World Championship points for the Yamaha van Beers-riders in Great Britain

The Yamaha van Beers riders Petar Petrov and Herjan Brakke has
scored World Championship points at round thirteen of the World
Championship Series at Matterley Basin in Great Britain. Petar finished in
18^th and 16^th position in the MX2 motos and scored
eight World Championship points. Herjan Brakke finished in nineteenth
position in the second MX1 moto and scored two World Championship
points.

Petar set the eighteenth fastest time in the pre qualifying
session on Saturday and started his qualifying heat in seventeenth
position. He found his rhythm straight away and managed to work himself up
to fifteenth position before the midway point. In the second part of the
race he gave everything he had and managed to pass two more riders to
finish the race in thirteenth position.

In the first moto he didn’t took a good start and came out of
the first corner outside of the top twenty. In the beginning he had
several duels around 20^th position. He changed from position
several times but in lap ten he worked himself up to eighteenth position.
In the following laps he moved up to seventeenth position but a lap later
he lost this position again. In the rest of the race he managed to held on
to eighteenth position and scored three World Championship
points.

In the second moto he took a poor start again and he had to
start the race in the back of the pack. He started a charge back trough
the field and within a few laps he had worked himself up to
18^th position. In the following laps Petrov managed to pass
several more riders and finished the race in sixteenth
position.

Overall he finished in eighteenth position and after this round
he sits in 17^th position in the World Championship
Standings.

Herjan Brakke qualified himself in eighteenth position in the
MX1 class. In the first moto he came out of the start around twentieth
position. In the beginning of the race the pace was to high for Herjan and
this forced him into a mistake. He dropped back all the way to
30^th position. After the crash Herjan tried to come back as far
as possible. He finally finished the race in 25^th position but
scored no World Championship points. The second moto got red flagged after
thirteen minutes. At the restart he came out of the first corner in
22^nd position. After several laps he started to put the
pressure on the riders in front of him. In the second part of the race he
was riding inside of the points and after a strong end of the moto he
finished the race in 19^th position.

Overall he finished in 24^th position and after this
round he sits in 28^th position in the World Championship
Standings. In two weeks time the series will continue in Gaildorf in
Germany.

Results
Grand Prix of Great Britain:

MX1:

First moto:
1
Christophe Pourcel
2 Steven Frossard
3 Antonio Cairoli
4 Tanel
Leok
5 Max Nagl
25 Herjan Brakke

Second moto:
1 Antonio
Cairoli
2 Steven Frossard
3 Christophe Pourcel
4 Jonathan
Barragan
5 Max Nagl
19 Herjan Brakke

Overall:
1 Antonio
Cairoli 45 Pnt
2 Christophe Pourcel 45 Pnt
3 Steven Frossard 44
Pnt
4 Max Nagl 32 Pnt
5 Brad Anderson 26 Pnt
24 Herjan Brakke 2
Pnt

World Championship Standings:
1 Antonio Cairoli 554 Pnt
2
Steven Frossard 472 Pnt
3 Clement Desalle 461 Pnt
4 Max Nagl 410
Pnt
5 Evgeny Bobryshev 387 Pnt
21 Marc de Reuver 55 Pnt
28 Herjan
Brakke 18 Pnt

MX2:

First moto:
1 Ken Roczen
2 Tommy
Searle
3 Joel Roelants
4 Gautier Paulin
5 Valentin Teillet
18
Petar Petrov

Second moto:
1 Ken Roczen
2 Tommy Searle
3
Jeffrey Herlings
4 Gautier Paulin
5 Arnaud Tonus
16 Petar
Petrov

Overall:
1 Ken Roczen 50 Pnt
2 Tommy Searle 44
Pnt
3 Gautier Paulin 36 Pnt
4 Jeffrey Herlings 34 Pnt
5 Arnaud
Tonus 28 Pnt
18 Petar Petrov 8 Pnt

World Championship
Standings:
1 Ken Roczen 590 Pnt
2 Jeffrey Herlings 547 Pnt
3
Tommy Searle 479 Pnt
4 Gautier Paulin 425 Pnt
5 Arnaud Tonus 353
Pnt
17 Petar Petrov 124 Pnt