De Dycker and Simpson out of luck at La Baneza

La
Baneza - LS
Honda riders Ken De Dycker and Shaun Simpson endured a tough weekend
in Spain as the MX1 World Championship visited La Baneza for the
first time. The venue for the seventh round of the series provided a
curious challenge with a compact, tight layout and stony, hard-pack
soil. Although the fast and testing track created close racing,
riders were generally disappointed with the lack of line choice and
overtaking options.

What
turned out to be a disappointing weekend for the Honda Europe
supported Belgian team had started very promising indeed on Saturday.
It was a crafty De Dycker who snatched an impressive provisional pole
in pre-qualifying practice. Not to be denied team mate Simpson posted
the fifth time of the session. Shaun charged on to take 10th in the
qualifying race. After a terrible start, De Dycker’s fortunes did
not improve as he was forced to pull out of the race with clutch
problems.

Although
Keeno had made a point about his speed on Saturday, his race day
would be a frustrating experience due to his bad gate position.
Starting at the back of the pack the spectacular Belgian made an
inspired push to 11th position in both motos. The nature of the track
made overtaking even more difficult, denying Ken the possibilities to
make a crack a top-10 finish. After a mediocre start Shaun Simpson
decidedly progressed through the ranks attacking wherever he could.
From his tenth position on the gate the 23-year old Britton climbed
up to 6th, but two crashes and a snapped radiator shroud shredded his
chance at a a strong result. Shaun finished the opening moto ranked
in 16th position

The
second moto saw more bad luck for Simpson when he was hit by the
crashing Alvaro Lozano. The Spaniard’s rear wheel flipped up and
broke the radiator of the LS Honda Racing number ‘24’ machine.
Although Simpson pitted to change material, he was unable to enter
the points and finished five laps down.

Ken
De Dycker:
“Not a good day. It is so difficult to pass guys and it felt like
there was no real decent chance of being able to come from the back.
We still need to improve in the coming races because it is so
important to be in the top five at the start. Saturday was going
well, but today… it was too difficult.”


Shaun
Simpson: “It
should have been a lot better. Two bad starts, but in the first moto
I did a good job in coming through and reaching sixth. I made a
stupid mistake trying to pass Desalle and then crashed on my own at
slow speed. I ripped the shroud off and just had to ride around for
what points I could get. I was ready for the second one and must have
been near the top ten, but Lozano crashed in front of me and his rear
wheel came around and ripped the other shroud off and one side of the
radiator. I had no water and had to come-in. We changed it and I
decided just to go out for a few laps for a bit of extra training or
whatever. I can’t seem to get into any of those little gaps inside
the top ten at the moment, but we will keep trying.”

Race
1:
1.
Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 39:48.680; ; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), +0:00.632; 3. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:04.248; 4.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:06.261; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:32.066; 6. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +0:33.997; 7. Rui
Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:34.968; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda),
+0:37.779; 9. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:38.369; 10.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:39.561; 11.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing)
+0:51.874;
12.
Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:57.616; 13. Tanel Leok (EST, TM),
+1:02.428; 14. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), +1:04.741; 15. Marcus
Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), +1:19.320; 16.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing)
+1:32.627;
17.
Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +1:37.734; 18. Carlos Campano Jimenez
(ESP, Yamaha), +1:41.888; 19. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda),
+1:43.265; 20. Alvaro Lozano Rico (ESP, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 21.
Jeremy Delince (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 22. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT,
Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 23. Justs Augusts (LAT, Honda), -1 lap(s); 24.
Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), -2 lap(s); 25. Matthias Walkner (AUT,
KTM), -7 lap(s); 26. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), -8 lap(s); 27.
Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), -9 lap(s); 28. Yentel Martens (BEL, KTM),
-14 lap(s


Race
2: 1.
Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:30.932; ; 2. Tanel Leok (EST, TM),
+0:05.264; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:05.326; 4. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:07.147; 5. Jonathan Barragan (ESP,
Kawasaki), +0:11.141; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:16.194; 7.
Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:32.159; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), +0:39.202; 9. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:47.336;
10. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:49.623; 11.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing), +1:01.378;
12. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), +1:04.774; 13. Anthony Boissiere (FRA,
Yamaha), +1:12.065; 14. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), +1:19.467; 15.
Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), +1:33.584; 16. Kevin Strijbos
(BEL, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 17. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), -1
lap(s); 18. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 19. Jeremy
Delince (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 20. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), -1
lap(s); ;
DNF
Shaun
Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing)

GP
of Spain classification: 1.
Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 47 points; 2. David Philippaerts (ITA,
Yamaha), 38 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 37 p.; 4. Clement
Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 36 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 33 p.;
6. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 30 p.; 7. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki),
28 p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 27 p.; 9. Rui Goncalves
(POR, Honda), 25 p.; 10. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 11.
Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 24 p.; 12.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing) 20 p.;
13. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 15 p.; 14. Marcus Schiffer (GER,
Suzuki), 13 p.; 15. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 9 p.; 16.
Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 9 p.; 17. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Kawasaki), 9 p.; 18. Günter Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 6 p.; 19.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing) 5 p.;
20. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 21. Jeremy Delince (BEL,
KTM), 2 p.; 22. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 23. Alvaro
Lozano Rico (ESP, Yamaha), 1 p.;

MX1
World Championship standings: 1.
Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 285 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), 284 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 250 p.; 4. Maximilian
Nagl (GER, KTM), 225 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 204 p.; 6.
David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 199 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR,
Honda), 192 p.; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 164 p.; 9.
Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 161 p.; 10. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki),
149 p.; 11. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 143 p.; 12.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing) 137 p.;
13. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 133 p.; 14. Anthony Boissiere (FRA,
Yamaha), 96 p.; 15.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing),
89
p.; 16.
Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), 86 p.; 17. Carlos Campano Jimenez
(ESP, Yamaha), 36 p.; 18. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 30 p.; 19.
Jason Dougan (GBR, Yamaha), 26 p.; 20. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki),
26 p.; 21. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha), 23 p.; 22. Christian Craig
(USA, Honda), 21 p.; 23. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), 19 p.; 24. Günter
Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 18 p.; 25. Benjamin Townley (NZL,
Kawasaki), 15 p.; 26. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 11 p.; 27. Loic
Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), 10 p.; 28. Martin Barr (GBR, KTM), 8 p.; 29.
Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), 7 p.; 30. Gert Krestinov (EST, Kawasaki),
6 p.; 31. Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), 6 p.; 32. Herjan
Brakke (NED, Yamaha), 6 p.; 33. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 6 p.;
34. Roberto Castro Miranda (CRC, Honda), 5 p.; 35. Hugo Basaula (POR,
Kawasaki), 3 p.; 36. Weston Peick (USA, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 37. Jeremy
Delince (BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 38. Yentel Martens (BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 39.
Joao Paulino da Silva (BRA, Honda), 2 p.; 40. Santtu Tiainen (FIN,
Kawasaki), 2 p.; 41. Luis Correa (ARG, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 42. Alvaro
Lozano Rico (ESP, Yamaha), 1 p.; 43. Cedric Soubeyras (FRA, KTM), 1
p.; 44. Cedric Lieber (BEL, KTM), 1 p

NEXT
WEEKEND: Ken
De Dycker and Shaun Simpson will race the 4th round of the Belgian
championship in Tongeren on Sunday 26 June