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By TMX Archives on 27th Aug 10
Cairoli champ in Brazil... and first GP double for Roczen
Toni Cairoli is the 2010 MX1 world champion! The Sicilian unexpectedly clinched his fourth title in Brazil when Clement Desalle unexpectedly stopped three laps from the end of race two.
And in a sizzler, run with temperatures approaching 100 degree Fahrenheit, Ken Roczen recorded his first GP maximum score.
But it was an unfortunate weekend for the Brits. Zach Osborne was fifth in MX2 but Shaun Simpson dislocated a shoulder, Evgeny Bobryshev punctured a lung and Jake Nicholls' bike broke twice. Adam Chatfield - riding for Brazil - saved the day with 12th in MX2.
Marvin Musquin holeshot MX2 as usual, but Roczen was stalking him from lap one on both occasions and finally secured the 50 point maximum score he has deserved but found elusive for so long.
By lap three of race one, the German had already moved past, but then he had second thoughts: "I decided it was too early and I didn't want to show him my lines, so I let him back past.” A few laps down the line and Kenny decided he could go for it, swooping past again with ease to complete the first half of his daily double.
Osborne was a strong fourth, but lost Tonus when the Swiss turned up the heat after getting round Harri Kullas quicker: "He rode some good laps and got away too far for me to catch him again.”
Simpson never saw the end of the first lap. Stefan Everts: "Shaun came together with Paulin over the big jump at the far end of the track and his shoulder came out; they put it back in here at the track.”
Nicholls' race lasted little longer. Seventh on lap one, he was struggling within a couple of laps: "It was tightening up. I just got back to the pits before it seized.”
Race two again saw the top two 250F riders in the world sprint clear, but Roczen waited until six minutes from the end to pounce: "When I saw that on my board I knew it was time to go.”
The first attempt, an outside pass, was cut off when Musquin ran him wide, but within half a lap the German had cut underneath and the Frenchman let him go. Needing just 28 points from the last four motos to retain his title, he could afford to do so.
Osborne found it more difficult to advance in race two, eventually finishing ninth after a fall, whilst Nicholls knew his race wouldn't last long as he left the gate: "I felt oil spraying all over my hand.” The hydraulic line was spewing out liquid and the clutch was useless from the word go.
Chatfield, having found himself given the practice bike rather than Toni Balbi's promised race bike, couldn't make the big triples but sheer effort kept him ahead of the "other Brazilians” and never far behind GP regulars like Lupino.
With Cairoli buried in the pack after a bad start in race one, David Philippaerts walked away with the MX1 opener after fending off the early attention of Max Nagl. Desalle might have troubled him, but an early mistake dropped him from third to sixth, and by the final lap the Belgian was coming under pressure from Cairoli for second.
An errant Uruguayan appeared to have settled the affair as he rode across Cairoli's front wheel, but then Desalle washed out in a dry, slippery turn and Toni gratefully completed an Italian 1-2.
When Cairoli went down hard, fortunately without injury eight laps into race two, Desalle looked to have it made, but the Suzuki ground to a halt three laps from the end, and suddenly the Youthstream and KTM camps were running round to welcome the new champion.
Cairoli won moto, GP and title: "I never expected to win the title today. In one way it's a pity because not so many of my fans could be here, but the Brazilians cheered us all day, so I'm happy for them.”
The gap between the GP regulars and the South Americans was apparant in both classes, but Antonio Balbi was made to fight to "win” the race within a race each time to claim a brace of 11ths.
Sister Mariana had been the first girl ever to score a point against the men at last year's Brazilian GP and she again managed the feat, taking the final point in each moto, a full two laps ahead of the lad from Uruguay.
WORLD MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 – Campo Grande, BRAZIL
1 Toni Cairoli (I - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 25 = 47
2 David Philippaerts (I - Monster Rinaldi Yam) 25 + 22 = 47
3 Max Nagl (D - Red Bull KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Steve Ramon (B - Teka Suzuki) 14 + 18 = 32
5 Rui Goncalves (P - Red Bull KTM) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Davide Guarneri (I - LS Honda) 16 + 13 = 29
7 Josh Coppins (NZ - Aprilia) 12 + 14 = 26
8 Tanel Leok (EW - LS Honda) 13 + 11 = 24
9 Clement Desalle (B - Teka Suzuki) 20 + 4 = 24
10 Jimmy Albertson (US - Martin Honda) 11 + 12 = 23
11 Antonio Balbi (BR - Kawasaki) 10+10=20, 12 Joao Paulino (BR - Honda) 8+9=17, 13 Xavier Boog (F - KRTE Kawasaki) 0+15=15, 14 Roberto Castro (CRC - Kawasaki) 9+5=14, 15 Jose Gerardo Felipe (ARG - Kawasaki) 5+8=13, 16 Rafael Zenni (BR - Honda) 7+6=13, 17 Wellington Garcia (BR - Honda) 0+7=7, 18 Ariel Muller (BR - Kawasaki) 3+3=6, 19 Marcello Lima (BR - Kawasaki) 6+0=6, 20 Agustin Cerdena Fearne (URG - Kawasaki) 2+2=4, 21 Douglas Parise (BR - Kawasaki) 4+0=4, 22 Mariana Balbi (BR - Yamaha) 1+1=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Philippaerts, 2 Cairoli, 3 Desalle, 4 Nagl, 5 Guarneri, 6 Goncalves, 7 Ramon, 8 Tanel Leok, 9 Coppins, 10 Albertson, 11 Antonio Balbi, 12 Castro, 13 Paulino, 14 Zenni, 15 Lima, 16 Felipe, 17 Parise, 18 Müller, 19 Cerdena Fearne, 20 Mariana Balbi.
RACE TWO: 1 Cairoli, 2 Philippaerts, 3 Nagl, 4 Ramon, 5 Goncalves, 6 Boog, 7 Coppins, 8 Guarneri, 9 Albertson, 10 Tanel Leok, 11 Antonio Balbi, 12 Paulino, 13 Felipe, 14 Garcia, 15 Zenni, 16 Castro, 17 Desalle, 18 Müller, 19 Cerdena Fearne, 20 Mariana Balbi.
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 15) rounds: 1 Toni Cairoli 578 points (WORLD CHAMPION), 2 Desalle 471, 3 Philippaerts 441, 4 Nagl 420, 5 Ramon 408, 6 Tanel Leok 314, 7 DeDycker 309, 8 Boog 291, 9 Bobryshev 270, 10 Guarneri 242, 11 Coppins 210, 12 Goncalves 208, 13 Strijbos 201, 14 Swanepoel 182, 15 Boissiere 145, 16 Albertson 113, 17 Pourcel 106, 18 Barragan 78, 19 Aubin 70, 20 Soubeyras 59,... 27 CHURCH 25,... 50 SWORD 5, 51 Anderson 5,...
NEXT ROUND: September 5 – Lierop, HOLLAND.
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 – Campo Grande, BRAZIL
1 Ken Roczen (D - Teka Suzuki) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Marvin Musquin (F - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Jeremy Van Horebeek (B - Monster CLS Kaw) 15 + 20 = 35
4 Arnaud Tonus (CH - Teka Suzuki) 20 + 15 = 35
5 Zach Osborne (US - BikeIt Cosworth Yamaha) 18 + 12 = 30
6 Joel Roelants (B - JM KTM) 14 + 14 = 28
7 Steven Frossard (F - Monster CLS Kawasaki) 10 + 16 = 26
8 Christophe Charlier (F - Yamaha) 13 + 13 = 26
9 Harri Kullas (SF - Gariboldi Yamaha) 16 + 10 = 26
10 Alessandro Lupino (I - Ricci Yamaha) 11 + 11 = 22
11 Gautier Paulin (F - Monster Rinaldi Yamaha) 0+18=18, 12 Adam Chatfield (GB - Kawasaki) 9+9=18, 13 Cristopher Castro (BR - Yamaha) 8+7=15, 14 Michael Leib (US - Kawasaki) 12+0=12, 15 Swian Zanoni (BR - Honda) 2+8=10, 16 Eduardo Lima (BR - Kawasaki) 6+4=10, 17 Anderson Hauptli Cidade (BR - Yamaha) 4+5=9, 18 Marcal Muller (BR - Kawasaki) 5+3=8, 19 Thales Vilardi (BR - KTM) 7+1=8, 20 Humberto Martin (VEN - Kawasaki) 1+6=7, 21 Gustavo Amaral (BR - Suzuki) 3+2=5.
RACE ONE: 1 Roczen, 2 Musquin, 3 Tonus, 4 Osborne, 5 Kullas, 6 Van Horebeek, 7 Roelants, 8 Christophe Charlier, 9 Leib, 10 Lupino, 11 Frossard, 12 Chatfield, 13 Castro, 14 Vilardi, 15 Lima, 16 Müller, 17 Hauptli Cidade, 18 Amaral, 19 Zanoni, 20 Martin.
RACE TWO: 1 Roczen, 2 Musquin, 3 Van Horebeek, 4 Paulin, 5 Frossard, 6 Tonus, 7 Roelants, 8 Christophe Charlier, 9 Osborne, 10 Lupino, 11 Kullas, 12 Chatfield, 13 Zanoni, 14 Castro, 15 Martin, 16 Hauptli Cidade, 17 Lima, 18 Müller, 19 Amaral, 20 Vilardi.
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 15) rounds: 1 Musquin 571 points, 2 Roczen 499, 3 Frossard 430, 4 Herlings 391, 5 Osborne 343, 6 Van Horebeek 338, 7 SIMPSON 329, 8 Tonus 328, 9 Roelants 326, 10 Kullas 280, 11 Paulin 253, 12 Christophe Charlier 219, 13 NICHOLLS 199, 14 Lupino 165, 15 Verbruggen 146, 16 Karro 120, 17 Teillet 104, 18 Larsen 80, 19 Vongsana 58, 20 Leib 55,... 21 POCOCK 52,... 29 Chatfield 18,... 41 ANSTIE 9,... 60 ALLINGHAM 2,...
NEXT ROUND: September 5 – Lierop, HOLLAND.