Press Release

Tough Day For Suzuki At Mexican MX2

ocscottie
5/14/2012 12:47pm

Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe survived high
temperatures and a dusty and tricky Nico España circuit at Guadalajara
for the Grand Prix of Mexico and saw Petar Petrov and Harri Kullas pick
up 13th and 16th positions overall in front of 25,000 spectators.

The
first ever visit to the country for the FIM Motocross World
Championship signified that the fourth round of 16 was played out in
high temperatures and across a track that was rough and rutted and with
loose and muddy terrain in certain sections. Kullas and Petrov needed
the first practice sessions on Saturday to dial-in the factory RM-Z250s
to deal with the 1600m (above sea level) altitude of the venue.

Kullas
was unlucky to DNF the first moto after a technical problem and Petrov
crashed and lost time that meant a finish of 16th. The Finn suffered a
small slip in the second race but in general the sprint was a better
outing for the youngsters and Kullas squeezed inside the top 10 with
10th place and Petrov was not far behind in 12th.

Kullas occupies 10th in the MX2 championship standings with 29 points the difference to fifth spot. Petrov is 13th.

The
Grand Prix of Brazil at Beto Carrero will be the second stop on the
South American tour of the calendar and Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe
will head south for round five next weekend.

Thomas Ramsbacher:

"It
was a tough weekend for us. Both riders didn't get the best starts, so
to come back from where they were and how the track was watered was
difficult. The riding wasn't bad in the first moto but when the guys
came back in the mud across the bikes and radiator was like cement!
Harri did OK in the second moto but crashed in the last sector of the
lap and lost eighth place, went down to 12th and in the end came back to
10th. I am also happy with Petar's 12th position in the second moto."

Petar Petrov:

"A
really tough GP. Yesterday I felt good and took fifth in free practice
and sixth in pre-qualifying which was really good for me; my best
Saturday to-date. Unfortunately my riding wasn't so great today. I was
around 13th in the first moto but then crashed and it must have been at
least a minute before I could get going again. I wanted to do better in
the second moto and that was OK. I want an improvement next week in
Brazil, that's for sure."

MX2 Moto1: 1. Jeffrey
Herlings (NED, KTM), 40:55.196; 2. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki),
+0:05.894; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:09.001; 4. Dylan
Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:47.159; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM),
+0:47.666; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:48.714; 7. Christophe
Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:00.731; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Honda),
+1:19.093; 9. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:24.396; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR,
KTM), +1:27.746; 16. Petar Petrov (BUL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), -1 lap(s); 21. Harri Kullas (FIN, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), -7 lap(s).

MX2 Moto2:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 39:06.278; 2. Tommy Searle (GBR,
Kawasaki), +0:24.774; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:27.163; 4.
Joel Roelants (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:36.183; 5. Christophe Charlier (FRA,
Yamaha), +0:51.182; 6. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:05.255; 7. Glenn
Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +1:13.023; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:17.628;
9. Max Anstie (GBR, Honda), +1:25.586; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), +1:30.408; 11. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Husqvarna), +2:03.155; 12. Petar Petrov (BUL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), -1 lap(s).

MX2 Overall Result:
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tommy Searle (GBR,
Kawasaki), 44 p.; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Joel
Roelants (BEL, Kawasaki), 33 p.; 5. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha),
30 p.; 6. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM),
26 p.; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Honda), 25 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED,
KTM), 20 p.; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Husqvarna), 20 p.; 13. Petar Petrov (BUL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), 14 p.; 16. Harri Kullas (FIN, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), 11 p.

MX2 World Championship Standings
(after 4 of 16 rounds): 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 194 points; 2.
Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 154 p.; 3. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki),
153 p.; 4. Joel Roelants (BEL, Kawasaki), 118 p.; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA,
KTM), 107 p.; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Honda), 105 p.; 7. Jake Nicholls
(GBR, KTM), 95 p.; 8. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), 91 p.; 9.
Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Husqvarna), 80 p.; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), 76 p.; 11. Michael Leib (USA, Yamaha), 61 p.; 12. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 60 p.; 13. Petar Petrov (BUL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe), 57 p.

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