MXGP Round 13 Northern Ireland - MX1
By TMX Archives on 19th Aug 07
Josh Coppins still leads the world championship despite missing his second Grand Prix in a row. The New Zealander has seen his advantage narrowed from 77 to 43 and now to 12 as main rival Steve Ramon could only finish fifth. Yamaha Motocross Team's Marc de Reuver was seventeenth after scoring points in just one moto in front of 18,500 people.
De Reuver started the third-to-last meeting of the year in sixteenth positionafter riders of both classes on a wet Saturday had only 45 minutes to practiceand qualify on the brand new course created for this Grand Prix and with a viewtowards the 61st Motocross of Nations in September 2008.
The heavy rain on Friday and Saturday meant that the track was deep andswampy and could not cope with a full practice programme. The schedule wasvastly reduced and thankfully the showers stayed away from Sunday even though achilly wind swept the open circuit.
The track itself drew complimentsfrom most of the paddock for its challenging layout and big array of jumps, butthe riders were not able to really test the terrain until good work had beencarried out by the circuit staff to prepare the course for Sunday. The landingsand take-offs were still dangerous and difficult due to the softness of the mud.
De Reuver rode his own pace to pick up nine points for twelfth position inrace one but did not look capable of breaking into the top ten. The secondouting was not positive for the Dutchman as he simply could not get to gripswith the track from the rear of the field and retired from themoto.
Joshua Coppins is hopeful of being able to ride for the first timethis week since fracturing his shoulder in the Czech Republic. The British GrandPrix will take place next Sunday at Donington Park - another new racing course -before the Grand Prix of the Netherlands wraps up the season at Lierop in twoweeks time.
Kenneth Gundersen took his first steps towards a return tothe MX1 by entering the premier category with a view towards assisting Yamaha'splight to retain the manufacturer's title and gained two points for 19th in thefirst moto but crashed out of the second.
Marc de Reuver, Yamaha Motocross Team:
"Practice and qualifying was OK but there was not much time on the track andit was really muddy. I was sixteenth, which was nothing special. In the firstheat I was twenty-third at the start and I came up to twelfth but I had a reallybad start in the second heat and could not get a rhythm. I wasn't jumpinganything and could not get into it today."
Carlo Rinaldi, Team Manager, Yamaha Motocross Team:
"Josh still has a twelve point lead so it could have been a lot worse todayand we are happy about that but we are really disappointed for Marc. We expecteda quite good race at least. He had two very bad starts but there was no reactionafterwards."
2007 GP of Moneyglass Demense, Northern Ireland19/08/2007
Race 1 - 16 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 41'32.623
2 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'3.671
3 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 0'13.138
4 David Philippaerts KTM ITA 0'21.203
5 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 0'48.940
6 Julien Bill Honda CHE 0'53.317
7 Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki GBR 0'55.984
8 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 1'8.012
9 Mike Brown Honda USA 1'12.031
10 Kornel Nemeth Suzuki HUN 1'13.437
11 Pierre A. Renet Honda FRA 1'14.437
12 Marc De Reuver Yamaha NED 1'34.645
13 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 1'40.806
14 Eero Remes Honda FIN 1'46.966
15 Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 1'58.515
16 Alex Salvini Yamaha ITA 2'9.348
17 Cyrille Coulon Honda FRA 2'12.954
18 Bradley Anderson Yamaha GBR -1 Laps
19 Kenneth Gundersen Yamaha NOR -1 Laps
20 Aigar Leok Yamaha EST -1 Laps
Race 2 - 16 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 41'7.445
2 Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 0'34.222
3 David Philippaerts KTM ITA 0'40.225
4 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 1'16.630
5 Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki GBR 1'20.484
6 Julien Bill Honda CHE 1'24.240
7 Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 1'37.114
8 Pierre A. Renet Honda FRA 1'46.958
9 Kornel Nemeth Suzuki HUN 1'53.212
10 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 2'11.356
11 James Noble Honda GBR 2'18.252
12 Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 2'19.639
13 Alex Salvini Yamaha ITA 2'33.958
14 Aigar Leok Yamaha EST -1 Laps
15 Danny Theybers Suzuki BEL -1 Laps
16 Bas Verhoeven Suzuki NED -1 Laps
17 Alessio Chiodi Aprilia ITA -1 Laps
18 Bradley Anderson Yamaha GBR -1 Laps
19 Eero Remes Honda FIN -1 Laps
20 Mark Jones Kawasaki GBR -1 Laps
Rider Standings 19/08/2007
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1. Joshua Coppins Yamaha NZL 445
2. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 433
3. Sébastien Pourcel Kawasaki FRA 400
4. David Philippaerts KTM ITA 389
5. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 381
6. Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 345
7. Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 324
8. Mike Brown Honda USA 311
9. Tanel Leok Kawasaki EST 309
10. Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki GBR 301
11. James Noble Honda GBR 233
12. Kornel Nemeth Suzuki HUN 190
13. Julien Bill Honda CHE 176
14. Manuel Priem TM BEL 174
15. Marc De Reuver Yamaha NED 156
16. Marvin Van Daele Honda BEL 149
17. Pierre A. Renet Honda FRA 136
18. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 107
19. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 106
20. Gordon Crockard Honda IRL 102
21. Aigar Leok Yamaha EST 100
47. Kenneth Gundersen Yamaha NOR 2
Manufacturer Standings 19/08/2007
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1. Suzuki 524
2. Yamaha 495
3. Kawasaki 493
4. KTM 489
5. Honda 463
6. TM 174
7. Aprilia 35
8. WRM 15
