Press Release

SUZUKI SET FOR GERMAN MX1 GP

ocscottie
7/7/2011 12:16pm


Suzuki's
factory RM-Z450s barely had time to dry from the jet-wash before being
packed back into the Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 race-truck and
beginning their journey to the Talkessel circuit at Teutschenthal for
the Grand Prix of Germany this weekend.

The ninth round of 15 in
the FIM Motocross World Championship is forecasted to take place under
bright but cloudy skies with the chance of showers Friday and Sunday
afternoons. The short drops, climbs and banked corners of the hard-pack
Talkessel layout will provide its customary quick challenge to Clement
Desalle and Steve Ramon. The two Belgians will be more than familiar
with the old venue that has been a concrete fixture on the GP calendar
this century.

A sizeable crowd is expected to descend on the
small German hamlet in the east of the country and close to the city of
Halle thanks to the re-emergence of the nation as a force in World
Motocross. For Desalle, the event will be the second of three in a row
that he has to try and negotiate in the best way possible in order to
reach the small break after Latvia next week still in reach of the red
plate. The 'Panda' was a decent seventh last weekend in Sweden.

"I
feel like I am 95 years old if I am honest! Seriously though I am a bit
better but not 100%," the winner of three Grands Prix this year said
with reference to his sore shoulders and painful finger. "I have aches
and pains in different places but I was able to go cycling this morning
and also have some physio on my shoulder.

"I hope as the days go
on then I will feel better and better. Teutschenthal is not one of the
best tracks on the calendar but we all have to deal with it," he added.
"Every track is physical but I will have to wait and see how I feel on
the bike on Saturday morning to have an idea about how fast I can be. I
believe it should feel easier than last weekend."

Steve Ramon
was fifth at Uddevalla last Sunday and is still chasing his first
silverware of 2011. "I didn't have any problems with my leg over the
weekend so that was really good and now I'm just at home recovering and
doing a bit of training for Germany," he said. "The weekends are hard
work and with three GPs in a row you just have to do your best to get
fit and ready for the next one. Teutschenthal is another hard-pack track
and my goal is to make better starts in Germany and make life a bit
easier for myself in the motos. The podium is closer and I want to make
it in the coming races."

MX1 World Championship Standings (after 8 of 15 rounds): 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 322 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 312 p.;
3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Yamaha), 300 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER,
KTM), 250 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 244 p.; 6. David
Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), 225 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Honda), 217
p.; 8. Xavier Boog (FRA, Kawasaki), 191 p.; 9. Steve Ramon (BEL, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1), 180 p.; 10. Jonathan Barragan (ESP, Kawasaki), 176 p.



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