MX-GP: Philippaerts 6th in Latvia

RACE REPORT 27/06/2010 Philippaerts 6th at Latvian Grand Prix DP at Kegums A hot and hard Grand Prix of Latvia at the Kegums circuit, flanked by a 17,000 attendance, saw Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts score 5th and 6th positions for 6th overall at the ninth round of fifteen in the 2010 FIM MX-GP World Championship. The Italian is currently 3rd in the MX1-GP standings. Winner last week at Teutschenthal, Ken De Dycker took his Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX team YZ450FM to 12th overall and was uncomfortable in the races after tweaking his back in Saturday's Qualification Heat. The racing at Kegums took place on a fine and powdery surface with a shifting terrain and loose berms on top of a hard base; creating a curious mix of sand and hard-pack. It was a tough course physically, simply through the demands of the pointed bumps combined with the fast speed and hefty jumps and waves sections. Philippaerts, who had fully recovered from the effects of a cold that had left him weakened in Germany last weekend, rode hard and fought closely with Tony Cairoli for 4th in the first moto, eventually crossing the finish line in 5th. In a static second race he circulated too far from the rear wheel of Xavier Boog but far enough ahead of Max Nagl to set a comfortable rhythm. De Dycker in Latvia De Dycker, so aggressive, attacking and pro-active at Teutschenthal where he picked up his first win of the season and the second for the YZ450FM had to unveil the same spirit in the first moto after a slip on the opening turn left him last. The Belgian determinedly worked his way up to 10th place. A sore back through a mistimed jump on Saturday counted against him in the second race and after another average start he completed the race distance with 14th spot. The world championship standing is headed by Tony Cairoli, holding a 61 advantage over Clement Desalle and 86 from Philippaerts. De Dycker is 6th and 29 points from the first three. Yamaha Monster Energy MX Teams will catch the ferry north in the coming days to land in Sweden and head to the Uddevalla circuit for the tenth round of the series next weekend. A three week break will follow in July before the final third of the campaign will take place with races in Belgium, Czech Republic, Brazil, Holland and Italy. David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 6th: "It was a difficult day and I did not like the track. There were many jumps with soft take-offs and landings. To finish fifth and sixth is pretty good because this was a bad GP for me last year so I am happy overall. My riding was good; I was slower than some other riders today but the position was OK. Now I will relax and do a bit of practice for Sweden. Uddevalla is a good circuit for me and I expect to be able to attack more there and go for more points." Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 12th: "Yesterday in qualifying I came up short on a jump and hurt my back. It wasn't too bad in the first moto but I really felt it in the second race. I had pain and couldn't hold on anymore. I made a mistake in the first moto and the front wheel just slid away after that it was a difficult race but it went OK. There were a lot of small bumps out there but there was grip on the track and it was good." Circuit Length: NA Crowd: 17,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli 2010 GP of Latvia 27/06/2010 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 38'54.633 2 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'12.451 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'24.131 4 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 0'33.514 5 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'39.071 6 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 0'44.621 7 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'46.826 8 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 0'48.973 9 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'50.444 10 Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 0'54.965 11 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 0'56.368 12 Jimmy Albertson Honda USA 1'05.594 13 Anthony Boissière TM FRA 1'15.581 14 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 1'15.767 15 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'35.429 17 Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 1'57.472 Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 39'44.581 2 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'13.410 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'25.118 4 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'32.040 5 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 0'37.404 6 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'41.379 7 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'42.842 8 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'44.219 9 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 0'50.391 10 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 1'09.611 11 Anthony Boissière TM FRA 1'11.865 12 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'16.517 13 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'18.612 14 Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 2'08.195 15 Matthias Walkner KTM AUT -1Laps 17 Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE -1Laps Rider Standings 27/06/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 384 2. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 323 3. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 298 4. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 277 5. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 276 6. Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 269 7. Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 248 8. Tanel Leok Honda EST 207 9. Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 189 10. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 189 11. Anthony Boissière TM FRA 134 12. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 134 13. Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 126 14. Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 120 15. Rui Goncalves KTM POR 104 21. Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 46 25. Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 31 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 27/06/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 413 2. Suzuki 373 3. Yamaha 351 4. Honda 289 5. Kawasaki 275 6. TM 134 7. Aprilia 128 8. CCM 11 9. Husqvarna 4 RACE REPORT 27/06/2010 Paulin 5th at Kegums for Latvian GP Paulin in Latvia Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's Gautier Paulin registered a 5th position finish overall at Kegums for the Grand Prix of Latvia, attended by 17,000 spectators for the ninth outing of fifteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship. The talented Frenchman was the highest-ranked 2010 YZ250FM rider from three Yamaha machines in the top ten of the MX2-GP class. The loose terrain - almost sandy and constantly shifting and churning into new bumps and ruts - presented a hard and physical outing for the riders and although the sunshine brought high temperatures, a breeze and relatively low humidity offered some relief. Despite less than ideal starts that saw him mid-pack in both motos, Paulin marked some decent speed in the tricky conditions. He diligently rose from 15th to 7th in the first race and needed a few circulations to overtake Jake Nicholls and Joel Roelants at the beginning of the second to then lap alone in 4th. Kullas at Kegums In 7th overall for one of his best results of the season was a reinvigorated Harri Kullas who guided his Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi YZ250F to 6th and 12th; a brilliant start in the top four in the first moto helping the Finnish teenager to equal a personal best race result. Just behind him in the ranking was Christophe Charlier who rode quickly and sensibly in the wake of several crashes on Saturday. The Frenchman, and European Champion, was 10th and 9th in what was a good Grand Prix for the Italian squad new to the Grand Prix paddock in 2010. Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne could not stretch his decent run of form to four consecutive podiums. The American crashed on the first corner of the first moto and damaged his silencer. He entered the pits shortly after and fitted a new exhaust but lost almost two laps and was too far adrift of the rear of the field. In the second race he built up his speed slowly and attacked Roelants on the last lap to obtain 5th place (13th overall despite the DNF). Osborne is the highest-ranked MX2 rider in the current world championship standings with 5th and trails Jeffrey Herlings by 37 points. Kullas is 10th and Charlier 12th - both riders in their rookie GP campaigns - while Paulin has dragged himself up to 13th although missed the first four events. Round ten starts the final third of the 2010 FIM MX-GP World Championship next week at Uddevalla for the Grand Prix of Sweden. Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team, 5th: "My best lap-time of the second moto was 0.8 away from the leaders so I know I have the pace. I lost too much time behind Roelants and Nicholls in the second moto so the first three had gone by the time I got into fourth. The track was so difficult and technical and for my style of riding it was physically very tough because you had to be so precise. My concentration, speed and physical condition was good and normally I ride very well on this kind of track but I need to improve my starts and then I will live with the leaders for sure and be going for the podium. I have been training hard to come back to the feeling I know on the bike and I am confident. I will have some rest this week and have a play on the bike to come to Sweden determined to get good results." Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 7th: "I am happy about this weekend because for the last few GPs I have not had much luck. In one month I had two small concussions! In the first race I had a good start and was third in the beginning. I pushed to see what I could do and had a good battle with Roelants for fourth but he was just a bit too fast. I finished sixth by the end and that was OK for me. In the second moto I was in the top ten again but I wasn't so sharp on the first lap and dropped a few places. I worked on getting my rhythm together and overtook a few people including Simpson on the last lap. Seventh overall is a good result but the second race could have been better." Christophe Charlier, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 8th: "I was pushed out on the first corner of the first moto and I almost crashed. I had already gone down a few times on Saturday so I wanted to be more careful but I pushed back anyway and had some pain in my back and my arm. The second race was pretty good and I felt like my speed was decent. I had to calm down a bit after Saturday and after some bad luck recently I think this was a step in the right direction." Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha, 13th: "The crash was my fault. I shouldn't have been in that position and someone ran over the back of the bike and broke the pipe. I stopped in the pit thinking that I could get back out and run on the track with the leaders because when people see them coming they tend to move over and that would have helped win positions but it took a bit longer to change the pipe than we thought and it would have been impossible to get near the points. It seemed pointless to grind out a race on an already difficult track. The second moto was decent. It took me a few laps to get going because I hadn't had a chance to set my pace in the first race. After twenty minutes or so I felt quite comfortable and confident and made some passes. I was not podium material this weekend and I can accept that and go on to next weekend and try to do a bit better. Sweden is a new track but I am keen to do well there." Circuit Length: NA Crowd: 17,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Rui Goncalves 2010 GP of Latvia 27/06/2010 Race 1 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 40'02.269 2 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 0'00.701 3 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 0'10.349 4 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 0'32.455 5 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'53.511 6 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'08.966 7 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 1'21.629 8 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 1'42.337 9 Valentin Teillet KTM FRA 1'43.915 10 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'52.417 11 Khounsith Vongsana KTM FRA 2'05.823 12 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE -1Laps 13 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR -1Laps 14 Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA -1Laps 15 Nick Triest KTM BEL -1Laps 17 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps Race 2 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 39'22.107 2 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 0'02.998 3 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 0'05.224 4 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 0'39.306 5 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 0'48.873 6 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'50.140 7 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 0'53.176 8 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 1'06.550 9 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'11.730 10 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 1'21.620 11 Michael Lieb Kawasaki USA 1'33.475 12 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'42.631 13 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 1'49.386 14 Valentin Teillet KTM FRA 2'07.758 15 Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA -1Laps 17 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps Rider Standings 27/06/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 404 2. Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 330 3. Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 308 4. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 286 5. Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 249 6. Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 246 7. Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 236 8. Joel Roelants KTM BEL 214 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 209 10. Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 182 11. Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 177 12. Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 153 13. Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 132 14. Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL 127 15. Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 111 20. Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 44 24. Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA 25 28. Travis Baker Yamaha USA 15 32. Ceriel Klein Kromhof Yamaha NED 9 33. Max Anstie Yamaha GBR 9 34. Vince Friese Yamaha USA 8 38. Rudi Moroni Yamaha ITA 5 44. Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED 2 45. Ed Allingham Yamaha GBR 2 Manufacturer Standings 27/06/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 442 2. Suzuki 347 3. Kawasaki 316 4. Yamaha 310 5. Honda 72 6. TM 18 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