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| Philippaerts finishes 3rd in MX1-GP world championship | | |  | The Grand Prix of Italy at Fermo represented the final round of fifteen in the FIM Motocross World Championship and Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts had a tricky time at his home event but still battled to earn sixth overall and confirm third position in the MX1-GP class for 2010.
The 2008 MX1-GP world champion (who has now taken 1st, 4th and 3rd in the past three seasons) found out over the weekend that he will in fact be representing his country at the 64th Motocross of Nations in the wake of a compromise reached with the Italian Federation FMI and the parties involved. In a late development with Team France, Philippaerts' MX2-GP team-mate Gautier Paulin has received the call-up to be on an emergency standby with a works YZ450FM in the MX1 category for the 'Tricolore' meaning that the Yamaha Monster Energy squad had some busy logistic organisation ahead to get equipment and machinery shipped to the USA.
22,500 people came to Fermo and scrambled up the steep hill to find a vantage point on a track that was typically Italian with its quick, relentless and hard-pack layout. The many jumps gave plenty of air-time. Philippaerts took his fourth pole position of the season on Saturday (making him the joint-best qualifier from 2010) and started the first moto in the top four before a hasty mistake on the first lap caused him to lose some positions and have to fight back from the lower top ten. He managed seventh by the chequered flag. The second moto was interrupted by an incident when the 25 year old hit one of the few churned and hard ruts on the course and twisted his knee. Philippaerts needed a few laps to readjust his style and then fought bravely through the pain to regain two positions to sixth and make sure of enough points over Max Nagl to rubber-stamp his third place for the year. |
|  | Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team's Ken De Dycker completed his last outing for the Italian team at Fermo. The Belgian is still not fully race-fit after recovering from a shoulder injury. He was fourteenth in the first moto and then did not finish the second after becoming involved with a crash on the first corner and circulating far from the mid-point of the leader-board.
MX3-GP World Champion Carlos Campano entered the premier class field to use the event as a warm-up for the Motocross of Nations where he will again represent Spain; this time as the country's first ever MX title holder. The 25 year old fell on the first lap of the first moto and pitted complaining of a sore shoulder before attempting the rest of the race. Campano then suffered a major crash in the second affair when he hit the grounded bike of Jonathan Barragan and flipped down the steepest slope on the track. He lost consciousness for a short while and was taking to hospital for an examination.
The innovative 2010 YZ450F won two Grands Prix from the fifteen held this season (Germany and France) and scaled the world championship podium on six occasions. The high altitude venue of Thunder Valley in Lakewood, a short distance from the city of Denver, will play host to the three best riders from at least thirty countries in two weeks time. Philippaerts shone at Franciacorta last year and will be hoping to drive Italy near a podium finish if he can be given some positive news about the condition of his knee in the coming days. |
|  | David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team:
"I tried my best today but right now I am in a lot of pain and I want to see the doctor as soon as possible to know what is wrong. I came into the rut at the bottom of the hill and hit it quite hard. I twisted my knee and for the next two laps I could not jump anything. I then got the sign that I needed to catch Goncalves for third in the championship so I had to grit my teeth and push. We will have to see what the scan says now but I hope it is nothing serious because we are so close to the Nations."
Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross Team:
"It wasn't really a good weekend. I didn't have a good feeling at this track and struggled on the up-hills. I had a good start in the second moto but then Guarneri crashed in front of me so I was stuck. Overall I'm pleased to end the season. I have struggled with some injuries and it looked like the year would turn around for me after the win in Germany but it wasn't to be." |
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Weather: Sunny | | | 2010 GP of Italy 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 39'33.144 | | 2 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'02.174 | | 3 | Sébastien Pourcel | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'04.173 | | 4 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 0'05.958 | | 5 | Jonathan Barragan | Kawasaki | ESP | 0'07.902 | | 6 | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 0'11.073 | | 7 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 0'19.516 | | 8 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 0'30.589 | | 9 | Rui Goncalves | KTM | POR | 0'35.890 | | 10 | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 0'49.316 | | 11 | Gregory Aranda | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'52.979 | | 12 | Marc De Reuver | Suzuki | NED | 1'00.174 | | 13 | Jimmy Albertson | Honda | USA | 1'05.190 | | 14 | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 1'16.675 | | 15 | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 1'25.965 | | 16 | Manuel Monni | Yamaha | ITA | 1'30.416 |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 40'19.772 | | 2 | Sébastien Pourcel | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'04.419 | | 3 | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 0'06.278 | | 4 | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 0'18.402 | | 5 | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'29.992 | | 6 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 0'35.386 | | 7 | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 0'37.210 | | 8 | Rui Goncalves | KTM | POR | 0'38.050 | | 9 | Manuel Monni | Yamaha | ITA | 1'00.199 | | 10 | Gregory Aranda | Kawasaki | FRA | 1'07.402 | | 11 | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 1'12.378 | | 12 | Jimmy Albertson | Honda | USA | 1'14.914 | | 13 | Antonio Balbi | Kawasaki | BRA | 1'17.273 | | 14 | Marc De Reuver | Suzuki | NED | 1'22.289 | | 15 | Matteo Bonini | Yamaha | ITA | 1'31.942 |
| Rider Standings | 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Antonio Cairoli | KTM | ITA | 625 | | 2. | Clement Desalle | Suzuki | BEL | 537 | | 3. | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | ITA | 502 | | 4. | Maximilian Nagl | KTM | GER | 498 | | 5. | Steve Ramon | Suzuki | BEL | 491 | | 6. | Tanel Leok | Honda | EST | 356 | | 7. | Xavier Boog | Kawasaki | FRA | 337 | | 8. | Ken De Dycker | Yamaha | BEL | 331 | | 9. | Davide Guarneri | Honda | ITA | 290 | | 10. | Evgeny Bobryshev | Honda | RUS | 270 | | 11. | Rui Goncalves | KTM | POR | 269 | | 12. | Joshua Coppins | Aprilia | NZL | 256 | | 13. | Kevin Strijbos | Suzuki | BEL | 201 | | 14. | Gareth Swanepoel | Honda | RSA | 182 | | 15. | Sébastien Pourcel | Kawasaki | FRA | 157 | | 22. | Manuel Monni | Yamaha | ITA | 63 | | 24. | Tom Soderstrom | Yamaha | SWE | 47 | | 28. | Matteo Bonini | Yamaha | ITA | 31 | | 33. | Kyle Chisholm | Yamaha | USA | 20 | | 39. | Alvaro Lozano | Yamaha | ESP | 14 | | 43. | Grant Langston | Yamaha | RSA | 12 | | 48. | Rob van Vijfeijken | Yamaha | NED | 7 | | 55. | Herjan Brakke | Yamaha | NED | 5 | | 68. | Marianna Balbi | Yamaha | BRA | 2 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 692 | | 2. | Suzuki | 625 | | 3. | Yamaha | 556 | | 4. | Honda | 483 | | 5. | Kawasaki | 420 | | 6. | Aprilia | 264 | | 7. | TM | 145 | | 8. | CCM | 39 | | 9. | Husqvarna | 4 |
| Second consecutive podium for Paulin in Italy | | |  | The final round of the 2010 FIM MX2-GP World Championship took place at the Fermo circuit for the Grand Prix of Italy and where Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's Gautier Paulin discovered that he could be a late insertion into Team France riding the works YZ450FM at the Motocross of Nations in two weeks time. The 20 year old wrapped up the '10 campaign with his third podium position from the last four events by taking second overall under bright but cloudy skies and watched by 22,500 spectators.
The heavily altered Fermo circuit provided the riders of the MX1 and MX2-GP classes with a dry, fast, jumpy and mountainous layout for the final round of fifteen in the FIM series. Paulin, using the power of his YZ250FM on the uphill drags and then utilising the agility of the chassis to power through the many tight corners and rough apexes, rode to fourth and third in the two 35 minute and 2 lap motos after engaging in some frantic action with Arnaud Tonus.
His silverware marked the second podium ceremony in succession for the French 20 year old who rose to tenth in the world championship standings despite missing the first four rounds. His scores in the second half of the season, especially the final eight meetings would have drawn him up to third in the category. |
|  | The top Yamaha rider in the 2010 series was Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne. The American did what he needed to do in Fermo and finishes of eighth (he had to lower his speed with a suspected mechanical glitch) and fifth, for sixth overall elevated him to fourth in the world.
Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi duo Christophe Charlier and Harri Kullas ended their first seasons at the highest level with ninth and thirteenth respectively in Italy. Kullas admitted that the track and flat hard-pack was a tough ask for him but his points helped towards an impressive eleventh in the championship (second best rookie) with Charlier riding well at Fermo (in spite of a dislodged seat in the second moto) but lamenting a thumb injury that meant he couldn't threaten his team-mate's position in the standings and rested twelfth.
Wedged between the pair at Fermo was Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Alessandro Lupino with eleventh overall and his third best points haul of 2010. The Italian closed 2010 with fourteenth in the MX2-GP table.
The last round of seven in the FIM Women's World Championship saw Chiara Fontanesi narrowly miss out on victory after an entertaining tussle with Larissa Papenmeier. The Italian was runner-up on the YZ250F and celebrated a chequered flag in the first moto on Sunday.
Osborne, Lupino and Kullas will be in the USA in two weeks and could be joined by Paulin for the biggest race of the year. |
|  | Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team:
"I was a bit hesitant on this track with the big down-hills and I have to improve on these types of circuits. It took me a little too long to get a good rhythm and feel sharp on the bike. I was riding a bit tight because of the watering and the slipperiness. My results have been good and I would have had another podium in Brazil if Simpson had not jumped on me and broken the water pipe. I feel motivated by what we have done in the last few races and now it looks as though I might be at the Nations. I will stay in Italy and prepare this week on the 450. I'm excited."
Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha:
"I'm just so happy with the way everything is going. We struggled a bit in the first moto and I knew for the second I would just have to put it on the line. It was a bit of a gamble but I pushed hard and it worked out. To finish fourth is huge and I felt the pressure before the second race. This result is good for the morale, the sponsors and everyone connected with the team. I am just so pumped to be here."
Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi:
"It was a difficult weekend because it was an ungraded hard-pack track and those are the hardest conditions for me. I did my best today. I wheelied out of the first start and my riding could have better but I got away faster in the second race. I was sixth on the first corners but I was too cautious and slow at the beginning. I was catching up by the end but it was too late. I'm the second best rookie of the year and I'm happy with that. It has been a good season and I scored in all but one moto so thanks to my mechanic and the team."
Christophe Charlier, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi:
"This season I have learned a lot and now I have big motivation to train for next year. The goal will be a top five result. I had a few problems this season but I know what I have to do for 2011 and the last few races have been good." |
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Weather: Sunny | | | 2010 GP of Italy 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 39'20.219 | | 2 | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 0'17.333 | | 3 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 0'32.877 | | 4 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 0'41.170 | | 5 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 0'47.958 | | 6 | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 0'49.915 | | 7 | Michael Lieb | Kawasaki | USA | 0'58.400 | | 8 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 1'09.666 | | 9 | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 1'15.678 | | 10 | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 1'19.346 | | 11 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 1'27.947 | | 12 | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 1'31.402 | | 13 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 1'40.189 | | 14 | Martin Michek | TM | CZE | 1'52.205 | | 15 | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 1'53.882 | | 19 | Glenn Coldenhoff | Yamaha | NED | -1Laps |
| Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Total Time | | 1 | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 40'39.797 | | 2 | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 0'24.745 | | 3 | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 0'27.697 | | 4 | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 0'29.889 | | 5 | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 0'38.242 | | 6 | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 0'43.495 | | 7 | Michael Lieb | Kawasaki | USA | 0'55.683 | | 8 | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 1'02.084 | | 9 | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 1'05.998 | | 10 | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 1'08.307 | | 11 | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 1'09.893 | | 12 | Nikolai Larsen | Honda | DNK | 1'46.887 | | 13 | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | -1Laps | | 14 | Martin Michek | TM | CZE | -1Laps | | 15 | Julien Lieber | Suzuki | BEL | -1Laps | | 17 | Mel Pocock | Yamaha | GBR | -1Laps | | 18 | Glenn Coldenhoff | Yamaha | NED | -1Laps |
| Rider Standings | 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Rider | Manu. | Nat. | Points | | 1. | Marvin Musquin | KTM | FRA | 635 | | 2. | Ken Roczen | Suzuki | GER | 574 | | 3. | Steven Frossard | Kawasaki | FRA | 478 | | 4. | Zach Osborne | Yamaha | USA | 397 | | 5. | Joel Roelants | KTM | BEL | 396 | | 6. | Jeffrey Herlings | KTM | NED | 391 | | 7. | Arnaud Tonus | Suzuki | CHE | 390 | | 8. | Shaun Simpson | KTM | GBR | 367 | | 9. | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Kawasaki | BEL | 365 | | 10. | Gautier Paulin | Yamaha | FRA | 336 | | 11. | Harri Kullas | Yamaha | FIN | 329 | | 12. | Christophe Charlier | Yamaha | FRA | 245 | | 13. | Jake Nicholls | KTM | GBR | 241 | | 14. | Alessandro Lupino | Yamaha | ITA | 193 | | 15. | Dennis Verbruggen | KTM | BEL | 166 | | 21. | Mel Pocock | Yamaha | GBR | 62 | | 23. | Glenn Coldenhoff | Yamaha | NED | 39 | | 26. | 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 | | 52. | Rudi Moroni | Yamaha | ITA | 5 | | 62. | Ed Allingham | Yamaha | GBR | 2 |
| Manufacturer Standings | 12/09/2010 | | Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | | 1. | KTM | 701 | | 2. | Suzuki | 613 | | 3. | Yamaha | 533 | | 4. | Kawasaki | 525 | | 5. | Honda | 133 | | 6. | TM | 49 |
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