Philippaerts third in MX1 Motocross Grand Prix of Portugal
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pubblicato il 23 aprile 2007
The podium place was an excellent confidence building exercise for the Italian rider who moved up from MX2 this season. Philippaerts was third and fifth in the day’s two races for his overall third podium, his best performance so far this season. “It was quite a tough week for us with a photo shooting and training, and racing today in the hot conditions,” Philippaerts said. “I still have to work on my starts but I can feel myself getting more confident and the hard work with Stefan (Everts, KTM Team Boss) and on the bike has paid off. “This is David’s first MX1 podium and for sure this will be a good boost for him going into the next races. I know he is going to do really well from now on,” Everts said at the end of the race day. Philippaerts’ MX1 team-mate Jonathan Barragan is still hindered by a not yet healed shoulder injury and finish fifteenth overall in Aguela. “I’m still not able to give 100% on the bike and I can’t train as hard as I would like to,” the Spanish rider said. He was well placed in the first race when another rider took him out in the closing stages. He then crashed going into the second corner after the start in the second race and although was able to fight back he was unable to close the gap. Everts said that Barragan’s injured shoulder had somewhat sapped his confidence. “He’s struggling with himself. It’s a setback but he must now work hard to overcome it,” Everts commented. Rounding off the weekend’s performances, Everts said that in the three rounds in the world championship series already held all of the four KTM Red Bull Factory riders had been on the podium. “Now we just have to get it together and have them all up there together.” Not so lucky was KTM-supported privateer Max Nagl of Germany who has been doing particularly well so far this season. Nagl crashed in the first race and broke his collarbone. Arrangements have been made for him to fly to Belgium for surgery on Monday. After Sunday’s two races Jonathan Barragan is lying third in the world championship standings with 89 points from three Grands Prix and David Philippaerts has moved up to eighth place with 62 points. Results 1. Kevin Strijbos, Belgium, Suzuki 2. Joshua Coppins, New Zealand, Yamaha 3. David Philippaerts, Italy, KTM 4. Manuel Priem, Belgium, TM 5. Sebastian Pourcel, France, Kawasaki 15. Jonathan Barragan, Spain, KTM |
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