Coppins 2010 World FIM Champ Thread

**paturoa** · 13th March 2010, 13:17

Thread to follow Josh's 2010 campaign;

Dates and locations:

04 Apr 2010 Bulgaria Sevlievo, 9th, 10th, 23 points 9th overall.
11 Apr 2010 Lombardia (ITA) Mantova , 17th, 11th, 14 points, 10th overall.
25 Apr 2010 The Netherlands Valkenswaard
09 May 2010 Portugal Agueda
16 May 2010 Catalunya (ESP) Bellpuig
30 May 2010 Great Britain Chepstow Track Infos
06 Jun 2010 France St Jean d'Angely
20 Jun 2010 Germany Teutschenthal
27 Jun 2010 Latvia Kegums
04 Jul 2010 Sweden Uddevalla
01 Aug 2010 Limburg (BEL) Lommel
08 Aug 2010 Czech Republic Loket Track Infos
22 Aug 2010 Brazil Campo Grande
05 Sep 2010 Benelux (NED) Lierop
12 Sep 2010 Italy Fermo
Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations 26 Sep 2010 USA Denver, Lakewood

Other threads and sites:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/109183
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/118490
http://www.joshcoppins.com/
http://www.youthstream.org/

**paturoa** · 13th March 2010, 13:27

And just found this while seeing what he's been up to

http://www.fullnoise.com.au/news/ind...e%20del%20Lago

**oldguy** · 13th March 2010, 15:00

Cheers for the info mate, hope its not too bad for Josh, and is fighting fit come start of the FIM first race.

**denill** · 16th March 2010, 05:46

Date: 14 March 2010

Coppins takes pole in Gallarate

The third round of the Internazionali dʼItalia held at a sunny Gallarate circuit has seen Josh Coppins take his first pole of the season aboard the factory MXV Aprilia. After suffering a broken rib at round 2, three weeks prior, Coppins was back to speed in front of an enthusiastic Italian crowd.

Having first pick of the gate for race 1, Coppins grabbed a good start and emerged 4th on the opening lap behind Guarneri, Monni and Albertson. With all four riders running a similar pace it was somewhat of an uneventful race with very few passes being made and Coppins having to settle for fourth.

A hole-shot in race two would see Coppins rocket to the front of the pack. Two laps later he lost the front end and lost vital positions. Coppins made a quick recovery and looked set to climb back to a podium spot when he tried to dive up the inside of fellow Aprilia team-mate, Julian Bill. An over enthusiastic, Guarneri ran into the back of Coppins sending both riders to the floor. Coppins rejoined the race and salvaged 8th spot.

"I’m really happy with the progress we have made with the bike” smiled Coppins. “I should not have made those mistakes in race 2 but I put that done to not having ridden in the last three weeks. I proved I have the speed by claiming pole position and with my second moto hole-shot I am confident we have found the right settings on the bike now. I still have some testing to do before the next round in San Severino next weekend but we have made leaps and bounds and still are improving so I’m looking forward to the next race and of course GP1 in Bulgaria.”

Race results:

Race1: 1 Davide Guarneri), 2 Monni, 3 Albertson, 4 Coppins, 5 Salvini, 6 Priem, 7 Bill, 8 Lombrici, 9 Tanel Leok , 10 Dami

Race 2: 1 Tanel Leok, 2 Albertson, 3 Monni, 4 Bill, 5 Davide Guarneri ,6 Kohut, 7 Salvini, 8 Coppins, 9 Priem, 10 Schmidinger

Overall classification: 1. Jimmy Albertson 42 pts, 2. Manuel Monni 42, 3. Davide Guarneri 41, 4. Tanel Leok 37, 5. Julien Bill 32, 6. Josh Coppins 31, 7. Alex Salvini 30, 8. Manuel Priem 27, 9. Roberto Lombrici 21, 10. Martin Kohut 20

Championship standings: 1. Davide Guarneri 118 pts, 2. David Philippaerts 100, 3. Tanel Leok 95, 4. Manuel Monni 93, 5. Josh Coppins 92, 6. Alex Salvini 79, 7. Jimmy Albertson 76, 8. Manuel Priem 69, 9. Julien Bill 57, 10. Tony Cairoli 44

**raglanash** · 17th March 2010, 09:48

Heres the vids, nice holeshot in race 2.
http://blog.mxbars.net/2010/03/16/in...round-3-video/

**paturoa** · 18th March 2010, 19:24

Broke rib... ouch!

He would have done bugger all training with a rib injury. Nice Vid, his speed at the holeshot and the next couple of laps was impressive.

**denill** · 23rd March 2010, 06:02

Date: 21 March 2010

Coppins ends fourth in Italian championship.

The fourth and final round of the Italian championship has come to completion at a spectacular San Severino circuit under moderate Spring conditions.

Factory Aprilia Racer, Josh Coppins, looked set to end his championship off on high with a 3Rd place in his qualification group as he hounded German Maxi Nagl and American Jimmy Albertson to the line.

As the gate dropped for the opening moto, Coppins and Cairoli went bar to bar into the first turn trying to grab the hole-shot with ‘The Lizzard’ being pushed wide as he emerged in 3rd. Riding a steady race, Coppins came under pressure in the final stages of the moto and did not have an answer for Leok and Guarneri as they stole a podium finish away from the Kiwi.

The final and deciding moto would see misfortune sideline Coppins when his machine was forced to the side with a technical problem. Coppins was not able to complete the race and also lost his overall podium spot in the championship to Monni.

“We have been making headway with our testing however today we had an unfortunate DNF. I was pumped with my first moto start and again this proves that we are now competitive on the start which is important for the GP’s. I have missed some valuable riding time on the bike due to the broken rib but I am starting to feel confident and am looking forward to Bulgaria in two weeks time. “ commented Coppins.

Coppins won the Bulgarian GP last year and will be looking to Sevlievo for a positive start to his 2010 MX GP campaign.

Race results:

Race 1: 1 Cairoli, 2. Nagl, 3. Tanel Leok, 4. Davide Guarneri, 5. Coppins, 6. Monni, 7.Albertson, 8 Priem 9. Salvini, 10. Krestinov

Race 2: 1. Nagl, 2. Cairoli, 3. Tanel Leok, 4. Albertson, 5. Davide Guarneri, 6. Albertson, 7.Bonini, 8. Compagnone, 9. Bill, 10. Kohut

Overall classification: 1. Max Nagl 47, 2. Tony Cairoli 47, 3. Tanel Leok 40, 4. Davide Guarneri 34, 5. Manuel Monni 33, 6.Jimmy Albertson 29 ptn, 7. Julien Bill 21, 8. Martin Kohut 21, 9. Matteo Bonini 20, 10. Felice Compagnone 20

Championship standings: 1. Davide Guarneri 152, 2. Tanel Leok 135, 3. Manuel Monni 126, 4. Josh Coppins 108, 5. Jimmy Albertson 105, 6. David Philippaerts 100 ptn, 7. Alex Salvini 99, 8. Tony Cairoli 91, 9. Manuel Priem 82, 10. Julien Bill 78

**paturoa** · 26th March 2010, 15:26

And we wont get to see Ben !

Originally Posted by youthstream

Ben Townley to miss 2010 Grand Prix appearance By Daniele Rizzi | 19 Mar 2010

After a training accident at home in New Zealand, Ben Townley suffered from a small perforation in his bowel. Townley underwent surgery on Monday but a four to six week recovery time means the former MX2 World Champion will miss his FIM Motocross World Championship appearance at the forthcoming start to the 2010 season.

Townley said: “This is definitely a bummer for me. I was really looking forward to racing in Europe in April. Obviously, that isn’t going to happen now. I have a lot of friends over there and I’ll definitely race some GP’s again someday.”

If you would like to send Ben a get-well message or just say hello visit www.bentownley.com and click on the extra tab at the top.