Monster Energy Yamaha riders on YZ250F machinery captured three positions in the top seven of the Grand Prix of Brazil at the immaculate Beto Carrero circuit for what was the seventh stop of seventeen on the FIM Motocross World Championship schedule. 45,000 spectators created a boisterous and exciting atmosphere for the final overseas event of the calendar.
Beto Carrero – hosting the Brazilian round of the series for the second year in a row – was again an impressive combination of organisation and presentation and several riders were moved to comment once more that the facility is the closest motocross will come to a vibrant supercross set-up. The packed grandstands created an arena effect and enclosed the tight course that had many jumps, obstacles and off-cambers.
In fifth position overall was Dean Ferris, who led Christophe Charlier (sixth) and Mel Pocock (seventh) in the MX2 classification in South America. The Australian rode to seventh place in the first moto of 35 minutes and 2 laps duration and just lacked a bit of spark to push on with the leaders in the opening phases of the race. Using the full force of his YZ250F against twenty of the best MX1 riders in the Superfinal, Ferris blasted into second position among the MX2 group. A small crash would cost him time and drop him back to fifth in the class but the double podiumee in 2013 was still able to snare decent points.
Charlier, who scored his first career Grand Prix podium finish at Beto Carrero in 2012, rode a comfortable qualification heat on Saturday to take second place. A promising launch in the first moto was ruined by a first lap fall that meant the talented Corsican had to work through the pack to reach twelfth. In the Superfinal he was the fourth best MX2 rider after circulating alone for long stretches and unable to catch Jordi Tixier.
Pocock thrived on the buzz around Beto Carrero for what was his first Grand Prix in Brazil. The Brit posted the second fastest time in pre-qualification and relished hitting the narrow berms and ruts of the layout. A fine fifth position in the first moto represented a career-best for the reigning European Champion but a blameless crash in the Superfinal meant that he could only reach eleventh in his class. The third member of the Dixon-led faction of Monster Energy Yamaha, Maxime Desprey, equalled his highest GP classification yet with eleventh spot thanks to a decent start and effective pace in moto1. The French youngster was thirteenth in the MX2 division during the Superfinal and therefore ended the day with thirteenth overall.
Charlier (fifth), Ferris (sixth) and Pocock (tenth) are all slotted in the top ten of the MX2 championship standings with Desprey slightly adrift in fifteenth. The Grand Prix of France at Enree will be the next fixture for Monster Energy Yamaha and will take place on June 9th.
Monster Energy Yamahas
Dean Ferris
“All day I struggled a bit with my intensity. In the first moto I just seemed to be riding around at the start but eventually warmed up and got going. My lap-times were good and I made ground but it was a case of too-little-too-late. Moto2…man, it was chaos. I was second in the class but then some 450s starting coming through, cutting me up and roosting everywhere. They’d overtake but then hold me up and ruin my momentum. Once I was in a group of 250s I started finding the speed again but then crashed. There is not much else to say. Now I’ll go home and train hard and try to find that little bit that’s missing. I need to close down the points in the championship. I need to make it happen.â€
Christophe Charlier
“The track was different today! I made a good start but crashed after a jump on the first lap and one rider following landed on top of the bike. I managed to restart but was far behind and tried as hard as I could to come back and reached twelfth. It was good to save a few points. My start was pretty bad in the second moto but I kept going to be the fourth MX2 rider. I keep chasing the podium all the time and now I have ten more rounds to make it happen as much as possible. I want to reach the top three of the championship, this is my goal for the year.â€
Mel Pocock
“This is the best GP I have been to in my life. There is so much atmosphere here and I cannot wait to come back next year. The track was awesome and the preparation also. I got a mint start in the first race and pushed forward in the final stages to make sure of my personal best. In the next moto I had a great start and was the second MX2 rider in the first corner but then Van Horebeek went down and took me with him; I was so pissed off. I came back from last to eleventh in MX2 but it was a shame. I got held up by the 450s. Not really with the MX2 guys because I could pass them quite easily but the 450s were faster in different places. It was hard work but this is by far the best GP I’ve been to.â€
Maxime Desprey
“The first moto was great. My start was pretty average but I had a good rhythm and settled into a decent pace to finish eleventh, so I was happy with that. The best thing was that I could recover from a bit of a dip because I had a few laps with some mistakes in the middle part of the moto. The Superfinal was really difficult with the 450s but today was OK.â€
2013 MX2-GP Brazil
Beto Carrero 19/05/2013 18 Laps
race I
1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 40'08.386
2 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM NED 0'11.680
3 Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 0'16.551
4 Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 0'23.711
5 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 0'30.415
6 Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 0'32.337
7 Dean Ferris Yamaha AUS 0'37.039
8 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA 0'42.374
9 Aleksandr Tonkov Honda RUS 0'44.771
10 Alessandro Lupino Kawasaki ITA 0'47.844
11 Maxime Desprey Yamaha FRA 0'57.985
12 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 1'03.403
13 Petar Petrov Yamaha BGR 1'10.743
14 Max Anstie Suzuki GBR 1'21.423
15 Paulo Alberto Honda POR 1'23.157
19 Anderson Hauptli Cidade Yamaha BRA -1Laps
race II
1 Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 41'58.485
2 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 0'14.006
3 Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 0'19.718
4 Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 0'24.746
5 Dean Ferris Yamaha AUS 0'35.267
6 Max Anstie Suzuki GBR 0'35.335
7 Alessandro Lupino Kawasaki ITA 0'51.006
8 Aleksandr Tonkov Honda RUS 0'54.614
9 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA -1Laps
10 Ivo Monticelli Suzuki ITA -1Laps
11 Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR -1Laps
12 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM NED -1Laps
13 Maxime Desprey Yamaha FRA -1Laps
14 Petar Petrov Yamaha BGR -1Laps
15 James Decotis Honda USA -1Laps
17 Anderson Hauptli Cidade Yamaha BRA -2Laps
MX2-GP World Standing
Rider Standings After Race 7 of 18
1. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 347
2. Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 257
3. Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 218
4. Glenn Coldenhoff KTM NED 214
5. Christophe Charlier Yamaha FRA 198
6. Dean Ferris Yamaha AUS 182
7. Max Anstie Suzuki GBR 172
8. Jake Nicholls KTM GBR 150
9. Alessandro Lupino Kawasaki ITA 148
10. Mel Pocock Yamaha GBR 138
11. Petar Petrov Yamaha BGR 114
12. Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA 105
13. Romain Febvre KTM FRA 98
14. Aleksandr Tonkov Honda RUS 81
15. Maxime Desprey Yamaha FRA 79
16. Harri Kullas Honda FIN 72
25. Kevin Fors Yamaha BEL 26
34. Anderson Hauptli Cidade Yamaha BRA 6
Circuit Length:
N/A
Crowd:
45,000
Weather:
Cloudy
Last Years Winner:
Tommy Searle
Manufacturer Standings
19/05/2013
1 KTM 350
2 Yamaha 247
3 Suzuki 194
4 Kawasaki 187
5 Honda 134
6 TM 4
Roelants making progress with 9th overall in Brazil
For the second year in a row the incredible setting of Beto Carrero hosted a wet Grand Prix of Brazil and Monster Energy Yamaha’s Joel Roelants was able to take his factory YZ450FM to ninth position overall. 45,000 spectators filled the grandstands around one of the most impressive set-ups in the FIM Motocross World Championship and the raucous and passionate fans created a noisy and lively atmosphere for this seventh round of seventeen in the series.
The track itself was jumpy and tight and the poor weather – particularly through Saturday night – meant differing levels of grip. Some sections were slick and others muddy and rough.
Roelants was able to make a bright start in the top ten for the opening moto of 35 minutes and 2 laps distance but admitted his lack of peak race fitness prevented him from being able to attack at the pace of the leaders. He circulated on the fringes of the first group and sealed tenth place by the flag. The Belgian then took to the gate for the Superfinal with the start order determined by positions in the world championship standings. The last run for the format that mixes the top twenty of the MX1 and MX2 classes meant a busy sprint for Roelants. He fought hard in the final stages of the race to try and pass MX2 World Champion Jeffrey Herlings for thirteenth but ultimately had to follow the Dutchman across the line.
Back in France Steven Frossard had the pin removed from his fractured right foot and will now proceed with a recovery and fitness programme to try and be back on his Monster Energy YZ450FM as soon as possible. The FIM Motocross World Championship will now gather again for back-to-back events in France (Ernee) and Italy (Maggiora) starting June 9th.
Joel Roelants
Joel Roelants
“I actually managed to get one decent week of training done before this race, so finally things are moving in the right direction for me. My riding was OK today; not good, not bad and it still needs to get a lot better. At least I feel like I have made a small step with my speed and I’m happy about that but I need to be stronger in the first laps. In the coming weeks I just want to get some normality in my training because I feel like I have been playing catch-up all year, whether it is with small crashes, sickness or effects of a concussion. This season has been pretty bad for luck but I want to look ahead and focus forward now.â€
2013 MX1-GP Brazil
Beto Carrero 19/05/2013 18 Laps
race I
1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 39'15.493
2 Maximilian Nagl Honda GER 0'03.017
3 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'04.748
4 Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 0'24.442
5 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'30.333
6 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'36.445
7 David Philippaerts Honda ITA 0'46.472
8 Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 0'49.004
9 Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 0'50.898
10 Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL 0'53.195
11 Tanel Leok Honda EST 1'19.271
12 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 1'21.959
13 Shaun Simpson TM GBR 1'22.397
14 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP 1'58.183
15 Antonio Balbi Kawasaki BRA 2'04.680
race II
1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 40'49.230
2 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'02.830
3 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'25.606
4 Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 0'31.078
5 Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 0'41.121
6 Maximilian Nagl Honda GER 0'44.766
7 Rui Goncalves KTM POR 0'45.861
8 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'50.619
9 Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 1'03.885
10 Shaun Simpson TM GBR 1'19.992
11 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 1'22.240
12 Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL 1'26.011
13 Davide Guarneri KTM ITA 1'43.495
14 Adam Chatfield Honda GBR -1Laps
15 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP -1Laps
MX1-GP World Standing
Rider Standings After Race 7 of 18
1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 330
2. Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 278
3. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 267
4. Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 245
5. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 220
6. Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 205
7. Maximilian Nagl Honda GER 169
8. Rui Goncalves KTM POR 148
9. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 138
10. David Philippaerts Honda ITA 130
11. Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL 112
12. Shaun Simpson TM GBR 112
13. Tanel Leok Honda EST 108
14. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 106
15. Davide Guarneri KTM ITA 97
16. Xavier Boog KTM FRA 90
18. Steven Frossard Yamaha FRA 47
35. Masanori Ito Yamaha JPN 2
38. Stefano Dami Yamaha ITA 1
Circuit Length:
N/A
Crowd:
45,000
Weather:
Cloudy
Last Years Winner:
Xavier Boog
Manufacturer Standings
19/05/2013
1 KTM 335
2 Suzuki 279
3 Kawasaki 278
4 Honda 225
5 Yamaha 121
6 TM 112
7 Aprilia 3
Statistics: Posted by totalmotorcycle — Mon May 20, 2013 8:25 pm
Source: http://www.zimbio.com/MotoGP/articles/4uKZyuX1KXu/Daily+Motorcycle+News+Monster+Energy+Yamahas
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