MOtOcrOss sUccEss! - Dunlop Motorsport

DuNlOP PROvES PODIuM
POTENTIal IN MOTOcROSS
After two MX1 podiums from the opening six rounds of its
2011 Motocross Grand Prix comeback, Dunlop’s success
has reached even greater heights since - in the form of
four podiums over the next six events, including victory in
Germany.
The perfect double-moto victory at Teutschenthal also
marked the very first grand prix win for Honda World
Motocross star Evgeny Bobryshev, and came in the middle
of three consecutive GP rostrums for the exciting young
Russian.
With 12 of the 15 rounds complete, Bobryshev’s
five podiums have propelled him to fourth in the World
Championship.
To put that into perspective, Bobryshev was only tenth in
the 2010 MX1 championship and has already scored 117
points more than during the whole of last season!
With 150 points still to be decided, Bobryshev needs
to bridge a 41-point gap to reach third - a target he has a
realistic chance of achieving alongside his quest for further
victories.
But Bobryshev isn’t the only Dunlop rider to spray
podium champagne this year.
Team-mate Rui Goncalves, cruelly denied a debut MX1
podium after a late technical problem in the deep Lommel
sand, finally gained the rostrum he so richly deserved in the
following Czech Republic round at the slippery Loket circuit.
The Portuguese rider is now sixth in the world
championship and has a strong chance of moving further
up the table before the end of the season. Goncalves, a
former MX2 title runner-up, has also made big progress
compared with last year, when he was eleventh overall.
LS Honda’s Ken De Dycker is the third Dunlop rider in the
present championship top eight, the experienced Belgian
enjoying his best race of the season so far in Sweden,
when he finished just off the podium in fourth.
A previous MX1 grand prix winner, few would be
surprised if De Dycker becomes the third different Dunlop
rider to claim a podium finish this season.
British team-mate Shaun Simpson is gaining momentum
with double-digit points in the last four motos, while
Dutchman Marc de Reuver leads the Yamaha Van Beers
challenge with top-ten moto finishes in Germany and
Belgium.
In the MX2 class, for 250cc motorcycles, Petar Petrov
(Van Beers) gave an indication of his potential with fifth
place in race one of the Grand Prix of Limburg. Having
scored points in both motos in just four events this year, the
Bulgarian will be seeking consistency to match his speed in
the remaining three rounds.
With Dunlop’s Motocross success growing, so too has
the presence of the brand trackside with signing sessions
and cap giveaways particularly popular, not to mention
the emerging presence of the Dunlop Glove, an inflatable
Dunlop hand which pops up everywhere.
Dunlop’s Motorcross activities can be followed on
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/phi4As or
Twitter: @DunlopWorldMX.