KTM Racing News Weekend 9-10 July

Red
Bull Teka KTM rider Kenny Roczen made KTM, his team and 40,000 fans at
the Teutschenthal circuit happy on Sunday when he took overall victory
in the MX2 GP with a 1-3 moto result to surge further forward on the
overall championship standings.

Factory
teammate Jeffrey Herlings finished fourth overall with a 2-4 moto
finish and is still second behind Roczen in the championship.

The
two KTM factory teenagers completely dominated the first moto finishing
over 30 seconds ahead of the field but the second moto was much harder
work. Herlings missed the start and found himself back at fourteenth and
Roczen crashed in the first lap. Both riders then pulled out all the
stops hunted down the rest of the pack. Within three laps, Herlings was
back in second while Roczen was closing in on him in fourth place.
Roczen waited his moment then, responding to the huge roar from the
crowd, slipped past his teammate and rode out the rest of the moto in
third behind Gautier Paulin and Tommy Searle to seal another comfortable
GP victory.

Roczen
raced with a cold but still pulled off a thrilling performance for the
massive crowd who came to the German circuit to support the young super
star.

Roczen
and Herlings again proved that they are in a class of their own in MX2
this weekend. Teammate Jeremy van Horebeek was unable to start on race
day after a crash on Saturday put him in hospital overnight under
observation. It was bad luck for the Belgian rider who has only just
rejoined the team after another injury break. Jeremy was released from
hospital on Sunday but returned to Belgium for more checks.

Ken
Roczen: “Yesterday was good and today was even better. I won the first
race and I got the holeshot in the second. Then I crashed in the first
lap, I was back at 16^th and
it’s hard to pass on this circuit. I managed to come back to third and
won the overall so I could make a bigger gap in the points to Jeffrey.”

Jeffrey
Herlings admitted that although Teutschenthal was not his favorite
track, he was still satisfied with his result. " I’m satisfied with my
riding and although I finished behind Ken I was still able to keep up
with the same speed and I didn't lose too many points. I also like the
changes that they made to the track here," he said. "Now I go and train
in the sand because we'll be racing in sand next weekend in Kegums and
that's my specialty."

Young
riders in the UEM EMX125 class also had their third round of
competition in Teutschenthal, which saw a second and third podium place
for KTM riders Samuel Bernadini of Italy and Tim Gajser of Slovenia.
These riders are also second and third in the championship standings.
KTM is ahead in both MX2 and EMX125 in the Manufacturer’s Standings.

MX2 Results
1, Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM
2, Gautier Paulin, France, Yamaha
3, Tommy Searle, UK, Kawasaki
4, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM
5, Arnaud Tonus, Switzerland, Yamaha
Other KTM
7, Jake Nichols, UK, KTM
9, Jose Butron, Spain, KTM
11, Loic Larrieu, France, KTM
13, Nicolas Aubin, France, KTM
16, Nick Triest, Belgium, KTM
17, Pascal Rauchenecker, Austria, KTM
18, Jordi Tixier, France, KTM

MX2 Standings
1, Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM 396
2, Jeffrey Herlings, Netherlands, KTM 377
3, Tommy Searle, UK, Kawasaki 328
2, Gautier Paulin, France, Yamaha 319
5, Zachary Osborne, USA, Yamaha 265
Other KTM
9, Nicolas Aubin, France, KTM, 192
11, Joel Roelants, Belgium, KTM, 166
13, Jordi Tixier, France, KTM, 99
14, Jake Nichols, UK, KTM, 92
16, Jose Butron, Spain, KTM, 84 

MX2 Manufacturers’ Standings
1, KTM, 439
2, Kawasaki, 368
3, Yamaha, 355

EMX 125 GP after Round 3 Teutschenthal

1, Simone Zecchina, Italy, Suzuki

2, Samuel Bernadini, Italy, KTM

3, Tim Gajser, Slovenia, KTM

4, Jeremy Seewer, Switzerland, Suzuki,

5, Mathias Plessers, Belgium, KTM

EMX Standings After Round 3

1, Simone Zecchina, Italy, Suzuki  139

2, Samuele Bernardini, Italy, KTM 135

3, Tim Gajser, Slovenia, KTM 109

4, Jeremy Seewer, Switzerland, Suzuki 100

5, James Dunn, UK, KTM 83

Manufacturers’ Standings

1, KTM 141

2, Suzuki 139

3, Yamaha 78

A
last corner battle between Red Bull Teka KTM’s Tony Cairoli and Russian
Evgeny Bobryshev in the second moto of the MX1 GP of Germany had 40,000
fans at the Teutschenthal circuit on their feet and screaming. But when
the championship leader tangled with a rut in the last corner the race
and the GP went to the Russian.

Cairoli’s
efforts, which netted him a 2-2 result for the two motos still added
another 44 points to his bid to retain the championship title and he
retained the red plate.

The
Italian who rode this weekend with a special Pit Beirer Replica Helmet
as a mark of respect for the head of KTM Motorsports, secured the
holeshot in the all important second moto but then settled in behind the
Russian in second place. The two riders engaged in some close
encounters and several times Cairoli slipped back in the field,
including when he got stuck behind a back marker in the last stages of
the race. But Cairoli saved the best till last, shadowing Bobryshev and
planning exactly where on the hard and at times slick circuit he would
make his move. He delivered some typical magic in the final lap,
maneuvering into position to make the move on the Russian. Then he made a
brief contact with the other bike and the moment was gone.

Tony
Cairoli: “I am working on changing my riding style and I have to try to
be a bit more focused on the first 15-20 minutes. I’m trying to be a
bit more aggressive. But its getting better and I’m happy about my
riding.

In
race two, teammate Max Nagl of Germany was in a good third, a position
he was able to defend for most of the race even though he did eventually
slip back to seventh, salvaging enough points for overall fifth on the
day. Nagl said after the race that although he had been quite satisfied
with his riding and his starts and felt he could keep up with the
leaders, he got extremely tired in the second race and almost had to
pull out. He met with the team after the race and they will now make
some adjustments to the suspension settings ahead of next week’s race in
Latvia.

Results
1, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, Honda
2, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM
3, Clement Desalle, Belgium, Suzuki
4, Rui Goncalves, Portugal, Honda
5, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM 

MX1 Standings
1, Tony Cairoli, Italy, KTM, 366
2, Clement Desalle, Belgium, Suzuki, 348
3, Steven Frossard, France, Yamaha, 326
4, Evgeny Bobryshev, Russia, 294
5, Max Nagl, Germany, KTM, 282

MX1 Manufacturers’ Standings
1, KTM, 391
2, Suzuki, 371
3, Yamaha, 356