World Motocross Championship Rd.4

RACE DATA

Round: 4 - 2011 GP of Brazil
Circuit: Indaiatuba
Date: 22 May, 2011
Crowd: 26,000
Weather: Sunshine

REPORT

Philippaerts victorious after Brazilian battle

The fourth round of the FIM Moto

cross World Championship belonged to Monster Energy Yamaha and David Philippaerts as the Italian emerged victorious from two hugely entertaining motos at a sweltering and packed Indaiatuba. The Grand Prix of Brazil saw ‘DP19' take his works YZ450FM to second and first positions to spray overall winner's champagne for the first time since the 2010 French Grand Prix.

26,000 spectators filled the grandstands around the excellent racing facility an hour north of Sao Paolo and steamy weather graced the entire weekend as the Grand Prix community faced their second fly-away event in succession. The course was unrelenting in a layout of jumps and corners and was short and compact.

On Saturday the factory Yamahas formation-flew as Frossard led the Qualification Heat from Philippaerts before the Italian took control at the mid-way point of the sprint and glided to his first pole position since the season-closing Italian Grand Prix last year.

Filling the first slot on the line for the tricky uphill start from a soft gate, Philippaerts and Frossard both launched well and embarked on a spat with Antonio Cairoli for the lead that lasted practically all of the 35 minutes and 2 laps. Clement Desalle also jointed the dispute prior to his error three laps from the flag. Frossard eventually dropped back in third and Philippaerts followed Cairoli to the line.



Another good battle later in the afternoon involved the same cast but Steve Ramon also joined the fray. Desalle again made a mistake and fell and Philippaerts was able to control the moto from the front. Cairoli applied pressure on the penultimate lap but Philippaerts responded by setting the fastest time of the race on the very last lap. The former world champion now has two podium results in 2011. Frossard felt the effects of the thumb strain he sustained in the USA and was fifth at the finish, tying on points with Desalle for third place but losing the podium due to the second race classification.

Anthony Boissiere was searching for points inside the top ten of the leader-board and finished twelfth in the first moto but a hefty crash in the second left the Frenchman short of breath and holding his right shoulder. Full credit must go to 2010 MX3-GP World Champion Carlos Campano who was riding a stock YZ450F after problems with U.S. customs. The Spaniard aced the holeshot against a gate-ful of works bikes in the first moto. Campano was sadly unable to last the distance or even start the second due to pain his hand after a fall at Glen Helen last week.

In the world championship standings Philippaerts and Frossard are fourth and fifth respectively with Boissiere in twelfth. The Grand Prix of France (home events for Frossard and Boissiere and in fact the site of the latter's first moto victory in 2005) will occur in two weeks at St Jean d'Angely and will start a run of three consecutive events with visits to Spain and Portugal following immediately after.

RESULT Race.1

Pos.	Rider	Nation	Machine	Time
1	A. Cairoli	ITA	KTM	39’14.114
2	D. Philippaerts	ITA	Yamaha	0’02.121
3	S. Frossard	FRA	Yamaha	0’12.140
4	C. Desalle	BEL	Suzuki	0’17.508
5	M. Nagl	GER	KTM	0’24.048
6	K. de Dycker	BEL	Honda	0’33.108
7	S. Ramon	BEL	Suzuki	0’35.392
8	E. Bobryshev	RUS	Honda	0’38.190
9	X. Boog	FRA	Kawasaki	0’39.471
10	R. Goncalves	POR	Honda	0’52.877
11	K. Strijbos	BEL	Suzuki	0’56.486
12	A. Boissiere	FRA	Yamaha	1’04.899
13	S. Simpson	GBR	Honda	1’14.505
14	G. Aranda	FRA	Kawasaki	1’15.546
15	A. Balbi	BRA	Kawasaki	1’43.697
16	M. Monni	ITA	Yamaha	1’45.204
17	J. Barragan	ESP	Kawasaki	1’47.642
18	M. de Reuver	NED	Yamaha	1’52.683
19	T. Leok	EST	TM	1’57.833
20	R. Castro	CRC	Honda	-1 Laps

RESULT Race.2

Pos.	Rider	Nation	Machine	Time
1	D. Philippaerts	ITA	Yamaha	39’52.654
2	A. Cairoli	ITA	KTM	0’01.944
3	S. Ramon	BEL	Suzuki	0’24.845
4	C. Desalle	BEL	Suzuki	0’29.849
5	S. Frossard	FRA	Yamaha	0’34.546
6	M. Nagl	GER	KTM	0’36.320
7	K. Strijbos	BEL	Suzuki	0’37.526
8	X. Boog	FRA	Kawasaki	0’38.436
9	J. Barragan	ESP	Kawasaki	0’51.306
10	K. de Dycker	BEL	Honda	0’59.566
11	E. Bobryshev	RUS	Honda	1’03.958
12	T. Leok	EST	TM	1’37.014
13	R. Goncalves	POR	Honda	1’39.467
14	M. de Reuver	NED	Yamaha	2’02.334
15	M. Monni	ITA	Yamaha	2’16.173
16	G. Aranda	FRA	Kawasaki	-1 Laps
17	R. Castro	CRC	Honda	-1 Laps
18	S. Simpson	GBR	Honda	-1 Laps
19	J. P. Silva	BRA	Honda	-1 Laps
20	L. Correa	ARG	Kawasaki	-1 Laps

RIDERS RANKING

Pos	Rider	Machine	Points
1	C. Desalle	Suzuki	164
2	M. Nagl	KTM	153
3	A. Cairoli	KTM	151
4	D. Philippaerts	Yamaha	138
5	S. Frossard	Yamaha	132
6	E. Bobryshev	Honda	110
12	A. Boissiere	Yamaha	60
17	J. Dougan	Yamaha	26
18	M. de Reuver	Yamaha	23
21	C. Campano	Yamaha	16
22	M. Monni	Yamaha	13
37	H. Brakke	Yamaha	1

CONSTRUCTORS RANKING

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	KTM	176
2	Suzuki	166
3	Yamaha	164
4	Honda	125
5	Kawasaki	106
6	TM	59

COMMENT

David Philippaerts (2nd/1st: 1st)

"I am so happy with this win and Brazil is becoming a special place for me after some good motos last year also. The track was nice and every corner was different with the lines, so the riders were going at different speeds. Like last year I have the same points as Antonio but we have the win this time and I pleased about this. I changed my lines during the middle of the second moto and made a big push. Antonio was fast and I knew he would come but I just focussed on the track ahead and set the fastest time on the last lap. We go to France next and I won my first GP there in 2005 and also last season so I am motivated for this race. I'm glad to be heading home now."

Steven Frossard (3rd/5th: 4th)

"I was happy with the first race because I had a good battle with Cairoli and Philippaerts and it was a lot of fun. In the second moto I took a great start but Philippaerts was faster. At mid-race distance I had a lot of pain in my thumb and I couldn't brake properly. I had to let Ramon and Desalle go through and I ended the race disappointed with fifth because I was close to the podium. It was difficult today. The first part of the track was good but all the bumps and the uphill of the second half of the lap was very difficult for me."

Anthony Boissiere (29th/12th: 18th)

"In the beginning things were OK but the track was hard and difficult. I was twelfth in the first moto and then inside the top ten in the second when I hit Barragan's bike in a corner. I crashed and it was not possible to breathe for a little while. My shoulder was hurt and I knew I would not be able to continue. I am disappointed with this because I had worked hard during the week and I hope things will be better at St Jean."