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| Double podium for Yamaha and first win for De Dycker | | |  | The 2010 Grand Prix of Germany, the eighth round of the FIM MX1-GP World Championship, has been a memorable one for Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross teams and the venerable YZ450FM as the motorcycle toasted its second victory in succession, this time in the hands of Ken De Dycker, and filled two positions in the top three with David Philippaerts defying the effects of a cold to place third overall.
De Dycker was in imperious form across the rough and rutted hard-pack. The fast and undulating terrain of the Talkessel circuit at Teutschenthal, west of the city of Halle, was surrounded by 35,000 spectators who created a noisy and bustling atmosphere. The crowd braved cloudy and cool conditions to see the Belgian (celebrating his 26th birthday on race-day) seal his first double of the year and become just the second rider this season to go 1-1. De Dycker headed Philippaerts for a superb formation-finish for the innovative and rear-slanting fuel-injected engine YZ450FM in the first moto. The result said a lot for the performance of the machine to dominate rivals negotiating the speedy bumps of the course.
De Dycker's charge to the front and last lap defence of the lead in the second moto from Tony Cairoli not only gave him his first spoils in Yamaha colours but also delivered the Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team their first triumph in the premier class. |
| Philippaerts, who won two weeks ago at the Grand Prix of France, was 5th in the second race and physically drained after trying to recover from his illness during the week. His third step of the podium represented his second consecutive appearance in the top three and his fourth trophy of the season.
The 25 year old Italian is 3rd in the world championship standings and 9 points behind Clement Desalle. De Dycker gained a lot of ground with his perfect 50 point haul and is fourth, 16 behind his brand-mate.
There is little time to pause at this stage of the campaign with Grand Prix events in Latvia and Sweden occurring in the next two weekends. |
|  | Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 1st:
"I always expect to do well and hope for a good result and it came here because of hard work after the Grand Prix of France when we tested a lot and now we seem to be going in the right direction. This was the best birthday present I could give myself! Both motos had some good racing and Tony came close to me at the end of the second one. I was feeling tired at that moment and wanted the race to be over when I jumped past and saw '3 minutes' on the clock! I knew I would have to dig deep. He couldn't get near enough and it was exciting. The track was not easy but I tried to stay relaxed and saw a few places where I could overtake; my goal then was to get close enough to be able to attack in those places. I hope this is the point that my season will turn around and although the next GPs won't be easy I can now feel more confident and want to be strong until the end of the season."
David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 3rd:
"In the first moto I had a good feeling with the bike and the track but I have not slept well for the last four days because of a cold and really felt tired in the second race. It was hard to pass out there with really only one fast line, the rest of the track was so bumpy, and I lost time and energy stuck behind Nagl. To finish on the podium after feeling sick is very positive. Now I will go to Belgium and recover fully before doing some training in the build-up to Latvia." |
| Circuit Length: 1780
Crowd: 35,000
Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli | | | 2010 GP of Germany 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 40'39.611 | | 2 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 0'09.467 | | 3 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 0'20.240 | | 4 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'22.112 | | 5 | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 0'23.556 | | 6 | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 0'24.725 | | 7 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 0'29.662 | | 8 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 0'32.723 | | 9 | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 0'35.193 | | 10 | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 0'35.686 | | 11 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 0'53.082 | | 12 | Anthony Boissière | TM | FRA | 0'59.410 | | 13 | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 1'08.442 | | 14 | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 1'15.537 | | 15 | Jimmy Albertson | Honda | USA | 1'32.178 |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 40'07.513 | | 2 | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 0'00.252 | | 3 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 0'13.132 | | 4 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'27.811 | | 5 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 0'34.169 | | 6 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 0'38.707 | | 7 | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 0'41.813 | | 8 | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 0'46.007 | | 9 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 0'48.659 | | 10 | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 0'50.042 | | 11 | Rui Goncalves | KTM | POR | 0'50.753 | | 12 | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 1'18.656 | | 13 | Jimmy Albertson | Honda | USA | 1'37.408 | | 14 | Dean Ferris | Honda | AUS | 1'47.263 | | 15 | Matthias Walkner | KTM | AUT | 1'47.876 | | 17 | Tom Soderstrom | Yamaha | SWE | 2'07.313 |
| Rider Standings | 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 341 | | 2. | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 276 | | 3. | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 267 | | 4. | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 251 | | 5. | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 248 | | 6. | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 237 | | 7. | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 217 | | 8. | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 182 | | 9. | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 165 | | 10. | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 149 | | 11. | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 121 | | 12. | Anthony Boissière | TM | FRA | 116 | | 13. | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 113 | | 14. | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 111 | | 15. | Sébastien Pourcel | Kawasaki | FRA | 92 | | 20. | Manuel Monni | Yamaha | ITA | 46 | | 26. | Tom Soderstrom | Yamaha | SWE | 23 | | 27. | Kyle Chisholm | Yamaha | USA | 20 | | 28. | Alvaro Lozano | Yamaha | ESP | 14 | | 29. | Grant Langston | Yamaha | RSA | 12 | | 31. | Matteo Bonini | Yamaha | ITA | 11 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 370 | | 2. | Suzuki | 326 | | 3. | Yamaha | 320 | | 4. | Honda | 249 | | 5. | Kawasaki | 244 | | 6. | Aprilia | 116 | | 7. | TM | 116 | | 8. | CCM | 11 | | 9. | Husqvarna | 4 |
| Third podium in a row for Osborne after German GP | | |  | The 2010 YZ250F again showed its agility across another fast, demanding and rut-strewn track and gained its third podium in succession at Teutschenthal for the Grand Prix of Germany as Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne lifted his third trophy on the spin with 3rd place overall.
The vibrant American scored 4th and 3rd positions in a cloudy and chilly eighth round of fifteen in the MX2-GP series watched by 35,000 spectators. The 20 year old was the highest ranked YZ250F runner on a difficult terrain that was not simple for overtaking.
Osborne started a first blustery moto trying to find optimum grip on the German soil and building up his race speed to 4th. A stronger second outing saw the American running alone in 3rd with an effective pace. His achievement matches other notable results in USA and France and brings Osborne up to 5th in the championship.
In 7th overall was 2009 European Champion Christophe Charlier for Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi who put aside discomfort and apprehension from a sprained left thumb sustained on Saturday to go 12-6 and really shine at the front of the pack for the first time in 2010 during the second sprint. |
|  | Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team's Gautier Paulin was 9th. After taking his time to find an effective rhythm in the first moto (scoring 7th) the Frenchman slipped off the factory machine on the first lap of the second race and rode in decisive fashion to rise from the rear of the field to 11th. Charlier's team-mate Harri Kullas was 11th overall and continues to take positive points-scores in his first GP season, only posting one '0' on his season-tally so far. Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Alessandro Lupino was 17th and Loic Larrieu 19th in the final GP classification.
The 2010 Women's World Championship entered its fifth round at Teutschenthal and Chiara Fontanesi won her second moto from two events. The teenage Italian grasped the second race on her agile YZ250F by the narrowest of margins from overall winner Larissa Papenmeier. Her 5th position from Saturday combined with another set of 25 points meant a second podium on the trot with the runner-up step. Fontanesi now holds 4th in the standings with the penultimate meeting occurring at the Grand Prix of Czech Republic in August. |
|  | Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha, 3rd:
"I think I have come to a peak in my fitness and my riding abilities are where they should be. I am happy with the way things are going with the team and the bike and I am enjoying the races. I was struggling to come through in the first moto and got lucky when Ken Roczen had to throw away his goggles. I did not quite gel with the track this weekend but overall it was a good GP and to have another podium."
Christophe Charlier, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 7th:
"I strained my left thumb on the start-finish jump during free practice and I was worried about what I could do. My good starts helped and I was around the top five. I overtook Herlings but could not go with the speed of Frossard. I had a small crash but to finish 6th was very good and not something I would have expected after Saturday. I feel confident for the next races now."
Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 9th:
"I felt great on the bike this weekend. In the first moto I had a good start but made some mistakes before finding a fast rhythm in the last part of the race. I crashed in the fifth corner of the second moto because I hit a softer part of the track and the front wheel dug-in and I lost balance. It was a shame because my start was pretty good. I was really far behind and it was difficult to pass on this track so I had a similar style of race to the first and built-up my speed. I made my best times towards the end and I know I must work on being aggressive in the first ten minutes to stay at the front of the pack and get some good results."
Chiara Fontanesi, 2nd:
"After the last GP when I made the podium I took a lot of confidence that I could be among the top three riders and brought that into this weekend. In the first moto it was really hard to make up ground but the second was perfect with a great start. I hope I can continue this speed and form." |
| Circuit Length: 1780
Crowd: 35,000
Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Marvin Musquin | | | 2010 GP of Germany 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 40'44.108 | | 2 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 0'04.645 | | 3 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'12.812 | | 4 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 0'31.456 | | 5 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 0'35.632 | | 6 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 0'41.892 | | 7 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 0'43.478 | | 8 | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 0'44.200 | | 9 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 1'03.398 | | 10 | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 1'03.791 | | 11 | Khounsith Vongsana | KTM | FRA | 1'18.591 | | 12 | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 1'22.488 | | 13 | Martin Michek | TM | CZE | 1'26.607 | | 14 | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 1'32.090 | | 15 | Valentin Teillet | KTM | FRA | 1'41.988 | | 17 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 2'04.714 | | 18 | Loic Larrieu | Yamaha | FRA | 2'15.526 |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 40'06.652 | | 2 | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 0'26.568 | | 3 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 0'36.614 | | 4 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'47.311 | | 5 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 1'00.947 | | 6 | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 1'06.656 | | 7 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 1'16.155 | | 8 | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | NED | 1'18.283 | | 9 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 1'20.736 | | 10 | Michael Lieb | Kawasaki | USA | 1'21.304 | | 11 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 1'22.025 | | 12 | Khounsith Vongsana | KTM | FRA | 1'33.732 | | 13 | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 1'38.501 | | 14 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 2'00.290 | | 15 | Valentin Teillet | KTM | FRA | 2'02.427 | | 18 | Loic Larrieu | Yamaha | FRA | -1Laps | | 19 | Mel Pocock | Yamaha | GBR | -1Laps |
| Rider Standings | 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 365 | | 2. | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 288 | | 3. | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 268 | | 4. | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | NED | 241 | | 5. | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 233 | | 6. | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 225 | | 7. | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 214 | | 8. | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 209 | | 9. | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 183 | | 10. | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 158 | | 11. | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 158 | | 12. | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 130 | | 13. | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | 127 | | 14. | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 111 | | 15. | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 100 | | 20. | Mel Pocock | Yamaha | GBR | 36 | | 22. | Loic Larrieu | Yamaha | FRA | 25 | | 27. | Travis Baker | Yamaha | USA | 15 | | 31. | Max Anstie | Yamaha | GBR | 9 | | 33. | Ceriel Klein Kromhof | Yamaha | NED | 9 | | 34. | Vince Friese | Yamaha | USA | 8 | | 38. | Rudi Moroni | Yamaha | ITA | 5 | | 42. | Glenn Coldenhoff | Yamaha | NED | 2 | | 44. | Ed Allingham | Yamaha | GBR | 2 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 20/06/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 392 | | 2. | Suzuki | 305 | | 3. | Yamaha | 277 | | 4. | Kawasaki | 276 | | 5. | Honda | 65 | | 6. | TM | 18 |
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