At 15 years and 53 days of age Ken Roczen became the youngest GP winner ever in front of his home crowd. The Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 rider had an incredible day at only his fifth GP appearance which happened at his home venue Teutschenthal. The second youngest rider winning a GP is Dutch Dave Strijbos (16 years and 172 days) followed by French Sebastien Tortelli (16 years and 345 days).
Roczen took two second places in the moto's, losing the victory from Frossard in heat one and battling it out with Championship leader Marvin Musquin in Moto two. Eventually Roczen settled for another second in the final moto to take the overall.
CLS' Steven Frossard was second overall taking another podium at Teutschenthal after his maiden one from last year. In heat one Frossard won after French countryman Musquin handed him the race lead when he crashed. Though a difficult second moto left the Frenchman disappointed as he slipped twice and recovered to an eventual fifth.
KTM mounted Musquin was third in the GP which he left again with the red plate. Securing the victory in the final Moto, Musquin could keep up his podium row taking the third consecutive rostrum finish.
Runner up in the Championship Gautier Paulin put in two strong heats to finish fourth overall, as he won a three way battle for third in heat two involving also Schiffer and Rui Goncalves.
The latter and Davide Guarneri completed the top six. The Italian and the Portuguese remained third and fourth in the Championship respectively with just 10 points in between them as Frossard closed in but remained in fifth.
Ken Roczen :
"I don't know what to say; this is amazing for me. After my first two GPs I saw that the podium was possible. I always do my best and I hoped for a podium here, with a bit of luck, but didn't expect the win. Musquin was going fast but I thought I could pass him. Towards the end I knew that second place would give the overall so I rode safe. All the attention has come quickly and it isn't always easy to give people what they want but I try to do what I can!"
Steven Frossard:
"I had a good opening race; after a decent start I came immediately to second position behind Musquin and followed him until he crashed. I was watching his lines and was waiting for the last ten minutes to attack him, but he fell and then I just had to control the gap over the rest. I knew that I could win my first GP here but unfortunately I had a bad jump from the gate. I came back to fourth but crashed and lost two places, and then crashed again. Fifth and second overall is not too bad, but I was expecting a win... The next rounds will take place on sandy tracks, I'm working hard alongside Thierry Godfroid and I can say that I am starting to enjoy riding in the sand."
Marvin Musquin:
I managed to take the holeshot in the first race but I was not riding that well and I made some mistakes.
I crashed and it was quite hard to make up ground again because somehow I lost my rhythm. Then Rui (Goncalves) got the holeshot in the second race. He was fast but I managed to get past him and I led the race for a while until Ken Roczen overtook me. I went on and managed to fight for the win in the second moto but it was not easy for me like it was in France. I got some good points and I am happy for Roczin that he won his home GP. I know how that is, he is very young and he deserved to win. Young Ken Roczin of Germany, the ultimate winner of the MX2 GP was racing in only his fifth GP and is only 15-year-old.
MX2 Moto 1 : 1. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 40:57.005; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:02.491; 3. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), +0:03.912; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:15.040; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:15.139; 6. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), +0:20.955; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:22.199; 8. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:27.690; 9. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:29.468; 10. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), +0:32.396;
MX2 Moto 2 : 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 41:06.227; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:02.188; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:20.066; 4. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:21.994; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:30.647; 6. Anthony Boissiere (FRA, KTM), +0:40.130; 7. Marcus Schiffer (GER, KTM), +0:46.484; 8. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:52.148; 9. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), +0:56.944; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +1:05.750;
MX2 Championship : 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 324 points; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 286 p.; 3. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 264 p.; 4. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 254 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 246 p.; 6. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 197 p.; 7. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 187 p.; 8. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 164 p.; 9. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 153 p.; 10. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, KTM), 147 p.;