Pirelli Tyre MX GP of Germany Race Report

FIM
Motocross World Championship

ROUND
8 – TEUTSCHENTHAL 19-20 JUNE

20
June
2009, Teutschenthal (Germany)
–
The MX1
podium was branded Pirelli
and victory was celebrated for Scorpion
MX in the
MX2
class.
The Grand
Prix of Germany saw
the FIM Motocross World Championship move into its second half and a
Pirelli triumph in the premier class was obtained by Ken
De Dycker,
who celebrated his birthday with a double moto set and Marvin
Musquin
won his seventh MX2 GP of the season.

MX1

As
in previous Grand Prix the Scorpion
MidSoft
32
has again dominated the premier class with
nine of the first ten riders classified in the final ranking.
Apart from the rider filling 5th place, all the other protagonists in
the top ten negotiated the limits of grip with their sticky Pirelli
at the hard-pack and rough Teutschenthal circuit, close to the city
of Leipzig. The win was taken by Ken
De Dycker
for the first time in 2010 (the fourth of his career) with chequered
flags in both motos. De Dycker was too much of a force for his rivals
that included works Suzuki representative Clement
Desalle,
who was runner-up in front of factory Yamaha rider, and Grand Prix of
France winner, David
Philippaerts.
Championship leader Antonio
Cairoli
was the victim of a poor start in the first moto and fought back to
6th place from the lower end of the pack and then pushed De Dycker
all the way to the flag in the second affair.

Overall
Classification:

World
Championship standings:

MX2

MX2
once
more fell into the hands of champion Marvin
Musquin
with his powerful combination of KTM-Pirelli
Scorpion
MidSoft
32 as
the Frenchman was all-too convincing for the seventh time in eight
Grands Prix. The world champion enacted a familiar scenario when he
escaped to build-up a lead in the first moto and then rode a safe
race behind local hero Ken Roczen later in the afternoon to secure
his success. It was an unlucky day for team-mate, Dutchman Jeffrey
Herlings,
who had a technical problem in the first race and took 8th in the
next while the third factory KTM star, Shaun
Simpson, finished
8th overall behind French teenage rookie of the Yamaha Gariboldi team
Christophe
Charlier.

Overall
Classification:

World
Championship standings: