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Tough Turkish MX GP for Josh Coppins

A historical first visit of the FIM Motocross championship to Turkey has seen Josh Coppins battle with the newly built Hezarfen race circuit  in Istanbul.  The Yamaha Monster Energy racer struggled to find form all weekend but did his best to remain in the MX1 title hunt.

 

A slow jump at the start gate  of the first moto left Coppins having to take some risks in the first few turns.  It paid off for the Kiwi as he emerged in 7th however a string of  inconsistent laps relegated ‘The Lizzard’ outside of the top ten.  Coppins finally settled and moved his way back up the standings to 8th but could not salvage any positions by the end of the race.

 

Knowing how important a good start would be in a stacked field, Coppins once again made the most of the first few corners in what seemed to be a carbon copy of race 1.  The New Zealander made it as far as 5th before losing his rhythm and having to settle for 8th position again.

 

“It’s been one of the those days where you just have to concede, do the best you can and look forward to the next few races and get back into the title hunt.  I didn’t gel with the track at all and with such a strong field of riders, 8th was the best I had in me.  I battled to find the speed all weekend and although I could put in a hot lap it was difficult to string them together for the entire race.   I’m looking forward to Valkenswaard as it will be a change of surface and it’s somewhat of a home GP for me being close to my home base in Belgium” commented a disappointed Coppins.

 

The ‘Eurocircuit’  will see a drastic change in underground as round four of the fifteen round series will take place on the 25-26th of April in the Valkenswaard sand, close to Eindhoven.

 
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Results:

 

MX1 Race1

1        Cairoli, Antonio         ITA     Yamaha

2        Ramon, Steve BEL     Suzuki

3        Strijbos, Kevin          BEL     Honda

4        Philippaerts, David     ITA     Yamaha

5        de Dycker, Ken         BEL     Suzuki

6        Nagl, Maximilian        GER     KTM

7        Barragan, Jonathan   ESP     KTM

8          Coppins, Joshua       NZL     Yamaha

9        Desalle, Clement       BEL     Honda

10      Vuillemin, David        FRA     Kawasaki

11      Swanepoel, Gareth    RSA    Kawasaki

12      Mackenzie, Billy        GBR     Honda

13      Priem, Manuel BEL     Aprilia

14      de Reuver, Marc       NED    Honda

15      Bill, Julien       SUI     Aprilia

 

 

MX1 Race 2

1        Cairoli, Antonio         ITA     Yamaha

2        Philippaerts, David     ITA     Yamaha

3        Ramon, Steve BEL     Suzuki

4        de Dycker, Ken         BEL     Suzuki

5        Leok, Tanel    EST    Yamaha

6        Barragan, Jonathan   ESP     KTM

7        Strijbos, Kevin          BEL     Honda

8          Coppins, Joshua       NZL     Yamaha

9        Desalle, Clement       BEL     Honda

10      Pourcel, Sebastien    FRA     Kawasaki

11      Aranda, Gregory       FRA     Kawasaki

12      Noble, James  GBR     Suzuki

13      Nagl, Maximilian        GER     KTM

14      Vuillemin, David        FRA     Kawasaki

15      Bill, Julien       SUI     Aprilia

16      Swanepoel, Gareth    RSA    Kawasaki

 

MX1 GP Overall:

1        Cairoli, Antonio         ITA     Yamaha        

2        Ramon, Steve BEL     Suzuki

3        Philippaerts, David     ITA     Yamaha

 

MX1 World championship standings:

1        Cairoli, A.       ITA     98

2        de Dycker, Ken         BEL     94

3        Philippaerts, D.         ITA     88

4          Coppins, J.    NZL     85

5        Barragan, J.   ESP     83

6        Ramon, Steve BEL     78

7        Leok, Tanel    EST    73

8        Nagl, M.        GER     73

9        Desalle, C.     BEL     61

10      Strijbos, K.     BEL     50

11      Vuillemin, D.   FRA     40

12      Swanepoel, G.          RSA    34

13      Leok, Aigar     EST    32

14      Noble, James  GBR     27

15      Pourcel, S.     FRA     26

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