Team Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 finished the German ADAC MX Masters Series’ final round in Hoechstaedt on top with Ken Roczen taking overall victory and team mate Xavier Boog third place in the Championship.
In front of 8,000 fans at the KTM-Ring’s sandy circuit, Roczen claimed his second win of this season on his RM-Z250 leaving no chance to Red Bull KTM Factory riders Max Nagl and Rui Goncalves.
Nagl and Steve Ramon (Teka Suzuki) retired in race one as Roczen took the lead and win in front of Boog. Daniel Siegl completed the team’s great performance by finishing fifth.
In race two, Roczen had a good start, caught up to the front-runners easily and finished third, while Boog claimed fifth place. Siegl still had the chance to finish sixth in the Championship after race one, but in the second race his machine suffered a technical problem and he finished seventh.
After winning the ADAC MX Youngster Cup last year, Roczen finished his ADAC MX Masters’ debut season second overall and became the best-ever Rookie in history of the series.
Ken Roczen:
“It’s been a hard season, but the best I ever had; experienced so much; had some terrific races and stayed unhurt. I am really happy and finishing the season with a victory is great. Next year I’ll try to continue my progress, but right now, I’m having a few days of vacation.”
Xavier Boog:
“This was my last big race for Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 and I’m really happy that I could secure third place in the Championship. I had problems with my appendix earlier this year, which cost me a lot of points in the middle of the season, but fortunately it worked out. A big thank you to all my sponsors, my mechanic, the team and my family. These have been two great years.”
Daniel Siegl:
“I’m considerably disappointed. I had the real chance to finish sixth in the Championship, but I couldn’t finish race two due to a technical problem. That’s really annoying because I missed it by just one point.”
Thomas Ramsbacher - Team Manager:
“What a season! We’ve had top-five in the MX2 World Championship and Larissa Papenmeier became Vice World Champion. In the national championship, Larissa won the Ladies Cup and Ken finished second and Xavier third in the MX Masters Series. That’s definitely a lot more than I’ve expected. A big thank you to the riders and the whole team who worked perfectly together and made these great results possible. We can’t wait for the start of the next season and there’ll be a winter of hard testing, but everybody is already looking forward for our preparations for 2010 to achieve our goal.”
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