Coppins 2010 World FIM Champ Thread

**Teava** · 26th April 2010, 11:46

Sorry but i didnt want to start a new thread just for the sake of talking about the race last night.

****SPOILER****

Cairoli was like a man possessed, dominated the first moto by 20+ sec!

In the second moto it really showed just how much easier it is to ride the 350, that huge save he did when he got cross rutted up the face of the jump was just crazy! He charged hard the whole race and made up a 5sec gap twice!! to win the second moto the way he did was insane.

**Katoomer** · 26th April 2010, 12:15

Lap times are interesting . A 15 year old had the fastest lap with a 1.52 in the 1st race

MX1 - Grand Prix Race 1 - Classification
Pos Nr Rider Bestlaptime in lap
1 222 Cairoli, Antonio 1:54.070 2
2 19 Philippaerts, David 1:55.066 3

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 2 - Classification
Pos Nr Rider Bestlaptime in lap Speed
1 111 Herlings, Jeffrey 1:53.359 1
2 94 Roczen, Ken 1:54.094 3

**FlangMasterJ** · 26th April 2010, 15:50

Any torrents out there?

**Teava** · 26th April 2010, 16:22

Originally Posted by FlangMasterJ

Any torrents out there?

It easier to just watch them on www.freecaster.tv

**denill** · 26th April 2010, 21:19

Date: 25th April 2010

Coppins experiences tough day in Valkenswaard.

The 3rd round of the FIM MX World championship welcomed a strong crowd to the ‘Eurocircuit’ in Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, over the weekend. Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, enjoyed the warm weather but could not take advantage of the treacherous sand conditions and his 10th place qualifying position as he lined up for moto 1 on Sunday. A first lap crash with Italian Manuel Monni left Coppins eating Dutch sand has he remounted and gave chase to the pack. The Kiwi’s efforts were short lived when he collided with a fallen rider and damaged the clutch perch of his Factory aprilia machine had to retire from the race.

In the second moto Coppins didn’t get the jump he needed and was a little tentative on the open laps trying to avoid any mishaps as in moto 1. As he settled down ‘Lizzard’ he gained a few positions as he broke into the top 10. A 9th position by the end of the 35min + 2 laps was not enough to make up for the shortfall in moto1.

“The racing is so close this year and sometimes you have to take risks but today they never paid off for me. I can’t afford not to earn points in both motos because it seems a lot of the guys are getting more consistent and having a 0 on the score card really hurts. My goal is to get back into the top 10 after Portugal and Spain and to post two consistent race results. “ vowed a determined Coppins.

Coppins will take part in round 3 of the British MX champs in Duns next weekend before heading to Portugal a week later for round 4 of the MX World champs.

Image: CDS

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
7 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
11 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
15 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha
DNF Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
3 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
9 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
11 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
13 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
14 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha
15 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki

MX1 GP Overall
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 42
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 40
4 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 36
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 33
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 29
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 28
8 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 26
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 24
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 20
11 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 16
12 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 16
13 Monni, Manuel ITA Yamaha 15
14 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 13
15 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 12

MX1 World championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 138
2 Nagl, M. GER 120
3 Ramon, Steve BEL 101
4 Philippaerts, D. ITA 100
5 de Dycker, Ken BEL 94
6 Desalle, C. BEL 79
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 70
8 Leok, Tanel EST 66
9 Barragan, J. ESP 56
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 56
11 Albertson, J. USA 55
12 Bobryshev, E. RUS 53
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 51
14 Pourcel, S. FRA 50
15 Coppins, J. NZL 49

**Reckless** · 26th April 2010, 22:56

Unfortunately My hopes for him are fading a bit, unless he starts riding like demon or his luck changes. I think he's pretty much screwed? Bugger I had High hopes for him on the aprilia.

**paturoa** · 7th May 2010, 17:48

Bump - were up this weekend (hopefully the standings too)

**NordieBoy** · 7th May 2010, 20:12

My high hopes for him are finishing the season in the top 10 and maybe a podium or 2 on the way.

**paturoa** · 8th May 2010, 12:29

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

My high hopes for him are finishing the season in the top 10 and maybe a podium or 2 on the way.

I was more thinking 4th / 5th at the beginning of the season with several podiums. I'm starting to think that may be a bit optimistic. Still they've only completed 3 rounds of 15 so far.

**paturoa** · 9th May 2010, 07:35

The God of Shit Happens is visiting, 30th in the qual race and only finished 7 laps.

He was mid pack 18th, went up to 17th and then stopped? Can't find anything on why.

**denill** · 10th May 2010, 06:51

Date: 9 May 2010.

Coppins makes most of Portuguese MX GP.

The 4th round of the FIM Motocross world championships saw mixed weather conditions play a roll in Agueda Portugal over the weekend. Factory Aprilia racer Josh Coppins, made the most of the tricky track conditions after rainfall on Saturday threatened to turn the well groomed Agueda circuit into a quagmire.

A derailed chain forced the Kiwi out of the 20 min qualifying race on Saturday, however as mid morning sunshine dried the track on Sunday, Coppins was determined to make the most of his wide starting position. A faulty start gate had riders on edge as the first moto start was red flagged with officials doing their best to repair the problem. The restart went smoothly however ‘Lizzard’ was caught in the second half of the pack as he tried to jockey for positions. Battling to find his true race rhythm, Coppins broke into the top 20 and picked off a few positions as the clock ticked by. 17th place was the best that the Kiwi could produce in track conditions that were difficult to pass on.

With clouds clearing and track conditions drying out fast, the second moto would make for some exciting racing. ‘Lizzard’ once again had his work cut out with his wide starting gate, however he put in some aggressive opening laps and pushed through to 10th place around the halfway mark. A good battle with Belgian, Steve Ramon and Frenchman, Sebastien Pourcel would see the trio trading positions as they caught a tiring Davide Guarneri with a lap to go. Pourcel got by the Italian however Coppins ran out of time but managed to keep Ramon at bay to cross the line in 11th.

“Today was always going to be difficult from where I was placed on the start gate” explained Coppins. “The first moto was not good at all and I just couldn’t seem to get going and battled the entire moto. The second moto was much better for me and I really enjoyed the rough lines and tricky sections. I seemed to flow better and was pleased with my speed and result.”

Coppins heads to Bellpuig, Spain next weekend for round 5 in the 15 round series.

Race results:

Mx1 Race 1
1 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
5 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
7 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
8 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
13 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
14 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
15 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
17 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
8 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
9 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
10 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
12 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
13 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
16 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

Mx1 GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 44
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 41
3 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 41
4 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 36
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
6 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 30
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 26
8 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 25
9 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 23
10 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 20
11 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 18
12 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 17
13 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 16
14 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 14
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 14
16 de Reuver, Marc NED Suzuki 13
17 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 7
18 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 6

Mx1 Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 179
2 Nagl, M. GER 161
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 133
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 124
5 Desalle, C. BEL 123
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 114
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 106
8 Leok, Tanel EST 96
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 79
10 Pourcel, S. FRA 75
11 Guarneri, D. ITA 73
12 Coppins, J. NZL 63
13 Albertson, J. USA 59
14 Swanepoel, G. RSA 57
15 Barragan, J. ESP 56