Press Release

Pourcel and Herlings shine in Fermo


FERMO
(Italy), 29 April 2012 – The 17000 people present in Fermo were able to
enjoy incredible racing in both MX1 and MX2 classes. Christophe Pourcel
obtained his maiden MX1 victory of the season, whereas Jeffrey Herlings
obtained his second GP victory this weekend in Fermo.

Although
Antonio Cairoli was on the second step of the podium, his second heat
victory made the crowd go crazy. Third overall was Clement Desalle and
Gautier Paulin missed the podium for just one point due to his sixth
position in the second heat.



Steven Frossard decided to take part in the first heat, but the pain on
his knee was so intense that he decided not to take any risks and
decided to call it a day.



Jeffrey Herlings went 1-1 in Fermo and he is now leading the MX2
championship with 30 points advantage. Michael Leib had a superb weekend
and was on the second step of the podium, while Jeremy Van Horebeek
completed the top three.



The negative part of the day was the two DNF’s of Tommy Searle and Joel
Roelants in the first heats; Searle was able to take part in the second
heat and finished second, but Roelants suffered a heavy concussion in
the first heat and was not able to race the second one.



MX1

CP377 Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit’s Christophe Pourcel
obtained his maiden GP victory of the season and he is now third in the
point standings 27 points behind Cairoli. In the first heat, Pourcel and
Paulin exchanged the lead in several occasions. Pourcel even stalled
the bike in the last lap, but he managed to start the bike again
quickly, catch Paulin and cross the finish line in the first position.
In the second heat, he succeeded in finishing second even being bleeding
from his nose during the last laps after a rock had hit his face.



Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Cairoli was only third in the first heat,
but he took the holeshot in the second one and succeeded in keeping the
lead until the chequered flag. After not having the best qualifying race
yesterday, Cairoli was determined to do well today and hand a victory
to his home crowd that had been cheering for him until the end. Cairoli
is still leading the MX1 point standings with 17 points advantage over
Paulin.



The third step of the podium was for Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s
Desalle thanks to his 4-3 result. However, the Belgian admitted that he
is not fully satisfied with performance today and he needs to keep on
working to try to conquer the first step of the podium in the upcoming
Grand Prix.



Kawasaki Racing Team’s Paulin had an incredible first race and he
actually missed the victory because he made a mistake in the last lap
and Pourcel overtook him. In the second heat, Paulin crashed in the
first corner and had to fight from the back of the pack to end sixth,
which made him finish fourth overall.



Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s De Dycker obtained another solid result in
Fermo and completed the top five of the Italian Grand Prix. De Dycker
had a bad start in the first heat and started from an initial twelfth
position to finish seventh. However, in the second heat the Belgian
started third and rode a consistent moto until the end.



Russian Bobryshev is much better from his thumb injury and he succeeded
in finishing sixth overall in a track where he does not really feel
comfortable. Strijbos, who finished tenth in the first heat after
starting from an initial 16th position, was seventh in the second one
and obtained a final seventh place.



Philippaerts was ninth and once again he was touched by bad luck; five
minutes before the end of the first heat, the Italian made a mistake
while he was riding fourth and he went down the floor. He managed to
finish ninth but he hit his face heavily and had some vision problems in
one of his eyes. In the second moto he finished eighth and obtained an
overall eighth position.



Boog was ninth and Leok completed the top ten.



MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:45.152; 2.
Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:00.807; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA,
KTM), +0:10.841; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:45.920; 5. Xavier
Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:46.277; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda),
+0:49.834; 7. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:57.051; 8. Shaun Simpson
(GBR, Yamaha), +0:59.812; 9. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha),
+1:04.282; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, KTM), +1:07.930;



MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:48.505; ; 2.
Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:09.147; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL,
Suzuki), +0:15.265; 4. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:20.222; 5. Evgeny
Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:31.310; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki),
+0:42.169; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, KTM), +0:54.334; 8. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +1:02.716; 9. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda),
+1:05.010; 10. Dean Ferris (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:06.052;



MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Christophe Pourcel (FRA, Kawasaki), 47 points;
2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki),
38 p.; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 37 p.; 5. Ken de Dycker (BEL,
KTM), 32 p.; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 31 p.; 7. Kevin Strijbos
(BEL, KTM), 25 p.; 8. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 9. Xavier
Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 23 p.; 10. Tanel Leok (EST, Suzuki), 20 p.;



MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 133 points; 2.
Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 116 p.; 3. Christophe Pourcel (FRA,
Kawasaki), 106 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 105 p.; 5. Ken de
Dycker (BEL, KTM), 95 p.; 6. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, KTM), 76 p.; 7. Xavier
Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 72 p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 69 p.;
9. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 69 p.; 10. Tanel Leok (EST,
Suzuki), 62 p.;



MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 133 points; 2. Kawasaki, 129 p.; 3. Suzuki, 115 p.; 4. Yamaha, 94 p.; 5. Honda, 89 p.; 6. TM, 12 p.;



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

Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery



MX2

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Herlings won both heats but it
was not an easy victory for the Dutch rider. In the first heat, he was
able to keep the lead from the beginning to the finish line, but by the
end of the heat Herlings started feeling that his bike was having some
problems. In the second moto, Herlings and Searle’s wheels touched and
the Dutch lost the front break but he managed to go from eleventh to
first.



The second overall position was for Monster Energy Yamaha’s Leib on his
second appearance in the FIM Motocross World Championship this season.
The American did an incredible first race moving from 15th to third and
in the second moto he led the race until the last three laps, where he
was overtaken by Herlings and Searle. Leib is very grateful towards
Monster Energy Yamaha for having given him such opportunity and he
admitted that his near future is still uncertain at the moment.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Van Horebeek obtained his first podium
finish of the season after being second and fourth in today’s races. In
the first heat, the Belgian was riding comfortably in the second
position when he suffered a heavy crash, but he managed to recover
himself quickly and finished the race second. Van Horebeek admitted that
he struggled a lot in the second moto to finish fourth, as he was
suffering a heavy headache caused from the crash in the first moto. The
Belgian is now second in the point standings.



His teammate Tixier was fifth overall today in Fermo and he has moved up
to the sixth position in championship and he is now only two points
behind Anstie. Tixier had some difficulties in the first race and he was
only able to finish seventh, but in the second one he obtained a solid
fifth place.



KTM Diga Racing’s Butrón completed the top five of the Italian
Championship thanks to his 9-7 result. The Spanish rider had two really
good starts and in the second moto he even led the race during the first
meters. Butrón has been riding in the front in Sevlievo and this
weekend in Fermo during the first laps, but he is missing a little bit
of consistency to fight for the podium finish.



Charlier obtained a solid overall sixth position in his first appearance
in the FIM Motocross World Championship after his foot injury and
Ferrandis finished seventh overall. The French young rider, who was the
runner up of the 2011 UEM EMX2 championship, had a really good start in
the first heat and finished fifth, but in the second one he was involved
in a crashed at the start and he could only cross the finish line in
the 12th position.



Anstie was eighth and Searle and Lupino completed the top ten.



It was a disappointing weekend for Searle, especially after having won
the qualifying race yesterday and having so high expectations for this
weekend. In the first heat he crashed on the opening lap and his bike
was so damaged that he had to pull out and in the second one, Searle’s
and Herlings’ bikes touched at the start and he had to fight from almost
the last position up to the second final place.



MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 40:06.301; 2. Jeremy
van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:16.652; 3. Michael Leib (USA, Yamaha),
+0:21.834; 4. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:27.065; 5. Dylan Ferrandis
(FRA, Kawasaki), +0:34.091; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, Suzuki), +0:36.761; 7.
Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:40.763; 8. Christophe Charlier (FRA,
Yamaha), +0:43.712; 9. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:48.831; 10. Nikolaj
Larsen (DEN, Suzuki), +1:03.412;



MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 39:49.655; ; 2.
Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:03.234; 3. Michael Leib (USA, Yamaha),
+0:17.454; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:28.991; 5. Jordi Tixier
(FRA, KTM), +0:32.368; 6. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Husqvarna),
+0:34.819; 7. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:40.922; 8. Max Anstie (GBR,
Honda), +0:57.391; 9. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:04.357; 10.
Petar Petrov (BUL, Suzuki), +1:16.502;



MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2.
Michael Leib (USA, Yamaha), 40 p.; 3. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 40
p.; 4. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 30 p.; 5. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 26
p.; 6. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), 25 p.; 7. Dylan Ferrandis
(FRA, Kawasaki), 25 p.; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Honda), 23 p.; 9. Tommy
Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), 22 p.; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Husqvarna),
22 p.;



MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 144 points; 2.
Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 114 p.; 3. Tommy Searle (GBR,
Kawasaki), 109 p.; 4. Joel Roelants (BEL, Kawasaki), 85 p.; 5. Max
Anstie (GBR, Honda), 80 p.; 6. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 78 p.; 7. Dylan
Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), 73 p.; 8. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 69 p.; 9.
Harri Kullas (FIN, Suzuki), 65 p.; 10. Michael Leib (USA, Yamaha), 61
p.;



MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 144 points; 2. Kawasaki, 132 p.; 3. Honda, 84
p.; 4. Yamaha, 83 p.; 5. Suzuki, 73 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 60 p.; 7. TM, 5
p.;



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

Photos available at www.motocrossmx1.com/gallery



UEM EMX125

The second round of the UEM EMX125 championship took place this
morning and Tim Gajser was once again on the top of the podium. The
Silver Action rider won easily yesterday, but this morning he had to
fight a bit more to cross the finish line first, because he made a
couple of mistakes during the heat. Magne Klingshelm from Norway was
second overall thanks to his 5-2 result and Calvin Vlaanderen completed
the top three.



Home rider Davide Bonini was only sixth yesterday and today, he made
several mistakes in the second heat and he could only finish fourth. The
Italian finally missed the podium for just two points.



GP OF ITALY – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1650

Type of ground: hard pack

Temperature: 25° C

Weather conditions: sunny – a bit cloudy by the end of the day

Crowd attendance: 17000



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NEXT GP

The FIM Motocross World Championship will have a week break to
travel overseas to take part in the fourth Grand Prix of the season in
Guadalajara, Mexico, during the 13th May weekend.



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