MX 2 Class
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Marvin Musquin won his first ever World Title with gallantry as the 19 year old from France went on to win both moto's. Musquin first beat team mate and runner up in the Championship Rui Goncalves in heat one. Marvin moved past the Portuguese and pulled away to take victory and being crowned World Champion. In heat two he won a dogfight for first against the likes of Ken Roczen and Steven Frossard.
Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2's Ken Roczen was second in moto one but failed to wrap up his second career Grand Prix as he finished again second to Musquin in the final heat. The German young gun was second overall.
CLS' Steven Frossard came back to the podium after he took pole in the morning's session. The Frenchman had a bad start in heat one and recovered to fourth, then fought tooth and nail to clinch third in the final moto and mount on the podium.
Other Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Rui Goncalves was a disappointed fourth overall at the end of the Grand Prix which he entered with a Title chance.
KTM fellow rider Teillet rounded off the top five ahead of Guarneri.
A technical issue hampered Paulin's Grand Prix but the Bud Racing Kawasaki PSM's man ended third overall in the Championship.
Marvin Musquin: "I'm very happy to have won the title. It was a perfect day for me today. I really wanted to win that first race. In the beginning I had some trouble with my goggles but after I fixed that everything was fine. In the second race I had a great fight with Ken (Roczen) and I was very happy to ride with him. I think we will have some good clean and fair fights on the track next year and I look forward to that. I like this track a lot and I knew before the race that I was going to be fast. After I won the first moto I tried hard to stay concentrated because it was my goal to win both the GP and the title today. Of course I also knew that Rui (Goncalves) was going to be very fast and we were both fighting for the same goal. It was a little strange to win the title here in Brazil where I don't really have my family and friends to support me but I was still able to show what I can do and how I could win. It really helped that I have such a powerful bike to do it on."
Ken Roczen: "It is great to finish the season with second place and a podium finish, so I am really happy about that. The first race was fun but the second was even better and the most important thing is that it was clean. The crowd were going crazy and it really helped me so I have to thank them. It has been an incredible season for me. I did not expect this. I trained a lot with Xavier and I saw that I was not much slower than him. I hoped for the top-10 and did not race with any pressure. I missed the first four races but still managed to come up to fifth in the championship. I hope to start well in 2010 and stay clear of injury."
MX2 Race 1: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 39:54.282; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:01.840; 3. Valentin Teillet (FRA, KTM), +0:21.591; 4. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:32.502; 5. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:34.688; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:35.587; 7. Loic Larrieu (FRA, Yamaha), +0:54.886; 8. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +1:06.759; 9. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +1:11.523; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:19.936;
MX2 Race 2: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 39:25.625; ; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:01.696; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:01.900; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:31.007; 5. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:32.429; 6. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:32.898; 7. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:42.912; 8. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), +0:59.629; 9. Valentin Teillet (FRA, KTM), +1:05.041; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +1:42.863;
MX2 Championship: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 540 points; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 500 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 437 p.; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 418 p.; 5. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 390 p.; 6. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 332 p.; 7. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 311 p.; 8. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 284 p.; 9. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 256 p.; 10. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 253 p.;