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World MX1: tough time for Teka Suzuki in Portugal
29 aprile 2008 In hot and sunny conditions - completely different to those experienced in Spain just one week earlier - Ramon was able keep a hold of his second place in the series with 6-4 finishes while De Dycker turned a six point lead into a 25-point deficit after suffering all weekend long with blistered hands which caused him to struggle to get to grips with the Agueda circuit. Moto one saw both riders get average starts with Ramon in ninth at the end of lap one and De Dycker 11th but while Ramon was able to charge to sixth place by lap six Ken hit trouble on lap three. "The first race I had a crash," explained De Dycker. "The front slipped away and I crashed into a marshal and then got stuck in the green fence. By the time I'd got out of that and got going again I was over half a lap behind and then it was really hard to come back - it was very hot and I wasn't riding so well." Ramon meanwhile was charging hard to catch Josh Coppins. "I really had to push hard in the beginning to close the gap to Josh but it was not possible to pass him," said Ramon. "Then I had to back off because I was getting a little bit tired in my legs and in the end I finished in sixth." De Dycker was only able to claw back to 14th position by the finish and surrendered his series lead to Italian rider David Philippaerts. And things got worse for De Dycker during the second race. "I didn't get such a good start in the second moto either but I felt I was riding better. I was in a lot of pain from my blisters as early as the first lap and I crashed a couple of times because I couldn't hold onto the bike very well. After that it wasn't worth me carrying on. "I'm disappointed to lose the championship lead and also about having a bad day. It was my own fault and maybe I wasn't well enough prepared and I maybe I needed to do more riding on hard tracks - it's been more or less impossible this year because the weather has been so bad - because even in Spain things weren't so good for me and I didn't have such good times." Ramon's second moto started much better than his team mate's, taking a monster holeshot on his electronically fuel injected RM-Z450. "The second moto I holeshot easily and I was riding well. Billy MacKenzie passed me but I was able to follow him comfortably. Pourcel came by and then Billy crashed so I was still second but then I made some small mistakes and started getting some cramp in my legs. From there it was difficult for me to ride well and it was possible for Josh to pass me in the last corner - I planned to go inside but I jumped in a little bit too fast and I went too far outside and he came by. "I'm not so happy, my goal was to be on the podium and I did not make that goal. Being second in the series is still good but I wanted to do better today so now I must look toward the next race and I try again." The FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship now takes a one-week break and continues on May 11 with round four at Sevlievo in Bulgaria. MX1 Moto 1: 1 David Philippaerts (Yamaha - ITA) 38:56:063, 2 Sebastien Pourcel (Kawasaki - FRA) +0:04:287, 3 Jon Barragan (KTM - ESP) +0:12:368, 4 Billy MacKenzie (Honda - GBR)+0:16:139, 5 4 Josh Coppins (Yamaha - NZL) +0:17:169:141, 6 Steve Ramon (Suzuki - BEL) 0:34:548, 7 Marc De Reuver (Honda - NED) +0:40:307, 8 Tanel Leok (Kawasaki - EST) +0:41:921, 9 Mike Brown (Honda - USA) +0:44:229, 10 Clement Desalle (Suzuki - BEL) +0:46:637. 14 Ken De Dycker (Suzuki - BEL) +1:11:582. MX1 Moto 2: 1 Sebastien Pourcel (Kawasaki - FRA) 39:42:975, 2 David Philippaerts (Yamaha - ITA) +0:08:473, 3 Josh Coppins (Yamaha - NZL) +0:11:360, 4 Steve Ramon (Suzuki - BEL) 0:11:774, 5 Mike Brown (Honda - USA) +0:16:237, 6 Billy MacKenzie (Honda - GBR)+0:22:697, 7 Jon Barragan (KTM - ESP) +0:29:193, 8 Marc De Reuver (Honda - NED) +0:35:176, 9 Kornel Nemeth (KTM - HUN) +0:39:940, 10 Tanel Leok (Kawasaki - EST) +0:48:334. World Championship standings (after 3 of 15 rounds):1 David Philippaerts (Yamaha - ITA) 102 points, 2 Steve Ramon (Suzuki - BEL) 96, 3 Josh Coppins (Yamaha - NZL) 83, 4 Billy MacKenzie (Honda - GBR) 79, 5 Ken De Dycker (Suzuki - BEL) 77, 6 Max Nagl (KTM - GER) 58, 7 Jon Barragan 54, 8 Sebastien Pourcel 52, 9 Tanel Leok (Kawasaki - EST) 50, 10 Kornel Nemeth (KTM - HUN) 48. Manufacturer World Championship standings (after 3 of 15 rounds): 1 Suzuki 108 points, 2 Yamaha 102, 3 Kawasaki 92, 4 KTM 85, 5 Honda 82, 6 TM 13. |
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