Team HRC’s Tim Gajser continues to hold the red-plate, maintaining a 24-point lead as they leave the MXGP of Flanders after his five-four results in the deep sand of Lommel.
After qualifying third in yesterday’s race, the Honda CRF450R rider was able to get two decent starts in today’s GP-scoring motos, which gave him good track position and made things slightly easier for the 35 minutes plus two laps at Lommel – possibly the toughest motocross track on the planet.
In race one, it took the Slovenian a couple of laps to find his groove and by lap five he was back into fifth place, but he never really looked completely comfortable and wasn’t able to make a move on the rider in fourth place, despite pressuring him for the majority of the race.
Race two started off better, with the #243 into third early on and keeping pace with the leaders. However, keeping your momentum high is a difficult challenge in the deep sand and near the end, he had to relinquish a position and ended up just missing out on the podium as a result. His 34-point total still means he holds the red-plate with six rounds remaining, but he’ll be hoping for much more when they line up again in a couple of weeks’ time at the Uddevalla track in Sweden.
Race 1
1 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 35:19.995
2 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 1 SPA 22 Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing 0:10.374
3 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 NDL 20 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:34.563
4 FEBVRE Romain 3 FRA 18 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 0:47.677
5 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 16 Team HRC - MXGP 0:53.164
6 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 15 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 1:05.943
7 HORGMO Kevin 24 NOR 14 Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz 1:12.435
8 BONACORSI Andrea 132 ITA 13 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 1:17.903
9 BOGERS Brian 189 NDL 12 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 1:21.842
10 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 11 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 1:23.448
Race 2
1 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 35:30.084
2 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 1 SPA 22 Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing 0:10.375
3 FEBVRE Romain 3 FRA 20 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 0:21.152
4 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 18 Team HRC - MXGP 0:34.283
5 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 16 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 0:42.595
6 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 15 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:43.548
7 HORGMO Kevin 24 NOR 14 Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz 0:58.244
8 VAN DONINCK Brent 32 BEL 13 JM Honda Racing 1:14.626
9 BONACORSI Andrea 132 ITA 12 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 1:22.102
10 GUADAGNINI Mattia 101 ITA 11 Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing 1:22.995
Rider Standings
1 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 705 Team HRC - MXGP
2 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 1 SPA 681 Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing
3 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 667 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
4 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 NDL 507 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
5 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 479 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
6 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 419 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
7 FEBVRE Romain 3 FRA 405 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
8 HORGMO Kevin 24 NOR 317 Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz
9 JONASS Pauls 41 LAT 274 Standing Construct Honda MXGP
10 GUILLOD Valentin 92 SWI 273 Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz
Team HRC