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Philippaerts Fights Adversity In Thailand
Sweltering conditions at the first ever Grand Prix of Thailand saw Antonio Cairoli win the second round of the 2013 FIM Motocross World Championship at the new Si Racha circuit northeast of the tourist town of Pattaya. In front of a 17,000 crowd enjoying their first glimpse of MXGP, Gariboldi Honda’s David Philippaerts took his CRF450R to eleventh position overall and through the second event to use the Superfinal format that mixed the MX1 and MX2 classes.vv
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Si Racha offered a fast, hard and grippy test to the world’s best; most of whom had stayed in the country to acclimatise after travelling directly from Qatar the previous weekend. A torrential rain shower on Saturday softened up the mud but the heat dried the terrain rapidly and the many jumps and off-cambers of the course provided ample spectacle to the new Thai Grand Prix audience.
Former World Champion Philippaerts rode with gusto in the first MX1 moto of thirty-five minutes and two laps duration. The Italian – in his second GP in ‘red’ – chased Tommy Searle relentlessly to earn a well-deserved sixth position by the flag. ‘DP19’ was unlucky to suffer a stall in the opening corners of the Superfinal and began a charge from dead-last. He passed almost half of the field to reach a creditable twentieth.
Honda World Motocross’ Evgeny Bobryshev had a possible first podium finish of the season in sight through the initial stages of Moto1. The Russian started well and led the first five laps before a slip caused him to lose two positions. He was coasting easily in third place entering the penultimate circulation when he committed another error and was unable to fish his CRF from outside of the banked turn to restart. Eventually he rolled across the line in eighteenth. A more conservative approach in the Superfinal seemed to pay off with a seventh place standing, again reaching the final minutes until he crashed in the uphill waves section. Exasperated Bobby again picked up the bike and broke the timing beam to register thirteenth. He was fourteenth in the final classification.
Sadly Max Nagl was ruled out of the event. The German was diagnosed with a stomach infection in the wake of his difficult debut at Qatar last Saturday and after needed a hospital visit towards the end of the week regrettably had to withdraw from the meeting. The former championship runner-up now has another three weeks to recover from his illness and also the recent injury to his right wrist to get prepared for round three.
The Grand Prix of the Netherlands will constitute the third fixture in the FIM Motocross World Championship schedule and will take place at the renowned Valkenswaard circuit (now reverted to its original layout) and across Easter weekend.
HONDA RIDER COMMENTS:
David Philippaerts:
Race Result: 6th/20th Championship position: 12th
“I’m happy with the first moto. To finish sixth and be the first Honda was pretty good for me and I’m content with positions in the top six or seven because after two years of injury and with a different bike I’m working my way up. I don’t like the track so much because there were so many jumps and I’m still a bit hesitant with this after the two accidents. In the Superfinal I made a good start, around tenth I think, but then the bike stopped near the pit lane and I tried to get it running with the clutch. I had to push it and when I was going again I was last. I did my best until the finish. I passed a lot of riders and it was hard with the MX2 guys. We go back to Europe now and I think this will be good for me. The top three or four are on a different level but my focus is to try and reach them.”
Evgeny Bobryshev:
Race Result: 18th/13th Championship position: 8th
“I began the first race well and found a rhythm that let me stay at the front and conserve energy, but I made a mistake and hit a stone with my front wheel. I quickly picked up the bike and carried on. I was so hot in the final laps and all my energy had gone. I had no power in my muscles and made another stupid mistake with one lap to go. I was over the berm and was stuck there. I didn’t really know what was going on. Finally I could start the bike again and made it over the line. I had a bad start in the second race and wanted to take it easy and ride smoothly. The times were coming but at the end I lost grip on the handlebars in the waves and went down again and was winded. It took me half a lap to get my breath back. It was a shit day. Now we have to work on and just learn from this.”
RESULTS:
MX1 / MX2 LAST CHANCE RACE
POS / CLASS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME
1 / MX1 / GETTEMAN, Jens / BEL / 24MX Honda Racing / Honda / 1:53.382
2 / MX2 / KULLAS, Harri / FIN / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 1:54.011
3 / MX1 / VAN DUEREN, Kenny / BEL / KTM Scott Racing / KTM / 1:54.642
4 / MX2 / FORS, Kevin / BEL / Kemea-Reytec-v / d Laar Yamaha Team / Yamaha / 1:55.245
5 / MX2 / MONTICELLI, Ivo / ITA / TM Ricci Racing / TM / 1:55.019
6 / MX2 / YAMAMOTO, Kei / JPN / / Honda / 1:56.318
7 / MX2 / GOLOVKIN, Viacheslav / RUS / RIGA Motocross Team / KTM / 1:58.633
8 / MX2 / TOMITA, Toshiki / JPN / / Honda / 1:58.801
9 / MX1 / ITO, Masanori / JPN / / Yamaha / 1:57.291
10 / MX2 / DEL SEGATO, Giacomo / ITA / Marchetti Racing / KTM / 1:59.750
11 / MX2 / JUSTS, Roberts / LAT / Latvia Elksni Honda / Honda / 1:55.198
12 / MX2 / DUNN, James / GBR / HM Plant KTM UK / KTM / 2:01.148
13 / MX2 / COTTRELL, James / GBR / Route 77 Energy Honda / Honda / 1:59.362
14 / MX2 / BANKS-BROWNE, Elliott / GBR / HM Plant KTM UK / KTM / 1:55.788
MX1 RACE 1 (20 laps = 31.00Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME
1 / CAIROLI, Antonio / ITA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 39:04.412
2 / DE DYCKER, Ken / BEL / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 39:15.097
3 / DESALLE, Clement / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 / Suzuki / 39:21.945
4 / PAULIN, Gautier / FRA / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki / 39:29.456
5 / SEARLE, Tommy / GBR / CLS-Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro-Circuit / Kawasaki / 39:36.052
6 / PHILIPPAERTS, David / ITA / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 39:38.482
7 / STRIJBOS, Kevin / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 / Suzuki / 39:41.409
8 / GONCALVES, Rui / POR / ICE1 Racing / KTM / 39:59.947
9 / FROSSARD, Steven / FRA / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 40:03.333
10 / ROELANTS, Joel / BEL / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 40:05.817
11 / GUARNERI, Davide / ITA / Marchetti Racing / KTM / 40:18.044
12 / LEOK, Tanel / EST / Route 77 Energy Honda / Honda / 40:27.110
13 / BOOG, Xavier / FRA / ICE1 Racing / KTM / 40:46.321
14 / BARRAGAN, Jonathan / ESP / Team STR KTM / KTM / 39:07.003
15 / VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy / BEL / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki / 39:24.281
Fastest Lap: DE DYCKER, Ken; 1:48.988 in lap 3 with 51.20 Km/h
MX1 SUPER FINAL:
POS / CLASS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME
1 / CAIROLI, Antonio / ITA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 1:48.009
2 / PAULIN, Gautier / FRA / Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki / 1:48.662
3 / DESALLE, Clement / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 / Suzuki / 1:47.836
4 / SEARLE, Tommy / GBR / CLS-Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro-Circuit / Kawasaki / 1:48.672
5 / GONCALVES, Rui / POR / ICE1 Racing / KTM / 1:50.433
6 / BOOG, Xavier / FRA / ICE1 Racing / KTM / 1:51.427
7 / ROELANTS, Joel / BEL / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 1:51.092
8 / FROSSARD, Steven / FRA / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 1:50.150
9 / DE DYCKER, Ken / BEL / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 1:50.513
10 / STRIJBOS, Kevin / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 / Suzuki / 1:50.612
11 / BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny / RUS / Honda World Motocross / Honda / 1:49.488
12 / LEOK, Tanel / EST / Route 77 Energy Honda / Honda / 1:52.206
13 / GUARNERI, Davide / ITA / Marchetti Racing / KTM / 1:50.531
14 / PHILIPPAERTS, David / ITA / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 1:52.935
15 / SIMPSON, Shaun / GBR / TM Ricci Racing / TM / 1:52.029
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS:
Pos Rider Total
1 CAIROL 95, 2 DESALLE 87, 3 PAULIN 78, 4 DE DYCKER 70, 5 SEARLE 64,
6 STRIJBOS 55, 7 GONCALVES 52, 8 BOBRYSHEV 47, 9 FROSSARD 47, 10 BOOG 41,
11 ROELANTS 40, 12 PHILIPPAERTS 37, 13 GUARNERI 33, 14 LEOK 33, 15 SIMPSON 26.
MX2 RACE 1 (20 laps = 31.00Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME
1 / HERLINGS, Jeffrey / NED / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 38:59.025
2 / FEBVRE, Romain / FRA / Wilvo Nestaan JM Racing KTM / KTM / 39:39.473
3 / ANSTIE, Max / GBR / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 39:45.638
4 / BUTRON, Jose / ESP / KTM Silver Action / KTM / 39:51.907
5 / FERRIS, Dean / AUS / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 39:55.852
6 / TIXIER, Jordi / FRA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 40:00.645
7 / COLDENHOFF, Glenn / NED / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 40:07.187
8 / LUPINO, Alessandro / ITA / CLS-Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro-Circuit / Kawasaki / 40:12.500
9 / CHARLIER, Christophe / FRA / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 40:25.404
10 / PETROV, Petar / BUL / Kemea-Reytec-v / d Laar Yamaha Team / Yamaha / 40:28.858
11 / OLSEN, Stefan Kjer / DEN / JTECH ESTA Motorsports Honda / Honda / 40:37.987
12 / LIEBER, Julien / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 40:42.575
13 / RAUCHENECKER, Pascal / AUT / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 40:45.939
14 / FERRANDIS, Dylan / FRA / Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki / Kawasaki / 40:47.985
15 / POCOCK, Mel / GBR / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 40:49.927
Fastest Lap: HERLINGS, Jeffrey; 1:49.427 in lap 1 with 50.99Km/h
MX2 SUPER FINAL:
POS / RIDER / NAT / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME
1 / HERLINGS, Jeffrey / NED / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 1:48.295
2 / FEBVRE, Romain / FRA / Wilvo Nestaan JM Racing KTM / KTM / 1:51.038
3 / CHARLIER, Christophe / FRA / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 1:52.302
4 / LUPINO, Alessandro / ITA / CLS-Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro-Circuit / Kawasaki / 1:51.968
5 / BUTRON, Jose / ESP / KTM Silver Action / KTM / 1:52.758
6 / FERRIS, Dean / AUS / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 1:51.727
7 / LIEBER, Julien / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 1:53.328
8 / COLDENHOFF, Glenn / NED / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 1:53.821
9 / TIXIER, Jordi / FRA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 1:50.783
10 / FERRANDIS, Dylan / FRA / Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki / Kawasaki / 1:52.267
11 / POCOCK, Mel / GBR / Monster Energy Yamaha / Yamaha / 1:53.347
12 / PETROV, Petar / BUL / Kemea-Reytec-v / d Laar Yamaha Team / Yamaha / 1:53.680
13 / TEILLET, Valentin / FRA / Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki / Kawasaki / 1:52.077
14 / OLSEN, Stefan Kjer / DEN / JTECH ESTA Motorsports Honda / Honda / 1:54.438
15 / RAUCHENECKER, Pascal / AUT / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 1:54.351
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS:
Pos Rider Total
1 HERLINGS 100, 2 FEBVRE 82, 3 FERRIS 69, 4 CHARLIER 65, 5 COLDENHOFF 63,
6 BUTRON 60, 7 TIXIER 57, 8 LUPINO 56, 9 LIEBER 47, 10 ANSTIE 37, 11 PETROV 36,
12 POCOCK 35, 13 NICHOLLS 26, 14 OLSEN 24, 15 TEILLET 22.
NEXT EVENT: ROUND03 1 APRIL, VALKENSWAARD, THE NETHERLANDS
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