Press Release

Dean Ferris 16th overall in maiden GP‏

ocscottie
6/21/2010 2:45pm


Australian MX1 racer Dean Ferris
took part in his first ever Grand Prix this past weekend, scoring a
superb
14th position in the 2nd moto, earning him enough
points for a 16th overall. Ferris, who travelled to Europe to
gain some international racing experience, was privileged enough to be
offered a full factory 450cc Honda to race at the German GP by Honda
Martin
Racing.


Having never ridden the machine
before Ferris headed out on to the circuit on Saturday morning with no
idea
what to expect from the bike, the circuit or the competition, but the 19
year old settled in well and qualified in 25th
position.


Making some changes on the bike
for
Sunday, Ferris lined up his number 711 eager for the opening 35 minute
and
2 lap race of the day. The gate dropped and as the pack headed into the
first turn the 711 Honda was just outside the top 20. On the opening
laps
Ferris was riding stiff on the bike and soon felt the strain of a GP,
but
after 10 minutes of racing the Australian started to settle in and soon
started to increase his speed. By lap 14 Ferris was up into 18th
place and chasing hard, but with just a couple of laps remaining he
stalled
the bike in a deep rut dropping down to 22nd position where
he
finished the race.


Making further suspension and
gearing changes to the bike Ferris lined up for the 2nd moto,
focused on scoring his first GP points. As the pack powered through the
first turn the Australian was inside the top 20 and looking much more
comfortable on the machine. Lap after lap Ferris improved his speed as
he
gradually moved his way forward through the field. With 2 laps remaining
the youngster made his move into 14th position, which he held
to
the finish line, awarding his gutsy ride with a 16th overall
for
the day.


Dean Ferris talked about his
experience: ”I had no idea what to expect from this GP, but I am
pumped to have scored a 14th in the 2nd moto. It
is
amazing how complex and different the factory bike is from what I
usually
ride, and I just had no idea where to start with the settings. My
mechanic
Roger and team owner Paulo really worked hard all weekend trying
different
settings on mapping, gearing and suspension, and even on the hydraulic
clutch, and by the time we got to the second moto the bike was starting
to
feel ‘normal’ to me. I head back home now for the remaining
Australian Championship rounds, but as soon as those are done I plan on
heading back to Europe where I can hopefully join back up with the Honda
Martin team and do some of the final GPs of the season. All in all I
have
learnt so much and hope to see everyone in the GP paddock again soon.
Thanks again to everyone involved this past weekend.”




Results



Moto 1
1  DE
DYCKER, Ken
2  PHILIPPAERTS, David
3  DESALLE, Clement
4  BOOG,
Xavier
5  NAGL, Maximilian
6  CAIROLI, Antonio
7  RAMON, Steve
8  BOBRYSHEV,
Evgeny
9  STRIJBOS, Kevin
10  LEOK, Tanel
11  GUARNERI, Davide
12  BOISSIERE,
Anthony
13  SWANEPOEL, Gareth
14  COPPINS, Joshua
15  ALBERTSON,
Jimmy
22  FERRIS,
Dean

Moto 2
1  DE DYCKER, Ken
2  CAIROLI,
Antonio
3  DESALLE, Clement
4  BOOG,
Xavier
5  PHILIPPAERTS, David
6  GUARNERI,
Davide
7  NAGL, Maximilian
8  BOBRYSHEV,
Evgeny
9  RAMON, Steve
10  SWANEPOEL,
Gareth
11  GONCALVES, Rui
12  LEOK, Tanel
13  ALBERTSON, Jimmy
14  FERRIS,
Dean
15  WALKNER, Matthias


Overall
1 DE
DYCKER, Ken   50
2 DESALLE,
Clement  40
3 PHILIPPAERTS, David  38
4 CAIROLI, Antonio  37
5 BOOG,
Xavier   36
6 NAGL, Maximilian  30
7 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny  26
8 RAMON,
Steve   26
9 GUARNERI, Davide  25
10 LEOK, Tanel   20
11 SWANEPOEL,
Gareth  19
12 ALBERTSON, Jimmy  14
13 GONCALVES, Rui   13
14 STRIJBOS,
Kevin   12
15 BOISSIERE, Anthony  9
16 FERRIS,
Dean   7


World Championship Standings
1  CAIROLI,
Antonio 341
2  DESALLE,
Clement 276
3  PHILIPPAERTS, David 267
4  DE DYCKER, Ken  251
5  NAGL,
Maximilian 248
6  RAMON, Steve  237
7  BOOG, Xavier  217
8  LEOK,
Tanel  182
9  GUARNERI, Davide 165
10  BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny 149
11  STRIJBOS,
Kevin  121
12  BOISSIERE, Anthony 116
13  COPPINS, Joshua  113
14  SWANEPOEL,
Gareth 111
15  POURCEL,
Sebastien 92




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