Tough day at British GP for Roelants, Simpson pushes on

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Tough day at #British GP for #Roelants, Simpson pushes on

Monster Energy #Yamaha emerged from the British Grand Prix and the penultimate round of the FIM Motocross World Championship with Joel Roelants classifying 21st overall at Matterley Basin. The wonderful layout situated in the natural ‘bowl’ amphitheatre was the setting for the MXGP Festival that entertained eleven classes across the four days. For the MX1 crew and Roelants on his works YZ450FM it was the sixteenth meeting on the schedule.



Ultimately it was a difficult day for the Belgian who struggled to get a fast rhythm and find decent lap-times. 15th place in the first moto was followed by a superb start in the second and ‘34’ ran as high as third in the early moments of the race but again did not have the speed to be a part of the top ten. The former GP winner eventually retired after losing some positions and confidence.

In contrast JK Racing’s Shaun Simpson continues to fly and equalled his best placing of eighth overall on the YZ450F scored last weekend in Belgium. Effective starts and a determined mood meant the Scot was once again a solid member in the top half of the leaderboard and ran to 8th in both 35 minute and 2 lap chases.

Roelants’ seven points in the UK added to his tally and brought it up to 249, keeping the MX1 rookie 12th in the series standings. The final appointment for Monster Energy Yamaha in the FIM campaign will come in two weeks with the Grand Prix of Benelux at the flat and sandy circuit in southern Holland.


Joel Roelants

“I was happy with the start in the second moto but there is not much more I can say about today. I couldn’t get a good feeling with the track and overall it was just a hard day for me.”


Shaun Simpson

“If I’m brutally honest I hated the track yesterday, too fast and too many big jumps with the same pace for everybody. The rain this morning spiced it up and I’m quite happy with how today went. The British GP is always enjoyable but also stressful. It was nice to almost be battling to be top Brit in MX1. I’m super excited about Lierop now.”



2013 MX1-GP United Kingdom

Matterley Basin 25/08/2013 19 Laps

race I
1 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 40'12.219
2 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'13.729
3 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'19.596
4 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'37.345
5 Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 0'44.925
6 Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 0'52.628
7 David Philippaerts Honda ITA 0'57.437
8 Shaun Simpson Yamaha GBR 1'00.898
9 Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 1'31.427
10 Tanel Leok TM EST 1'42.077
11 Matiss Karro KTM LVA 1'54.970
12 Nicolas Aubin Honda FRA -1Laps
13 Milko Potisek Yamaha FRA -1Laps
14 Jonathan Barragan KTM ESP -1Laps
15 Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL -1Laps
race II
1 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 39'39.867
2 Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 0'09.726
3 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 0'16.160
4 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'28.647
5 Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 0'39.680
6 Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 0'50.764
7 Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 1'03.211
8 Shaun Simpson Yamaha GBR 1'08.104
9 Tanel Leok TM EST 1'38.004
10 Matiss Karro KTM LVA 1'48.876
11 Milko Potisek Yamaha FRA -1Laps
12 Marc De Reuver Honda NED -1Laps
13 Augusts Justs Honda LVA -1Laps
14 Tony Craig Honda GBR -1Laps
15 Ludvig Soderberg Honda FIN -1Laps
20 Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL -11Laps

MX1-GP World Standing

Rider Standings After Race 16 of 18

1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 718
2. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 647
3. Ken De Dycker KTM BEL 573
4. Gautier Paulin Kawasaki FRA 513
5. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 509
6. Tommy Searle Kawasaki GBR 460
7. Jeremy Van Horebeek Kawasaki BEL 405
8. Maximilian Nagl Honda GER 314
9. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 312
10. David Philippaerts Honda ITA 282
11. Shaun Simpson Yamaha GBR 271
12. Joel Roelants Yamaha BEL 249
13. Rui Goncalves KTM POR 230
14. Tanel Leok TM EST 210
15. Davide Guarneri KTM ITA 195
16. Xavier Boog KTM FRA 173
20. Milko Potisek Yamaha FRA 87
21. Herjan Brakke Yamaha NED 61
22. Steven Frossard Yamaha FRA 60
36. Billy MacKenzie Yamaha GBR 12
46. Stefano Dami Yamaha ITA 7
54. Loic Leonce Yamaha FRA 4
62. Masanori Ito Yamaha JPN 2

Crowd:
25,000

Weather:
Changeable

Last Years Winner:
Antonio Cairoli


Manufacturer Standings

25/08/2013

1 KTM 745
2 Suzuki 675
3 Kawasaki 620
4 Honda 502
5 Yamaha 322
6 TM 234
7 Aprilia 3