MX-GP: Fantastic first podium for Paulin in Sweden

RACE REPORT 04/07/2010 Philippaerts scores another top five result in Sweden DP19 in Sweden Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts guided his works YZ450FM machine to 5th place overall at a dark and damp Uddevalla circuit for the Grand Prix of Sweden and the tenth round of fifteen in the FIM MX-GP World Championship. The determined Italian holds 3rd in the MX1-GP standings after the first two-thirds of the 2010 campaign came to a close across the swinging undulations of the Swedish venue. The dry hard-pack of Saturday - under a loose top soil - had changed significantly for Sunday after a sustained period of rainfall created a softer and rougher track. The 2008 world champion made one decent start and another mediocre launch in the two motos played out in front of 22,000 spectators. The first good getaway came in the opening race where he gave chase to Clement Desalle and vied for second position. Finally without goggles due to the slightly muddy conditions, the 25 year old fought off Steve Ramon to take third spot and his ninth top three finish from the twenty motos held thus far. Deep in the pack around the first turns of the second moto, Philippaerts could not set the same pace after his earlier exertions and struggled to make an effective rhythm. It was a performance that provided 8th by the flag and forged the final classification. De Dycker before Practice Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Ken De Dycker, winner two weeks ago at Teutschenthal, was unlucky to crash at one of the fastest points on the track during the first free practice session on Saturday. The Belgian needed a visit to hospital for stitches to a gaping wound on his right elbow and missed out on affecting the leader-board at Uddevalla. Philippaerts needs 36 points to close down Clement Desalle in the standings. De Dycker has dropped to 7th and is 7 points behind Xavier Boog. The world championship will now pause for three weeks before the Grand Prix of Limburg (Belgium) in the sand of Lommel on the first weekend in August. Philippaerts David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team: "Not an easy day. I pushed hard in the first moto and was happy with third, especially because Ramon was close at the end. I think I paid for that race in the next moto because I felt a bit tired and could not get a good feeling on the bike. I made an awful start and then it was just a long time of trying to make as many positions as possible. A shame we could not think about the podium again but the points were not bad." Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team: "Coming up to the jump by the pits the bike started to dip and I jumped off at the final moment because for a second I thought I would land OK. I think I hit my elbow with my helmet peak and it made a big hole. I wasn't able to ride because my arm felt very weak after the stitches. Luckily no bones were broken and I hope my muscles will be OK in the next week or two." Circuit Length: 1750 Crowd: 22,000 Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli 2010 GP of Sweden 04/07/2010 Race 1 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 39'45.425 2 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'04.040 3 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'06.051 4 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'07.916 5 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'30.542 6 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'32.808 7 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'00.576 8 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'01.791 9 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 1'03.015 10 Anthony Boissière TM FRA 1'17.633 11 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 1'29.087 12 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 1'33.861 13 Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 1'38.189 14 Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL 1'40.824 15 Gunter Schmidinger Suzuki AUT 1'43.039 19 Matteo Bonini Yamaha ITA -1Laps Race 2 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 39'13.172 2 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'02.543 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'04.460 4 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'12.679 5 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 0'13.589 6 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'23.023 7 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'32.242 8 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'50.995 9 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'53.035 10 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 1'01.965 11 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 1'09.636 12 Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 1'11.183 13 Nicolas Aubin Kawasaki FRA 1'30.517 14 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 1'41.789 15 Gunter Schmidinger Suzuki AUT 1'49.360 17 Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE -1Laps 18 Matteo Bonini Yamaha ITA -1Laps Rider Standings 04/07/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 434 2. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 367 3. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 331 4. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 315 5. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 306 6. Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 276 7. Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 269 8. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 223 9. Tanel Leok Honda EST 219 10. Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 196 11. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 161 12. Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 149 13. Anthony Boissière TM FRA 145 14. Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 140 15. Rui Goncalves KTM POR 124 21. Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 46 22. Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 43 27. Kyle Chisholm Yamaha USA 20 29. Matteo Bonini Yamaha ITA 16 31. Alvaro Lozano Yamaha ESP 14 33. Grant Langston Yamaha RSA 12 Manufacturer Standings 04/07/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 463 2. Suzuki 417 3. Yamaha 384 4. Honda 323 5. Kawasaki 303 6. Aprilia 148 7. TM 145 8. CCM 11 9. Husqvarna 4 RACE REPORT 04/07/2010 Fantastic first podium for Paulin in Sweden Paulin on Swedish podium Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's Gautier Paulin rode superbly in the second moto of the Grand Prix of Sweden at a cloudy and cool Uddevalla circuit to take his first podium result with the team and on the agile 2010 YZ250FM. The Frenchman's 3rd position overall also represents the Italian crew's first trophy in the MX2-GP category since Cedric Melotte captured the same rank at Namur for the 2005 Grand Prix of Wallonie. After a hot and humid day on Saturday, Uddevalla changed somewhat for Sunday with heavy rainfall in the morning creating a softer and more slippery terrain. The old-fashioned course, with many tight turns, did not permit an abundance of overtaking opportunities. Paulin rode to a solid 5th position in the first outing of 35 minute and 2 laps but it was his charge past world champion and countryman Marvin Musquin and double GP winner Jeffrey Herlings in the closing stages of the second race that proved the talented and likeable youngster is coming back to top form after his early season leg-break. Number '21' took 3rd behind Ken Roczen and Steven Frossard for his first view from the podium in black and green colours. Osborne on Saturday Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne was again one of the quickest riders throughout the weekend but an unfortunate incident on Saturday when he was landed upon by controversial Russian Aleksandr Tonkov meant the American went into the start gate in last position for Sunday. Rides to 7th and 9th against the odds (and even a brief slip meaning that he was virtually last in the second race) signified 7th overall. Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi's Harri Kullas collected 11th in the final ranking and once more equalled his season-best moto finish with 6th in the initial sprint, in spite of stomach cramps. The abdominal problem affected his second moto in which he made the line in 15th. Team-mate Christophe Charlier had problems finding a decent rhythm on the track and was 13th overall, one place behind Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Alessandro Lupino. Loic Larrieu is likely to miss the rest of the season after breaking his right tibia last week at the Grand Prix of Latvia. Osborne is Yamaha's leading rider in the championship standings with 5th place but is 51 points from 4th. Kullas is 10th, Charlier 12th and Paulin is now up to 13th. Harri Kullas After three consecutive races the world championship will now pause for a summer break for the majority of July. The Grand Prix Limburg at Lommel in Belgium will constitute round eleven and take place on August 1st. Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team: "I feel that I have had the speed for a little while now for a result like this and I have been working hard to get back to my best race level. This is my first podium and now I have set myself a standard. I guess I have been missing a bit of confidence because of the injury. I know physically I am strong but needed a GP like this for things to come together and the way I rode in the final few laps of the second moto gives me a lot of energy. I will go to Belgium now to get ready for Lommel. I want more good results like this." Zach Osborne, Bike it Yamaha Cosworth: "What happened on Saturday was not my fault. Tonkov landed on top of me and I have the tyre marks on my back to prove it. Today was hard from the outside and it was maybe an extra 60 or 70 extra feet to the inside of the first turn. The first race was OK but I would say the second one was my better ride; the fact that I came from so far behind to ninth on a track that was not simple for passing was pretty good. In a way I am disappointed with a 7th and a 9th because my speed here meant I should have been better than that. It can't all be rainbows and butterflies though." Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi: "I almost had the holeshot in the first race but made third and then a few riders passed me but I found my speed and rhythm. When Musquin overtook me I was able to keep the same pace and did not lose too much time to him. Paulin came close and it was at that stage in the race that I started to have bad stomach cramps so I had to relax a little bit and thought about defending my position. I got lucky when Roczen stopped so I was back to sixth. In the second race Tonus crashed right in front of me and I was almost last. My stomach was still bad when I tried to push in the beginning but after a while I felt better and picked up the speed. I passed a few people but it was a bit too late. Overall 11th but I want to have more than one good moto!" Circuit Length: 1750 Crowd: 22,000 Weather: Cloudy Last Years Winner: Rui Goncalves 2010 GP of Sweden 04/07/2010 Race 1 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 40'30.167 2 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 0'15.059 3 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'19.256 4 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 0'24.680 5 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 0'26.994 6 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 0'38.253 7 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 0'47.162 8 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'56.185 9 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 0'57.897 10 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'02.637 11 Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 1'04.335 12 Valentin Teillet KTM FRA 1'13.206 13 Michael Lieb Kawasaki USA 1'28.467 14 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 1'41.665 15 Jeremy Delince KTM BEL 1'43.622 Race 2 - 21 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 39'28.824 2 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 0'04.424 3 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 0'12.277 4 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 0'16.510 5 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 0'18.213 6 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'49.514 7 Michael Lieb Kawasaki USA 0'56.939 8 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 1'02.272 9 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 1'14.005 10 Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA 1'16.545 11 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 1'17.714 12 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 1'18.471 13 Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 1'19.938 14 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'21.756 15 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'32.189 16 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 1'37.640 Rider Standings 04/07/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 438 2. Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 355 3. Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 355 4. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 326 5. Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 275 6. Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 268 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 244 8. Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 243 9. Joel Roelants KTM BEL 240 10. Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 203 11. Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 189 12. Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 171 13. Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 168 14. Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 129 15. Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL 127 20. Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 49 25. Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA 25 28. Travis Baker Yamaha USA 15 32. Ceriel Klein Kromhof Yamaha NED 9 33. Max Anstie Yamaha GBR 9 35. Vince Friese Yamaha USA 8 39. Rudi Moroni Yamaha ITA 5 46. Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED 2 47. Ed Allingham Yamaha GBR 2 Manufacturer Standings 04/07/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 482 2. Suzuki 379 3. Kawasaki 363 4. Yamaha 346 5. Honda 80 6. TM 19 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