LS Honda GP of Italy race report‏

Fermo
- The
Italian GP at Fermo was the final round of the 2011 FIM MX1 World
Championship. The intense heat and rutted hard pack track provided
the world’s motocross elite with a tough challenge. While the MX1
world title had been wrapped up last weekend, the Fermo GP would
decide the final standings in the World Championship and offer one
last big test before next weekend’s Monster Energy Motocross of
Nations in France.

Relentless
sunshine during the 25-minute qualification heat on Saturday prepared
the riders for things to come. Shaun Simpson had a decent start and
rode a consistent race to finish 10th while his wildcard team mate
Marvin Van Daele did a good job placing his CRF450R 15th ahead of New
Zealand’s Cody Cooper.

The
first moto got off to a dramatic start for Shaun Simpson. A technical
problem with the fuel pump meant he was unable to get away from the
start line. However Simpson got the bike going but decided to call it
a day because of his bike woes.

Former
GP rider Van Daele started just inside the top-20 and battled the
heat to climb up to 15th at the finish line. Simpson entered the
second moto full of energy on his spare bike. Although the likeable
Scott messed up his start he bounced back quickly. While he was
circulating around 18th at the start, Shaun found some nice lines and
made his way up from 15th to 12th after two laps to push on to 9th by
half race distance. Simpson would also finish the final MX1 moto of
the championship in ninth,
thus
sealing his sixth top-10 moto finish of the season. The MX1 rookie
ends his first season in the premier class 15th.


Marvin
Van Daele’s plan to use Fermo as warm-up event for the Motocross of
Nations was coming along nicely, in both senses! The former Dutch MX1
vicechampion needed some time to get used to the track, however he
proved in the second moto that he can hang with the regular GP
riders. Marvin ended his Italian weekend in 14th place to grab 12th
overall, one up on his GP finish at home in Lommel. Ken De Dycker,
who missed the last 3 GP’s after injuring his neck placed 11th in
the final standings.

Shaun
Simpson:
“It was a tough race today. I went on the sighting lap for the
first moto, but the bike was misfiring and I just made it back. It
seemed to fire okay for the start, but then spluttered and I was
kicking and kicking as the gate dropped. I got going, but I pulled
out because it wasn’t running right and I was way down the field.
In the second moto I got a shocking start. Luckily I found a rhythm
and gained some ground in the first laps, I almost managed to catch
Boissiere. In the end I finished 9th.”

Marvin
Van Daele:
“It was so hot, but I enjoyed it and I’m happy that I did it. I
had my best feeling of the weekend in the second moto so I feel like
I have prepared for the Nations. I had a tough week because I was a
bit sick and had to work on Friday in my normal job. So fifteenth and
fourteenth on a hard pack track was okay. Especially because I never
rode here before and I had to get used to the soil and the layout. My
results also show that despite the conditions my shape is good. Now
I’ll have a bit of a rest and hope to get a good result with the
Belgian team next week.”

Race
1:
1. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 39:24.930; ; 2. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), +0:11.779; 3. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:19.334; 4.
Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:36.361; 5. Anthony Boissiere
(FRA, Yamaha), +0:45.590; 6. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki),
+0:48.323; 7. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:48.634; 8. Christophe
Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:56.812; 9. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda),
+0:57.141; 10. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:19.363; 11. Manuel
Monni (ITA, Honda), +2:14.192; 12. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), -1
lap(s); 13. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), -1 lap(s); 14. Alfie Smith (GBR,
Aprilia), -1 lap(s); 15.
Marvin Van Daele (BEL, LS Honda Racing), -1 lap(s);
16. Cody Cooper (NZL, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 17. Felice Compagnone (ITA,
Honda), -1 lap(s); 18. Herjan Brakke (NED, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 19.
Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 20. Alessandro Valente
(ITA, Suzuki), -2 lap(s); 21. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), -6 lap(s);
22. Toni Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), -7 lap(s); 23. Antonio Jorge Balbi
(BRA, Kawasaki), -9 lap(s); 24. Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), -10 lap(s);
25. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), -11 lap(s); 26. Federico
Bracesco (ITA, Suzuki), -12 lap(s); 27. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM),
-13 lap(s); 28. Robert Sturm (GER, Kawasaki), -15 lap(s); 29.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), -16 lap(s);
30. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), -17 lap(



Race
2:
1. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 39:31.286; ; 2. Gautier Paulin
(FRA, Yamaha), +0:14.080; 3. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki),
+0:32.179; 4. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:37.472; 5. Xavier Boog
(FRA, Kawasaki), +0:54.398; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), +1:10.394;
7. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), +1:22.599; 8. Davide Guarneri
(ITA, Kawasaki), +1:38.375; 9.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), +1:44.436;
10. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), -1 lap(s); 11. Manuel Monni (ITA,
Honda), -1 lap(s); 12. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), -1 lap(s); 13.
Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 14.
Marvin Van Daele (BEL, LS Honda Racing), -1 lap(s); 15.
Tom Church (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 16. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda),
-1 lap(s); 17. Herjan Brakke (NED, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 18. Felice
Compagnone (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 19. Cody Cooper (NZL, Suzuki), -1
lap(s); 20. Toni Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), -2 lap(s); 21. Federico
Bracesco (ITA, Suzuki), -2 lap(s); 22. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), -2
lap(s); 23. Alessandro Valente (ITA, Suzuki), -5 lap(s); 24. Robert
Sturm (GER, Kawasaki), -5 lap(s); 25. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki),
-7 lap(s); 26. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), -10 lap(s); 27.
Marco Maddii (ITA, KTM), -13 lap(s); 28. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), -15
lap(s); 29. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), -20 lap(s


GP
of Italy,

Fermo classification
1.
Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 47 points; 2. Christophe Pourcel (FRA,
Kawasaki), 38 p.; 3. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 38 p.; 4.
Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 5. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki),
38 p.; 6. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, Yamaha), 30 p.; 7. Davide Guarneri
(ITA, Kawasaki), 28 p.; 8. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 27 p.; 9.
Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), 20 p.; 10. Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda),
20 p.; 11. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 19 p.; 12.
Marvin Van Daele (BEL, LS Honda Racing), 13 p.; 13. Shaun Simpson
(GBR, LS Honda Racing), 12 p.; 14.
Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 11 p.; 15. Matthias Walkner (AUT,
KTM), 9 p.; 16. Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), 8 p.; 17. Tanel
Leok (EST, TM), 8 p.; 18. Herjan Brakke (NED, Yamaha), 7 p.; 19.
Felice Compagnone (ITA, Honda), 7 p.; 20. Cody Cooper (NZL, Suzuki),
7 p.; 21. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), 7 p.; 22. Tom Church (GBR,
KTM), 6 p.; 23. Ivo Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 2 p.; 24. Toni
Eriksson (FIN, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 25. Alessandro Valente (ITA, Suzuki),
1 p.;

MX1
World Championship final standings
1.
Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 596 points; 2. Steven Frossard (FRA,
Yamaha), 472 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 461 p.; 4. Evgeny
Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 444 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 439
p.; 6. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 431 p.; 7. Xavier Boog (FRA,
Kawasaki), 347 p.; 8. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 326 p.; 9.
David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 308 p.; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL,
Suzuki), 295 p.; 11.
Ken de Dycker (BEL, LS Honda Racing), 268 p.;
12. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), 267 p.; 13. Anthony Boissiere (FRA,
Yamaha), 238 p.; 14. Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki), 229 p.; 15.
Shaun Simpson (GBR, LS Honda Racing), 222 p.;
16. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Kawasaki), 204 p.; 17. Christophe Pourcel
(FRA, Kawasaki), 132 p.; 18. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), 120 p.;
19. Carlos Campano Jimenez (ESP, Yamaha), 99 p.; 20. Marcus Schiffer
(GER, Suzuki), 97 p.; 21. Matthias Walkner (AUT, KTM), 69 p.; 22.
Manuel Monni (ITA, Honda), 68 p.; 23. Marc de Reuver (NED, Yamaha),
55 p.; 24. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 47 p.; 25. Günter
Schmidinger (AUT, Honda), 46 p.; 26. Brad Anderson (GBR, Honda), 38
p.; 27.
Marvin Van Daele (BEL, LS Honda Racing), 30 p.;
28. Herjan Brakke (NED, Yamaha), 27 p.; 29. Jason Dougan (GBR,
Yamaha), 26 p.; 30. Christian Craig (USA, Honda), 21 p.; 31. Ivo
Steinbergs (LAT, Kawasaki), 19 p.; 32. Tom Church (GBR, KTM), 18 p.;
33. Benjamin Townley (NZL, Kawasaki), 15 p.; 34. Gert Krestinov (EST,
Kawasaki), 15 p.; 35. Loic Leonce (FRA, Aprilia), 15 p.; 36. Billy
Mackenzie (GBR, Kawasaki), 14 p.; 37. Antonio Jorge Balbi (BRA,
Kawasaki), 14 p.; 38. Martin Barr (GBR, KTM), 11 p.; 39. Kasper
Lynggaard (DEN, Kawasaki), 8 p.; 40. Kevin Wouts (BEL, Kawasaki), 8
p.; 41. Alfie Smith (GBR, Aprilia), 7 p.; 42. Cody Cooper (NZL,
Suzuki), 7 p.; 43. Luis Correia (POR, Yamaha), 7 p.; 44. Felice
Compagnone (ITA, Honda), 7 p.; 45. Roberto Castro Miranda (CRC,
Honda), 5 p.; 46. Antti Pyrhönen (FIN, Honda), 4 p.; 47. Alex Snow
(GBR, Kawasaki), 4 p.; 48. Remi Nyegaard (NOR, Yamaha), 3 p.; 49.
Hugo Basaula (POR, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 50. Weston Peick (USA, Kawasaki),
3 p.; 51. Santtu Tiainen (FIN, Kawasaki), 3 p.; 52. Jeremy Delince
(BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 53. Yentel Martens (BEL, KTM), 2 p.; 54. Joao
Paulino da Silva (BRA, Honda), 2 p.; 55. Milko Potisek (FRA, Honda),
2 p.; 56. Kim Lindström (SWE, Yamaha), 2 p.; 57. Toni Eriksson (FIN,
Kawasaki), 1 p.; 58. Nicolai Hansen (DEN, Suzuki), 1 p.; 59.
Alessandro Valente (ITA, Suzuki), 1 p.; 60. Stuwey Reijnders (NED,
Suzuki), 1 p.; 61. Luis Correa (ARG, Kawasaki), 1 p.; 62. Alvaro
Lozano Rico (ESP, Yamaha), 1 p.; 63. Cedric Lieber (BEL, KTM), 1 p.;
64. Cedric Soubeyras (FRA, KTM), 1 p


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Van Daele will participate in the Monster Energy MX of Nations at
Saint-Jean d’Angély (France) on the 18th of September