Crowning glory
By Alex Hodgkinson on 14th Sep 12
Toni Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings tied up the MX1 and MX2 world titles respectively with a two-moto win apiece, in the stifling heat of Faenza, Italy, to hand KTM their third consecutive world MX1/MX2 double.
The GP victory, his sixth in a row, and title, a career sixth, held a particularly poignancy for Cairoli: "It's one year to the day since my mama passed away,” said the Sicilian.
"This one was for her – I know she'd be watching over me!”
The weekend had not started well for the MX1 champion as he only earned 14th gate pick.
"My gate bounced and fouled the rear wheel in the qualification race, so the riders either side of me got a jump on me,” he explained.
"Then I collided with Marc De Reuver on the first lap.”
But the GP motos were a different story.
"I gated second to Sebastien Pourcel in the first moto, got around him on lap three and went away,” said Cairoli.
"I had no rear brake for the last ten minutes and had to adjust my lines, so Christophe Pourcel came closer, but I wanted to clinch the title with a win.”
Even though he only needed to head home Clement Desalle to set the seal on his fourth consecutive MX1 title, the Sicilian kept Pourcel at bay and the celebrations could begin – all this despite continued discomfort from the hand he injured at Matterley.
Shaun Simpson, a stunning third in qualification, advanced quickly to fifth and wanted more: "I took too long to pass Sebastien Pourcel (CP377), but I was catching his brother again until I fell,” he said.
"There was no way I could have held off De Dycker though – he came like an express train.”
Indeed he did – ‘Keeno' had been nearly last on lap one after a fall.
Race two followed a similar pattern as ‘CP377' chased Cairoli in vain.
Desalle took fourth to ensure the silver medal in the series, but just six points now separate arch rivals Paulin and Pourcel for third going into the final GP at Teutschenthal and De Dycker, a previous winner at the German track, is only a further 18 back.
Simpson retained his top ten ranking, three ahead of Bobryshev, but both have closed up significantly on Rui Goncalves, a non-scorer after damaging a shoulder-blade and suffering severe concussion.
With top 20 finishes in both motos Jamie Law, Bryan MacKenzie and Graeme Irwin did themselves proud – indeed for each of them it was a career-best MX1 GP result.
Herlings brought a 65-point advantage over Tommy Searle to the race and could have settled for a steady ride on what he described as "...the worst track of the year for me – it's like concrete”.
for full report and pictures see tmx news september 14
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 15 – Faenza, ITALY
1 Jeffrey Herlings (NL - KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Tommy SEARLE (GB - Kawasaki) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Jeremy Van Horebeek (B - KTM) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Jordi Tixier (F - KTM) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Arnaud Tonus (CH - Yamaha) 15 + 14 = 29
6 Romain Febvre (F - KTM) 12 + 16 = 28
7 Valentin Teillet (F - Kawasaki) 11 + 15 = 26
8 Loic Larrieu (F - Husqvarna) 13 + 12 = 25
9 Jake NICHOLLS (GB - KTM) 14 + 8 = 22
10 Julien Lieber (B - KTM) 10 + 11 = 21
11 Zach Osborne (US - Yamaha) 18+0=18, 12 Elliott BANKS-BROWNE (GB - KTM) 6+9=15, 13 Alexander Tonkov (RUS - Honda) 0+13=13, 14 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - KTM) 7+6=13, 15 Nikolaj Larsen (DK - Suzuki) 0+10=10, 16 Jose Butron (E - KTM) 2+7=9, 17 Max ANSTIE (GB - Honda) 9+0=9, 18 Alessandro Lupino (I - Husqvarna) 3+5=8, 19 Andrea Cervellin (I - TM) 4+4=8, 20 Valentin Guillod (CH - KTM) 8+0=8, 21 Ivo Monticelli (I - Suzuki) 5+0=5, 22 Damon Graulus (B - Suzuki) 0+3=3, 23 Roberts Justs (LAT - Honda) 0+2=2, 24 Antonio Mancuso
(I - Honda) 0+1=1, 25 Samuel Zeni (I - Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Herlings, 2 SEARLE, 3 Van Horebeek, 4 Osborne, 5 Tixier, 6 Tonus, 7 NICHOLLS, 8 Larrieu, 9 Febvre, 10 Teillet, 11 Lieber, 12 ANSTIE, 13 Guillod, 14 Coldenhoff, 15 BANKS-BROWNE, 16 Monticelli, 17 Cervellin, 18 Lupino, 19 Butron, 20 Zeni.
RACE TWO: 1 Herlings, 2 SEARLE, 3 Van Horebeek, 4 Tixier, 5 Febvre, 6 Teillet, 7 Tonus, 8 Tonkov, 9 Larrieu, 10 Lieber, 11 Larsen, 12 BANKS-BROWNE, 13 NICHOLLS, 14 Butron, 15 Coldenhoff, 16 Lupino, 17 Cervellin, 18 Graulus, 19 Justs, 20 Mancuso.
SERIES STANDINGS after 15 (of 16) rounds: 1 Jeffrey Herlings 672 points (CHAMPION), 2 SEARLE 601, 3 Van Horebeek 559, 4 NICHOLLS 409, 5 Tixier 401, 6 Roelants 367, 7 ANSTIE 323, 8 Ferrandis 272, 9 Butron 272, 10 Coldenhoff 251, 11 Lupino 249, 12 Tonus 211, 13 Febvre 196, 14 Teillet 180, 15 Osborne 170, 16 Larsen 163, 17 Tonkov 137, 18 Kullas 132, 19 Charlier 131, 20 Petrov 131,... 23 POCOCK 87,... 28 BANKS-BROWNE 35,... 59 TOMBS 1,...
FINAL ROUND: September 23 – Teutschenthal, GERMANY
WORLD MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 15 – Faenza, ITALY
1 Antonio Cairoli (I - KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Christophe Pourcel (F - Kawasaki) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Clement Desalle (B - Suzuki) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Gautier Paulin (F - Kawasaki) 14 + 20 = 34
5 Ken De Dycker (B - KTM) 18 + 14 = 32
6 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - Honda) 13 + 15 = 28
7 Sebastien Pourcel (F - Kawasaki) 11 + 16 = 27
8 Tanel Leok (EST - Suzuki) 15 + 12 = 27
9 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - Yamaha) 16 + 11 = 27
10 Davide Guarneri (I - KTM) 9 + 13 = 22
11 Kevin Strijbos (B - KTM) 10+10=20, 12 Josh Coppins (NZ - Yamaha) 12+8=20, 13 Xavier Boog (F - Kawasaki) 8+9=17, 14 Milko Potisek (F - Honda) 7+6=13, 15 Mark De Reuver (NL - Kawasaki) 5+5=10, 16 Jamie LAW (GB - KTM) 4+4=8, 17 Bryan MacKENZIE (GB - KTM) 6+2=8, 18 Jonathan Barragan (E - Honda) 0+7=7, 19 Gregory Aranda (F - Yamaha) 1+3=4, 20 Graeme IRWIN (GB - Yamaha) 2+1=3, 21 Augusts Justs (LAT - Honda) 3+0=3.
RACE ONE: 1 Cairoli, 2 Christophe Pourcel, 3 Desalle, 4 De Dycker, 5 SIMPSON, 6 Leok, 7 Paulin, 8 Bobryshev, 9 Coppins, 10 Sebastien Pourcel, 11 Strijbos, 12 Guarneri, 13 Boog, 14 Potisek, 15 MacKENZIE, 16 De Reuver, 17 LAW, 18 Justs, 19 IRWIN, 20 Aranda.
RACE TWO: 1 Cairoli, 2 Christophe Pourcel, 3 Paulin, 4 Desalle, 5 Sebastien Pourcel, 6 Bobryshev, 7 De Dycker, 8 Guarneri, 9 Leok, 10 SIMPSON, 11 Strijbos, 12 Boog, 13 Coppins, 14 Barragan, 15 Potisek, 16 De Reuver, 17 LAW, 18 Aranda, 19 MacKENZIE, 20 IRWIN.
SERIES STANDINGS after 15 (of 16) rounds: 1 Antonio Cairoli 642 points (CHAMPION), 2 Desalle 554, 3 Paulin 502, 4 Christophe Pourcel 496, 5 De Dycker 478, 6 Strijbos 389, 7 Boog 372, 8 Leok 365, 9 Goncalves 315, 10 SIMPSON 298, 11 Bobryshev 295, 12 Barragan 219, 13 Philippaerts 212, 14 Guarneri 212, 15 Sebastien Pourcel 205, 16 Karro 112, 17 Nagl 104, 18 De Reuver 74, 19 Soubeyras 67, 20 Frossard 66,... 33 SMITH 18, 34 LAW 17,... 36 MacKENZIE 14,... 44 IRWIN 7,... 50 PARKER 5,... 56 SNOW 3, 57 WHATLEY 2,... 66 BARR 1,...
FINAL ROUND: September 23 – Teutschenthal, GERMANY.
