Press Release

Philippaerts 6th in Latvia


























DP at
Kegums


A hot and hard Grand Prix of Latvia at the Kegums circuit, flanked by a
17,000 attendance, saw Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David
Philippaerts score 5th and 6th positions for 6th overall at the ninth
round of fifteen in the 2010 FIM MX-GP World Championship. The Italian
is currently 3rd in the MX1-GP standings. Winner last week at
Teutschenthal, Ken De Dycker took his Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX
team YZ450FM to 12th overall and was uncomfortable in the races after
tweaking his back in Saturday's Qualification Heat.



The racing at Kegums took place on a fine and powdery surface with a
shifting terrain and loose berms on top of a hard base; creating a
curious mix of sand and hard-pack. It was a tough course physically,
simply through the demands of the pointed bumps combined with the fast
speed and hefty jumps and waves sections.



Philippaerts, who had fully recovered from the effects of a cold that
had left him weakened in Germany last weekend, rode hard and fought
closely with Tony Cairoli for 4th in the first moto, eventually crossing
the finish line in 5th. In a static second race he circulated too far
from the rear wheel of Xavier Boog but far enough ahead of Max Nagl to
set a comfortable rhythm.














De
Dycker in Latvia
De Dycker in Latvia


De Dycker, so aggressive, attacking and pro-active at Teutschenthal
where he picked up his first win of the season and the second for the
YZ450FM had to unveil the same spirit in the first moto after a slip on
the opening turn left him last. The Belgian determinedly worked his way
up to 10th place. A sore back through a mistimed jump on Saturday
counted against him in the second race and after another average start
he completed the race distance with 14th spot.



The world championship standing is headed by Tony Cairoli, holding a
61 advantage over Clement Desalle and 86 from Philippaerts. De Dycker is
6th and 29 points from the first three.



Yamaha Monster Energy MX Teams will catch the ferry north in the
coming days to land in Sweden and head to the Uddevalla circuit for the
tenth round of the series next weekend. A three week break will follow
in July before the final third of the campaign will take place with
races in Belgium, Czech Republic, Brazil, Holland and Italy.



David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 6th:



"It was a difficult day and I did not like the track. There were many
jumps with soft take-offs and landings. To finish fifth and sixth is
pretty good because this was a bad GP for me last year so I am happy
overall. My riding was good; I was slower than some other riders today
but the position was OK. Now I will relax and do a bit of practice for
Sweden. Uddevalla is a good circuit for me and I expect to be able to
attack more there and go for more points."



Ken De Dycker, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 12th:



"Yesterday in qualifying I came up short on a jump and hurt my back.
It wasn't too bad in the first moto but I really felt it in the second
race. I had pain and couldn't hold on anymore. I made a mistake in the
first moto and the front wheel just slid away after that it was a
difficult race but it went OK. There were a lot of small bumps out there
but there was grip on the track and it was good."







Circuit Length: NA




Crowd: 17,000



Weather: Sunny



Last Years Winner: Antonio Cairoli






2010 GP of Latvia 27/06/2010




Race 1 - 20
Laps

























































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Clement DesalleSuzukiBEL38'54.633
2Evgeny BobryshevHondaRUS0'12.451
3Steve RamonSuzukiBEL0'24.131
4Antonio CairoliKTMITA0'33.514
5David PhilippaertsYamahaITA0'39.071
6Xavier BoogKawasakiFRA0'44.621
7Maximilian NaglKTMGER0'46.826
8Davide GuarneriHondaITA0'48.973
9Tanel LeokHondaEST0'50.444
10Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL0'54.965
11Rui GoncalvesKTMPOR0'56.368
12Jimmy AlbertsonHondaUSA1'05.594
13Anthony BoissièreTMFRA1'15.581
14Joshua CoppinsApriliaNZL1'15.767
15Gareth SwanepoelHondaRSA1'35.429
17Tom SoderstromYamahaSWE1'57.472






Race 2 - 20
Laps

























































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Antonio CairoliKTMITA39'44.581
2Clement DesalleSuzukiBEL0'13.410
3Steve RamonSuzukiBEL0'25.118
4Evgeny BobryshevHondaRUS0'32.040
5Xavier BoogKawasakiFRA0'37.404
6David PhilippaertsYamahaITA0'41.379
7Maximilian NaglKTMGER0'42.842
8Tanel LeokHondaEST0'44.219
9Rui GoncalvesKTMPOR0'50.391
10Davide GuarneriHondaITA1'09.611
11Anthony BoissièreTMFRA1'11.865
12Gareth SwanepoelHondaRSA1'16.517
13Kevin StrijbosSuzukiBEL1'18.612
14Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL2'08.195
15Matthias WalknerKTMAUT-1Laps
17Tom SoderstromYamahaSWE-1Laps






Rider Standings 27/06/2010





























































































































































Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1.Antonio CairoliKTMITA384
2.Clement
Desalle
SuzukiBEL323
3.David PhilippaertsYamahaITA298
4.Steve
Ramon
SuzukiBEL277
5.Maximilian
Nagl
KTMGER276
6.Ken De DyckerYamahaBEL269
7.Xavier
Boog
KawasakiFRA248
8.Tanel
Leok
HondaEST207
9.Davide
Guarneri
HondaITA189
10.Evgeny
Bobryshev
HondaRUS189
11.Anthony
Boissière
TMFRA134
12.Kevin
Strijbos
SuzukiBEL134
13.Gareth
Swanepoel
HondaRSA126
14.Joshua
Coppins
ApriliaNZL120
15.Rui
Goncalves
KTMPOR104
21.Manuel
Monni
YamahaITA46
25.Tom
Soderstrom
YamahaSWE31
27.Kyle
Chisholm
YamahaUSA20
28.Alvaro
Lozano
YamahaESP14
29.Grant
Langston
YamahaRSA12
31.Matteo
Bonini
YamahaITA11






Manufacturer Standings27/06/2010





















































Pos. Manufacturer Points
1.KTM413
2.Suzuki373
3.Yamaha351
4.Honda289
5.Kawasaki275
6.TM134
7.Aprilia128
8.CCM11
9.Husqvarna4






RACE REPORT27/06/2010









Paulin 5th at
Kegums for Latvian GP














Paulin
in Latvia
Paulin in Latvia


Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's Gautier Paulin registered a 5th
position finish overall at Kegums for the Grand Prix of Latvia,
attended by 17,000 spectators for the ninth outing of fifteen in the FIM
Motocross World Championship. The talented Frenchman was the
highest-ranked 2010 YZ250FM rider from three Yamaha machines in the top
ten of the MX2-GP class.



The loose terrain - almost sandy and constantly shifting and churning
into new bumps and ruts - presented a hard and physical outing for the
riders and although the sunshine brought high temperatures, a breeze and
relatively low humidity offered some relief.



Despite less than ideal starts that saw him mid-pack in both motos,
Paulin marked some decent speed in the tricky conditions. He diligently
rose from 15th to 7th in the first race and needed a few circulations to
overtake Jake Nicholls and Joel Roelants at the beginning of the second
to then lap alone in 4th.














Kullas
at Kegums
Kullas at Kegums


In 7th overall for one of his best results of the season was a
reinvigorated Harri Kullas who guided his Yamaha Monster Energy
Gariboldi YZ250F to 6th and 12th; a brilliant start in the top four in
the first moto helping the Finnish teenager to equal a personal best
race result. Just behind him in the ranking was Christophe Charlier who
rode quickly and sensibly in the wake of several crashes on Saturday.
The Frenchman, and European Champion, was 10th and 9th in what was a
good Grand Prix for the Italian squad new to the Grand Prix paddock in
2010.



Bike it Cosworth Yamaha's Zach Osborne could not stretch his decent
run of form to four consecutive podiums. The American crashed on the
first corner of the first moto and damaged his silencer. He entered the
pits shortly after and fitted a new exhaust but lost almost two laps and
was too far adrift of the rear of the field. In the second race he
built up his speed slowly and attacked Roelants on the last lap to
obtain 5th place (13th overall despite the DNF).



Osborne is the highest-ranked MX2 rider in the current world
championship standings with 5th and trails Jeffrey Herlings by 37
points. Kullas is 10th and Charlier 12th - both riders in their rookie
GP campaigns - while Paulin has dragged himself up to 13th although
missed the first four events.



Round ten starts the final third of the 2010 FIM MX-GP World
Championship next week at Uddevalla for the Grand Prix of Sweden.



Gautier Paulin, Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team, 5th:



"My best lap-time of the second moto was 0.8 away from the leaders so I
know I have the pace. I lost too much time behind Roelants and Nicholls
in the second moto so the first three had gone by the time I got into
fourth. The track was so difficult and technical and for my style of
riding it was physically very tough because you had to be so precise. My
concentration, speed and physical condition was good and normally I
ride very well on this kind of track but I need to improve my starts and
then I will live with the leaders for sure and be going for the podium.
I have been training hard to come back to the feeling I know on the
bike and I am confident. I will have some rest this week and have a play
on the bike to come to Sweden determined to get good results."



Harri Kullas, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 7th:



"I am happy about this weekend because for the last few GPs I have not
had much luck. In one month I had two small concussions! In the first
race I had a good start and was third in the beginning. I pushed to see
what I could do and had a good battle with Roelants for fourth but he
was just a bit too fast. I finished sixth by the end and that was OK for
me. In the second moto I was in the top ten again but I wasn't so sharp
on the first lap and dropped a few places. I worked on getting my
rhythm together and overtook a few people including Simpson on the last
lap. Seventh overall is a good result but the second race could have
been better."



Christophe Charlier, Yamaha Monster Energy Gariboldi, 8th:



"I was pushed out on the first corner of the first moto and I almost
crashed. I had already gone down a few times on Saturday so I wanted to
be more careful but I pushed back anyway and had some pain in my back
and my arm. The second race was pretty good and I felt like my speed was
decent. I had to calm down a bit after Saturday and after some bad luck
recently I think this was a step in the right direction."



Zach Osborne, Bike it Cosworth Yamaha, 13th:



"The crash was my fault. I shouldn't have been in that position and
someone ran over the back of the bike and broke the pipe. I stopped in
the pit thinking that I could get back out and run on the track with the
leaders because when people see them coming they tend to move over and
that would have helped win positions but it took a bit longer to change
the pipe than we thought and it would have been impossible to get near
the points. It seemed pointless to grind out a race on an already
difficult track. The second moto was decent. It took me a few laps to
get going because I hadn't had a chance to set my pace in the first
race. After twenty minutes or so I felt quite comfortable and confident
and made some passes. I was not podium material this weekend and I can
accept that and go on to next weekend and try to do a bit better. Sweden
is a new track but I am keen to do well there."







Circuit Length: NA




Crowd: 17,000



Weather: Sunny



Last Years Winner: Rui Goncalves






2010 GP of Latvia 27/06/2010




Race 1 - 21
Laps
























































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Marvin MusquinKTMFRA40'02.269
2Ken RoczenSuzukiGER0'00.701
3Jeffrey HerlingsKTMNED0'10.349
4Steven FrossardKawasakiFRA0'32.455
5Joel RoelantsKTMBEL0'53.511
6Harri KullasYamahaFIN1'08.966
7Gautier PaulinYamahaFRA1'21.629
8Shaun SimpsonKTMGBR1'42.337
9Valentin TeilletKTMFRA1'43.915
10Christophe CharlierYamahaFRA1'52.417
11Khounsith VongsanaKTMFRA2'05.823
12Arnaud TonusSuzukiCHE-1Laps
13Jake NichollsKTMGBR-1Laps
14Matiss KarroSuzukiLVA-1Laps
15Nick TriestKTMBEL-1Laps
17Mel PocockYamahaGBR-1Laps






Race 2 - 21
Laps























































































































































































Pos.Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1Jeffrey HerlingsKTMNED39'22.107
2Steven FrossardKawasakiFRA0'02.998
3Ken RoczenSuzukiGER0'05.224
4Gautier PaulinYamahaFRA0'39.306
5Zach OsborneYamahaUSA0'48.873
6Joel RoelantsKTMBEL0'50.140
7Marvin MusquinKTMFRA0'53.176
8Arnaud TonusSuzukiCHE1'06.550
9Christophe CharlierYamahaFRA1'11.730
10Jake NichollsKTMGBR1'21.620
11Michael LiebKawasakiUSA1'33.475
12Harri KullasYamahaFIN1'42.631
13Shaun SimpsonKTMGBR1'49.386
14Valentin TeilletKTMFRA2'07.758
15Matiss KarroSuzukiLVA-1Laps
17Mel PocockYamahaGBR-1Laps






Rider Standings 27/06/2010




















































Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1.Marvin MusquinKTMFRA404
2.Ken
Roczen
SuzukiGER330
3.Steven
Frossard
KawasakiFRA308
4.Jeffrey
Herlings
KTMNED286
5.Zach OsborneYamahaUSA249
6.Shaun
Simpson
KTMGBR246




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