MX-GP: Paulin savours awesome win in the sand

RACE REPORT 05/09/2010 Paulin savours awesome win in the sand Paulin in Lierop Just one year ago in Lierop Gautier Paulin walked away with just seven points. This time, using the full agility and power of his 2010 Yamaha Monster Energy YZ250F and leaning on months spent learning the intricacies of the demanding, technical and complicated sandy terrain the Frenchman was able to toast his first victory in black and green. Paulin rode to an aggressive and accomplished victory in the first moto of the Grand Prix of Benelux, the penultimate round of the FIM Motocross World Championship and then took third position later in the afternoon to confirm his maiden overall spoils for Yamaha. The 20 year old came through from the top five in both motos played out in front of a 12,000 crowd and in summer sunshine in south-eastern Holland and aptly demonstrated his markedly improved skills on the rippled and shifting surface. The Lierop sand forms one of the roughest and most technical terrains on the Grand Prix calendar and Paulin's speed was impressive as he hunted leader Ken Roczen in the opening race until the German had a mechanical problem and '21' was free to run to the chequered flag. In the second moto he pursued world champion Marvin Musquin all race and engaged in a duel with his countryman on the last lap; only just missing out on second place by less than a second. Paulin's achievement with the Italian team ends a period of recovery for the likeable racer after missing the first four grands prix with a broken leg. It was also the first time the YZ250F sat below the top step of the podium since the Turkish Grand Prix last year. Harri Kullas in Holland Also savouring the fourteenth round of fifteen was Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi's Harri Kullas. The Finnish rookie made two decent starts (including one holeshot) to record seventh and fifth positions for fifth overall and his personal best result in his noteworthy maiden GP season. Team-mate Christophe Charlier could only take points in one moto as his right hand injury meant the choppy sand was simply too much to cope with. Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne is nearing fourth place in the MX2-GP championship standings and was better in the second moto where he flowed easier with the track and captured sixth position. Earlier in the day he managed eleventh and was eighth overall; the third Yamaha in the top ten of the Grand Prix. The American needs 23 points to surpass the absent Jeffrey Herlings in the MX2-GP table and reach the top four. He also has to be aware of Joel Roelants who is only 2 behind in sixth. Paulin has reached eleventh in the standings and Kullas is just ahead by 12 points. The Grand Prix of Italy at Fermo next week will represent round fifteen of the FIM Motocross World Championship and will be the last appointment for the MX2-GP riders this season. GP on the box Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team: "My goal, as always, was to win and I had spent a lot of time on sand tracks this year - I think around three months in Belgium - and the work paid off. I am really happy to have won this race, especially being in the sand and me being a Frenchman from the south! I came close to Ken in the first moto but then he had the problem. I would have preferred to have had the fight with him but this is part of the sport. My start was not so good in the second race and I was third for a long time until I was able to reach Marvin on the last lap. We had a nice battle and I really wish I could have overtaken him at the line! Last year it was difficult for me in the sand, I think I barely scored and then had a DNF, and now I have a win so that's fantastic." Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi: "Yesterday we had problems but everybody worked really hard and things went much better today, the bike was awesome and I got good starts. I had a good battle with Tonus at the end of the first moto for sixth but he was just a bit stronger. I was really happy with my first holeshot in the second moto and it felt great to lead, if only for a little bit! Roczen, Musquin and Paulin passed me but they were so strong and fast so I let them go and focussed on my own race and speed to take fifth. To be fifth overall means this is my best GP. It was hard but really enjoyable and I have to thank my mechanic and the team who did a good job yesterday." Osborne Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha: "The first race was not brilliant but at least I got some points. In the second race I put in a solid charge and I think that was the benefit of the recent fitness work I have been doing and the effort to get back on form after the recent concussion. I'm pretty happy with the second race and have good momentum going into Fermo. I think I can be up there going for the podium again next week. Like a lot of people I have never been to Fermo but I seem to pick up new tracks pretty fast, we'll see. I really want to get that fourth place in the championship." Circuit Length: 1875 Crowd: 12,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Marvin Musquin 2010 GP of Benelux 05/09/2010 Race 1 - 17 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 39'38.851 2 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'16.380 3 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 0'47.361 4 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 1'04.977 5 Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 1'11.754 6 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 1'22.380 7 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'23.686 8 Nick Triest KTM BEL 2'20.793 9 Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED -1Laps 10 Matiss Karro Suzuki LVA -1Laps 11 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA -1Laps 12 Valentin Teillet KTM FRA -1Laps 13 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR -1Laps 14 Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL -1Laps 15 Ceriel Klein Kromhof Yamaha NED -1Laps 16 Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA -1Laps 18 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA -1Laps 20 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps Race 2 - 17 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 40'17.580 2 Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 0'12.174 3 Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 0'12.729 4 Joel Roelants KTM BEL 0'48.507 5 Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 1'57.745 6 Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 2'11.606 7 Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 2'29.973 8 Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE -1Laps 9 Valentin Teillet KTM FRA -1Laps 10 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR -1Laps 11 Michael Van Wezel KTM NED -1Laps 12 Nikolai Larsen Honda DNK -1Laps 13 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL -1Laps 14 Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED -1Laps 15 Nick Triest KTM BEL -1Laps 16 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps 18 Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA -1Laps Rider Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Marvin Musquin KTM FRA 613 2. Ken Roczen Suzuki GER 524 3. Steven Frossard Kawasaki FRA 446 4. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 391 5. Zach Osborne Yamaha USA 368 6. Joel Roelants KTM BEL 366 7. Shaun Simpson KTM GBR 361 8. Arnaud Tonus Suzuki CHE 356 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 345 10. Harri Kullas Yamaha FIN 310 11. Gautier Paulin Yamaha FRA 298 12. Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 222 13. Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 217 14. Alessandro Lupino Yamaha ITA 173 15. Dennis Verbruggen KTM BEL 155 20. Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 58 23. Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha NED 34 25. Ceriel Klein Kromhof Yamaha NED 32 29. Loic Larrieu Yamaha FRA 25 32. Travis Baker Yamaha USA 15 33. Christopher Castro Yamaha BRA 15 41. Anderson Hauptli Cidade Yamaha BRA 9 42. Max Anstie Yamaha GBR 9 44. Vince Friese Yamaha USA 8 50. Rudi Moroni Yamaha ITA 5 60. Ed Allingham Yamaha GBR 2 Manufacturer Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 664 2. Suzuki 563 3. Yamaha 495 4. Kawasaki 483 5. Honda 120 6. TM 35 RACE REPORT 05/09/2010 Philippaerts closes in on number two plate DP in Lierop Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts finished fifth overall at a sunny Lierop circuit for the Grand Prix of Benelux and the penultimate round of the 2010 FIM Motocross World Championship and closed the gap to Clement Desalle in the chase for the number two plate. If the summer weather created a pleasant experience for the 12,000 attendance at Lierop, the churning sand was still its usual difficult test in terms of its technical demands and physically-sapping form for the riders. The ruts and pointed wavy bumps pushed the athletes to the limits of their concentration and capabilities. Philippaerts was one of the protagonists on the factory YZ450FM and rode to a pair of fifth positions for his overall ranking, while also showing off his DP19 design competition winning race-wear. Three small spills in both 35 minute and 2 lap motos did not help the determined Italian's charges but his superior position to Desalle means that he now needs 22 points more than the Belgian to seize the position of vice-champion with 25 points available in both of the final two motos of the season next week. De Dycker in Dutch sand Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Ricci Team's Ken De Dycker was back on the track after missing the recent Grand Prix of Brazil to concentrate on daily therapy to his injured shoulder. The Belgian, lacking race sharpness, took a solid sixth in the first moto even if he did tire towards the end. The 25 year old did not complete a lap of the second race and pulled out citing an unexplainable mechanical problem. De Dycker is seventh and 22 points from sixth in the MX1-GP standings. In other news Sweden's Mats Nilsson successfully defended his Veteran's World Cup title in Holland on the YZ450F while Carlos Campano became Spain's first ever world champion by clinching the MX3 crown in Geneva today. Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's home round, the Grand Prix of Italy, will take place next week at Fermo for the last event of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Philippaerts David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team: "I wanted better from today but I crashed three times across the two motos, one in the first and twice in the second, and that cost me some time. Apart from the small mistakes I was riding well and the times were good on a track that was very heavy. I took some points away from Desalle but Nagl managed to come close to me. It will be a tight fight but the next race is in Italy where I want a good result and stay at the top. We fly to Italy tonight and will ride once this week before going to Fermo." Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Ricci Team: "It was my first grand prix for a few weeks and I knew I would not have the best condition for this race, especially on this track. I haven't been able to train normally for quite a long time and you need to be in good shape for Lierop. I did OK in the first moto but felt pretty tired at the end. In the second it felt like the bike had a problem on the first lap." Circuit Length: 1875 Crowd: 12,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Ken De Dycker 2010 GP of Benelux 05/09/2010 Race 1 - 17 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 40'54.768 2 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 0'02.648 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'04.809 4 Tanel Leok Honda EST 0'13.470 5 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'19.155 6 Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 0'55.986 7 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 1'02.452 8 Marc De Reuver Suzuki NED 1'07.547 9 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 1'24.861 10 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 1'28.067 11 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 1'34.347 12 Jonathan Barragan Kawasaki ESP 2'17.654 13 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA -1Laps 14 Tom Church CCM GBR -1Laps 15 Bas Verhoeven Kawasaki NED -1Laps 16 Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED -1Laps 18 Matteo Bonini Yamaha ITA -1Laps Race 2 - 17 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 41'44.947 2 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 0'29.502 3 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'39.816 4 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'47.706 5 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'59.719 6 Marc De Reuver Suzuki NED 1'12.696 7 Tanel Leok Honda EST 1'22.883 8 Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 1'38.141 9 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 2'09.180 10 Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 2'42.235 11 Jonathan Barragan Kawasaki ESP -1Laps 12 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA -1Laps 13 Kevin Wouts Kawasaki BEL -1Laps 14 Tom Church CCM GBR -1Laps 15 Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL -1Laps 16 Herjan Brakke Yamaha NED -1Laps 20 Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED -1Laps Rider Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 625 2. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 494 3. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 473 4. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 463 5. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 448 6. Tanel Leok Honda EST 346 7. Ken De Dycker Yamaha BEL 324 8. Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 299 9. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 270 10. Davide Guarneri Honda ITA 267 11. Rui Goncalves KTM POR 244 12. Joshua Coppins Aprilia NZL 231 13. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 201 14. Gareth Swanepoel Honda RSA 182 15. Anthony Boissière TM FRA 145 23. Tom Soderstrom Yamaha SWE 47 24. Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 46 29. Matteo Bonini Yamaha ITA 25 32. Kyle Chisholm Yamaha USA 20 38. Alvaro Lozano Yamaha ESP 14 42. Grant Langston Yamaha RSA 12 47. Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED 7 52. Herjan Brakke Yamaha NED 5 67. Marianna Balbi Yamaha BRA 2 Manufacturer Standings 05/09/2010 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. KTM 657 2. Suzuki 575 3. Yamaha 527 4. Honda 460 5. Kawasaki 376 6. Aprilia 239 7. TM 145 8. CCM 39 9. Husqvarna 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