Romain Febvre looked set to go 1-1 at a slick Loket until two crashes with three laps to go left Calvin Vlaanderen inheriting the second moto win!
Febvre said: “That should be my race. I make my own mistake. I hurt my shoulder pretty bad but happy to win the GP.”
Vlaanderen somehow didn’t make the podium meaning he bizarrely wasn’t able to get an interview on MXGP TV despite winning the second moto – maybe that structure should be more fluid to allow for storylines!
Jorge Prado’s mantra now is get a good start and ride within his limits and it almost won him the GP with both Seewer and Febvre crashing in front of him almost enough to hand Prado the GP win without winning a moto. Febvre won the overall by a solitary point over the championship leader!
Tim Gajser rode two steady races with a 9th and 6th and he could have handed Prado the GP win if he had managed to pass Romain Febvre on the last lap – but he couldn’t make the move. Still, a solid return with the speed very close to his rivals already with Jeremy van Horebeek another great ride for 8th overall as he shows he hasn’t lost any speed despite officially retiring last year!
| MXGP – GP Classification |
| 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 43 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 42 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 42 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 41 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 32 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 30 p.; 7. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 28 p.; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 26 p.; 9. Mitchell Evans (AUS, KAW), 24 p.; 10. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 17 p.; 11. Maximilian Spies (GER, KTM), 17 p.; 12. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 15 p.; 13. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 12 p.; 14. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 11 p.; 15. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, BET), 10 p.; 16. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HON), 10 p.; 17. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 10 p.; 18. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 9 p.; 19. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GAS), 6 p.; 20. Simon Jost (SVK, KTM), 6 p.; 21. Kevin Brumann (SUI, YAM), 6 p.; 22. Tomas Kohut (SVK, KTM), 3 p.; 23. Mathias Joergensen (DEN, YAM), 2 p.; 24. Albin Gerhardsson (SWE, HUS), 0 p.; 25. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, HON), 0 p.; 26. Tristan Purdon (RSA, KTM), 0 p.; 27. Emanuele Alberio (ITA, HUS), 0 p.; 28. Paul Haberland (GER, HUS), 0 p.; 29. Tim Koch (GER, HUS), 0 p.; 30. Rudolf Weschta (CZE, KTM), 0 p.; 31. Mirko Dal Bosco (ITA, KTM), 0 p.; 32. Jonas Nedved (CZE, HON), 0 p.; 33. Mike Bolink (NED, YAM), 0 p.; 34. Pavol Repcak (SVK, KTM), 0 p.; 35. Petar Petrov (BUL, YAM), 0 p.; 36. Ismaele Guarise (ITA, KTM), 0 p.; 37. Noah Ludwig (GER, KTM), 0 p.; 38. Jakub Teresak (CZE, HUS), 0 p.; |
| MXGP – World Championship Classification |
| 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 614 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 510 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 465 p.; 4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 452 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 428 p.; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 402 p.; 7. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 386 p.; 8. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 302 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 276 p.; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 203 p.; 11. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 202 p.; 12. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 172 p.; 13. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 159 p.; 14. Mitchell Evans (AUS, KAW), 150 p.; 15. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HON), 138 p.; 16. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, BET), 131 p.; 17. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 121 p.; 18. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 114 p.; 19. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 105 p.; 20. Maximilian Spies (GER, KTM), 70 p.; 21. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 56 p.; 22. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, HON), 52 p.; 23. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 51 p.; 24. Petar Petrov (BUL, YAM), 41 p.; 25. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 33 p |
Andrea Adamo was the fastest rider all weekend but a bad start, getting taken out by Elzinga and getting docked by two positions in race one all contrived to take away big points in the championship despite a stunning ride to win race two and repair some damage!
It was Jago Geerts who got the biggest title boost going 3-1 and gained 12 points on Adamo with two sand races next and the championship well and truly back on.
Geerts controlled race one despite a great effort from Kevin Horgmo who shadowed Geerts all the way as Adamo recovered from a bad start only to get taken down by Elzinga and had to do all the work again. Adamo got back to 11th but then got docked two spots after passing on a yellow flag and he vented is fury at Elzinga after the chequered flag!
Adamo didn’t get the best of starts in race two but neither did Geerts who was one spot ahead and both just inside the top ten. From there, Adamo went to work and passed the entire field including race leader, Laengenfelder, to take a superb win, and maybe the best moto of his career – and amazingly, his first ever GP moto win!
Sacha Coenen impressed massively running the pace at the front in both motos for the first half of the race going 5-7 and his best GP ever at 16. Camden McLellan was also superb going 5-5 as a privateer battling the factory boys all day long. What a performance from the former EMX85 champ.
Geerts, now 40 points off Adamo, said he was really happy with the overall and admitted it was a track he wasn’t that comfortable on. The Belgian moves up to third in the championship, just five points behind Kay de Wolf, who put a last lap pass on McLellan to make the podium and keep it a three rider battle for the world title with Benistant missing today through injury.
| MX2 – GP Classification |
| 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 45 points; 2. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 40 p.; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 38 p.; 4. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 34 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 33 p.; 6. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, HON), 31 p.; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 30 p.; 8. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 26 p.; 9. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), 21 p.; 10. Emil Weckman (FIN, HON), 20 p.; 11. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 19 p.; 12. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 19 p.; 13. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 16 p.; 14. Isak Gifting (SWE, GAS), 16 p.; 15. David Braceras (ESP, KAW), 15 p.; 16. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 12 p.; 17. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 11 p.; 18. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 4 p.; 19. Martin Venhoda (CZE, GAS), 3 p.; 20. Taylor Hammal (GBR, KTM), 3 p.; 21. Daniel Mandys (CZE, YAM), 2 p.; 22. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), 2 p.; 23. Magnus Smith (DEN, YAM), 1 p.; 24. Petr Polak (CZE, YAM), 1 p.; 25. Alessandro Valeri (ITA, KTM), 0 p.; 26. Saad Soulimani (FRA, YAM), 0 p.; 27. William Voxen Kleemann (DEN, KTM), 0 p.; 28. Jaroslav Katrinak (SVK, KTM), 0 p.; 29. Alessandro Manucci (ITA, GAS), 0 p.; 30. Federico Tuani (ITA, KTM), 0 p.; 31. Filip Olsson (SWE, HUS), 0 p.; 32. Scotty Verhaeghe (FRA, GAS), 0 p.; 33. Delvintor Alfarizi (INA, HON), 0 p.; 34. Lorenzo Ciabatti (ITA, KTM), 0 p.; 35. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 0 p.; 36. Marc-Antoine Rossi |
| MX2 – World Championship Classification |
| 1. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 531 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 496 p.; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 491 p.; 4. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 462 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 447 p.; 6. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 433 p.; 7. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 390 p.; 8. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 372 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 328 p.; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 253 p.; 11. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 197 p.; 12. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KTM), 170 p.; 13. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 153 p.; 14. Emil Weckman (FIN, HON), 144 p.; 15. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 142 p.; 16. Isak Gifting (SWE, GAS), 117 p.; 17. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, HON), 116 p.; 18. David Braceras (ESP, KAW), 94 p.; 19. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), 52 p.; 20. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), 45 p.; 21. Jack Chambers (USA, KAW), 44 p.; 22. Yago Martinez (ESP, KTM), 42 p.; 23. Cornelius Toendel (NOR, KTM), 36 p.; 24. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 25. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 30 p |
Report: Jonathan McCready
Image: InFront Moto Racing