MX GP: Cairoli victorious in Germany

RACE REPORT 21/06/2009 Cairoli sets career landmark with German win Tony Cairoli Yamaha Red Bull De Carli rider Tony Cairoli notched his 28th career victory to become the most successful Italian motocrosser ever at Teutschenthal for the Grand Prix of Germany and the ninth round of fifteen in the 2009 FIM MX1-GP World Championship. The Sicilian rode to 2nd and 1st positions with the YZ450F for his third win of a debut MX1 season and also captured his seventh moto triumph from a total of eighteen so far. The fast and bumpy Talkessel course was crowded by more than 35,000 spectators, no doubt pleased to learn that the circuit has signed an agreement to host the German round of the series for the next six years as well as the 2013 Motocross of Nations. Cloudy and rainy conditions in the morning gave way to clearer skies and sunshine in the afternoon. German podium Cairoli expertly took his third pole position of the season by overtaking Max Nagl on the last lap of Saturday's heat race. It was also the fifth time from nine occasions that a Yamaha has entered the start gate first for Sunday's motos. The 23 year old produced a similar performance in the first moto to close a six second gap to the German and almost snatch chequered flag; eventually missing out by just half a second. In the next outing Cairoli was fierce from the line and took control of the race in the formative stages, leading to the finish. Germany saw the fourth MX1 triumph of his career in just ten appearances. Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts had a hard weekend but managed to ride through some set-up issues to finish 4th overall. The World Champion had to retaliate from two mediocre starts and was 4th in both of the motos; winning an intense battle with team-mate Josh Coppins and Clement Desalle in the second sprint. Coppins Coppins looked more like the rider that claimed the Grand Prix of Bulgaria back in April. The New Zealander is regaining his power and stamina and with two decent starts was 3rd and 5th for 5th overall. An engine stall cost him time and a position in Moto1 but his top three finish was the first since Sevlievo. The 32 year old pushed hard to the finish in the tussle with Philippaerts and Desalle in Moto2 and snatched 5th spot from the Belgian two corners from the line in a dramatic finale. Tanel Leok enjoyed decent getaways at this Grand Prix and went 6th and 7th to give Yamaha four machines in the top seven of the final classification. The Estonian struggled slightly with his rhythm in the second outing. In the standings four Yamahas hold positions in the top seven with three riders in the first four. Cairoli keeps his red plate with a 41 point advantage over Philippaerts. Coppins is fourth and 23 behind the defending number one. Leok faces a deficit of 16 points to fifth. In the manufacturer's table Yamaha lead the way from their nearest competitor by 46 points. The world championship now continues onto its second event of three in consecutive weeks with the Kegums circuit hosting the Grand Prix of Latvia. Tony Cairoli, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli, 1st: "It hard to pass on this track and I waited too long behind Josh at the start of the first moto. Only on the last lap could I catch Max and there was not enough time to set him up to overtake properly. When I was second in the next moto I looked for two laps for the right line to pass and then rode my race. I could hear the crowd and it was pretty good for me because I could not see the pit-board so I was listening to them to know if Max was coming close! We are now in the second half of the championship and I am having fun again. I made some more points today." Philippaerts David Philippaerts, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 4th: "It was a difficult day, a difficult weekend in fact. We could not get the bike set-up just as I wanted it and that meant a fight out there. We tried a few different changes but without much luck. My starts weren't good but I could still pass many riders and to take fourth overall was good for me. The track was fast and bumpy and that made it quite dangerous; it was easy to crash." Josh Coppins, Yamaha Monster Energy MX Team, 5th: "I'm pumped. That's the first time in a while I could do two strong motos. Both of my starts were good and the only thing that I'm a little disappointed about was a bit of a lack of speed in the opening stages. Overall, though this was much better. The result of the second moto wasn't as good as the first but the riding was encouraging; I was more like my old self." Tanel Leok, Yamaha Red Bull De Carli: "Today was so-so and could be better. The important thing is that my starts were good. The first race was better but I struggled a bit in the second to get going. Maybe I should have chosen a different rear tyre but my riding was not going as well and it was disappointing." Circuit Length: 1780 Crowd: 35,400 Weather: Changeable Last Years Winner: Joshua Coppins 2009 GP of Germany 21/06/2009 Race 1 - 19 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 40'30.499 2 Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 0'00.584 3 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 0'20.172 4 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'23.357 5 Clement Desalle Honda BEL 0'24.782 6 Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 0'27.502 7 Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 0'39.118 8 David Vuillemin Kawasaki FRA 0'41.714 9 Mickael Pichon Honda FRA 0'44.450 10 Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 1'04.246 11 Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL 1'28.491 12 Aigar Leok TM EST 1'34.224 13 Tom Church CCM GBR 1'42.159 14 Florent Richier Kawasaki FRA 1'45.920 15 Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA 1'50.488 Race 2 - 19 Laps Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time 1 Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 41'07.118 2 Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 0'06.415 3 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'10.703 4 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'14.935 5 Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 0'16.036 6 Clement Desalle Honda BEL 0'16.048 7 Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 0'22.632 8 Mickael Pichon Honda FRA 0'43.285 9 Aigar Leok TM EST 1'03.054 10 Julien Bill Aprilia CHE 1'07.557 11 Loic Leonce Aprilia FRA 1'08.705 12 Kornel Nemeth KTM HUN 1'13.950 13 Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL 1'19.225 14 David Vuillemin Kawasaki FRA 1'21.299 15 Tom Church CCM GBR 1'32.603 16 Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 1'34.462 20 Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED 2'10.915 Rider Standings 21/06/2009 Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points 1. Antonio Cairoli Yamaha ITA 338 2. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 297 3. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 293 4. Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 274 5. Clement Desalle Honda BEL 268 6. Ken De Dycker Suzuki BEL 264 7. Tanel Leok Yamaha EST 252 8. Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 215 9. Aigar Leok TM EST 139 10. David Vuillemin Kawasaki FRA 137 11. Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki RSA 130 12. Billy MacKenzie Honda GBR 103 13. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 100 14. Manuel Priem Aprilia BEL 95 15. Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 91 23. Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 41 29. Rob van Vijfeijken Yamaha NED 19 Manufacturer Standings 21/06/2009 Pos. Manufacturer Points 1. Yamaha 399 2. KTM 353 3. Honda 303 4. Suzuki 279 5. Kawasaki 175 6. TM 139 7. Aprilia 119 8. CCM 80 RACE REPORT 21/06/2009 Guarneri 6th at Teutschenthal Guarneri The Grand Prix of Germany at Teutschenthal saw Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team's Davide Guarneri again post consistent points and come through the ninth round of fifteen in the FIM MX2-GP World Championship with 6th place. The Italian recovered from lacklustre starts to reach 4th and 10th positions across a rough track that was hard for passing. Overcast skies deposited occasional light rainfall in the first part of the day across the historic and 'old school' motocross track less than ten kilometres outside of Halle. The terrain became rough and hard and in the afternoon 35,400 fans absorbed the action under sunny skies. In the first race Guarneri rode well to take his seventh top four finish from seventeen motos this year so far. Unfortunately a worse start and crash kept him on the edge of the top ten in the second sprint and denied the 2008 Spanish GP winner another shot at the overall podium. Aubin Team-mate Nico Aubin completed two consistent motos for 8th place overall and his best points haul for several Grand Prix. The Frenchman was 8th both times. Loic Larrieu survived a crash during the Saturday practice heat but was lowly placed in the gate for Sunday. The teenager, who took his first podium two weeks ago in France, had to retire from the motos after wrenching his right wrist on one of the steep down-hills. Last week the potency of the YZ250F was again proved in the high-profile European Championship as Christophe Charlier and Klemen Gercar took the first two positions on the podium at the Bulgarian round of the series (Charlier going 1-1 and leads the standings by 33 points). The French youngster has won 8 from 10 motos and 4 rounds from 5 to thoroughly stamp his name on the competition. Still in search of his first rostrum celebration this season, Guarneri nevertheless has remained very regular and is 3rd in the world championship. Aubin is 7th with 3C Racing's Manuel Monni in 9th spot. Utag Yamaha.com's Zach Osborne was practicing last week and will attempt another return at the following meeting after recovering further from his broken left scaphoid. The Grand Prix of Latvia at Kegums will take place next weekend for round ten of the series. Davide Guarneri, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 6th: "It was a strange day. I made two bad starts. In the first moto I was fast and came back to fourth but Boog was too far away to get third place. In the second moto I was outside the top ten at the start but pushed hard in the first to laps to reach eighth before I had a crash and was back down to 14th. Once I passed one or two more people there was a huge gap to the next rider. At the moment I cannot get past having one good and then one average moto; once I can get this to change then we will be on the podium." Nico Aubin, Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci MX Team, 8th: "I did not ride badly on the bike and I tried not to make any mistakes. I had two good starts but was pushed a little to the inside and could not make the top three. We had worked on the carburetion of the bike and it was fast this weekend; it seemed to work better for the start. Overall the result is not good but I feel that these two steady races are a move in the right direction." Circuit Length: 1780 Crowd: 35,400 Weather: Changeable Last Years Winner: Tyla Rattray 2009 GP of Germany 21/06/2009

Race 1 - 19 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Steven Frossard	Kawasaki	FRA	40'57.005
2	Ken Roczen	Suzuki	GER	0'02.491
3	Xavier Boog	Suzuki	FRA	0'03.912
4	Davide Guarneri	Yamaha	ITA	0'15.040
5	Gautier Paulin	Kawasaki	FRA	0'15.139
6	Marvin Musquin	KTM	FRA	0'20.955
7	Rui Goncalves	KTM	POR	0'22.199
8	Nicolas Aubin	Yamaha	FRA	0'27.690
9	Jake Nicholls	KTM	GBR	0'29.468
10	Manuel Monni	Yamaha	ITA	0'32.396
11	Marcus Schiffer	KTM	GER	0'38.131
12	Joel Roelants	KTM	BEL	0'39.999
13	Dennis Verbruggen	Honda	BEL	0'40.507
14	Jeremy Van Horebeek	KTM	BEL	0'45.626
15	Loic Rombaut	Kawasaki	FRA	1'06.998

Race 2 - 19 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Manu.	Nat.	Total Time
1	Marvin Musquin	KTM	FRA	41'06.227
2	Ken Roczen	Suzuki	GER	0'02.188
3	Gautier Paulin	Kawasaki	FRA	0'20.066
4	Rui Goncalves	KTM	POR	0'21.994
5	Steven Frossard	Kawasaki	FRA	0'30.647
6	Anthony Boissière	KTM	FRA	0'40.130
7	Marcus Schiffer	KTM	GER	0'46.484
8	Nicolas Aubin	Yamaha	FRA	0'52.148
9	Jeremy Van Horebeek

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