Prumm's World 2008 MX champ thread

[Danger]

5th qualifer and Nikki was 2nd.

No Nikki was 22nd.

[paturoa]

sorry typo

[denill]

No Nikki was 22nd.

Ohhh. That had me going................

[paturoa]

An excellent day at the office!!

Race 1 was 3rd and Race 2 2nd.

Now 2 points in the lead on 122 points

What happened to Nikki?

[MIXONE]

Top result!Good girl.Her and JC make me proud to be a kiwi.

[charles23]

magic, great weekend of riding shame we ant and won't seen anything on the square tube............

[dino3310]

it's a shame TVNZ dont get behind them with some coverage.

[denill]

From HH Media:

Women's World Championship:

Saint Jean d'Angely also hosted the 3rd round of the Women's World Championship.

Katherine Prumm was also under pressure with her damaged knee. In the Free Practices she was 3rd and 4th and in the Timed Practice he was 5th.

In Moto 1 she was 3rd behind Germany's Stephanie Laier (Factory KTM) and France's Livia Lancelot (FFM Kawasaki). Laier was 24 seconds quicker than Prumm and Lancelot 10.

There will be an explanation coming because in Moto 2 Katherine was only 3.5 secs behind Laier and 12 in front of American rider Ashley Fiolek (Honda).

That gave Katherine 2nd for the day and (fanfare !!!) a 2 point lead in the Championship from Laier.

I had an unconfirmed report that Nikki Scott had a huge crash in practice on one of the bigger jumps and has broken a wrist and arm.

[4stroke]

it's a shame TVNZ dont get behind them with some coverage.

it has been on tv1 with the mens races, well it was on a couple weeks ago, gota remeber its not live its often delayed a week or 2

[Danger]

Yeah there was some on TVNZ last week. Don't know why people always say it never gets coverage. Didn't watch it though cause I was out riding myself. And once I know the result I don't find the coverage that interesting anyway.

[paturoa]

I had an unconfirmed report that Nikki Scott had a huge crash in practice on one of the bigger jumps and has broken a wrist and arm.

mega bummer

[denill]

YAMAHA RACE REPORT 15/06/2008
Prumm championship leader after second podium result

Prumm in St Jean

Yamaha Van Beers' Katherine Prumm obtained the red plate as leader of the inaugural Women's World Championship after taking her second consecutive podium with runner-up position at the Grand Prix of France; round three of five in the 2008 competition.

Double World Cup winner Prumm took her YZ250F to 3rd and 2nd positions in the two motos across the rocky terrain at St Jean d'Angely, watched by 30,000 spectators and now fronts the standings by two points with trips to Germany and Holland remaining.

The 19 year old followed Stephanie Laier and Livia Lancelot in the first outing but battled with her French rival (and the many backmarkers) closely in the second moto to win the tussle for the second step. After injuring her knee before the start of the championship Prumm has steadily amassed points to reach the top of the table. Her French results were gained with the extra hassle of suffering a sprained wrist during practice.

The ladies are back in action in a two weeks time at the Teutschenthal circuit.

Prumm in France


Katherine Prumm, Yamaha Van Beers Racing, 2nd:

"It was good to go home and see my family after the last GP. I had spent two months largely on my own in Europe so I went to New Zealand and had some time there, won both motos in the Australian championship and came back ready for this GP. The extra training I had done paid off here. I have been trying to build up the muscles around my knee to compensate and felt more confident. I did not have the best start to the weekend on Saturday because I over-jumped a section and landed in the corner, pulling some ligaments in my wrist. I was wondering what else could go wrong this season! I got myself together and put it out of my head. I pushed hard during the races and although I made some mistakes that I shouldn't have, it was a good day and I am pleased to be leading the championship."

Circuit Length: 1750
Temp: 19 degrees
Crowd: 30,000
Weather: Overcast


2008 GP of France, Saint Jean d'Angely 15/06/2008
Race 1 - 12 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Stephanie Laier KTM GER 26'18.203
2 Livia Lancelot Kawasaki FRA 0'10.567
3 Katherine Prumm Yamaha NZL 0'24.469
4 Maria Franke Kawasaki GER 0'58.087
5 Larissa Papenmeier Suzuki GER 1'48.872
6 Elien De Winter KTM BEL 1'57.201
7 Elin Mann KTM SWE 2'0.042
8 Marianne Veenstra Suzuki NED 2'24.137
9 Marielle De Mol Yamaha NED -1 Laps
10 Anne Borchers Suzuki GER -1 Laps
11 Ashley Fiolek Honda USA -1 Laps
12 Nicky Van Wordragen KTM NED -1 Laps
13 Kim Irmgartz Suzuki GER -1 Laps
14 Alexandra Haupt Kawasaki GER -1 Laps
15 Jenny Seidenberg KTM GER -1 Laps


Race 2 - 12 Laps
Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Total Time
1 Stephanie Laier KTM GER 25'52.269
2 Katherine Prumm Yamaha NZL 0'3.515
3 Ashley Fiolek Honda USA 0'15.085
4 Maria Franke Kawasaki GER 0'21.191
5 Livia Lancelot Kawasaki FRA 0'52.615
6 Larissa Papenmeier Suzuki GER 1'23.138
7 Marianne Veenstra Suzuki NED 1'31.766
8 Elin Mann KTM SWE 1'42.372
9 Elien De Winter KTM BEL -1 Laps
10 Anne Borchers Suzuki GER -1 Laps
11 Sofia Sjoberg Honda SWE -1 Laps
12 Kim Irmgartz Suzuki GER -1 Laps
13 Alexandra Haupt Kawasaki GER -1 Laps
14 Nicky Van Wordragen KTM NED -1 Laps
15 Natascha Fransoo TM GER -1 Laps

Rider Standings 15/06/2008


Pos. Rider Manu. Nat. Points
1. Katherine Prumm Yamaha NZL 122
2. Livia Lancelot Kawasaki FRA 120
3. Ashley Fiolek Honda USA 102
4. Maria Franke Kawasaki GER 101
5. Stephanie Laier KTM GER 100
6. Larissa Papenmeier Suzuki GER 92
7. Elin Mann KTM SWE 82
8. Elien De Winter KTM BEL 80
9. Marianne Veenstra Suzuki NED 78
10. Nicky Van Wordragen KTM NED 63
11. Kim Irmgartz Suzuki GER 49
12. Anne Borchers Suzuki GER 48
13. Brenda Wagemans KTM BEL 43
14. Sandra Adriansson Suzuki SWE 42
15. Marielle De Mol Yamaha NED 41

[Reckless]

Shit if she can pull this one off it'll be pretty Damn awesome I reckon!!!!

[denill]

Yamaha Press Release: (Some new stuff here.)

KATHERINE PRUMM BACK ON TOP.

After Round 2 of the FIM World Womens Championship at Mantova in Italy, Katherine returned immediately to Auckland, to consult with one of New Zealand's most renowned Orthopaedic Surgeons, Barry Tietjens, who saw her within three hours of landing. He had previously operated on her other knee. Now, having the benefit of an MRI scan plus the knowledge that the knee had withstood 2 GP's he still argued that ideally she should undergo immediate surgery.

However, as she had made the decision to campaign irrespective he agreed Katherine should optimise the conditions she was now faced with and embark on an immediate proprioception and quadriceps building exercises. That is avoidance of "open-loop" exercise like running and increased "closed-loop" exercise such as cycling and swimming. (Proprioception is the sense of the orientation/positioning of one's limbs. Without proprioception, we'd need to consciously watch our feet to make sure that we stay upright while walking - AH).

She has decided to put the knee out of mind and focus on the task ahead of her.

Going into Round 3 of the FIM World Womens Championship at St Jeane d'Angely in France, Katherine was in 2nd place by only 2 points behind the French national, Livia Lancelot (Kawasaki Racing).

The 900 klm trip from their Yamaha Van Beers base in The Netherlands (Holland) took 8.5 hours through some of the most beautiful parts of Europe. The town of St Jeane d'Angely is surrounded by a rural landscape and is some 150 klms north of Bordeaux and the Spanish border. It has a population of about 8000.

The hardpack track is called Circuit du Puy de Poursay and is characterised by some big jumps and generally quite rocky. It is the first time the track has been used as a venue in the Women's World Champs but has featured regularly in the Men's World Champs. Last year saw fellow New Zealander Josh Coppins take the win there.

Saturday followed the usual format with two free practices in perfect weather conditions. It was during this free practice at a 25 metre tabletop, that had a particularly short down-ramp, where Katherine over-jumped, causing her to land on the edge on the flat part of the track. She landed with such force that her clutch hand bent backwards under this force and immediately swelled. This was partly because of her ACL knee injury, which prevents her from locking her knees together and allowing the clamped knees to grip the sides of the bike firmly. She, fell and found the rest of the practice difficult to complete.

Katherine saw a sports medicine physician who x-rayed the swollen hand and fortunately found no fracture, but diagnosed ligament sprain. He prescribed elevation, compression, magnet therapy, anti-inflammatory gel and tablets.

This was followed by Qualifying timed practice at 6pm. It also establishes the all important start position for the next day's racing. Katherine had the fastest time and thus pick of first gate for Sunday.

On Sunday, 30 000 spectators watched the racing in less than perfect weather conditions (19C) with overcast skies and the occasional light drizzle. Having applied ice throughout the night and sporting a strapped up wrist, knee strapping and braces, Katherine felt as prepared as she could be given the circumstances.

In Moto 1, despite Katherine having pole position, Lancelot took the holeshot. Katherine made a mistake at the first corner, which cost her dearly. Lancelot crashed soon after allowing Steffi Laier (KTM Racing) to take the lead. Then followed some exciting racing between Lancelot and Katherine with both riders passing each other but being unable to make the passes stick. They caught up with the lappers early and as the track had been heavily watered, it meant single file for much of the circuit. Although the blue flag was used, many of the lappers refused to move out of the single traversable and safer line. In 1 lap Katherine lost about 5 seconds due to these obstructions. Twice Livia and Katherine nearly collided and took each other out.

In the final stages, a frustrated Katherine took a risk, which unfortunately didn't pay off. Mindful that time was running out, she made her move on a particularly messy muddy part of the track and caused her front wheel to wash out with only two laps to go. She recovered quickly but had now lost the opportunity to hold onto 2nd place.

Moto 1:

1st Steffi Laier, Germany, KTM, 26:18.203
2nd Livia Lancelot, France, Kawasaki, 26:28.770
3rd Katherine Prumm, New Zealand, Yamaha, 26:42.672
4th Maria Franke, Germany, Kawasaki, 27:16.290
5th Larissa Papenmeier, Germany, Suzuki 28:07.075

In Moto 2, the hardpack, generally rocky track became more difficult with a light rain causing areas of the track to become quite slippery and difficult to negotiate. This was compounded by the fact that once again track officials had left the water sprinklers on too long, creating pools of mud in some of the poorly drained areas leaving a glassy slippery surface.

The moto began with Katherine getting a good jump but was elbowed wide at the first turn, causing her to exit in 5th place. Getting on the gas, she pushed hard and quickly caught up to Laier. In lap 3, Katherine took a chance by taking the much less traversable and hence hazardous inside rut, which she had used with some success in the previous lap.

This time however, the front wheel slipped out underneath her, causing her to crash and she lost a valuable 12 seconds. This allowed Lancelot, who was carrying a lot of impetus to get past her on the jump. The now charging Katherine managed to get her on one of the downhill's and take command of 2nd place again.

Running into lapped riders allowed Lancelot to get back past Katherine. Katherine managed a great pass soon after and then hurtled after Laier who had established a comfortable lead, having had the pick of lines. In the last two laps Katherine had reeled in 10 seconds and with one lap to go was nearly on her back wheel but ran out of time.

Moto 2:

1st Steffi Laier, Germany, KTM, 25:52.269
2nd Katherine Prumm, New Zealand, Yamaha, 25:55.784
3rd Ashley Fiolek, USA, Honda, 26:07.354
4th Maria Franke, Germany, Kawasaki, 26:13.460
5th Livia Lancelot, France, Kawasaki, 26:44.884
"I had ridden my heart out and there was nothing more I could do" said Katherine.

Lap times reveal that Katherine had the fastest lap time in Moto 2. In both races, Katherine had the fastest lap time in the second half of the timed circuit. The first half had two large tabletops, which she was unable to do as both knee and wrist injury caused severe jarring pain on landing. Her inability to perform these two jumps cost a lot, adding at least one and a half seconds per lap to her times.

GP of France overall:

1st Steffi Laier, Germany, KTM
2nd Katherine Prumm, New Zealand, Yamaha
3rd Livia Lancelot, France, Kawasaki
4th Maria Franke, Germany, Kawasaki
5th Larissa Papenmeier, Germany, Suzuki

[charles23]

Yeah there was some on TVNZ last week. Don't know why people always say it never gets coverage. Didn't watch it though cause I was out riding myself. And once I know the result I don't find the coverage that interesting anyway.

that an't no coverage!!!!!!!!!!! you blink and it's all over, the bloody ad break is longer.............