Aussie Dean Ferris scored 16th on debut in the German MX1 GP.

Taking his first win of 2010 and also first on a Yamaha, Ken De Dycker dominated the German Grand Prix with two moto wins, with young Australian Dean Ferris scoring 16th overall for the factory Honda team on debut.

After qualifying 26th it was up to Ferris to improve on race day, fighting for points and improving throughout the weekend.

“I didn’t qualify so well so it was difficult to get a good start,” Ferris commented. “For the first moto I made some changes to the gearing and I think I went the wrong way and it was really hard for me to ride. I was battling for nineteenth and I felt like I should have been in the top fifteen quite easily.

“We went back to the original setting and in the second moto and I fought my way up to fourteenth, so that was alright. Everything was new for me, the format, the bike but the team were really helpful. Fourteenth wasn’t too bad for my first time.”

Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci’s De Dycker managed to take his first season’s overall victory in Germany, where he won both moto’s after hard fights with his rivals on the day of his 26th birthday.

Taking an early lead in heat one, De Dycker pulled away to win with a nine second advantage from David Philippaerts. In moto two instead the Belgian had to work his way up to first and was chased by Tony Cairoli until the chequered flag, which he crossed just two tenths of a second before the Italian.

After taking his first season’s pole yesterday, Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1’s Clement Desalle struggled in the races and made it to an eventual second overall. The Belgian was leading the opening heat when he crashed and recovered to an eventual third after a three way battle for second with Xavier Boog and Philippaerts.

In the second heat Desalle was leading again but was passed first by De Dycker then by Cairoli and took another third place.

Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross’ Philippaerts completed the podium despite being ill. The Italian fought hard for second in heat one and completed the day with a fifth place in moto two.

Italy fellow rider Cairoli of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX1 was a bitter fourth overall. Cairoli tangled up with Tanel Leok at the start of heat one and was forced to recover from the tail of the group to sixth. In moto two the MX1 Championship leader rode strong to trouble De Dycker in the final laps and take an eventual second place.

Kawasaki Racing’s Boog completed the top five after leading both races. The Frenchman was fast in the early stages of both heats –he even took the holeshot in heat one- but dropped down the bottom of the top five as the races went on.

Home rider Max Nagl took sixth overall despite riding with a broken left collarbone from the French round.

A crash caused Sebastien Pourcel a head concussion and the French will miss the forthcoming two GP’s.

It was again world champion Marvin Musquin who topped the podium at the end of the German Grand Prix, which marked victory number seven of 2010 for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MX2 rider from France. Musquin took victory in the first moto after moving past team mate Herlings but could not overtake second moto leader Ken Roczen, ending first ahead of Musquin.

Second overall was last year’s German GP winner Roczen, the Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 teenager struggled with his goggles in the first heat, riding with no eyes protection and dropping down from third to fifth. In the final moto instead Roczen took a dominant victory to secure the overall podium and reinforce his second place in the series behind Musquin.

Bike-it Cosworth Yamaha UK’s Zach Osborne was third overall as he took his third consecutive podium since his home GP in USA. Osborne struggled in the opening heat and took a fourth place with just two laps to go. He performed better in the final moto, ending third and securing the overall podium.

Kawasaki CLS’ racers completed the top five but it was a bitter result for the squad having Steven Frossard in fourth and Jeremy Van Horebeek in fifth. After taking second and third in moto one with Van Horebeek and Frossard respectively, both crashed in moto two and had to work hard to get back into the top ten.

Arnaud Tonus was sixth ahead of Christophe Charlier and Shaun Simpson, with the latter taking the holeshot in moto two. Gautier Paulin and Khounsith Vongsana completed the top ten.

Teenager Jeffrey Herlings stopped for technical issues in heat one and was eighth in moto two for a final 13th.

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