MX GP: Philippaerts takes first win of 2009

RACE REPORT 31/05/2009 Philippaerts savours first 2009 MX1-GP victory DP win Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team's David Philippaerts claimed his first win of the season and his third on the YZ450FM at a sun-kissed and busy Mallory Park circuit for the British Grand Prix and the seventh round of fifteen in the MX1-GP World Championship. 35,000 spectators witnessed the reigning champion score results of 1-2 in the motos to scale the top step of the podium, giving Yamaha their fifth victory of 2009. The circuit, the venue for the British stop on the calendar for the second year in succession, boasted some spectacular jump sections as well as more 'old-school' elements with long off-cambered corners mixed in with the leaps. The track was demanding and technical and the winding layout meant overtaking was difficult. The heat and unrelenting sunshine also took its toll on the competitors. DP in action Philippaerts secured his second pole position of the season with a comfortable victory in the qualification heat on Saturday and signalled his intent with good speed and an effective start. The Italian ran second behind Max Nagl in the first moto and seized upon a mistake by the German to take his first chequered flag of the season. Nagl rode error-free in the second race but Philippaerts was able to set a relaxed pace in second to secure his triumph; the fourth Yamaha rider in the MX1-GP this year to wear the winner's garland. Cairoli World Championship leader Tony Cairoli only saw 2 points shaved off his gap at the front of the standings despite finishing 8th and 10th for 8th overall. The Sicilian was a victim of a first corner incident on Saturday that left him with a sore back and wrist, as well as a slot almost last in the start gate. After a night of little sleep Cairoli fought through from the rear of the pack in both races to feel satisfied with his efforts by the end of the day. Josh Coppins was 4th overall. The New Zealander had to deal with a flying rock that hurt his left collarbone as well as damaged spokes on his front wheel in Moto1 as he took 5th; his overtaking move on Mickael Pichon and Brad Anderson on the same corner was the best move of the day. In the second race he circulated mostly alone in 4th. Cairoli's Yamaha Red Bull De Carli team-mate Tanel Leok was also a casualty of misfortune on Saturday and his spot of 19th in the gate also meant a difficult afternoon of work for the motos. Some mistakes in the second sprint delivered a 6th place to go with his 8th of earlier in the day and he took a top five overall position with 5th. The 47 points totalled by Philippaerts has pushed him up to second in the world championship standings and he sits 34 behind Cairoli. Coppins is fourth and 12 from his team-mate while Leok is eighth. Yamaha front the manufacturer's table by 50 points. The British Grand Prix has started a busy period of five races in six weeks. The next meeting will take place in just seven days with the Grand Prix of France being held at the Ernee circuit, not far from Le Mans, for round eight of the series. David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 1st: "For me this is a great day after some difficult GPs. It feels like a long time, too long, since I last won at Loket last year. I almost forgot the feeling! The track was softer here last year and it was definitely easier on Saturday than it was today. I had some good starts but this has happened quite often this season and I owe a big thanks to the team for this; for sure to start at the front makes the job easier." Coppins Josh Coppins, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 4th: "Not too bad today and I felt better than the last few weeks; there was an improvement here and hopefully I will be able to get back on the box in France. The first moto was pretty eventful because a rock hit my left collarbone and that was pretty sore and I also broke some spokes on my front wheel when I clashed with Desalle. The wheel was a bit wobbly and I got some arm-pump so the front group got away. There were some good points about today." Antonio Cairoli, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli, 8th: "I am very happy actually because after the crash yesterday I was thinking it was not possible to race, so 8th and 10th is good. Barragan and De Dycker did not do so well so that was also a positive thing. I was still sore after Spain and then on Saturday things got worse, so I hope to be OK for France. I did not like the track here. It was too difficult to overtake and in many places almost one line. It took a lot of time for me to close the gap to the guys in front. Still, there was another Yamaha win, thanks to David and that is good." Tanel Leok, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli, 5th: "I had a tough position in the start gate and although I got a good jump for the first moto I ended up being pushed quite wide. It was really difficult to come from 15th to 8th. I was feeling good and my riding was going well but it was hard to pass. I had a better start in the second race but made some mistakes half way through the moto. The end was OK. Overall I had a bit of bad luck on Saturday and it did not help me today." Circuit Length: 1580 Crowd: 35,000 Weather: Sunny Last Years Winner: Jonathan Barragan 2009 GP of Great Britain 31/05/2009 Race 1 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 38'59.149 2 Clement Desalle Honda BEL 0'03.351 3 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 0'06.308 4 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'10.966 5 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 0'30.006 6 Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 0'34.966 7 Mickael Pichon Honda FRA 0'35.680 8 Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 0'37.779 9 Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 0'39.483 10 Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 0'41.467 11 Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA 0'49.177 12 Bradley Anderson Honda GBR 0'57.048 13 Aigar Leok TM EST 1'15.800 14 Carl Nunn Suzuki GBR 1'33.855 15 Jason Dougan CCM GBR 1'38.940 16 Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 1'39.038 Race 2 - 20 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 39'36.111 2 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'16.922 3 Clement Desalle Honda BEL 0'27.179 4 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 0'32.638 5 Billy MacKenzie Honda GBR 0'35.068 6 Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 0'38.133 7 Mickael Pichon Honda FRA 0'42.789 8 Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 0'46.843 9 Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 0'48.545 10 Carl Nunn Suzuki GBR 0'50.837 11 Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 1'03.623 12 Bradley Anderson Honda GBR 1'07.929 13 Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 1'23.274 14 Filip Neugebauer Kawasaki CZE 1'36.893 15 Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL 1'39.221 Rider Standings 31/05/2009 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 255 2. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 221 3. Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 215 4. Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 209 5. Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 208 6. Clement Desalle Honda BEL 204 7. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 198 8. Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 190 9. Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA 106 10. David Vuillemin Kawasaki FRA 101 11. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 100 12. Aigar Leok TM EST 93 13. Billy MacKenzie Honda GBR 84 14. Kevin Strijbos Honda BEL 82 15. Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 74 20. Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 34 32. Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED 13 Manufacturer Standings 31/05/2009 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. Yamaha 308 2. KTM 258 3. Honda 238 4. Suzuki 223 5. Kawasaki 139 6. TM 93 7. Aprilia 78 8. CCM 44 RACE REPORT 31/05/2009 Guarneri 6th in hard day at Mallory Park Guarneri The seventh round of the MX2-GP World Championship took place at the rough and jumpy circuit within the confines of the Mallory Park complex. The British Grand Prix was attended by 35,000 spectators and Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Davide Guarneri kept pace in the series standings with 6th place overall across the demanding and knotty English course. Hot sunshine was a surprising climate for the visit to the UK but the sweltering conditions were just one facet of difficult circumstances for the riders in which the jumpy and rough course permitted few decent overtaking opportunities. Guarneri took his YZ250FM to 4th and 10th and complained of a lack of energy by the day's end. The Italian fared better than his luckless team-mate Nico Aubin. The Frenchman was forced to the floor in the qualification heat that left him far down in the gate for the starts. He managed to rally to 11th in Moto1 but a fall early in Moto2 saw him hit on the right shoulder by a pursuing rider and he was forced to retire and could remain a doubt for his home GP next week. Yamaha 3C Racing's Manuel Monni was a close 7th behind Guarneri. The Italian champion was 5th and 9th in the two motos. The first race result was his second best of the season. Utag Yamaha.com's Zach Osborne was circulating a grand prix track again only three weeks after chipping his left radius. The American had been undergoing intensive laser and physio to be able to return to speed for the British team at their home event. The winner of the Grand Prix of Turkey sadly was unable to last more than several laps of Moto1 and now is looking towards another attempt in three weeks time in Germany. In the world championship standings Guarneri faces a 26 point deficit. Aubin is seventh and Monni is ninth. The Grand Prix of France at the Ernee circuit will represent round eight of the world championship and will take place next weekend. Davide Guarneri, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 6th: "I really did not enjoy this track. It was so rough and the lines were not good and I found it very difficult with my style. I felt that I did not have full energy today so maybe my iron levels are a little low; I am tired now. I had a bad start in the second moto and made some mistakes. This was not a great GP but at least I took some points again. I really want to get on that podium but it was not going to happen here today." Nico Aubin, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 16th: "I felt good this weekend and in the practice I was fast but someone crashed in front of me in the qualification heat. I was far behind and came back to 27th but it meant that the starts for Sunday would be very difficult. I was something like 22nd at the beginning of the first moto and came back to 11th and that was a strong race because it is not easy to pass here. I actually had a good start in the second moto but on the third lap I made a little mistake and crashed and another rider completed the double and hit my shoulder. I had a lot of pain and could not ride anymore. I have a problem with the right shoulder because I have little muscle there; I just hope I will be OK for Ernee." Zach Osborne, Utag Yamaha.com, DNF: "I definitely knew coming into this weekend that it would not be easy. I took a pain killing injection before the race but it could only do so much. The whole team made their best effort to try and salvage something for the championship but it is far out of reach now and I will focus on recovering fully and being able to come back and win. I hope to be 100% by the German Grand Prix in three weeks time." Circuit Length: 1580 Crowd: 35,000 Weather: Sunshine Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli 2009 GP of Great Britain 31/05/2009

Race 1 - 20 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Marvin Musquin	KTM	FRA	39'28.219
2	Steven Frossard	Kawasaki	FRA	0'05.712
3	Gautier Paulin	Kawasaki	FRA	0'21.694
4	Davide Guarneri	Yamaha	ITA	0'28.602
5	Manuel Monni	Yamaha	ITA	0'29.792
6	Anthony Boissière	KTM	FRA	0'31.532
7	Rui Goncalves	KTM	POR	0'40.667
8	Jeremy Van Horebeek	KTM	BEL	0'42.617
9	Ken Roczen	Suzuki	GER	0'45.415
10	Xavier Boog	Suzuki	FRA	0'46.617
11	Nicolas Aubin	Yamaha	FRA	0'51.406
12	Loic Larrieu	Yamaha	FRA	0'52.438
13	Stephen Sword	KTM	GBR	1'01.501
14	Joel Roelants	KTM	BEL	1'02.956
15	Jake Nicholls	KTM	GBR	1'26.004

Race 2 - 20 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Marvin Musquin	KTM	FRA	48'08.249
2	Rui Goncalves	KTM	POR	0'03.512
3	Steven Frossard	Kawasaki	FRA	0'26.587
4	Gautier Paulin	Kawasaki	FRA	0'35.929
5	Jeremy Van Horebeek	KTM	BEL	0'38.575
6	Stephen Sword	KTM	GBR	0'40.706
7	Xavier Boog	Suzuki	FRA	0'41.716
8	Ken Roczen	Suzuki	GER	0'50.100
9	Manuel Monni	Yamaha	ITA	0'52.314
10	Davide Guarneri	Yamaha	ITA	1'05.873
11	Anthony Boissière	KTM	FRA	1'08.560
12	Arnaud Tonus	KTM	CHE	1'10.260
13	Valentin Teillet	KTM	FRA	1'17.154
14	Dennis Verbruggen	Honda	BEL	1'23.645
15	Khounsith Vongsana	Honda	FRA	1'26.202
18	Evgeny Bobryshev	Yamaha	RUS	1'34.019
19	Loic Larrieu	Yamaha	FRA	1'36.279

Rider Standings

31/05/2009

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Points
1.	Marvin Musquin	KTM	FRA	234
2.	Gautier Paulin	Kawasaki	FRA	219
3.	Davide Guarneri	Yamaha	ITA	208
4.	Rui Goncalves	KTM	POR	202
5.	Steven Frossard	Kawasaki	FRA	178
6.	Xavier Boog	Suzuki	FRA	166
7.	Nicolas Aubin	Yamaha	FRA	136
8.	Jeremy Van Horebeek	KTM	BEL	118
9.	Manuel Monni	Yamaha	ITA	115
10.	Zach Osborne	Yamaha	USA	100
11.	Shaun Simpson	KTM	GBR	97
12.	Arnaud Tonus	KTM	CHE	92
13.	Ken Roczen	Suzuki	GER	92
14.	Marcus Schiffer	KTM	GER	89
15.	Stephen Sword	KTM	GBR	84
17.	Loic Larrieu	Yamaha	FRA	81
20.	Alessandro Lupino	Yamaha	ITA	56
23.	Evgeny Bobryshev	Yamaha	RUS	42
29.	Cedric Soubeyras	Yamaha	FRA	15
36.	Deny Philippaerts	Yamaha	ITA	6

Manufacturer Standings

31/05/2009

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1.	KTM	280
2.	Kawasaki	264
3.	Yamaha	243
4.	Honda	203
5.	Suzuki	196
6.	TM	9

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2009 MotoGP - Mugello Race

RACE REPORT 31/05/2009 Double podium for Fiat Yamaha in Mugello thriller Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi took battling podium positions in the Italian Grand Prix today, after an action-packed afternoon saw the riders forced to swap bikes for the second race in a row due to changing weather conditions. Lorenzo recovered from a crash on the sighting lap to come home in second behind Casey Stoner, whilst Rossi finally surrendered the crown he has worn at his home track for the past seven years and had to be content with third. The rain had stopped by 1.30pm but the track was still very wet and Lorenzo slid out on the penultimate corner just before he reached the grid. He managed to remount and made it back to the box to swap bikes, exiting for a second sighting lap just seconds before the pit lane closed and leaving his team facing a race against time to rebuild the damaged bike before the drying track forced a pit stop. The Spaniard had a shaky start and dropped as low as tenth on the first lap before crossing the line in sixth first time round. He made little progress in the opening laps, trading places back and forth with Marco Melandri and Dani Pedrosa, and it was not until riders started to come in to change bikes that he began to creep through the order. On lap ten he was in third behind Stoner and Rossi and it was time for a pit stop to change onto dry tyres, with Lorenzo lying fourth after the reshuffle. From then on the 22-year-old made a determined charge for podium, passing Andrea Dovizioso and Loris Capirossi to take a deserved second place, one second behind Stoner. In the first, wet part of the race Rossi had looked his usual menacing Mugello self, stalking through the field from fifth after the end of the first lap to take the lead from Stoner on lap eight. He pitted at the same time as his team-mate on lap ten but a wrong tyre choice set him back and it was several laps before he had enough heat in his tyres to start really pushing and he lost several places in the process. In the final stages he was the quickest man on track and set the fastest lap of the race on lap 23, but by then it was too late to challenge for the lead and he had to make settle for fighting his way through to third, holding off a determined last-lap challenge from Dovizioso. Lorenzo loses the championship lead to Stoner but the first three are still within ten points with the Australian on 90, the Mallorcan on 86 and Rossi close behind on 81. The next round of the championship is Lorenzo's home race at Montmelo in Catalunya in two weeks time. Jorge Lorenzo - Position: 2Time: +1.001 "Honestly, this is as good as a win for me and I can't really believe the race today, it was like a movie! This morning in warm-up I was quite worried because I was slow in the rain, then on the sighting lap I slid off into the gravel pit. All I could think about was making it back to the pits as quickly as possible in case there was still a chance to make the grid and luckily I made it just in time. My team had the second bike ready and I was able to still start from the pole position. On the grid I tried not to think about the crash, I just tried to focus. But then I had a big slide off the line and the first part of the race wasn't so good for me. I have to say the biggest thank you to my guys today for getting the damaged bike ready in such a short time; it was a brilliant job and after I swapped bikes everything changed. From then on I had a great rhythm and I was able to stay on fighting to the end and take this second place. It's a really amazing result because things could have been much worse today, so thank you again to everyone for making it possible. I'm really happy with this result." Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi - Position: 3Time: +2.076 "Of course I am disappointed not to win again in Mugello but seven times in a row is not so bad and the important thing is that I made it onto the podium. It's a very special moment in Mugello, with all the fans below, and I would have been very sad to have missed that! It was a very hard race today and once again the weather was a problem for us, we're very unlucky in these half-and-half races and I think this is my first podium in one. In the wet we were very fast because we had found a great setting, but then when we changed bikes we made a mistake and chose a front tyre that was too hard, so it took me a long time to be able to put enough temperature on it and I lost a lot of time. At the end I was able to ride better and I knew that I had to make it onto the podium, so I am happy for this. Of course after Le Mans this is a big improvement and these points are important because it's very close between the three of us." Daniele Romagnoli - Team Manager "We can consider this like a victory after crashing on the sighting lap; we were very lucky to be able to get back to the pit in time to change the bike and to still be able to start from the grid. The mechanics were incredible today and showed their ability when repairing the damaged bike in such a short time; without such a brilliant job from them our race would have been over today so I have to say a huge thank you to them. The team did a great job and that enabled Jorge to do his part to take a fantastic second place. Congratulations to everyone!" Davide Brivio - Team Manager "Of course this is not what we expect from Mugello, but we have taken an important podium and these 16 points are key for the championship. It is easy to say now that we could have done things differently, but we took a decision before the race based on the characteristics of our bike, on Valentino's riding style and on our experience. You only know at the end of the race if the decision you took was the right one. Today we leave with a good points haul, we remain close to the top of the classification and we continue towards our goal: getting more and more points in order to make sure that we have more than everybody else at the end of the season!" Top six for Edwards, Toseland boosted by seventh in Mugello thriller Brilliant wet and dry weather performances from Colin Edwards and James Toseland handed the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad a deserved double top ten finish in an enthralling flag-to-flag Italian MotoGP race in Mugello today. In what turned out to be a carbon copy of the French MotoGP race in Le Mans two weeks ago, today's 23-lap race started on a wet track, but a dry line quickly started to appear as Toseland and Edwards both fought on the fringes of the top ten on full wet Bridgestone tyres. Unable to find confidence with rear grip as the track dried out, British rider Toseland gambled and pulled into the pits first to switch to his Yamaha YZR-M1 machine fitted with hard front and rear compound slick tyres on lap four. It was a decision that paid off handsomely as Toseland was able to lap over three seconds quicker than the rest of the field. He brilliantly carved his way through from 17th position to find himself embroiled in an exciting duel for sixth place with Frenchman Randy de Puniet from lap 12 onwards. He was able to hold off de Puniet under severe pressure in the last three laps, but lost sixth place to hard charging team-mate Edwards, who in the dry had produced another fantastic fight back from outside of the top ten in front of 81,657 fans. The American struggled with a small front-end set-up issue on full wet tyres and he didn't pit for his dry YZR-M1 bike until lap nine. Once out on full slicks the 35-year-old surged through superbly from 14th to sixth, overtaking Toseland on the final lap to clock the sixth fastest lap of the race. Edwards is now just 12-points away from fourth place in the world championship standings, while Toseland's best result of 2009 moved him closer to the top ten in the overall points. Today's result consolidated the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team's position as the leading independent team in MotoGP, and the French squad trails Suzuki's factory team by just four-points in the Team World Championship.   Colin Edwards Colin Edwards 6th - 45 points "That race was almost exactly the same as what happened in Le Mans where I was losing time in the wet at the beginning and then charging through from the back in the dry. I don't know why, but when the track is damp or full wet, I've got no confidence with the front. And being a front-end guy, if I've got no feeling then I don't go fast. When I enter the corner I get too much weight transfer to the rear and that makes the front feel really vague. I probably should have come in for my dry bike a couple of laps earlier than I did, but with the hard compound front and rear slick in, it took me a while to get temperature in them and I was having a few moments. I just put my head down and was able to get down to some decent times and to take the positive out of the race I at least came back to finish in the top six because I was way back. But I've got to get this bike fixed for me in the wet because I haven't sorted out that particular puzzle yet." James Toseland James Toseland 7th - 26-points "That's my best result of the season and I'm happy with that because I feel I should be fighting around the top six on a regular basis. I started the race with quite a hard spring in the rear shock and in the first few laps I was in trouble. I hadn't planned on coming into the pits so early for my dry bike but I had no choice. I was losing a lot of time so it was definitely a gamble worth taking. The first couple of laps on slicks were eventful while I was trying to get the hard tyres to temperature, but once I'd got a rhythm going I felt pretty confident and I was pleased I'd decided to come in early. The section of track with the new tarmac was a bit scary because that never dried through the whole race, but you could ride the rest of the track pretty much flat-out and coming in when I did definitely helped gain me a lot of places once I'd picked up my pace. I had a really good dice with Randy and there were a few good overtakes. It's the first race I've enjoyed for a while because for most of it I was fighting for the top six. That's where I was a few times last season and that's where this bike and team deserve to be. Hopefully I can push on in Catalunya." Herve Poncharal - Team Manager "It might be hard for Colin and James and the team in a flag-to-flag race, but those kind of races are really exciting and fantastic for the show. You can see lots of different riders running at the front and this makes it very interesting and flag-to-flag is a big bonus for the racing. I'm really pleased with today's result and I want to give special congratulations to James. He has had a very difficult year so far but he's never given up and I'm pleased to see him back where he belongs and fighting for the top six. He was the first one to come into the pits and it was a good decision because for a few laps he was the fastest rider on track and this helped put him a position where he could fight for a good result. He showed a great fighting spirit to battle with Randy and this race will be a big confidence boost for him. It was another good weekend for Colin too. He qualified on the second row and he finished sixth and if he could have solved some of his issues in the wet I'm sure he could have been much higher. I'm convinced that Colin will be on the podium a few times before the end of the year." Circuit Length: 5245 Weather: Changeable Lap Record: 1'50.117 (Max Biaggi, 01/01/2005) Fastest Lap Ever: 1'42.837 (Valentino Rossi, 04/06/2006) Last Years Winner: Valentino Rossi 2005 MotoGP Italy - Mugello 31/05/2009 Race 1 - 23 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 45'41.894 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 0'01.001 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 0'02.076 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 0'02.129 5 Loris Capirossi Suzuki ITA 0'03.274 6 Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 0'24.451 7 James Toseland Yamaha GBR 0'25.621 8 Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 0'26.046 9 Niccolo Canepa Ducati ITA 0'31.815 10 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki AUS 0'34.814 11 Marco Melandri Kawasaki ITA 0'35.090 12 Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 0'39.122 13 Mika Kallio Ducati FIN 0'52.462 14 Toni Elias Honda ESP 0'52.478 15 Alex De Angelis Honda SMR -1Laps Rider Standings 31/05/2009 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Casey Stoner Ducati AUS 90 2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha ESP 86 3. Valentino Rossi Yamaha ITA 81 4. Daniel Pedrosa Honda ESP 57 5. Andrea Dovizioso Honda ITA 56 6. Marco Melandri Kawasaki ITA 48 7. Colin Edwards Yamaha USA 45 8. Loris Capirossi Suzuki ITA 38 9. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki AUS 37 10. Randy De Puniet Honda FRA 34 11. James Toseland Yamaha GBR 26 12. Toni Elias Honda ESP 23 13. Alex De Angelis Honda SMR 21 14. Mika Kallio Ducati FIN 19 15. Nicky Hayden Ducati USA 13 Manufacturer Standings 31/05/2009 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. Yamaha 115 2. Ducati 90 3. Honda 76 4. Suzuki 49 5. Kawasaki 48 Yamaha Racing Communications Hoogte Kadijk 61 HS / 1018 BE Amsterdam / The Netherlands T. +31 (0) 20 330 2709 / F. +31 (0) 20 420 9470 E. office@yrc.nl W. www.yamaha-racing.com