Coppins 2010 World FIM Champ Thread

[denill]

28 June 2010

Further frustration for Coppins in Latvia:

This past weekend saw Josh Coppins and his fellow MX1 GP stars head to Kegums in Latvia for rounds 9 of the World Championship. Dry plus hot conditions greeted the riders and as the racing progressed the circuit became very challenging for all.

In the first MX1 moto Coppins pulled a decent start, rounding the opening lap inside the top 15. Feeling good on the bike Coppins battled it out with Goncalves, Swanepoel and Strijbos, ultimately finishing the 35 minute and 2 lap moto in 14th position.

The second moto would see another solid start for the number 6 Aprilia, as Coppins quickly settled into a good rhythm. Mid way through, whilst battling with Strijbos, the chain came off the bike putting an end to the race for the frustrated New Zealander.

Josh gave his thoughts on the weekend:”The track was really good this weekend, very rough and bumpy but I enjoyed it and felt comfortable with the bike in the first race. The second moto was pretty frustrating though, I was having a decent race when the chain came off."

The MX1 World Championship now heads to Sweden for Round 10 in Uddevalla next weekend.

Results

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

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

GP Overall:
1 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 47
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 43
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 40
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 40
5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 31
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 31
7 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 28
8 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 25
9 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 24
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 22
11 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 18
12 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 18
13 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 15
14 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 13
15 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda 9
17 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 7

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 384
2 Desalle, C. BEL 323
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 298
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 277
5 Nagl, M. GER 276
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 248
8 Leok, Tanel EST 207
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 189
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 189
11 Boissiere, A. FRA 134
12 Strijbos, K. BEL 134
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 126
14 Coppins, J. NZL 120
15 Goncalves, Rui POR 104

[paturoa]

ee oup

Sweden this weekend, then a break for 4 weeks

[paturoa]

12th in qualifying

[paturoa]

11, 11 for 20 poiints and stays 14th on the table

[denill]

Date: 4 July 2010.

Press release:

Coppins enjoys Swedish MX GP.

Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, has scored two positive results in front of 22.000 enthusiastic spectators at round 10 of the FIM MX World championship. The Uddevalla circuit set at the foot of a picturesque rock face enables spectators prime viewing of the technical circuit.

Coppins qualified in 12th during the Saturday 20 minute moto. As the gate dropped for moto 1 Coppins did not get the jump he expected and was back in the pack left with loads of work. He put his head down and climbed the ladder to finish 11th coming from outside the top 20 at the start of the moto.

A better start in the second moto saw Coppins up in the top ten. He seemed to have 9th spot secured until a fuel pump glich lost him valuable time and he had to relinquish two positions.

“I’m pretty pleased with the day” explained Coppins. “My riding was good in both motos and I enjoyed racing in these conditions. The circuit was quite tricky after the morning rain and it was difficult to get grip and drive in most places. I love racing in front of the Swedish fans as they are really passionate about MX. I have some good memories from Uddevalla” explained Coppins.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
7 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
9 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki
10 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
13 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha
14 Priem, Manuel BEL Aprilia
15 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki

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

MX1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 44
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 38
4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 34
5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 30
7 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 28
8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 27
9 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 23
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 20
11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 20
12 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 12
13 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki 12
14 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha 12
15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 11

Mx1 World championship classification:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 434
2 Desalle, C. BEL 367
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 331
4 Ramon, Steve BEL 315
5 Nagl, M. GER 306
6 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
7 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269
8 Bobryshev, E. RUS 223
9 Leok, Tanel EST 219
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 196
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 161
12 Swanepoel, G. RSA 149
13 Boissiere, A. FRA 145
14 Coppins, J. NZL 140
15 Goncalves, Rui POR 124

[paturoa]

Bumpetty bump

Lommel this weekend

[paturoa]

9th in qualifying with the usual suspects at the front.

[paturoa]

9th and 8th - good!

[denill]

Date: 2 August 2010.

Coppins shows heart in grueling Limburg GP.

Round 11 of the FIM MX World championship has welcomed 23.500 spectators to the grueling sands of Lommel to witness possibly the toughest Motocross GP in the world. Factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, gave fans their monies worth to post his best 2010 GP result to date, but it was how the New Zealander did it that was most impressive.

Moto 1 did not start off well for Coppins as he lost his rhythm in the opening stages and forfeited his advantage of a top ten start, regressing down to 15th spot. Once settled into position, ‘The Lizzard’ turned up the gas and started to make his way through the pack. He progressed into 10th after passing Belgian Kevin Strijbos with 5 minutes to go and crossed the finish line in 9th after Tanel Leok ran out of fuel on the last lap.

Coppins fans were shocked to see the number 6 Aprilia in stone last as he went down on the first lap after been hit from behind in the second turn. The resilient Kiwi was not about to give up just yet as remounted with a damages rear brake, took the bit between his teeth and charged through the pack. Within 5 laps Coppins caught and disposed of half the field and then set his sights on the top 10. He caught and passed, Guarneri ,Strijbos, Ramon, Barragan, Swanepoel and Bobryshev in the last five laps to cross the finish line 8th for an amazing comeback ride.

“This weekend we proved that the Aprilia has the reliability to withstand the toughest conditions as well as be competitive in the sand. I took too long to get going in the first moto and should have been more aggressive but once I found my rythym I put in some strong laps but ran out of time to make a move on Swanepoel and Dedycker. I had no rear brake after my crash in the second moto which actually helped me to ride smooth and keep my speed and try to flow in the corners. The tighter turns were a little more difficult but once I figured them out I found some good lines and was amazed at how fast I reeled the guys in. I made two awesome passes on the last lap to finish 8th so I’m really happy with this result. This gives me a lot of motivation for the next GP’s, especially Lierop.”

Coppins heads to Loket in the Czech Republic for round 12 of 15 next weekend

Race results:

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


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

MX1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50
2 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 42
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 38
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 30
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 30
7 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 29
8 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 26
9 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 25
10 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 24
11 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 21
12 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 20
13 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda 17
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki 15
15 Martens, Yentel BEL KTM 6

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 484
2 Desalle, C. BEL 405
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 364
4 Nagl, M. GER 348
5 Ramon, Steve BEL 341
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 299
7 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
8 Leok, Tanel EST 249
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 244
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 213
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 181
12 Swanepoel, G. RSA 173
13 Coppins, J. NZL 165
14 Goncalves, Rui POR 153
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 145

[NordieBoy]

Rear brakes are over-rated

[paturoa]

Loket this weekend

[paturoa]

Not sure whats happening. The qualifying results are not showing anywhere.

[denill]

Date: 9 August 2010.

Coppins posts another top 10 GP result

A muddy Czech MX GP has seen factory Aprilia racer, Josh Coppins, post another top 10 result in front of 21.000 motocross mad spectators in Loket this weekend.

Heavy rainfall prior to the event forced organizers to cancel the Saturday qualification race to preserve track conditions which left Coppins with 18th position in the timed practice.

With track conditions drying somewhat but leaving a one-lined circuit, Coppins knew that a good start would be important for the first moto. Getting good drive out the gate he was positioned well but then a small mistake on one of the steep uphill climbs lost Coppins some valuable positions. He battled to make further progress from thereon in and had to settle for 13th position.

Another good start had Coppins in 8th on the first lap. He battled with Maxi Nagl and Ken De Dycker before losing touch. He managed to conjure up a fighting spirit towards the end of the moto when David Philippaerts was making his way through the pack from a crash. Coppins held off the Italian for many laps before crossing the line in 10th for 10th overall.

“It was actually a very tough weekend,” admitted Coppins. “We battled with bike set up due to the different conditions but as the weekend went on the team kept on improving the bike. I did not ride well in the first moto and battled to find my rhythm but I was much happier with moto 2 where I got to battle with David Philippaerts for a long time. I am looking forward to Brazil and then Lierop. I am really motivated to put in a good result.”

Race results:

MX1 Race 1
1 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
2 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
3 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
4 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
6 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
7 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki
8 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki
9 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
11 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha
12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda
13 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
14 Barragan, Jonathan ESP Kawasaki
15 Soubeyras, Cedric FRA KTM

MX1 Race 2
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki
3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki
4 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM
5 Leok, Tanel EST Honda
6 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM
9 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia
11 Church, Tom GBR CCM
12 Bill, Julien SUI KTM
13 Albertson, Jimmy USA Honda
14 Walkner, Matthias AUT KTM
15 Bonini, Matteo ITA Yamaha

Mx1 GP Overall:
1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 47
2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 42
3 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 41
4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 35
5 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 34
6 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 30
7 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 26
8 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 24
9 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 20
10 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 19
11 Church, Tom GBR CCM 14
12 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA Kawasaki 14
13 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki 13
14 de Dycker, Ken BEL Yamaha 10
15 Bill, Julien SUI KTM 9

MX1 World Championship standings:
1 Cairoli, A. ITA 531
2 Desalle, C. BEL 447
3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 394
4 Nagl, M. GER 382
5 Ramon, Steve BEL 376
6 de Dycker, Ken BEL 309
7 Leok, Tanel EST 290
8 Boog, Xavier FRA 276
9 Bobryshev, E. RUS 270
10 Guarneri, D. ITA 213
11 Strijbos, K. BEL 201
12 Coppins, J. NZL 184
13 Swanepoel, G. RSA 182
14 Goncalves, Rui POR 177
15 Boissiere, A. FRA 145

[paturoa]

Brazilian!!!!!!

[paturoa]

10th in qualifying