World MX: Ferris 25th in qualifying for German Grand Prix
Deselle took his first pole of the year in the German GP.
Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Clement Desalle made it to his first pole of the season today on Teutschenthal’s hard pack for this weekend’s German Grand Prix, with Australian Honda rider Dean Ferris taking 25th in the qualifying heat.
The Belgian put together a perfect moto right from the start, when he took the holeshot and led the pack into turn one. From then on Desalle held the first place and kept away from the dogfight for second in between Xavier Boog and Davide Guarneri to win his first Lovemytime MX1 Pole Position Award of 2010.
Kawasaki Racing’s Boog had a hard time to keep the runner up spot as a hard charging Guarneri put the heat on him during the whole race. When he crossed the chequered flag to equal his best qualifying result dating back at the French GP, Boog was one second off Desalle and just less than half a second ahead of Guarneri.
The Italian of LS Motors Honda was happy with third overall, his best qualifying performance since he moved to MX1, but failed on a last lap attempt to pass Boog.
Ken De Dycker crashed at lap six, handing third back to Guarneri and fourth to CAS Honda’s Evgeny Bobryshev. The Russian defended his position to finish ahead of Yamaha Monster Energy’s David Philippaerts.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1’s Max Nagl was a brave sixth after he decided to race despite his left collarbone fracture from France two weeks ago. Nagl knows it will be a hard home grand prix but is determined to put on a good show for his many fans at Teutschenthal.
Teammate Antonio Cairoli instead had a bad start then crashed at the opening lap. The championship leader took an eventual 13th place.
At his maiden Grand Prix qualifying, Ferris of Australia took 25th while Priem –who made his comeback to racing after injuring at round one in Bulgaria- was 29th.
Jeffrey Herlings of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2’s repeated his pole position performance from Mantova as he went on to take his second Lovemytime MX2 Pole Position Award. The Dutch 15-year-old moved past teammate Shaun Simpson after two laps and went on to win a two way battle for pole.
The one who troubled Herlings was other teenager Ken Roczen of Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2. The German moved past Simpson and chased Herlings for the whole race. The winner of last year’s German GP was second to Herlings but saved his energies for tomorrow’s two heats.
Kawasaki CLS’ Steven Frossard worked his way up throughout the race to earn a valuable third place ahead of teammate Jeremy van Horebeek. Simpson preferred to play it safe and settled for a fifth place ahead of Osborne. The latter struggled after a top five start.
Championship leader Marvin Musquin instead rode a calm qualifying to take a seventh place ahead of Arnaud Tonus while holeshotter Gautier Paulin was ninth. Joel Roelants completed the top ten.
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