New Martin Honda recruit Pascal Leuret gave a very positive result to his team with fourth position overall in the MX2 class of the Grand Prix of Germany at the Talkessel circuit. The meeting represented the fifth round of fifteen in the fast moving Motocross World Championship and for the fifth time this season Antonio Cairoli triumphed while David Philippaerts became the first Italian to win in MX1 and the first in the premier class since 2001.
The historic course located in eastern Germany yielded a slightly different surface in places as the dark mud had been mixed with sand for a softer terrain, while construction of a new set of curves and rutted sandy straight helped extend the lap-time to beyond two minutes. The speed was still pretty high with precious few technical sections and many riders circulated at the same pace restricting any major movements in the classifications after the starts.
As Josh Coppins and Philippaerts gained MX1 moto wins - the second race was a thrilling battle between a cast of six riders - PAR Honda’s Gordon Crockard was the manufacturer’s top performer overall with sixth place. It was the Irishman’s best result of the season at the circuit where he enjoyed his last World Championship podium in 2003. He rode to seventh and fifth positions and joined in the scrap for the top three in Moto2.
Crockard is suffering slightly with an injured knee that forced him to miss the Portuguese round, but was on form today.
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