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KTM Racing News‏ - Matterley Basin

TONY CAIROLI WINS MX1 GP OF BRITAIN AFTER RACE RED FLAGGED AND RESTARTED

Tony
Cairoli of the Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing team fully capitalized
on a second chance in the second MX1 moto in the British GP and
converted a holeshot to moto victory to add enough points to his third
place from the first race to take the day’s honors at Matterley Basin.

The
Italian is now close to retaining his world championship title in his
second season with the KTM factory team with a commanding 82-point lead
and 100 only up for grabs.

All
indications were that Matterley Basin was not going to be Cairoli’s day
he got bumped at the start of the race then after several laps he made a
mistake, went off the track and almost picked up some of the notorious
green fencing that lines the course. He then came back from 11th to
be third at the flag. Cairoli was around seventh at the start of the
second race but again made another mistake , crashed and found himself
back at 15th. Then the race was red flagged after a
nasty crash between Billy Mackenzie and Tanel Leok and according to FIM
rules, was completely re-started after a 30-minute break. This time Tony
got away cleanly, grabbed the holeshot and charged into the lead. From
that point on he was not challenged for the top spot as he took full
advantage of his second chance to pick up the most points possible.

The
rough and rutted conditions also made it a hard day’s ride for teammate
Max Nagl who has been carrying a back injury. But the German rider
still managed to finish overall fourth with a 5-5 result and is now in
fourth place overall in the season’s standings and is still in with a
chance to finish on the podium at the season’s end.

Cairoli
now has the possibility of securing the title for KTM in the next round
in Gelldorf, Germany in the second last GP of the season.  KTM also has
an attractive 62-point lead in the MX1 Manufacturers’ standings.

Tony Cairoli: “This
was a good weekend for me and I managed to win the GP. It was quite a
different track because it is wide and there were a lot of lines.
Everyone likes it here and so do I. Its one of my favorites this season
so far. I am just happy to win this GP. Now we only need a few more
points to take the title in Gelldorf so I am very happy things are going
so well for us.”

Max Nagl: The
riding went really well for me today although it could be even better.
But today I had bad starts and I always had to come from the back of the
field and that costs a lot of energy and hard work. I managed to come
back from 20th place
to fifth in the first race and I also didn’t have a good start in the
second race. But in the restart it was a bit better and I got up to
fifth. Then (Carlos) Campano (of Spain) was pushing hard behind me and I
had to keep blocking him so that I could hold on to fifth place for
overall fourth. Now I have the chance to finish in the top three in the
championship and that would be really nice for me.”

 

MX1 Results

1, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM

2, Christophe Pourcel, France, Kawasaki

3, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha

4, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM

5, Brad Anderson, UK, Honda

Other KTM

22, Tom Church, UK, KTM

23, Martin Barr, UK, KTM

30, Nathan Parker, UK, KTM

 

MX1 Standings

1, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM, 554

2, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha, 472

2, Clement Desalle, Belgium, Suzuki, 461

4, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM, 410

5, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda 387

 

MX1 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM, 579

2, Yamaha, 517

3, Suzuki, 492

 
ROCZEN DOMINATES MX2 ACTION AT BRITISH GP
 

Ken
Roczen was in a class of his own on the Matterley Basin near Winchester
in the UK to take the British GP with two clear wins from gate drop to
checkered flag. Roczen was untouchable in both motos to log his 18th moto win for the season and his eighth GP victory.

The
German teenager now needs only four points to take the championship
title and with the next GP at home in Galldorf, he will receive a huge
ovation from the German fans. After Sunday’s race, KTM has also already
secured the MX2 manufacturer’s title for 2011. It would be Roczen’s
first career world title in MX2 in his second year with the Red Bull
Teka KTM Factory racing.

What
was a copybook ride for Roczen was less successful for his teammate
Jeffrey Herlings. He finished with a 7-3 result on Sunday but a mistake
in the final lap knocked the Dutch teenager from second to third in the
moto and bumped him off the third place on the podium. With Herlings, as
Roczen’s only rival for the title, sacrificing 24 points to Ken on
Sunday now makes his teammate absolute favorite for the title. Jeffrey
admitted later that he had some stomach problems and that it had been a
disappointing weekend for him.

Jeremy
van Horebeck, the third member of the KTM factory team, who was riding
with a virus infection this weekend stayed with the front-runners in the
first moto but eventually finished sixth. But with drained energy, he
finished out of the points in race two. Another unlucky KTM rider in
Matterley Basin was Joel Roelants of Belgium who finished third in race
one, was also up the front of the field in the first half of race two
but dropped back and did not make any points. It was also a good ride
for HM Plant KTM UK rider Jake Nichols who finished overall sixth.

 

Ken Roczen: “In
the first race I checked out the lines a bit to see what would be the
perfect position for me and I made up some good points on Jeffrey. Then I
got the holeshot again in the second race, even though it was hard
because the track had started to get rough. But I was able to do it
pretty good to finish first again. Now I have a solid gap in the
championship standings and it was another great weekend for me.”

 

Jeffrey Herlings: “The
weekend already started bad for me yesterday when I had a crash in the
qualifying. I had quite a good start in the first race today but somehow
I just didn’t have the speed. The bike was perfect but I was missing a
bit of confidence and I just couldn’t catch the others. Then I almost
took the holeshot in the second race but right from the start I didn’t
feel well. I expected much more from this weekend.”

 

Jeremy van Horebeek:
“My starts were perfect today.  I was twice second, which is very good
and the bike was awesome. I tried to push right from the beginning in
the first heat but I had to slow down because I started to feel pain in
my (recently injured) shoulder and I finished sixth. I got away well
also in the second moto and I managed to even do a few laps in third and
fourth place then I felt no power in my shoulder and decided to pull
out because I didn’t want to take any risks.”

 

EMX 125

It
was also a good day for KTM in the EMX125 races with Damon Graulus of
Belgium and Dutch rider Brian Bogers on the top steps of the podium.
British rider James Dunn had a good day out at Matterley Basin finishing
fourth and Brent Van Doninck of Belgium was fifth. Eight of the top 10
finishers were on the Orange machines from Austria. The standings are
still in the hands of Suzuki rider Simon e Zecchina of Italy  but KTM
riders Samuel Bernadini (Italy )and Tim Gajser of Slovenia are at second
and third.

 

MX2 Results

1, Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM

2, Tommy Searle, UK, Kawasaki

3, Gautier Paulin, France, Yamaha

4, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM

5, Arnaud Tonus, Switzerland, Yamaha

Other KTM

6, Jake Nicholls, UK, KTM

9, Jordi Tixier, France, KTM

10, Joel Roelants, Belgium, KTM

13, Nicolas Aubin, France, KTM

14, Jeremy van Horebeek, Belgium, KTM

15, Pascal Rauchenecker, Austrian, KTM

16, Jose Butron, Spain, KTM

 

MX2 Standings

1, Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM, 590

2, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM, 547

3, Tommy Searle, UK, Kawasaki, 479

4, Gautier Paulin, France, Yamaha, 425

5, Arnaud Tonus, Switzerland, Yamaha 353

Other KTM

9, Nicholas Aubin, France, KTM, 242

10, Joel Roelants, Belgium, KTM, 226

12, Jake Nicholls, UK, KTM, 193

13, Jordi Tixier, France, KTM, 171

14, Jeremy van Horebeek, Belgium, KTM, 133

15, Jose Butron, Spain, KTM, 128

 

MX2 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM, 639 – wins Manufacturer’s title

2, Kawasaki, 528

3, Yamaha, 487

 

EMX125 Results

1, Damon Graulus, Belgium, KTM

2, Brian Bogers, Netherlands, KTM

3, Simone Zecchina, Italy, Suzuki

4, James Dunn, UK, KTM

5, Brent Van Doninck, Belgium, KTM

Other KTM

7, Ryan Houghton, UK, KTM

8, Dave Versluis, Netherlands, KTM

9, Tim Gajser, Slovenia, KTM

10, Mathias Plessers, Belgium, KTM

13, Calvin Vlaanderen, Republic of South Africa, KTM

14, Jaap Corneth, Netherlands, KTM

 

EMX125 Standings

1, Simone Zecchina, Italy, Suzuki, 214

2, Samuele Bernardini, Italy, KTM, 185

3, Tim Gajser, Slovenia, KTM, 176

4, Jeremy Seewer, Switzerland, Suzuki, 165

5, James Dunn, UK, KTM, 152

Other KTM

6, Damon Graulus, Belgium, KTM 134

7, Brent Van Doninck, Belgium, KTM 118

8, Luca Moroni, Italy, KTM 110

10, Dave Versluis, Netherlands, KTM 79

11, Vsevolod Brylyakov, Russia, KTM 76

12, Mathias Plessers, Belgium, KTM 61

13, Ryan Houghton, UK, KTM 56

14, Brian Bogers, Netherlands, KTM 52

15, Stefan Ekerold, Germany, KTM 52

 

EMX125 Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM, 241

2, Suzuki, 217

3, Yamaha, 122


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