Clement
Desalle was still able to use his weakened shoulders to lift a sixth
podium trophy of the season as the Belgian battled across the rutted
hard-pack of Talkessel, Teutschenthal to take third place overall on his
works RM-Z450 at the Grand Prix of Germany today.
Rockstar
Energy Suzuki World MX1 was able to reflect on a successful ninth round
of 15 in the FIM Motocross World Championship with Desalle barely
adjusting his factory machine for the fast and undulating course and
able to return to the rostrum after coping with small injury problems
over the past two weeks. A large crowd of 40,000 created a lively
atmosphere for the best-attended meeting of the season so far.
Two
fairly decent starts and a smooth attack of the terrain and the riders
ahead all hitting similar lap-times meant that Desalle was able to hunt
for a healthy quantity of Championship points. A duel and victory over
Ken De Dycker for fifth position in the first race was improved by a
confident surge to third place in the second that put Desalle back on
the box and signified a loss of only eight points to World Champion Tony
Cairoli who is the sole rider ahead of the Belgian in the MX1
standings.
Team-mate Steve Ramon did not have the best GP and
admitted he was not on best form as he rode to 10th and ninth for
10th-place overall. The former World Champion had a crash in the second
race that set him back.
Desalle trails Cairoli by only 18 points
in the series' standings with trips to Latvia, Belgium, Czech Republic,
UK, Germany and Italy remaining before the culmination of the season in
September. Ramon is 10th but one point from eighth.
The Grand
Prix of Latvia at the Kegums circuit will hold round 10 of the FIM
series and will take place next week, meaning a trek east direct from
Teutschenthal for the Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 crew.
Clement Desalle:
"It
was another difficult weekend for me. I was not feeling good after the
qualification yesterday and it was hard with all the small injuries to
keep a good feeling on the bike today. That is the key for me. If I can
find the feeling and enjoy my riding then of course I will be fast. I'm
not so happy with my current situation but it is good to come back on
the podium!"
Steve Ramon:
"Not much
luck today. I had a pretty good start in the first moto but I made two
mistakes on the first lap and some guys passed me. I wasn't riding well
today and didn't have the power to push. It was tough. The second moto
was about a bad start, a crash, pushing to recover and then making
mistakes! I crashed together with Schiffer and from that point I just
tried to get as many points as possible. Of course I'm not happy but I
did what I could."
MX1 Moto1: 1. Evgeny
Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 39:44.894; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM),
+0:04.021; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:05.673; 4. Maximilian
Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:06.777; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:22.381;
6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), +0:25.319; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR,
Honda), +0:40.536; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:48.745; 9.
David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:51.773; 10. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:54.969.
MX1 Moto2: 1. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 39:48.006; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:03.710; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +0:21.504;
4. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:27.394; 5. Ken de Dycker (BEL,
Honda), +0:32.547; 6. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:36.851; 7.
Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:38.614; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA,
Yamaha), +0:41.565; 9. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), +1:08.997; 10. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha), +1:19.049.
MX1 Overall result: 1. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 50 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 44 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 36 p.;
4. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 32 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 32
p.; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, Honda), 31 p.; 7. Jonathan Barragan (ESP,
Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 26 p.; 9. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 10. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 23 p.
MX1 World Championship standings (after 9 of 15 rounds):1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 366 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 348 p.;
3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 326 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS,
Honda), 294 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 282 p.; 6. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 250 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 249
p.; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 204 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), 203 p.; 10. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 203 p.
7/10/2011 9:26pm
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