DAVID PHILIPPAERTS UNLUCKY 12TH IN BRAZIL

The last of the three overseas events of the 2013 FIM Motocross World Championship was run last weekend back again in Brazil on the beautiful circuit of Beto Carrero.

DAVID PHILIPPAERTS was really motivated to improve from his last good GP’s and had a very good start of the weekend with a 4th finish place in the qualifying race of the Saturday. In the first moto DP19 took almost the holeshot together with Tony Cairoli and for a few laps he was following the six time world champion who was leading the race. After being passed by Nagl, DP could still manage to ride third for most of the race and just toward the end of the moto Paulin Gautier had to work hard to get him passed. Three laps to the end a stone broke his googles and DP had to slow down and wasted time to take off the roll-off and googles and lost two places and finished 7th. In the second moto the start was not as good as before and DP after a few turns was battling around the 18th position and when he was making his way through the field he badly crashed and had to retire. Once more this season, just some bad luck has prevented DP19 to collect important points.

DAVID PHILIPPAERTS AGAIN IN THE TOP 8 IN PORTUGAL !

The sixth event of the Fim Motocross World Championship
went back to Portugal on the famous red sand of Agueda.

PHILIPPAERTS had another very good weekend on his way back to the top positions where he was used to play before his double injury. For the second consecutive race he finished 8th overall of the Grand Prix after two motos where he was battling with the top five riders. In the second moto DP19 almost took the holeshot with Cairoli on his side and he could manage to ride in the top five for most of the race and just a small mistake let Nagl pass before the end of the moto but David could hold Strijbos behind till the checkered flag. Philippaerts is now 9th overall of the MX1 class and he is now looking forward to the Brazilian GP where he always scored heavy points.

Italy has been a tough weekend for DP19 who started on the saturday with a good qualifyng race finishing 10th despite a not very brilliant start. In race #1 on the Sunday, after starting in twelve position, DP19 was getting through the field and was already in 8th place when he badly crashed to pass british rider Shaun Simpson. Starting from last he came back to 15th place. In race #2 DP19 took a good start but at the second turn belgian Desalle crashed in front of him and David couldn’t avoid the collision and, again he had to start from last to finish 15th taking an unsatisfactory 14th place overall of the day.

"Nella prima manche ho ritrovato il mio stile di guida e la mia velocita' avevo un buon feeling con la moto e riuscivo a passare gli altri piloti con facilità,ma sono atterrato male da un salto e ho fatto una brutta caduta. Mi sono nuovamente ritrovato ultimo e sono riuscito a risalire solo fino a metà gruppo. Mentre nelle seconda Desalle mi è caduto davanti ho provato a schivarlo ma mi sono ritrovato giù dalla collina del salto e ricominciare dall ultima posizione per l ennesima volta è stata davvero dura ed ero molto demotivato. Finita la gara però sono venuti tutti i miei amici i miei fan il mio team e mio fratello a sostenermi e a ridarmi nuova energia vi ringrazio tantissimo e anche se un po' acciaccato sono pronto per la Bulgaria"
"in the first round I found my ride style, I had a good feelinf with my bike and I could pass easy the other riders. but I landed badly from a jump and I had a bad fall. I was again last and I could arrive only fifteen. While in the second moto Desalle crashed in front of me, I tried to not get him but I found myself down the hill jump, start from last place again was really hard I was very unmotivated. After the race all my friends, my fans,my team and my brother Deny come to me to support me and give me new energy, thank you very much and now I m ready for Bulgaria"

David Philippaerts started very well his dutch GP with a 9th place in the qualifying race of the sunday on his improved CRF450R Pro Circuit, leaving behind him the likes of top riders Frossard, Searle, Nagl and Goncalves. In race #1 DP19 did not have the best start and could manage to pass the first turn around the thirteenth position and with and aggressive ride got passed some riders in front to reach the british rider Tommy Searle and pass him for the 9th overall place when the group of the leaders was already too far to be approached. In race #2 DP19 took a great start in second position just behind factory rider Bobryshev and could manage to ride the first four laps battling with De Dycker and Cairoli but suddenly he experienced problems with his clutch register and had to slow down and retire, a shame because he could not score heavy points for the overall.

“The team and I are making esperience with Honda 450 we need to grow together and every gp I feel that we are improving but I think is normal to have some difficult and some problem. Gp by gp we will arrive at the perfect performace! I feel very good in my team and I sure we can get result soon”

On the new partially redisigned track of Arco di Trento, DP19 has concluded the three rounds of the italian series on a positive note finishing twice in the top 5 and taking two very good starts on board of his Honda CRF450R Pro Circuit. Philippaerts was able to race with the leaders Cairoli, Frossard, Herlings and Bobryshev in both races and just a very small gap devided DP19 from the others on the finish line. Two more weeks of intensive training and DP19 will be ready for his first GP 2013 in Qatar.

"In the second race I was feeling my arms a little better than in the first and I just need to get a bit more speed and I will be ready.”