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Teka Suzuki Dominate Balen International
25 August 2008
It was a busy weekend of race action for the Teka Suzuki WMX1 team as they took in National championship action in both Belgium and Germany. Friday's Balen International saw a display of dominance from the factory RM-Z450 mounted riders as Ken de Dycker won two motos while his team mate Steve Ramon won the other. Unfortunately crashes suffered by both riders meant that neither rider took the overall win.
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Coppins 7th Through Tough Belgian Sand
07 August 2008
The Yamaha Monster Motocross Team endured one of their hardest and most dramatic days of the 2008 FIM MX1-GP world championship as Josh Coppins finished 7th and David Philippaerts 10th through the notoriously heavy and difficult sand of the Lommel circuit for the Grand Prix of Belgium and the eleventh round of fifteen in the current campaign. Arguably one of the toughest tests for man and machine on the GP calendar, the rough and absorbing sand in central Belgium was suitably demanding, and the racing conditions were not helped by occasional light showers. 27,000 spectators saw two action-packed MX1 motos in which constant position changes took place thanks to varying race speed across the bumps and crashes and mistakes due to fatigue and miscalculation.
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Motocross : Grand Prix of Belgium
01 August 2008
An extremely exciting finale to the 2008 season will get underway in the five remaining Grand Prix’s, starting with the Belgian round in Lommel this weekend. David Philippaerts holds the MX1 red plate but he is closely followed by 2007 World Champion Steve Ramon and Joshua Coppins.
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Molson Kawasaki Team to Disband at Season End
01 August 2008
After spending more than 10 fruitful years deeply involved in the sport, the MXGP world’s favourite family team has regrettably decided to cease all racing activities from the end of the 2008 season. After lengthy discussions Kawasaki Motors Europe and the collective Church family – who both own and operate the Molson Kawasaki Racing Team – have mutually agreed to amicably part ways after many beneficial years spent working together.
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Manuel Priem Podiums in Nismes
01 August 2008
Getting better and better as the season progresses Kawasaki Racing Team’s Manuel Priem takes an impressive third place on the podium at the third round of the Belgian National Championship. With a handful of serious MX1 GP contenders in attendance the third round of the United Telecom Trophy held at Nismes was always going to be an exciting race and the fans who attended the Belgian championship race weren’t disappointed by the exciting on track action.
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KTM MX1 Double with Barragan and Nagl
23 July 2008
KTM rider Jonathan Barragan of Team Silver Action and Red Bull KTM factory rider Max Nagl rounded off a near perfect day for KTM at Nelstpruit South Africa snatching the top two overall places in the MX1 GP. The two riders onboard the KTM machines duplicated the MX2 GP results making the trip to the Southern Hemisphere well worthwhile for the Austrian manufacturer.
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Nagl and Barragan in top three in MX1 Time Practice South Africa
23 July 2008
Both KTM factory riders Max Nagl and Jonathan Barragan were on top of their game in Nelspruit, South African on Saturday coming in second and third behind Steve Ramon of Belgium in Time Practice ahead of Sunday's MX1 Grand Prix of South Africa.
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Teka Suzuki On New Ground In South Africa
20 July 2008
A new venue for World Championship Motocross - Nelspruit - awaits Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker at this weekend's Grand Prix of South Africa - round 10 of the 15 round series. After putting in a good ride at the Swedish GP two weeks ago, reigning MX1 World Champion Ramon closed to within 12 points of the series leader David Philippaerts and enters the South African race hungry to close the gap even further.
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FIM Motocross GP of South Africa
20 July 2008
The FIM Motocross World Championship goes back to South Africa this weekend for the tenth round of the season. Two years after its latest appearance in the country which saw legendary Stefan Everts race his last South African GP, the series has now David Philippaerts leading the MX1 standings with home rider Tyla Rattray on top of the MX2 series.
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Teka Suzuki Men Podium in German MX1
08 July 2008
Hot weather and a rough, technical track at Teutschental in Germany made for an exciting weekend of racing action for the Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 squad at the eighth round of the FIM MX1 World Motocross Championship.
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Josh Coppins Takes First MX GP Win of 2008
01 July 2008
An action packed weekend of Motocross racing ended today at Teutschenthal in front of 34,000 spectators. Kiwi Joshua Coppins came back to victory by finishing first in both heats and is now second in the Championship from Yamaha team mate David Philippaerts. Tyla Rattray wrapped up the overall and the red plate in the MX2 class. Home rider Steffi Laier won this penultimate round of the Women’s World Championship from series leader Livia Lancelot and Maria Franke.
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Positive Start for KTM at German MX GP
01 July 2008
KTM headed into the German Motocross Grand Prix in a poitive mood after the opening day at Teutschenthal. With home rider Max Nagl hoping to put on a good performance infront of a passionate crowd.
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De Dycker on MX1 Pole with Storming Final Lap in Germany
01 July 2008
Day one of the German Grand Prix at Teutschenthal was a dry one and hosted some good qualifying action both in the MX1 and MX2 classes. Ken de Dycker took the eventual pole in MX1 while archrivals Tony Cairoli and Tyla Rattray won the qualifying heats to take the best two spots on the gate of tomorrow’s MX2 Grand Prix. In the Women’s Motocross World Championship qualifying session Livia Lancelot led from home riders Maria Franke and Larissa Papenmeier.
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Teka Suzuki Optimistic For German MX1
01 July 2008
This weekend's Grand Prix of Germany marks the halfway point in the 2008 FIM MX1 Motocross Word Championship as the Teutschental circuit hosts the eighth round of the 15 round series. And Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker will be looking for stellar results race as the MX1 series really starts to heat up.
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Domestic Bliss for KRT riders
25 June 2008
Kawasaki Racing Team's Tanel Leok and Manuel Priem battle it out in their own National Championships in Estonia and Belgium. With a weekend off from the World Motocross Championship Manuel Priem and Tanel Leok each participated in rounds of their own National Championships. For Manuel this meant Kester in Belgium while Tanel travelled further afield to Jaanikese Krossirada in Estonia.
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Suzuki Men Close In On MX1 Lead in France
13 June 2008
Team Teka Suzuki WMX1 riders Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker - who currently sit in second and third place in the FIM MX1 World Motocross Championship - will enter the seventh round of the series at Saint Jean d'Angely in France this weekend looking to close the points gap on series leader David Philippaerts.
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Kevin Strijbos' MX1 Return Put On Hold
12 June 2008
Missing in Action since the Spanish GP back in April Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing's Kevin Strijbos is still on the mend after further thumb surgery. Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Kevin Strijbos, who was due to return to MX1 World Championship action this weekend at St Jean D’Angely in France, will miss more of the season than originally expected due to ongoing problems with the thumb injury he picked up in Spain back in April.
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David Philippaerts Keeps Red Plate in UK MX1
07 June 2008
41,000 spectators, the largest attendance to see the FIM MX1-GP World Championship so far this season, followed Yamaha Monster Motocross Team's David Philippaerts take his fifth consecutive podium with third position on his YZ450FM. A busy and demanding Mallory Park hosted the British Grand Prix under grey skies for the sixth round of fifteen in the 2008 campaign. The brand new track provided riders with an unseen challenge and while the layout generally got a 'thumbs up' from the majority of the MX1 field, the new dirt was soft (from days of rain beforehand) and very rough; making overtaking a hard task. The course, built alongside - and using vast sections - of the historic road racing facility that used to entertain such luminaries such as Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood and Barry Sheene, was inaugurated with some fantastic scenes.
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Action All The Way at Mallory Park British MX GP
02 June 2008
A perfect Grand Prix of Great Britain got underway at the brand new facility of Mallory Park, with a massive crowd of 41,000 people showing up to see the best Motocross series in the world which will come back to the Island on September 28th for the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations at Donington Park. Jonathan Barragan took his maiden MX1 victory today in dry conditions while Antonio Cairoli won the MX2 Grand Prix to take also the red plate. Peter Iven took a clean sweep at round two of the Veterans’ World Cup winning both heats and storming to the top of the standings.
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Pourcel and Cairoli on Pole for British MXGP
02 June 2008
The British Grand Prix started under bright sunshine which no one was expecting. The weather should remain the same for the weekend when Sebastien Pourcel will start the MX1 Grand Prix from pole for the fourth time this season.
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