Jeffrey Herlings lost the overall win after getting a three place penalty in moto one when he went off the track at the turn two then came back on at turn three – and a fine! Herlings came back to third which was deducted to sixth.
Herlings then won race two but due to the penalty he ended up third on the podium. Herlings said after:
“First off, over the weekend, to finish third in the championship I am quite happy with, my starts have been a weak point all year. To still come out with a podium today is okay”.
“What the FIM did today to me is not acceptable. Yes, I got pushed out of the track, but to dock me three places and to take away my overall like this… They said, ‘we want you to pay 650 euro but we will not change the result.’ That’s basically what they said.
“I don’t want to take anything away from Jorge, he was the best for the year. Start is one thing and he is the king of that and furthermore he is the champion, so a big congratulations for that.”
Herlings then doubled down on social media saying he understood why more and more riders want to race AMA…
“Dutch Champion 2024 🥇 British Champion 2024 🥇. P3 MXGP World Championship 🥉, with 15 MXGP podiums this season, 13 moto wins and 4 GP wins.
“Mixed feelings about today, I feel like this GP got stolen from me but still ended up with P3. That off track excursion in moto 1, 2nd turn didn’t bring me any benefit, no places won, and I tried to enter the track on the most safe spot where I could. Even tho that wasn’t easy as I had to go over electric cables, water hosts, rocks etc etc which were 1 meter next to the track. Better focus on the safety first I would say. 🫡 I understand every day more and more why many top riders go and race @promotocross 🫡”
See the incident below:
