Monster Energy Yamaha’s David Philippaerts could be back on a motocross track in as little as three months after a thorough and extremely successful operation yesterday afternoon at Spedali Civili di Brescia hospital. The former MX1-GP World Champion suffered fractures to both wrists after a crash during the first moto of the Grand Prix of Sweden at Uddevalla last Sunday.

FUNCHAL (Portugal), 5 July 2012 – In a few weeks time the British track of Matterley Basin is about to make history hosting the biggest Motocross Show ever with four days of racing including up to ten different categories. The MXGP Festival will start on Thursday 16th August and it will conclude on Sunday 19th August.

KTM, the Austrian sports motorcycle specialist is ‘Ready to Race’ also in matters of communication. For the first time ever, the brand has presented the entire contents of its latest range of Motocross models digitally in both a web folder and iPad App available in the Apple AppStore.

Frenchman Gautier Paulin has really shown great speed in 2012. The Kawasaki mounted rider contin-ues to show why so many see him as a future World Motocross Champion as he fights for every point. Paulin has already won Grand Prix’s and his form in this year’s FIM World MX1 Championship has given the class a big boost.

Clement Desalle and Tommy Searle have made the 2012 FIM World MX1 and MX2 Championships a little more entertaining as they both had victory at the Grand Prix of Sweden last weekend.