Ramon scores Swedish Podium

The 10th round of the FIM MX World championship has seen another positive podium result for Team Rockstar Teka Suzuki’s Steve Ramon. ‘The Bomb’ used his super smooth riding technique to notch up a 4-3 score in front of an enthusiastic Scandinavian crowd.

With sunny skies and warm conditions for Saturday’s qualification Race, Ramon qualified 3rd giving him a good inside gate pick for the Sunday program. A change of weather, with morning rain, altered the track conditions making the Uddevalla circuit rough and slick. Ramon got a decent start in moto 1 but made a mistake on the first lap, losing two positions as he rounded the in 5th. He quickly settled into his rhythm and went after David Philippaerts who was closing in on Clement Desalle. With the race coming to an end Ramon put in a last minute charge to catch the Italian but ran out of time and crossed the finish line in 4th.

Another mistake on the opening lap left Ramon with some work to do. Choosing some good racing lines he put in really quick lap times and closed down Russian Evgeny Bobryshev and fellow Suzuki team-mate Desalle. The three riders came together in a scrap for second place with the Russian getting the short end of the stick. Ramon tried his best to make a pass stick on Desalle but had to settle for third as he hounded Desalle to the checkered flag.

“I enjoy this track and have been on the podium every time over the last four years. It was really exciting racing today and Clement and I had a good battle in the second moto. My arm is still not 100% but is improving all the time so I will be looking forward to my home GP in three weeks time.” commented Ramon.

Race results:

MX1 Race 1

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM

2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

3 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha

4 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

5 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda

6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

7 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

9 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki

10 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM

11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia

12 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM

13 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha

14 Priem, Manuel BEL Aprilia

15 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki



MX1 Race 2

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM

2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki

4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda

5 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki

6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM

7 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki

8 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha

9 Leok, Tanel EST Honda

10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM

11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia

12 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda

13 Aubin, Nicolas FRA Kawasaki

14 Guarneri, Davide ITA Honda

15 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki

MX1 GP Overall:

1 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 50

2 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 44

3 Ramon, Steve BEL Suzuki 38

4 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 34

5 Philippaerts, David ITA Yamaha 33

6 Nagl, Maximilian GER KTM 30

7 Boog, Xavier FRA Kawasaki 28

8 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 27

9 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA Honda 23

10 Goncalves, Rui POR KTM 20

11 Coppins, Joshua NZL Aprilia 20

12 Leok, Tanel EST Honda 12

13 Schmidinger, Günter AUT Suzuki 12

14 Söderström, Tom SWE Yamaha 12

15 Boissiere, Anthony FRA TM 11

Mx1 World championship classification:

1 Cairoli, A. ITA 434

2 Desalle, C. BEL 367

3 Philippaerts, D. ITA 331

4 Ramon, Steve BEL 315

5 Nagl, M. GER 306

6 Boog, Xavier FRA 276

7 de Dycker, Ken BEL 269

8 Bobryshev, E. RUS 223

9 Leok, Tanel EST 219

10 Guarneri, D. ITA 196

11 Strijbos, K. BEL 161

12 Swanepoel, G. RSA 149

13 Boissiere, A. FRA 145

14 Coppins, J. NZL 140

15 Goncalves, Rui POR 124