 FUNCHAL
(PORTUGAL), 16 June 2010 – The FIM Motocross World Championship
heads to Teutschenthal,
Germany, this weekend, but home heroes Max Nagl and Ken Roczen have
experienced mixed fortunes lately. The French Grand Prix sent Nagl
out with
a broken left collarbone while Roczen has been struggling with the
track
and missed the podium. Their home GP may be their chance for
revenge.
It will
surely be
a hard task for Nagl, breaking his left collarbone in France during
qualifying; at the moment the works KTM rider has not yet decided
about his
participation to the event. No points in France dropped the previous
runner up
down to fourth in the standings, behind leader Antonio Cairoli,
Clement
Desalle and David Philippaerts.
In the MX2 class instead Roczen hopes in taking his first win of
2010 at
the venue where last year the German became the youngest GP winner
ever.
Roczen is currently second in the Championship behind Marvin Musquin
as
Steven Frossard completes the top three.
With Jordi Tixier having won all rounds of the EMX 125 series so
far,
runner up Pascal Rauchenecker from Austria still chases his first
win of
the year. Yohan Lafont completes the top three in the series.
MX1
A fall in Saturday’s qualifying race at the French Grand Prix left
Red Bull
KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Nagl with a broken left collarbone, which
was
successfully operated in the following days. The injury damaged also
Nagl’s
Championship classification as he dropped down from second to fourth
in the
series. Nagl will take a late decision whether to race his home GP
or not
but the determined German will not give it up easily.
Nagl’s team mate Cairoli instead continues to lead the MX1 series
since
round two in Mantova. The Italian was second overall in France with
as many
points as overall winner Philippaerts and has showed impressive form
so
far. With half of his first Championship on the KTM 350 SX-F being
run,
Cairoli has unveiled like the man to beat in this hard fought 2010.
Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Desalle is now second in the
Championship
courtesy of a third overall finish in France. The Belgian, who also
missed
one round due to a dislocated shoulder, has a 68 point gap from
Cairoli but
he has never been on the podium in Germany – where Cairoli took
victory in
2009.
Following Desalle from third place is Yamaha Monster Energy
Motocross’
Philippaerts, someone having a love affair with Teutschenthal.
Philippaerts
took his maiden MX1 win in Teutschenthal in 2007, then narrowly
missed out
on a podium finish in both 2008 and 2009, ending level in points
with the
third placed rider. After taking his first GP of 2010 in France,
David is
pumped for this weekend and will try to close the seven point gap
from
Desalle.
Other Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 man Ramon is fifth behind Nagl
while
De Dycker rounds off the top six ahead of Boog, Leok, Guarneri and
Bobryshev.
Anticipating Sunday’s football World Cup match New Zealand vs Italy,
New
Zealander Coppins will try and chase Cairoli for victory as Coppins
still
seeks Aprilia’s maiden triumph in a Motocross GP. Having won both
heats at
Teutschenthal in 2008, Coppins will exploit his experience on the
German
track to steer his twin cylinder Aprilia to a top three finish.
Coppins’ team mate Priem, who injured himself in Bulgaria, will
finally
make his comeback to racing this weekend.
Making his debut in a Grand Prix, Australia’s Ferris will be onboard
the
Honda Racing MX machine at Teutschenthal this weekend.
2009 MX1 PODIUM:
1. Antonio Cairoli
2. Maximilian Nagl
3. Ken De Dycker
2009 MX1 POLEMAN: Antonio Cairoli
Photos available
at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
MX2
Being struck by bad luck in this first half of the season, Teka
Suzuki
Europe World MX2’s Roczen is looking for revenge as he challenges
series
leader Musquin from second place. The 16 year old German took his
maiden
win at Teutschenthal last year – his maiden World Championship
season – to
become the youngest GP winner ever with 15 years and 53 days. This
year
instead he needs to cut the 71 point gap from Musquin and keep his
Championship
hopes alive with still eight rounds to go including Teutschenthal.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Musquin has impressed at his first
season
as defending Champion. The French has won an impressive amount of
moto’s
and GP’s, leaving his rivals with nothing to win except for the
Dutch Grand
Prix where he had a bad weekend and finished off the podium. Heading
into
Teutschenthal, Musquin has a total of six GP wins and 11 moto wins.
Third in the Championship is Frossard of Kawasaki CLS. The hard pack
specialist from France took his maiden podium appearance in
Teutschenthal
in 2008 but has not a GP win to his name yet. Taking a second
overall in
Germany last year, the course seems to be one of Frossard’s
favourites and
it comes at the right moment for the French, defending his position
from a
very close Herlings.
The latter is just two points away from Frossard due to crashes in
the last
couple of rounds. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 youngster, who
has
already won his home GP in Valkenswaard despite this being his
maiden
season in the class, will see Teutschenthal for the first time but
has
already proved that he can quickly adapt to courses he does not
know.
Herlings’ team mate Simpson completes the top five from Osborne, who
has
taken back to back podiums since his home GP in Glen Helen.
2009 MX2 PODIUM:
1. Ken Roczen
2. Steven Frossard
3. Marvin Musquin
2009 MX2 POLEMAN: Marvin Musquin
Photos available
at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery
EMX 125
An impressive Tixier has dominated all rounds and moto’s of this
first
edition of the UEM EMX 125 series. The French and his KTM have won
all
moto’s in Italy, Catalunya and lately in France, to be on top of the
points
standings with a 40 point advantage over Austrian Rauchenecker. The
latter
will now race the closest round to his home country and counts on
his fans’
support to chase his first win of 2010. Lafont, Jaulin and Ciucci
complete
the top five in the series.
TIMETABLE
Saturday: EMX 125 Free Practice Group 1 8:05; EMX 125 Free
Practice
Group 2 8:40; WMX Free Practice 9:25; MX2 Free Practice 10:00; MX1
Free
Practice 10:45; EMX 125 Pre Qualifying Practice Group 1 11:35; EMX
125 Pre
Qualifying Practice Group 2 12:10; WMX Time Practice 13:00; MX2 Pre
Qualifying Practice 13:35; MX1 Pre Qualifying Practice 14:20; WMX
Race 1
15:15; MX2 Qualifying Race 16:05; MX1 Qualifying Race 16:55; EMX 125
Qualifying Race 1 17:45; EMX 125 Qualifying Race 2 18:35;
Sunday: EMX 125 Warm up 8:00; WMX Warm up 8:30; MX2 Warm up 9:00;
MX1 Warm
up 9:30; EMX 125 Race 1 10:20; WMX Race 2 11:15; MX2 Grand Prix Race
1
12:10; MX1 Grand Prix Race 1 13:10; MX2 Grand Prix Race 2 15:03; MX1
Grand
Prix race 2 16:03; EMX 125 Race 2 17:20.
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