Paulin clinches maiden MX1 victory in Fermo

FERMO
(Italy), 11 September 2011 – The final Grand Prix of the 2011 FIM
Motocross World Championship took place today in Fermo and Gautier
Paulin and Jeffrey Herlings were the last GP winners of the season in
their respective classes.

The top three riders
of the 2011 FIM MX1 World Championship are Antonio Cairoli, who missed
his home GP because his mother passed away on Friday, Steven Frossard,
who was not present either because he is still recovering from the
injury he suffered in Gaildorf, and Clement Desalle, who could keep the
third place in the standings.


The top three riders of the FIM MX2 World Championship had already been
decided in Gaildorf, but Ken Roczen, Jeffrey Herlings and Tommy Searle
received the FIM medals from the hands of FIM President Mr. Vito
Ippolito after today’s races.

MX1
Monster
Energy Yamaha’s Paulin has been chasing his maiden GP victory during the
whole 2011 season and on his first appearance in the MX1 class, he
clinched it. Paulin moved the clutch lever a bit forward to improve his
starts and he managed to obtain the Lovemytime holeshot award in the
first heat, which he dominated until the end. In the second one Paulin
had really good fun with Pourcel fighting for the lead, but he could
only finish second, as his energies were really low.


The second overall position was for CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki’s
Pourcel, who went 8-1 in the Italian Grand Prix. In the first heat
Pourcel was not comfortable on his bike and he struggled a lot to find
his rhythm, but for the second moto they used the same settings as in
Gaildorf and he won the race easily, which gave him the second overall
place.


Kawasaki Racing Team’s Barragán was back on the third step of the podium
since his maiden rostrum of the season in the first GP in Bulgaria. The
Spanish rider admitted that he had almost lost all his confidence, as
the results were not coming, but he mentioned that in the last three
Grand Prix he has felt much better. Barragán was missing the good
starts, but today he started in the front in both heats and crossed the
finish line fourth and third respectively. Barragán ended eighth in the
FIM MX1 World Championship.


Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1’s Strijbos finished fourth overall,
being tight in 38 points with Pourcel and Barragán. The Belgian was
third in the first race, the best result since 2009 in Turkey, but his
fourth position in the second heat was not enough for being on the
podium.


Kawasaki Racing Team’s Boog did an incredible first race, keeping his
initial second position until the end, but in the second one his start
was not that good and could only finish fifth. Boog was fifth overall
but he was tight in points with the second, third and fourth overall
riders of the Grand Prix. The young French rider finished seventh in the
FIM MX1 World Championship.


Boissiere did also a really good race today and ended sixth overall
after going 5-7 in today’s races. Thanks to the solid results Boissiere
obtained in the last three Grand Prix, he finished 13th in the point
standings of the Championship.


Home rider Guarneri went 6-8 and got the final seventh position, his
second best result of the season after Bulgaria. Gonçalves was eighth
overall, followed by Schiffer and other home rider Monni.


Bobryshev struggled a lot today with the heat and could only finish
seventh in the first moto. In the second one he was hit by Campano and
had to enter in the pit lane to have his bike repaired. The Russian only
needed one point to assure the fourth position in the championship and
he actually achieved his goal, as he ended 16th in the second moto,
which gave him the eleventh overall place.


Nagl decided to take part in the first MX1 race, but he had to pull out
as the pain on his right hand was too strong. The German was diagnosed
with a broken scaphoid, so he is now a doubt for the Nations. The German
finished fifth of the FIM MX1 Championship.


MX1 Race 1 top ten: 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;


MX1 Race 2 top ten: 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, Honda),
+1:44.436; 10. Marcus Schiffer (GER, Suzuki), -1 lap(s);


MX1 Overall top ten: 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.;


MX1 Championship top ten: 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.;


MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 630 points; 2. Yamaha, 595 p.; 3. Suzuki, 562
p.; 4. Honda, 536 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 467 p.; 6. TM, 267 p.; 7. Aprilia,
16 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

MX2
Red
Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing MX2’s Herlings obtained his fifth GP
victory of the season in the hard pack track of Fermo. In the first race
he could only finished second, 12 seconds behind Searle, but in the
second moto, he took the lead already in lap six and he dominated it
until the end.


The second overall position was for CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro
Circuit’s Searle, who could not achieve his goal of winning the last GP,
but he admitted that he was very satisfied with his riding this
weekend. He easily won the first moto, but in the second one, he made a
mistake when he was catching Herlings and lost all the opportunities to
fight for the overall victory.


His teammate Anstie obtained his maiden GP victory this weekend in Fermo
and he was very satisfied, as had been chasing this result during the
whole season. The CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit rider admitted
that he has learned a lot this season, not only from the bike, but also
from the riders and the FIM Motocross World Championship tracks.


Bike-it Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha’s Tonus was fourth overall being tight
in points with Anstie. Tonus finished third in the first race, but he
crashed in the opening lap of the second one and had to push really hard
from the back of the pack to cross the finish line fifth. Tonus ended
fifth in the FIM MX2 World Championship.


KTM HDI MX Team’s Aubin obtained his best result of the season after
finishing fifth overall in the Italian GP. Aubin finished sixth in the
first race and after great start in the second heat, he managed to keep
his initial third position until the end.


Rauchenecker was one of the big surprises in the MX2 class, especially
after his great performance in the second heat where he started sixth
and crossed the finish line in the same position. In the first race he
had been eleventh, so the young Austrian rider obtained a final sixth
overall place.


The seventh place was for Butrón, who also achieved the best result of
the season in Fermo. He was very satisfied with his riding this weekend
and also with his final 14th position in the Championship taking into
account that he had to miss the two overseas GP and had six DNF’S
throughout the season.


Tixier and Nicholls were eighth and ninth respectively, and Ferrandis
obtained the overall tenth place in his first appearance in the MX2
class.


Home rider Lupino had an electrical problem on his Husqvarna during the
first heat and had to pull out, but in the second one, the Italian
obtained a solid ninth place, which gave him the 14th overall position.


Ken Roczen finished fifth in the first heat on his 125cc 2 stroke, but
he had pull out from the second race, as the handlebar of his KTM was
completely bended after a crash he suffered when he was riding fourth.


MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), 39:55.722; 2.
Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:12.159; 3. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha),
+0:25.393; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:38.373; 5. Ken Roczen (GER,
KTM), +0:58.585; 6. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, KTM), +1:15.120; 7. Jake
Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:23.438; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:40.741;
9. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:49.544; 10. Antonio Jose Butron
Oliva (ESP, KTM), +2:04.147;


MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 40:47.256; 2. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:16.913; 3. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, KTM),
+0:45.815; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:53.371; 5. Arnaud Tonus
(SUI, Yamaha), +1:09.964; 6. Pascal Rauchenecker (AUT, KTM), +1:49.365;
7. Antonio Jose Butron Oliva (ESP, KTM), +1:53.261; 8. Christophe
Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +2:00.408; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA,
Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), -1 lap(s);


MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), 47 p.; 3. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), 36 p.; 4.
Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), 36 p.; 5. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, KTM), 35 p.;
6. Pascal Rauchenecker (AUT, KTM), 25 p.; 7. Antonio Jose Butron Oliva
(ESP, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Jake Nicholls
(GBR, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), 21 p.;


MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, KTM), 651 points; 2.
Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 632 p.; 3. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki),
573 p.; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), 458 p.; 5. Arnaud Tonus (SUI,
Yamaha), 427 p.; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), 405 p.; 7. Nicolas Aubin
(FRA, KTM), 304 p.; 8. Zachary Osborne (USA, Yamaha), 295 p.; 9. Harri
Kullas (FIN, Yamaha), 287 p.; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 253 p.;


MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 733 points; 2. Kawasaki, 622 p.; 3. Yamaha,
561 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 170 p.; 5. Suzuki, 165 p.; 6. Honda, 155 p.; 7.
TM, 7 p.;

Complete results available at www.motocrossmx1.com/reslists.aspx
Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery

UEM EMX-125

The last race of the UEM EMX-125 season took place this morning and the
top three places of the Championship were decided. Simone Zecchina had
already been crowed yesterday as the 2011 UEM EMX-125 Champion, but Tim
Gajser obtained the silver medal thanks to his overall victory in the
Italian round and Jeremy Seewer received the bronze one after finishing
second on today’s podium.


Samuele Bernardini decided to take part in the second heat in order to
keep the third position of the Championship, but he finally had to stop
because he could not control his KTM properly due to the heavy pain he
was suffering on his right arm.

GP OF ITALY – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1650 m

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 34° C

Weather conditions: sunny

Crowd attendance: 18000


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NEXT GP
With
the Italian Grand Prix marking the end of the 2011 FIM MX1 and MX2
World Championships, the sportive season will finish next week with the
65th edition of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations in Saint
Jean d’Angely.

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