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Frossard surges for his second MX1 victory of 2011

Monster Energy Yamahas Steven Frossard scored his first shut-out of the season by taking the factory YZ450FM to victory in both motos at Uddevalla for the Grand Prix of Sweden. The Frenchman celebrated his second triumph of what is becoming a standout 2011 maiden campaign in MX1-GP.

The visit to Scandinavia and round eight of fifteen reactivated the series after a one-week break and started another intense spell of three races in three weeks. Uddevalla was covered by cloudy but bright skies and the track benefited from natural watering of showers on Saturday and early Sunday morning. The layout boasted several small alterations and the terrain was partially loose with the top-soil barely covering a hard and slippery surface. Frossard was competing at the site of his very first career success in 2010 in the MX2-GP class and his decent feeling with a tricky track was assisted by two decent starts. The 23 year old watched by 24,000 spectators - was lucky not to become a victim of Antonio Cairolis second corner crash (even if he was caught on the left shoulder by the incident) at the beginning of the first moto and then bided his time for virtually the entire race distance behind Evgeny Bobryshev before moving past the Russian with two laps to go before the chequered flag. Frossard led the field from start to finish in the second outing and comfortably controlled a gap over Cairoli.

Team-mate David Philippaerts was unfortunate. The Italians front brake was rendered useless by a flying rock in the first moto and the former world champion had to endure a large phase of the race using only the rear stopper. Philippaerts was able to enjoy a run-free in the second race (after an excellent launch alongside Frossard from the gate) and beat three other riders to claim third position and give the team two machines inside the Moto2 winners circle.

Third MX1 representative Anthony Boissiere was twelfth overall. His first moto position of eleventh his better finish of the day compared to the fifteenth of the second.

In the points table Frossard has firmly pushed himself back into contention for the world championship. He is third but only 22 points (the previous gap was 35) away from the red plate he previously wore at round three. Philippaerts is sixth and 25 points from the top four while Boissiere is fourteenth. Yamaha are second by just nine points - and vying for the lead in the manufacturers standings.

The Grand Prix paddock will now head south to Teutschenthal in Germany and then east across to Kegums in Latvia. The eastern European jaunt will bring the series to round ten and complete two-thirds of the calendar.

Philippaerts in Sweden

Frossard in Sweden
Steven Frossard:

It feels really good to win again. I like this track even if it is slippery and difficult! I tried to stay focussed and ride calmly and my good starts helped a lot with this. It wasnt easy out there but it was easier thanks to that. I was lucky at the start of the first moto because I almost crashed with Antonio and I actually hit my shoulder when it happened. It has been difficult to keep consistent because of my hand injury but it is getting better all the time. We made a couple of small changes on the bike this weekend but I felt really good on the YZ450FM. Cairoli was fast in the second moto but I pushed hard in the beginning because I knew he would be strong towards the end.

David Philippaerts:

The second race was good. De Dycker passed me for third at one point but I kept patient because I knew he wouldnt have the condition for the full forty minutes. Today was not really my day. This is not really my track and I struggled to find grip all weekend. In the first moto the problem with the brake meant that it was a very hard to complete the race. I feel that a podium would have been possible today but motocross can be like this. We will hope for better in the next race.

2011 MX1-GP Sweden
Uddevalla 03/07/2011 21 Laps
race I
1 Steven Frossard Yamaha FRA 40'31.725 
2 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'03.878 
3 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 0'19.528 
4 Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 0'22.934 
5 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 0'26.510 
6 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'28.680 
7 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'31.095 
8 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'44.450 
9 Rui Goncalves Honda POR 0'46.533 
10 Gregory Aranda Kawasaki FRA 0'52.804 
11 Anthony Boissière Yamaha FRA 0'59.844 
12 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'02.229 
13 Marcus Schiffer Suzuki GER 1'10.677 
14 Tanel Leok TM EST 1'14.519 
15 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 1'21.966 
16 Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 1'50.069 
18 Remi Nyegaard Yamaha NOR -1Laps 
race II
1 Steven Frossard Yamaha FRA 38'56.345 
2 Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 0'09.943 
3 David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 0'15.445 
4 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 0'21.117 
5 Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 0'23.148 
6 Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 0'25.636 
7 Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 0'27.171 
8 Rui Goncalves Honda POR 0'30.203 
9 Jonathan Barragan Kawasaki ESP 0'32.776 
10 Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 0'33.844 
11 Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 0'34.529 
12 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 1'04.152 
13 Davide Guarneri Kawasaki ITA 1'07.660 
14 Marcus Schiffer Suzuki GER 1'08.842 
15 Anthony Boissière Yamaha FRA 1'14.529 
18 Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP -1Laps 
19 Kim Lindstrom Yamaha SWE -1Laps 
 
MX1-GP World Standing
Rider Standings After Race 8 of 16
1. Antonio Cairoli KTM ITA 322
2. Clement Desalle Suzuki BEL 312
3. Steven Frossard Yamaha FRA 300
4. Maximilian Nagl KTM GER 250
5. Evgeny Bobryshev Honda RUS 244
6. David Philippaerts Yamaha ITA 225
7. Rui Goncalves Honda POR 217
8. Xavier Boog Kawasaki FRA 191
9. Steve Ramon Suzuki BEL 180
10. Jonathan Barragan Kawasaki ESP 176
11. Ken De Dycker Honda BEL 170
12. Kevin Strijbos Suzuki BEL 161
13. Tanel Leok TM EST 140
14. Anthony Boissière Yamaha FRA 112
15. Davide Guarneri Kawasaki ITA 94
16. Shaun Simpson Honda GBR 94
17. Carlos Campano Yamaha ESP 44
20. Jason Dougan Yamaha GBR 26
21. Marc De Reuver Yamaha NED 23
23. Manuel Monni Yamaha ITA 19
31. Luis Correia Yamaha POR 7
32. Herjan Brakke Yamaha NED 6
38. Remi Nyegaard Yamaha NOR 3
39. Kim Lindstrom Yamaha SWE 2
46. Alvaro Lozano Yamaha ESP 1

 

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