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Josh Coppins More Than 100 Points Clear In MX1 Championship

> Factory Yamaha Rinaldi racer, Josh Coppins, has posted a  solid 2-2 
> result at the Italian MX GP in Faenza to extend his MX1 
> championship lead to 107 points.  The Kiwi rode two smart races 
> under scorching conditions, on a fast technical circuit only 2 
> hours from the team’s base in Parma.
> >
> Locking elbows as the gate dropped for the first moto, Coppins lost 
> his advantage of a good start and was in for a tough race. He was 
> well out of the top ten on lap one as he tried to be patient and 
> pick his passing lines. Championship rival,  Steve Ramon, had an  
> equally bad start and was losing ground as Coppins put his head 
> down and started his attack on the very fast and technical Faenza 
> circuit.  By the halfway mark he had clawed his way back to 6th 
> spot but it was the closing minutes of the 35 minute + 2 lap moto 
> that were the most impressive.  While the riders in front were 
> tiring under the scorching heat, Coppins strung together his most 
> effective laps of the race to rocket into second spot.  Frenchman, 
> Sebastien Pourcel, took his first career moto win with Coppins 
> right behind, gaining valuable championship points over Ramon.
> >
> Certain not to make the same mistake as in the first moto, Coppins 
> made sure of his jump and was just ousted out of the hole-shot by 
> Italian, David Philippaerts.  With Sebastien Pourcel sneaking by 
> ‘Lizzard’ settled in third before planning his attack on 
> Philippaerts.  Ten minutes into the moto he made his move and kept 
> Philippaerts at bay before pulling a comfortable gap to settle in  
> second.  Pourcel deservedly won the second moto with Coppins a few 
> seconds adrift.
> >
> “I always come to every race trying to win. If I can’t do that 
> then I need to make sure that I’m on the podium and that’s what 
> I did today.  I didn’t focus at the start of the first moto and 
> changed a few things which I shouldn’t have – I tried something 
> a little bit different but it didn’t work and that made it a 
> really hard race for me.  I had to push quite hard in the first 
> moto and that cost quite a lot of energy but I thought rather give 
> it 100% and have two solid races.” smiled a content Coppins.
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>
> The GP teams and riders will have a week’s break before heading to 
> Loket in the Czech Rep for round 11 of 15.
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