Double victory for KTM at Matterley Basin

MATTERLEY
BASIN (Great Britain), 21 August 2011 – The crowded track of Matterley
Basin hosted the 13th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship,
where Antonio Cairoli and Ken Roczen handed two more victories to KTM.
The penultimate round of the UEM EMX125 series also took place today and
Damon Graulus obtained his maiden overall round win.

The
second race of MX1 was red flagged, as there was a heavy crash between
Billy Mackenzie and Tanel Leok. Both riders were fighting for the sixth
position, when Leok landed on Mackenzie’s back wheel. In order to assist
the riders in the best possible way, the race direction decided to stop
the moto and all the MX1 riders lined up again 30 minutes after the
races was stopped. Fortunately, both riders are not seriously injured,
Leok has some pain on his back and Mackenzie in his neck and he was
still dazed and a bit confused after some hours of the accident.

MX1
Red
Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX1’s obtained his fifth GP victory of the
season at a track he defined as one of the best ones of the season. In
the first race he had a good start but he made a mistake and had to push
again from the 12th position to finally end third. In the second heat
he got the holeshot and dominated it from beginning to end. The Italian
is now 82 points ahead of Frossard, so his fifth World Title is closer
than ever.


CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit’s Pourcel did an incredible
first race, riding second most of it and overtaking Frossard by the end
of the heat. In the second one, Pourcel started really well but he was
too short on a jump and he had a crash, which made him pull out from the
race. However, as that race was red flagged, he was able to start again
and he crossed the finish line third, which let him be on the second
step of the podium.


Monster Energy Yamaha’s Frossard won the Lovemytime holeshot award, as
he took the holeshot in the first race. The runner up of the series was
leading the heat when he braked too much and stalled the bike at a
corner and then his compatriot Pourcel overtook him. Frossard obtained
two double second places, but he had to settle down with the third step
of the podium just one point behind Cairoli and Pourcel.


Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Nagl has improved one position in
the championship and he is now fourth thanks to his fourth overall
place. The German did not have great starts, but he did two incredible
recoveries and he managed to finish fifth in both heats.


Completing the top five was PAR Honda’s Anderson, who was the best
British rider in the MX1 class. Anderson, who has been picked up to
represent Great Britain at the Monster Energy FIM MXoN, finished ninth
and seventh in today’s races.


Barragán got involved in a tangle at the start of the first race and had
to start pushing really hard from the 17th position, and when the
Spaniard had recovered some places, he crashed again and crossed the
finish line 14th. In the second race Barragan had and incredible start
and he succeeded in keeping his initial fourth position, which gave him
the final sixth overall place.


Boissiere struggled in both races and had to battle a lot in order to
finish seventh overall ahead of Guarneri, who did not have great starts
but managed to finish eighth and eleventh. Gonçalves could not be back
on the podium this weekend and had had to settle down with a final ninth
position. The Portuguese finished sixth in the first race, and although
he started fourth in the second one, he crossed the finish line 14th.


Campano, on his first ride on the Monster Energy Yamaha, obtained a
solid tenth position. The Spanish rider crashed at the start of the
first race and had to fight from the dead last position to finish 15th.
In the second heat Campano was riding third when the race was cancelled
and in the re-rack he obtained a sixth position, the best one of this
season.

Home rider Simpson was 14th overall after obtaining a 16-10 result. The
Scot was a bit disappointed with his result, mainly because he was
riding second when the second race was cancelled.


MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:35.710; 2.
Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:02.198; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), +0:09.492; 4. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:11.368; 5. Maximilian Nagl
(GER, KTM), +0:28.223; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +0:45.513; 7.
Billy Mackenzie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:48.209; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Kawasaki), +0:50.811; 9. Brad Anderson (GBR, Honda), +0:53.186; 10.
Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), +0:56.013;


MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 41:03.052; 2. Steven
Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), +0:10.675; 3. Christophe Pourcel (FRA,
Kawasaki), +0:27.600; 4. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:35.024;
5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:39.874; 6. Carlos Campano Jimenez
(ESP, Yamaha), +0:42.526; 7. Brad Anderson (GBR, Honda), +0:45.116; 8.
Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:53.694; 9. Anthony Boissiere (FRA,
Yamaha), +1:10.209; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Honda), +1:21.384;


MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 45 points; 2.
Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 45 p.; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), 44 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Brad Anderson
(GBR, Honda), 26 p.; 6. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 25 p.; 7.
Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 23 p.; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA,
Kawasaki), 23 p.; 9. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 22 p.; 10. Carlos
Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 21 p.;


MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 554 points; 2.
Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 472 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki),
461 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 410 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev
(RUS, Honda), 387 p.; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 371 p.; 7. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 308 p.; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP,
Kawasaki), 279 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 272 p.; 10. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, Honda), 268 p.;


MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 579 points; 2. Yamaha, 517 p.; 3. Suzuki, 492
p.; 4. Honda, 464 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 373 p.; 6. TM, 247 p.; 7. Aprilia, 9
p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

MX2
Red
Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Roczen obtained his eighth GP
victory of the season and he opened the gap with runner up Herlings up
to 43 points. The German admitted that he had a lot of fun at the track
this weekend and that he is now looking forward to racing at home in two
weeks time and try to obtain his maiden MX2 Title in front of his
crowd.


The second position was for home rider Searle, who could not fulfil his
goal of winning the GP, but he was very satisfied with his performance
this weekend and with this second overall position. The CLS Monster
Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit rider had a difficult first race, but he
managed to move from an initial 11th position up to the second place.
Searle admitted that hearing his crowed cheering for him during the heat
helped him to made the moves and in the second race he succeeded in
having a good start and crossing the finish line second.


Monster Energy Yamaha’s Gautier was back on the podium this weekend, but
he was not 100% satisfied with his riding. In the first heat he had a
good start but he made a mistake and several riders overtook him.
However, Gautier crossed the finish line fourth. In the second race, the
French was riding 15th during the opening lap, but he got a really good
rhythm and managed to finish fourth and be on the third step of the
podium.


Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings missed the podium for
just two points and finished fourth overall after being seventh and
third at the races. Herlings was not confident with himself during the
first heat and crossed the finish line seventh, but after talking to his
team manager Stefan Everts, Herlings got an excellent start at the
second race and rode second until the last lap, when he made a mistake
and finished third.


Bike-it Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha’s Tonus, who was third yesterday in
the qualifying race, managed to finish fifth overall, but he had to
fight really hard to end in such position. Tonus got an initial 14th
place in the first race and when he was moving up some places, he made a
mistake and went down the ground. The Swiss ended ninth, but the fifth
position in the second heat made him finish fifth.


Home rider Nicholls rode among the top ten positions during both races
and thanks to his 8-6 result he finished sixth ahead of Charlier, who
was 11th in the first race, but he managed to finish seventh in the
second one, even riding with some plastic stuck on his rear wheel during
some laps.


Anstie had to start from the very end of the gate as he got a DNF at
yesterday’s qualifying race, but he was able to finish tenth and eighth
and he obtained a final eighth position.


Tixier succeeded in finishing ninth, ahead of his teammate Roelants, who
was third in the first race, but a mechanical problem during the second
heat made him pull out while he was riding fourth.


Teillet obtained a fifth position in the first race but he got a DNF in
the second one due to a problem with his bike when he was riding fourth.



Van Horebeek took part in the first moto and ended sixth, but his
shoulder was hurting too much again and he decided not to enter the
second heat.


MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), 40:40.977; ; 2. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:10.203; 3. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM),
+0:12.899; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:29.008; 5. Valentin
Teillet (FRA, Suzuki), +0:42.680; 6. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM),
+0:53.352; 7. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:58.725; 8. Jake Nicholls
(GBR, KTM), +1:00.280; 9. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1:12.440; 10. Max
Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:13.827;


MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), 41:04.388; ; 2. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:13.758; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM),
+0:17.975; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:42.166; 5. Arnaud Tonus
(SUI, Yamaha), +0:53.031; 6. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:55.494; 7.
Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:11.914; 8. Max Anstie (GBR,
Kawasaki), +1:29.359; 9. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:42.096; 10. Harri
Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), +1:47.766;


MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), 44 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 36 p.;
4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), 28
p.; 6. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Christophe Charlier (FRA,
Yamaha), 24 p.; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), 24 p.; 9. Jordi Tixier
(FRA, KTM), 21 p.; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 20 p.;


MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), 590 points; 2.
Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 547 p.; 3. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki),
479 p.; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 425 p.; 5. Arnaud Tonus (SUI,
Yamaha), 353 p.; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), 342 p.; 7. Zachary
Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 295 p.; 8. Harri Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 287 p.; 9.
Nicolas Aubin (FRA, KTM), 242 p.; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 226 p.;


MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 639 points; 2. Kawasaki, 528 p.; 3. Yamaha,
487 p.; 4. Suzuki, 159 p.; 5. Honda, 136 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 124 p.; 7.
TM, 7 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

UEM EMX-125
Damon
Graulus obtained his maiden round victory of the season at the
penultimate round of the series. The Belgian young talent crashed in the
first heat and ended fifth, but he took the holeshot in the second one
and dominated it from beginning to end. Second overall was Brian Bogers
and third overall and Simone Zecchina, who fractured his right little
finger at the start of the second race, but he managed to finish fourth.
Home rider James Dunn ended second in the second heat, but the seventh
position in the first one gave him a final fourth place, ahead of Brent
Van Doninck.


Tim Gajser won the first race, but he crashed in the second one and had
to pull out and missed some valuable points for the chase of the
championship.


Zecchina regained the red plate of the UEM EMX-125 series and he will go
to last round in Fermo 29 points ahead of Bernardini, who could not
take part in the British round, as he broke his radius in the free
practice of the FIM Junior World Championship.

GP OF GREAT BRITAIN – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1640m

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 23° C

Weather conditions: changeable: sunny and cloudy

Crowd attendance: 26500


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NEXT GP
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FIM Motocross World Championship will celebrate its penultimate round
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can be proclaimed the 2011 FIM Motocross World Champions. During the
Grand Prix of Europe on the 4th September weekend, it will also take
place the last round of the FIM Veterans World Cup and the last one of
the UEM EMX-2 series.

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