Foto: Alex Hodgkinson
The whole "family" - Claudio De Carli on the left, Stefan Everts and partner Jill on the left !It was a wretched weekend for the Brits. Zach Osborne was 5th in MX2, but Shaun Simpson dislocated a shoulder, Evgeny Bobryshev punctured a lung and Jake Nicholls' bike broke twice. Adam Chatfield, riding for Brazil, saved the day with 12th in MX2.
Marvin Musquin holeshot MX2 as usual, but Roczen was stalking him from lap one on both occasions and finally secured the 50 point maximum score he has deserved but found elusive for so long.
By lap three of race one the German had already moved past, but then he had second thoughts: "I decided it was too early and I didn't want to show him my lines, so I let him back past." A few laps down the line and Kenny decided he could go for it, surging past again with ease to complete the first half of his daily double.
Osborne came home a strong 4th, but lost Tonus when the Swiss turned up the heat after getting round Harri Kullas quicker: "He rode some good laps and got away too far for me to catch him again."
Simpson never saw the end of the first lap. Stefan Everts: "Shaun came together with Paulin over the big jump at the far end of the track and his shoulder came out; they put it back in here at the track."
Nicholls' race lasted little longer. Seventh on lap one, he was struggling within a couple of laps: "It was tightening up. I just got back to the pits before it seized."
Race two again saw the top two 250F riders in the world sprint clear, but Roczen waited until six minutes from the end: "When I saw that on my board I knew it was time to go."
The first attempt, an outside pass, was cut off when Musquin ran him wide, but within half a lap the German had cut underneath and the Frenchman let him go. Needing just 28 points from the last four motos, he could afford to do so.
Osborne found it more difficult to advance in race two and finished 9th, whilst Nicholls knew his race wouldn't last long as he left the gate: "I felt oil spraying all over my hand." The hydraulic line was spewing out liquid and the clutch was useless from the word go.
Chatfield, having found himself given the practice bike rather than Toni Balbi's promised race bike, couldn't make the big triples but sheer effort kept him ahead of the "other Brazilians" and never far behind GP regulars like Lupino.
With Cairoli buried in the pack after a bad start in race one, David Philippaerts walked away with the MX1 opener after fending off the early attention of Max Nagl. Desalle might have troubled him, but an early mistake droped him from third to sixth, and by the final lap the Belgian was coming under pressure from Cairoli for second.
An errant Uruguayan appeared to have settled the affair as he rode across Cairoli's front wheel, but then Desalle washed out in a dry, slippery turn and Toni gratefully completed an Italian 1-2.
When Cairoli went down hard, fortunately without injury eight laps into race two, Desalle looked to hae it made, but the Suzuki ground to a halt three laps from the end, and suddenly the Youthstream and KTM camps were running round to welcome the new champion.
Cairoli won moto, GP and title: "I never expected to win the title today. In one way it's a pity because not so many of my fans could be here, but the Brazilians cheered us all day, so I'm happy for them."
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By lap three of race one the German had already moved past, but then he had second thoughts: "I decided it was too early and I didn't want to show him my lines, so I let him back past." A few laps down the line and Kenny decided he could go for it, surging past again with ease to complete the first half of his daily double.
Osborne came home a strong 4th, but lost Tonus when the Swiss turned up the heat after getting round Harri Kullas quicker: "He rode some good laps and got away too far for me to catch him again."
Simpson never saw the end of the first lap. Stefan Everts: "Shaun came together with Paulin over the big jump at the far end of the track and his shoulder came out; they put it back in here at the track."
Nicholls' race lasted little longer. Seventh on lap one, he was struggling within a couple of laps: "It was tightening up. I just got back to the pits before it seized."
Race two again saw the top two 250F riders in the world sprint clear, but Roczen waited until six minutes from the end: "When I saw that on my board I knew it was time to go."
The first attempt, an outside pass, was cut off when Musquin ran him wide, but within half a lap the German had cut underneath and the Frenchman let him go. Needing just 28 points from the last four motos, he could afford to do so.
Osborne found it more difficult to advance in race two and finished 9th, whilst Nicholls knew his race wouldn't last long as he left the gate: "I felt oil spraying all over my hand." The hydraulic line was spewing out liquid and the clutch was useless from the word go.
Chatfield, having found himself given the practice bike rather than Toni Balbi's promised race bike, couldn't make the big triples but sheer effort kept him ahead of the "other Brazilians" and never far behind GP regulars like Lupino.
With Cairoli buried in the pack after a bad start in race one, David Philippaerts walked away with the MX1 opener after fending off the early attention of Max Nagl. Desalle might have troubled him, but an early mistake droped him from third to sixth, and by the final lap the Belgian was coming under pressure from Cairoli for second.
An errant Uruguayan appeared to have settled the affair as he rode across Cairoli's front wheel, but then Desalle washed out in a dry, slippery turn and Toni gratefully completed an Italian 1-2.
When Cairoli went down hard, fortunately without injury eight laps into race two, Desalle looked to hae it made, but the Suzuki ground to a halt three laps from the end, and suddenly the Youthstream and KTM camps were running round to welcome the new champion.
Cairoli won moto, GP and title: "I never expected to win the title today. In one way it's a pity because not so many of my fans could be here, but the Brazilians cheered us all day, so I'm happy for them."
Log in in the morning for a gallery of images here on mx-pure.com, the only English-speaking website reporting live from Brazil !
MX1
1 Toni Cairoli (Red Bull KTM) 2-1
2 David Philippaerts (Monster Rinaldi Yamaha) 1-2
3 Max Nagl (Red Bull KTM) 4-3
4 Steve Ramon (Rockstar Teka Suzuki) 7-4
5 Rui Goncalves (Red Bull KTM) 6-5
6 Davide Guarneri (LS Honda) 5-8
7 Josh Coppins (Aprilia) 9-7
8 Tanel Leok (LS Honda) 8-10
9 Clement Desalle (Rockstar Teka Suzuki) 3-17
10 Jimmy Albertson (Martin Honda) 10-9
11 Antonio Balbi (2B Duracell Kawasaki) 11-11
12 Joao Paulino (Honda) 13-12
13 Xavier Boog (KRT Kawasaki) dnf-6
14 Roberto Castro (Kawasaki) 12-16
15 Jose Felipe (Kawasaki) 16-13
1 Toni Cairoli (Red Bull KTM) 2-1
2 David Philippaerts (Monster Rinaldi Yamaha) 1-2
3 Max Nagl (Red Bull KTM) 4-3
4 Steve Ramon (Rockstar Teka Suzuki) 7-4
5 Rui Goncalves (Red Bull KTM) 6-5
6 Davide Guarneri (LS Honda) 5-8
7 Josh Coppins (Aprilia) 9-7
8 Tanel Leok (LS Honda) 8-10
9 Clement Desalle (Rockstar Teka Suzuki) 3-17
10 Jimmy Albertson (Martin Honda) 10-9
11 Antonio Balbi (2B Duracell Kawasaki) 11-11
12 Joao Paulino (Honda) 13-12
13 Xavier Boog (KRT Kawasaki) dnf-6
14 Roberto Castro (Kawasaki) 12-16
15 Jose Felipe (Kawasaki) 16-13
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