Guarneri's First GP Win Only Highlight For Yamaha In Namur

With FIM MX1 World Championship leader Josh Coppins out of action due to a small shoulder break and second rider Marc de Reuver unable to get to grips with narrow and fast circuit at Namur, Yamaha Motocross Team were unfortunately without a representative for the Grand Prix of Belgium and the twelfth round of fifteen in the 2007 series watched by a 31,000 crowd last weekend.

The injury to Coppins - that hopefully should only mean a one race absence - and De Reuver's unsuccessful attempts to post a lap-time that put him in the top thirty on Saturday meant that the Italian team were not able to count on a rider for Sunday's races for the first time ever in their long and successful history. Prior to last week's GP of Czech Republic, Coppins had been present on the podium at nine of ten races, winning five.

After Sebastien Pourcel won the Grand Prix with David Philippaerts second and Tanel Leok third, Coppins' advantage in the rider's standings has been reduced from 77 to 43 points - Steve Ramon was fifth overall - with three rounds (Ireland, Britain and Holland) remaining and 150 points left to win.

For De Reuver a practice crash and a lack of confidence around the 'enduro-esque' 2500m circuit (tight, bumpy, dark and tree-lined) saw him miss the qualification cut-off mark for the first occasion since he entered Grand Prix racing in 2001.

The world championship will reconvene at Moneyglass Demense for the Grand Prix of Northern Ireland in two weeks time and the meeting will be the first of three weekends in a row leading to the climax of the season.

Carlo Rinaldi, Team Manager, Yamaha Motocross Team
"We honestly don't know what happened with Marc and I don't think he does either. He is completely lost at the moment in terms of confidence and motivation. He did not complain about the bike but admitted that he was scared out there. We are trying to support him as much as possible in many different ways but something needs to click inside of him and there is only so much we can do. There is no more news about Josh's injury at the moment. We have to wait a bit more to see what condition he might be in for Ireland. He will try to ride just before the GP."

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Guarneri's First GP Win Only Highlight For Yamaha In Namur

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