home GP."
Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi:
"In the first race I had a really good start. I was in fourth and then up to second around the next corner but after two laps we had a problem with the bike and that was it. Just bad luck and nothing we could do. We changed engines and I did the best I could in the second moto. I made some positions around the second turn. My riding was going good and I was being smart until the bridge came down on my head! I was lucky not to hurt and somehow still finished tenth! The Glen Helen track had a bit of everything and I enjoyed it." |
| Circuit Length: NA
Crowd: 16,000
Weather: Sunshine | | | 2010 GP of USA 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 40'13.981 | | 2 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'03.707 | | 3 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 0'09.005 | | 4 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 0'39.125 | | 5 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 0'40.533 | | 6 | Travis Baker | Yamaha | USA | 0'44.492 | | 7 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 0'50.547 | | 8 | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | NED | 0'55.585 | | 9 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 1'04.309 | | 10 | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 1'20.608 | | 11 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 1'29.765 | | 12 | Valentin Teillet | KTM | FRA | 1'39.971 | | 13 | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 1'45.381 | | 14 | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | 2'03.077 | | 15 | Matiss Karro | Suzuki | LVA | 2'08.417 | | 16 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 2'21.489 | | 17 | Max Anstie | Yamaha | GBR | 2'27.874 | | 20 | Vince Friese | Yamaha | USA | -1Laps |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 23'53.935 | | 2 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 0'12.420 | | 3 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 0'16.677 | | 4 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'18.739 | | 5 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 0'34.302 | | 6 | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | 0'35.856 | | 7 | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 0'36.968 | | 8 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 0'38.909 | | 9 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 0'46.465 | | 10 | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 0'53.474 | | 11 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 0'58.789 | | 12 | Matiss Karro | Suzuki | LVA | 1'05.502 | | 13 | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 1'11.281 | | 14 | Vince Friese | Yamaha | USA | 1'14.798 | | 15 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 1'20.868 | | 16 | Max Anstie | Yamaha | GBR | 1'25.473 |
| Rider Standings | 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 268 | | 2. | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 228 | | 3. | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 205 | | 4. | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | NED | 197 | | 5. | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 170 | | 6. | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 163 | | 7. | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 157 | | 8. | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 154 | | 9. | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 134 | | 10. | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 129 | | 11. | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 120 | | 12. | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | 101 | | 13. | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 81 | | 14. | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 81 | | 15. | Matiss Karro | Suzuki | LVA | 68 | | 16. | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 51 | | 20. | Mel Pocock | Yamaha | GBR | 29 | | 22. | Loic Larrieu | Yamaha | FRA | 16 | | 24. | Travis Baker | Yamaha | USA | 15 | | 31. | Ceriel Klein Kromhof | Yamaha | NED | 9 | | 32. | Max Anstie | Yamaha | GBR | 9 | | 33. | Vince Friese | Yamaha | USA | 8 | | 36. | Rudi Moroni | Yamaha | ITA | 5 | | 39. | Glenn Coldenhoff | Yamaha | NED | 2 | | 41. | Ed Allingham | Yamaha | GBR | 2 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 30/05/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 295 | | 2. | Suzuki | 235 | | 3. | Kawasaki | 211 | | 4. | Yamaha | 201 | | 5. | Honda | 57 | | 6. | TM | 10 |
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