SAN BERNARDINO
(CA, USA), 30 May 2010 – Antonio Cairoli in the MX1 class and Marvin Musquin
in the MX2 took victory at this successful USA Grand Prix comeback to Glen
Helen Raceway, hosting the hottest Grand Prix of the year so far with high
temperatures all over the weekend.
Cairoli, who won heat one despite a broken gear lever, topped the podium
from home rider Mike Alessi and Clement Desalle. The Italian continues to
lead the MX1 Championship.
MX2 series leader
Musquin dominated both heats to top the MX2 podium ahead of home rider Zach
Osborne and Steven Frossard.
In
the Veterans’ World Cup Doug Dubach took the overall win with Darryl King
in second and series leader Mats Nilsson in third.
MX1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Cairoli took an incredible victory of
this USA Grand Prix by winning moto one and taking third in moto two. What
the fans will remember is surely the Italian’s performance in heat one,
when he was leading until he broke the gear lever of his KTM 350 SX-F.
Alessi took the chance to move past and get the lead but a gusty Cairoli
made it back to first and took victory despite his bike being stuck in
third gear.
Jägermeister Factory KTM’s Alessi, also onboard the KTM 350, was second
overall. After taking second in moto one, the American battled it out with
Cairoli for third but eventually dropped down to fourth after the two
passed each other several times.
Desalle of Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 made his comeback to the podium
courtesy of third overall. The Belgian was fifth in moto one but made up
for that in moto two where he took a solid second place behind winner
Townley – in moto one the New Zealander crashed twice and pulled out.
Kawasaki Racing’s Boog was fourth overall as he put together a sixth and a
fifth place finish in the moto’s. Other Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1
rider Ramon completed the top five.
After a third place in moto one, Nagl crashed in moto two and did not score
points. The runner up in the Championship has now a gap of 41 points from
leader Cairoli.
Philippaerts struggled with the track to take only a 15th place overall and
drop down to fourth in the Championship while Desalle is now in third.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 40:08.080; ; 2. Mike
Alessi (USA, KTM), +0:00.668; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:08.433; 4.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), +0:17.447; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki),
+0:30.090; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:36.188; 7. Steve Ramon (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:40.895; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), +0:48.051; 9. Grant
Langston (RSA, Yamaha), +0:56.959; 10. Kyle Chisolm (USA, Yamaha), +0:58.316;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ben Townley (NZL, Honda), 40:44.289; ; 2. Clement
Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.997; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:09.528;
4. Mike Alessi (USA, KTM), +0:11.313; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki),
+0:25.269; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:28.412; 7. Davide Guarneri
(ITA, Honda), +0:34.088; 8. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, TM), +0:36.597; 9.
Joshua Coppins (NZL, Aprilia), +0:42.774; 10. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha),
+0:56.451;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 45 points; 2. Mike
Alessi (USA, KTM), 40 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 4.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 31 p.; 5. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 29 p.; 6.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, Yamaha), 29 p.; 7. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 27 p.;
8. Ben Townley (NZL, Honda), 25 p.; 9. Kyle Chisolm (USA, Yamaha), 20 p.;
10. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 20 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 259 points; 2.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 218 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 196
p.; 4. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 184 p.; 5. Ken de Dycker (BEL,
Yamaha), 174 p.; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 173 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), 167 p.; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, Honda), 135 p.; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev
(RUS, Honda), 115 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Honda), 111 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 287 points; 2. Suzuki, 242 p.; 3. Yamaha, 225
p.; 4. Honda, 192 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 183 p.; 6. Aprilia, 90 p.; 7. TM, 75 p.;
8. CCM, 11 p.; 9. Husqvarna, 4 p.;
Complete results
available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available
at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
MX2
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Musquin was his solid self in the United
States where he took two moto wins and the overall. The French took two
good starts and led the races from the opening lap already, opening up an
initial gap then racing on his own until the chequered flag.
Taking his first podium of the season was home rider Osborne of Bike It
Cosworth Yamaha UK. The American could not go catch Musquin for first as he
had to get rid of Simpson in both heats. The duo fought tooth and nail in
heat one, with Osborne taking fourth eventually, and in heat two when
Osborne took his best heat result of the season courtesy of a second place.
Kawasaki CLS’ Frossard made it to third on the podium despite a tough
qualifying heat yesterday, when he crashed and injured his right thumb. The
French raced a superb heat one, taking an eventual second after Kullas
broke the bike and pulled out. In moto two he was fourth. Frossard is now
third in the Championship which is a confidence booster ahead of his home
GP next weekend.
Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Roczen was a bitter fourth overall. The
German recovered to third in heat one after he was involved in a tangle but
went down in the final moto due to another tangle – eventually he was
fifth.
Other Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 man Simpson rounded off the top five
while team mate Herlings was 14th overall after crashing in both heats.
Despite taking third in yesterday’s qualifying, Anstie struggled and
crashed on race day. He finished 17th.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 40:13.981; ; 2. Steven
Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:03.707; 3. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki),
+0:09.005; 4. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:39.125; 5. Jeremy van Horebeek
(BEL, Kawasaki), +0:40.533; 6. Travis Baker (USA, Yamaha), +0:44.942; 7.
Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), +0:50.547; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM),
+0:55.858; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:04.309; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR,
KTM), +1:20.608;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 23:53.935; ; 2. Zach
Osborne (USA, Yamaha), +0:12.420; 3. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:16.677;
4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:18.739; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki),
+0:34.302; 6. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, KTM), +0:35.856; 7. Jake Nicholls
(GBR, KTM), +0:36.968; 8. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:38.909;
9. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:46.465; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha),
+0:53.474;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Zach
Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 40 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40 p.; 4.
Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 36 p.; 5. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 32 p.; 6.
Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 29 p.; 7. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 25
p.; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 24 p.; 9. Dennis Verbruggen (BEL, KTM),
22 p.; 10. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 22 p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 268 points; 2. Ken
Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 228 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 205 p.;
4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 197 p.; 5. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 170
p.; 6. Zach Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 163 p.; 7. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL,
Kawasaki), 157 p.; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Suzuki), 154 p.; 9. Joel Roelants
(BEL, KTM), 134 p.; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 129 p.;
MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 295 points; 2. Suzuki, 235 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 211
p.; 4. Yamaha, 201 p.; 5. Honda, 57 p.; 6. TM, 10 p.;
Complete results
available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available
at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
VETERANS
Home rider Dubach was the first one to break Nilsson’s dominance of this
2010 FIM Veterans’ World Cup as he went on to take victory in both heats at
Glen Helen Raceway. Dubach topped the podium from former GP winner Darryl
King of New Zealand, who went two-two in the heats. Nilsson was third
overall to maintain the series lead. Nicoll and Davis completed the top
five.
GP OF USA – QUICK
FACTS
Circuit length: 1770 mt
Type of ground: hard pack
Temperature: 31° C
Weather conditions: sunny, hot
Crowd attendance: 16000
As the whole FIM Motocross World Championship, this Grand Prix and the FIM
Women’s World Championship Race 2 will be broadcast live and delayed.
Click here to see schedule and coverage online.
NEXT GP
The seventh of 15 GP’s will be held at St. Jean D’Angely, France, on the June
6 weekend and will host also the fourth round of the FIM Women’s World
Championship as well as the third round of the UEM EMX 125 series. The
fourth round of the FIM Veterans’ World Cup will be held in Kegums, Latvia,
on the June 27 weekend.
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