After the morning of Sunday saw Dutch racers take overall victory in both EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing and the WMX Women’s World Motocross Championships, the crowd were eager to see more home-grown success and were likely to see it after a win for Glenn Coldenhoff and a near last-to-second-place charge from Kay de Wolf in the two RAM Qualifying Races on Saturday!

The extra attraction of the debut of the Ducati Factory MX Team, with their Desmo450 MX machine being ridden by none other than nine-time World Champion Antonio Cairoli, brought many curious fans into the paddock area to see what the iconic Italian brand’s first foray into Motocross actually looked like.

The MXGP class delivered exactly what the home crowd were looking for, a dominant double win for Jeffrey Herlings and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, but “The Bullet” had to dig deep into his seemingly bottomless barrel of strength and resolve to climb from outside the top ten in race one! Then a straight fight with his two main Championship rivals in race two had the packed venue spellbound as the atmosphere stayed tense until the very end of the racing!

The battle for the MX2 World Championship between the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing teammates continued to swing one way and then the other, with Lucas Coenen denying Kay de Wolf of the home victory he so craved. The Dutch teenager suffered a pair of crashes that also cost him a small slice of his Championship lead in the process.

The red plate holder for Team HRC, Tim Gajser, was marginally faster than Herlings in morning warm-up, but it was the RAM Qualifying Race winner Glenn Coldenhoff who took the Fox Holeshot Award in race one with a carbon copy of his first corner move from Saturday!

Reigning World Champion Jorge Prado immediately gave chase in second for Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing, while the Team Ship To Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR rider Kevin Horgmo started among the factory men in third place!  The Kawasaki Racing Team pairing of Jeremy Seewer and Romain Febvre started fourth and fifth ahead of Gajser, but Herlings was outside the top ten after getting cut off into the first corner from his far inside gate position. It was even worse for Calvin Vlaanderen, who fell in turn one and would take no further part in the event for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP.

Before the end of the first full lap, Prado did what he couldn’t do on Saturday and passed Coldenhoff for the lead, aware that he had to make ground at the front to avoid a repeat of the events at Lommel. Herlings had got to seventh ahead of Vlaanderen’s teammate Jago Geerts, enjoying his first full GP race in MXGP! Unable to make a move on Febvre stick, it wasn’t until lap five that “The Bullet” started to make progress, and at this point he was 18 seconds behind leader Prado, as Gajser had worked his way into third ahead of Horgmo and Seewer.

Those two succumbed to the growing speed of Herlings on lap five, but it still took until lap eleven for the record GP winner to advance past Febvre for fourth. In the meantime, Cairoli had not enjoyed a great start, and was to finish in fifteenth spot, still scoring six Championship points for Ducati to add to his four from Saturday.

Herlings caught Gajser for third on lap thirteen, making short work of the Championship leader, as Prado and Coldenhoff started to appear on his horizon!  With the bellowing crowd urging him on, the #84 drew alongside the Fantic at the top of the circuit, and the two Dutch heroes nearly collided in mid-air in a heart-stopping moment for the home crowd! Herlings then blasted around the outside of “The Hoff” to take second, and a lap later did the same thing to Prado as the crowd roared for their hero’s efforts!  True to his Champion’s mindset, the Spaniard did not give up and pressured the Dutchman to the flag, causing nails to be chewed as the final margin was just over three seconds!

Race two saw a straight blast into the first corner from Coldenhoff to complete his perfect start trilogy for the weekend, and his fourth Fox Holeshot Award of the year! This time though, the three title combatants were snapping at his rear wheel immediately, with Gajser second and Herlings railing around Prado in the second corner to take third! Behind them was Geerts and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Mattia Guadagnini, as once more the two Kawasaki men were locked together, Seewer in front of Febvre just within the top ten!

On the first full lap, Herlings briefly veered off-track slightly, giving Prado his chance to move into third, and on the second lap the Spaniard closed on Gajser, the pair of them swapping places and nearly clashing in mid-air as they threw their machines sideways just millimetres apart over the Finish Line jump! Their battle drew them to the real wheel of Coldenhoff, and in the Championship order of Gajser, Prado, and Herlings they all passed the Fantic to leave him in fourth position, and off the overall podium.

Febvre got past Seewer for fifth, and the men in green finished in that order ahead of Guadagnini.  All eyes were at the front, however, as Gajser grimly hung on until lap seven, as under pressure from Herlings it was Prado who took the lead from the Slovenian.  “The Bullet” was not to be denied however, and on lap eight he managed to sweep past both of his rivals, outworking Prado through the waves as the entire venue shook with the fans getting behind their star man!

From there, it calmed down at the front as Herlings powered to a 9.4 second win ahead of Prado, although Gajser had several big moments before a crash over a jump he was having particular trouble with.  This left him within striking distance of Coldenhoff, desperate to get on his home GP podium which he just missed out on last year.  Gajser knew he was going to lose points to his rivals as it was, and dug in to stop the rot and at least salvage a podium for the weekend. 

Coldenhoff would have to settle for fourth overall ahead of Febvre, Seewer, and a consistent Andrea Bonacorsi, who was seventh overall for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP.  Guadagnini ended the weekend in eighth ahead of Horgmo, and Standing Contruct Honda MXGP man Alberto Forato rounded out the top ten for his best result of an injury-affected season.  Sadly, Cairoli was unable to finish the second race and pulled into the pits on lap six.

Herlings celebrated his 107th Grand Prix victory, his 15th on home sand, and closed to within 35 points of Gajser in the title chase.  Prado now sits just nine points behind the Slovenian, although both of the top two are looking forward to the four hard-pack circuits which close out the year.  If those GPs are half as good as the one here at Arnhem, they are going to make for amazing viewing!

Jeffrey Herlings: “I finally got a good start, I think I was P3 and I followed Glenn (Coldenhoff) and Tim (Gajser) for a while. I just wanted to try to attack, you know and I made a mistake and Jorge came past me and I tried to follow them and you know, once they passed Glenn, I straight passed Glenn as well and then I managed to pass Tim and obviously got quite the lead. So I’m really pumped with a 1-1 at home. So it’s been a while since I’ve won a home GP, so I’m very happy with it. And I’m just, uh, I’m just looking forward to Switzerland next weekend.”

Jorge Prado: “I think it was a very good weekend for me. I showed good speed and yeah that second race was very interesting. I was I think around third, fourth in the start and then I could make my way up to first. Then Jeffrey came by and had a moment with an lapper that crashed just in front of me that made go Jeffrey a little bit too far. But I kept him honest as I was pushing until pretty much two laps to go, I knew then that I was not able to catch him anymore, but we were going on a good pace and I’m happy with that, I’m happy that I’m feeling very fit right now and we’re getting closer to the championship, we’re only nine points now, so we’re getting closer to the championship and I can’t wait to ride in Switzerland, so let’s go.”

Tim Gajser: “I mean I have to be happy you know, comparing to Lommel where I was struggling big time and now in the sand the team did great homework, like we trained we test we changed some things and I was feeling way more comfortable this weekend. The pace was good, we were really close. It’s a shame for that crash in the second race. I didn’t feel that I was pushing over myself but just a little slight mistake you know and the track was quite rough and sketchy and yeah I just lost the front and then I fell back and then Coldenhoff caught me and then we had to push really hard for the last three laps but anyway I’m happy to finish on the podium, lost a couple of points but we are still in the lead, so four rounds to go where I like the track that are coming up so I’m really looking forward to it.”

Main Photo: Jeffrey Herlings

Bottom Photos: 1. Jorge Prado; 2 Tim Gajser

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:52.707; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:03.244; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:04.637; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:13.281; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:31.188; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:55.258; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:56.862; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +1:00.182; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +1:05.013; 10. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +1:17.172

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:08.709; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:09.413; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:11.378; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:11.871; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:25.059; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:59.787; 7. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Husqvarna), +1:01.385; 8. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +1:03.868; 9. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:11.940; 10. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +1:17.119

MXGP Overall – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 44 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 38 p.; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 38 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 32 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 30 p.; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 26 p.; 8. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, HUS), 24 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 24 p.; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 22 p

MXGP – World Championship – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 801 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 792 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 766 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 550 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 547 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 495 p.; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 492 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 359 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 306 p.; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, FAN), 283 p.

MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Honda, 818 points; 2. GASGAS, 792 p.; 3. KTM, 778 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 681 p.; 5. Yamaha, 612 p.; 6. Fantic, 532 p.; 7. Husqvarna, 255 p.; 8. Beta, 151 p.; 9. Ducati, 10 p

De Wolf made a statement by being massively faster in morning warm-up and lined up next to his teammate on the grid. Suddenly it looked like Lucas dropped backwards, just making contact with the gate to slow him down from the launch!

Sacha Coenen once more grabbed the holeshot, for the fifteenth time this season, and it was actually a Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1-2-3 at the front with Liam Everts and Andrea Adamo giving chase to their younger teammate! That was until the fourth corner, when De Wolf got past Adamo through a difficult wave section. Everts was quickly into the lead, and before the end of the first lap, the red plate holder had also passed the holeshotting Coenen.

The other Coenen, Lucas, had recovered well to cross the line in sixth position at the end of the first full lap! As he challenged the Monster Energy Triumph Racing machine of Camden McLellan, so his teammate was closing in on Everts, and with his home crowd’s roar of approval, De Wolf took the lead from the Belgian and started to drop the hammer, although Lucas was working hard and passed McLellan and Adamo on consecutive laps, setting the fastest lap of the race on lap five as he had a clear track towards Everts!

De Wolf was looking untouchable out front, but Lucas kept on charging.  Everts and Adamo kept their solid third and fourth positions as McLellan held off a challenge from Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 pilot Rick Elzinga to claim fifth place. Elzinga in turn held back his teammate Karlis Reisulis, while the second Triumph of Mikkel Haarup came home a disappointed eighth.  Sacha Coenen faded back to tenth behind the equally disappointed Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing star Simon Laengenfelder, in what proved to be the worst weekend of the German’s season.

Lucas mercilessly closed in on De Wolf, if only to send his teammate a message about his speed, and as the Belgian chased across the line just under a second behind the home hero, his hand gesture made it clear that he would be after revenge in race two!

It started well for De Wolf, however, as the two started next to each other and the Dutchman got the better drop, although once more Sacha Coenen rocketed to the Fox Holeshot line first.  He now cannot be caught for the overall award for the season, being nine ahead of Laengenfelder with only eight races still to come!

Adamo was again right with him, and Jack Chambers put his Bike-It Kawasaki into third, before the waves saw him overtaken by Haarup, McLellan, and De Wolf, and the Dane took advantage of a slight wobble for the reigning Champ along the next straight to claim second.  The series leader was quickly past Adamo as well, then carved inside the Triumph to leave just Sacha in front of him!

Lucas Coenen was the fastest man on track, however, and passed both Haarup and Adamo on lap five to put himself into third! Before De Wolf could catch Sacha out front, he collided with a lapped rider in a left-hander and hit the floor, re-mounting off-track while Lucas gratefully inherited second! A lap later he had passed his twin brother and set about stretching out a lead.

Liam Everts had fallen down to twelfth on the second lap and had to fight through his rivals to an eventual seventh, with VRT Racing Yamaha wild-card Ivano van Erp behind him, while Haarup slipped to an eventual ninth ahead of a dejected Laengenfelder.

Adamo and McLellan got the better of Sacha Coenen, who finished a better sixth this time, as Elzinga put in a better performance to claim fifth at his home GP. De Wolf, however, crashed with two laps to go while trying to haul in Lucas Coenen, and with bent handlebars and worse on his machine, dropped backwards to fourth, powerless to prevent the charge of Adamo, who was ecstatic with second and therefore third overall, and third place finisher McLellan.

Lucas took the win by over 33 seconds and matched his teammate with his seventh career GP win and his second in succession.  McLellan claimed fourth overall ahead of Everts, Elzinga, Sacha Coenen seventh, Haarup, Laengenfelder, and rounding out the top ten overall was Gabriel SS24 KTM wild-card Cas Valk, which will boost his confidence for his EMX250 title assault in weeks to come!

The gap between the top two is now 44 points, although sadly for Lucas Coenen he may need help to close that gap by 11 points per round as the final four GPs beckon!

The last round of the final triple-header of the year takes place next weekend on the grasslands of Frauenfeld for the MXGP of Switzerland.  Both classes should see more enthralling World Motocross action.  Join us for that one!

Lucas Coenen: “It was two really bad starts and then I made my way up. It was quite tough to pass at some places so I found some of them and went second first race. Then, second race I wanted to win and also to get that start but then Kai made a mistake, I passed him, then passed my brother and just put the base up in the front and finish the race perfectly. So I mean, good weekend, now up to Switzerland.”

Kay de Wolf: “The crash was my mistake but we just found out what the problem was with the bike and I’m really happy that I even brought the bike home. So, yeah, it could have ended up way worse than this. But still, I’m a little bit disappointed to not get this GP win in front of all the Dutch fans but it is what it is and we move on!”

Andrea Adamo: “It’s super nice I’m super happy! The weekend didn’t start so well I had P12 in free practice, P16 in time practice so on RAM Quali race I was so far but I had a good start then put myself in a good position for today. Two really solid races, I was a little bit lucky because Kay had a crash and then had an issue so I could finish second but it would not have changed the podium order if I would finish like this so I was pretty happy!”

Main Photo: Lucas Coenen

Bottom Photos: 1. Kay de Wolf 2. Andrea Adamo

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:  1. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 34:22.715; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:00.998; 3. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:38.624; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:44.482; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:47.748; 6. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:50.199; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:53.232; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:53.811; 9. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +1:12.596; 10. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +1:23.200

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), 34:53.956; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:33.450; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:34.190; 4. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:46.209; 5. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:47.124; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:53.057; 7. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +1:07.904; 8. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), +1:12.606; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +1:15.568; 10. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +1:25.211

MX2 Overall – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 47 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 43 p.; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 36 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 31 p.; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 25 p.; 9. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 23 p.; 10. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 20 p

MX2 – World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 777 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 733 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 676 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 636 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 545 p.; 6. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 542 p.; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 492 p.; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 444 p.; 9. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 315 p.; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 290 p

MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Husqvarna, 881 points; 2. KTM, 775 p.; 3. GASGAS, 683 p.; 4. Triumph, 588 p.; 5. Yamaha, 553 p.; 6. Honda, 325 p.; 7. Kawasaki, 295 p.; 8. Fantic, 223 p.; 9. TM, 52 p

This event was part of the fourth Indonesian double header in the last seven years, and the MXGP class had always seen riders sweep both rounds, until this year when that trend was halted by Jeffrey Herlings, completing a perfect weekend when he won every race and topped every practice session for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.  “The Bullet” claimed his 105th Grand Prix win, although he faced stiff opposition from Championship leader Tim Gajser, whose second overall increased his points lead as he holds onto the red plate for Team HRC.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider Calvin Vlaanderen earned his second trip to the podium in as many weekends with two strong third places.

The MX2 class was dominated by Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen, enjoying his own perfect weekend for his fifth career Grand Prix win, and eating into his teammate Kay De Wolf’s points lead in the process. Mikkel Haarup equalled his best career result with second overall for Monster Energy Triumph Racing, ahead of Simon Laengenfelder who took third for Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing.

Before the racing began, the opening ceremony for the event saw speeches of thanks from Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo, FIM CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela, before the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara, Mayjen TNI (Purn) Dr. Hassanudin, S.I.P. welcomed the MXGP organisation to another day of racing and wished the best of luck to all competitors, all in the presence of Chairman of MXGP Indonesia Dr. Hassanudin Zulkieflimansyah S.E. M.SC, Deputi 3 for Sport Cultivation and Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, Komjen. Pol. (Purn) Drs. Rudy Sufahriadi and FIM Asia President Stephan Carapiet.

After a singing of “Indonesia Raya”, the national anthem of Indonesia, the local Musical Drama of Traditional Games group performed a colourful Saksak Dance to welcome the visitors from the MXGP Paddock in the best possible way.

Jeffrey Herlings had topped the time tables in every session of the weekend, as well as winning the RAM Qualifying Race, as he lined up for the first race of the year, even taking the fastest lap in the morning Warm-Up by over a second from Tim Gajser!

It was the Slovenian, however, who took his fourth Fox Holeshot Award of the year, and defended moves from Herlings who was right there in second place from the first corner! Vlaanderen, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jeremy Seewer, and Mattia Guadignini for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing were all ahead of reigning Champion Jorge Prado! However, through an inspired series of waves and one corner the Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing superstar leap-frogged them all into third and was snapping at Herlings’ rear wheel!

The Dutchman held off the reigning Champion, however, as he kept the leader just in sight, but not close enough to be eating his roost or to push too hard early on.  A few seconds behind Vlaanderen and Seewer, the battle raged for sixth place between multiple riders, with the older heads of Fantic Factory Racing’s Glenn Coldenhoff and Valentin Guillod for Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR prevailing for sixth and seventh ahead of their younger rivals. Guadagnini, Guillod’s teammate Kevin Horgmo, and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s rookie Andrea Bonacorsi played their part in a great battle, but finished in that order from eighth to tenth. They were all reaching for the cold drinks and the ice bath at the end of the race!

The leading pair started to stretch away from Prado, who could not rest with Vlaanderen, a week after his first overall podium of the year, pushing him all the way.  Just after the 25-minute mark, Herlings bit down on his mouthpiece and closed the gap, initially running off the track as he got one corner a little wrong, but on lap 13 of 17 he pounced with a superb inside pass on his rival! Any attempt to strike back was immediately halted for Gajser, who span to the floor in the following corner!

Just after getting the two-lap board, Vlaanderen attacked the #1 plate holder, and burst into third with a great run through the waves at the top of the circuit! The Spaniard immediately backed it off, finishing nearly 14 seconds behind the Yamaha at the close.

The race victory, the 198th of his incredible career, went the way of “The Bullet”, although Gajser increased his series lead further due to the late drop-back of Prado.

The start of race two was like an action replay with Gajser again claiming the Fox Holeshot ahead of Herlings, but the Dutchman launched out of the third corner in a wild-looking but decisive pass to take the lead immediately! Guadagnini had started strongly in third ahead of Vlaanderen and Seewer, while Prado languished in ninth and took his time to get moving!

Vlaanderen and Seewer both got past Guadagnini within two corners after half a lap, although Seewer suffered an off-track excursion and had to fight back from eighth position.  Guadagnini then also dropped his machine on the second full lap, ultimately finishing in 12th.

Meanwhile, Guillod had moved up to 4th position, and held on for that place for the duration of the race! Prado worked past Bonacorsi on lap five but had to put up with constant harassment from Seewer as the Kawasaki man would not let him relax, and as such he was unable to catch up to Guillod. The 31-year-old Swiss rider celebrated his best result for 8 years with a trademark massive whip, testament to his physical fitness in such tough conditions.

Vlaanderen secured his second consecutive overall podium with another lonely but solid ride into third place, but Gajser was not settling for second as he closed to within half a second of Herlings at one point!   The Dutchman confessed after the race that he was struggling with a clutch issue but brought it home to win by just over six seconds, extending his all-time records to 199 GP race wins and 105 overall Grand Prix victories!

Gajser restored his Championship lead over Prado to what he had before they came to Indonesia, back out to 34 points, but he will have one eye on “The Bullet” as the #84 closed his deficit to the leader by a mighty twenty points over the two weekends on the island of Lombok!  The fight will truly be on over the remaining eight rounds between the three multiple World Champions at the top!

Jeffrey Herlings: “I was very happy to get the win the second race because I had a little clutch issue in this second race but this is testament to how KTMs are built as kept going until the end,  and a big thanks also to KTM Factory Racing Team as I could not have won this race without them, so thank you to all the team and the guys at home working on it. All my sponsors, thank you and I’m very pleased with a 1-1-1 for the first time this year  “

Tim Gajser: “It was way better than last week you know, I was feel much better and more comfortable on the track too to attack! First race, I got a good start but made a couple of mistakes toward the end then Jeffrey (Herlings) got me. I thought that I could come back on him start to push but the next corner I crashed unfortunately. The speed was good though and I’m so happy with my starts as we work so hard with the team. We had a great battle with Jeffrey too in the second race but I had to settle in the end. A huge thanks to all my team and everyone around me.”

Calvin Vlaanderen: “It was solid, solid! I’m so happy to be back on the podium after last week, the confidence was definitely there this weekend and I felt good. I had a good first race in third and managed to pass Jorge (Prado) in the last couple of minutes because I was feeling strong. In the second race, I had to make the necessary to put myself in good position and try to chase the front two but they were a bit faster than me and I knew I had a good gap behind so I brought it home. Just want to say a big thanks to the team, my family, my girlfriend, really everyone who is supporting me back home in South Africa and the Netherlands. I’m just so stoke! Thank you so much”

Main Photo: Jeffrey Herlings

Bottom Photos: 1. Tim Gajser; 2. Calvin Vlaanderen

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:21.365; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:07.436; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:14.873; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:28.814; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:39.037; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:48.801; 7. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:52.802; 8. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:56.184; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +0:57.985; 10. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:09.584

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:56.731; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:06.087; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:11.716; 4. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:13.768; 5. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:16.160; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:17.898; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +0:36.780; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:52.587; 9. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +1:00.313; 10. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:07.632

MXGP Overall – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 44 p.; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 40 p.; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 34 p.; 5. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 32 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 31 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 28 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 26 p.; 9. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 22 p.; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, HUS), 22 p

MXGP – World Championship – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 608 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 574 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 557 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 429 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 411 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 360 p.; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 327 p.; 8. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 274 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 264 p.; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 259 p

MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Honda, 625 points; 2. GASGAS, 574 p.; 3. KTM, 569 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 511 p.; 5. Yamaha, 467 p.; 6. Fantic, 386 p.; 7. Husqvarna, 183 p.; 8. Beta, 142 p.

Lucas Coenen hammered home the point made with his win in Saturday’s RAM Qualifying Race, by claiming the fastest lap in morning Warm-Up.  However, it was Simon Laengenfelder, feeling much better with both the heat and his sleeping cycle thanks to the extra time here between the two GPs, who launched into the lead to claim his fourth Fox Holeshot Award of the year in race one!

In familiar style, Lucas Coenen battled into the lead before the end of the first full lap. His teammate De Wolf followed him past on lap three, as Haarup battled with Sacha Coenen and his Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Andrea Adamo.  The reigning Champ slid to the ground as he tried to get past his younger teammate, giving himself a mountain to climb! Sacha then followed suit by nose-diving into the floor on the penultimate corner of lap six, allowing Haarup and the third factory KTM of Liam Everts into the fourth and fifth positions that they would keep to the flag, 

On lap 11, De Wolf, who had just started to eat into the lead of his teammate, made a mistake and allowed Laengenfelder past, and although the Dutchman gave a spirited chase, he couldn’t get back in front of the German.  As Lucas kept his nerve to clinch his first Sunday race win in over a month, it took the Championship lead down to 59 points between the teammates!

Laengenfelder repeated his holeshot in race two, but again Lucas Coenen was lurking, passing his brother almost immediately, just before Sacha lost his wheels from under him on a corner jump, and would finally finish in 13th after a further crash halfway through the race. 

Lucas then closed on Simon at the front, causing near contact as the German defended his lead, but then suffered a big moment on the corner before the end of the first full lap, allowing the young Belgian to fly past!

Meanwhile, Adamo was looking in determined mood, passing Haarup on lap two, but his teammate Everts did not yield, and the pair came together in a right hand corner collision that put them both on the floor! De Wolf was also struggling, a couple of mistakes including a crash after the big triple jump demoting him to a sixth place finish. 

That came after he had been passed by Haarup, the Danish rider bouncing back from his disappointments of the previous round to then force past Laengenfelder for second position on lap nine!  Lucas Coenen was already 12 seconds up the track at this point, but Haarup continued to charge anyway. 

The comeback of the race came from Adamo. In the humid conditions he showed a true Champion’s grit, passing Laengenfelder for third on lap 12, before closing in on Haarup to grab second place with two laps to go! That move looked to have dropped the Triumph man to third overall, until Laengenfelder tipped over two corners from home, allowing Everts past and promoting Haarup back up to second overall, matching his best career result from Portugal in April 2022! Laengenfelder had to settle for third on the podium.

Nobody could get near to Lucas Coenen, however, and the teenage Belgian cruised to a final winning margin of over five seconds, and the second perfect weekend of his season.  His fifth career GP win puts him now 49 points behind his teammate, and few would deny that he has the determination to make a run at the 2024 title!

After everybody in the series travels back to Europe, there is a week off before we head to the classic venue of Loket for the MXGP of Czech Republic.  Do not miss the continuation of these two epic Championship battles on the 20th & 21st of July!

Lucas Coenen: “First race was very difficult like for everybody. The heat was really high but I could cool down quite well between the races. I really did my own race in the second one, just passed Simon (Laengenfelder) and took it easy. I feel good so now we keep on going for the next one”

Mikkel Haarup: “We messed up last weekend but we kept believing. I put a hell of a ride in the second race but first of all I want to thank Monster Energy Triumph Racing, my mechanics, the whole crew. They kept me motivated throughout the week and kept my head clear so we could focus on this weekend. I also want to thank all the sponsors and everybody at home for supporting us, it means a lot to me and keeps me motivated for the rest of the season”

Simon Laengenfelder: “I was so happy about the first race, and also to keep Kay behind me. In the second race at the end my energy crashed and went slow but the mechanic wrote on the board that I would have a podium if I stayed so I just went for it. So I’m finished but I made it!”

Main Photo: Lucas Coenen

Bottom Photos: 1. Mikkel Haarup; 2. Simon Laengenfelder

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:  1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), 33:56.609; 2. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:04.273; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:05.096; 4. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:12.029; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:20.389; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:53.457; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:56.826; 8. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +1:08.826; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +1:11.541; 10. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +1:14.062

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), 34:51.702; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:04.910; 3. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:05.658; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:19.113; 5. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:26.015; 6. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:58.445; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +1:03.411; 8. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +1:08.121; 9. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +1:10.631; 10. David Braceras (ESP, Fantic), +1:24.547

MX2 Overall – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 50 points; 2. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 38 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 38 p.; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 37 p.; 5. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 35 p.; 6. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 34 p.; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 26 p.; 8. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 20 p

MX2 – World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 576 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 527 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 509 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 471 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 455 p.; 6. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 399 p.; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 346 p.; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 341 p.; 9. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KAW), 228 p.; 10. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 226 p

MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Husqvarna, 644 points; 2. KTM, 593 p.; 3. GASGAS, 516 p.; 4. Triumph, 424 p.; 5. Yamaha, 407 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 261 p.; 7. Honda, 247 p.; 8. Fantic, 171 p.; 9. TM, 39 p

Herlings loves the famous Hawkstone Park circuit and is once again looking forward to competing at the event in 2024. Jeffrey has had a very tough couple of seasons battling injuries and has been fighting hard to get back fit and to the top of his game where we know he belongs!

It will be great to get Jeffrey back to Hawkstone and get his 2024 season off to a strong start. He has always had good results there and great with the Hawkstone fans.

Jeffrey Herlings – “Hawkstone Park is one of my favourite circuits in the world and I am excited to fight for the win again and that I can’t wait to meet and see all the British fans again. After not winning last year, I’ve got a bittersweet taste of it, and I need to fight for the win again in 2024.”

Gary Ford – SMC – “It’s great to get Jeffrey back for 2024, he is a good friend of the club and enjoys racing at the circuit. I hope the event proves useful in his preparations for the GP season and we wish him well in his MXGP World Championship campaign.”

The luckless MXGP record-setter hit the sand at the new Dutch venue during the opening session. The relatively slow-speed tumble saw Herlings nursing his right collarbone and a fracture was quickly suspected. #84 was reluctant to disappoint his home fans but decided to seek further consultation with his personal doctor and had to withdraw from participation for the rest of the weekend. After more checks the breakage was confirmed.

The injury is the second for the popular racer this season in what has otherwise been a milestone campaign for the 28-year-old when he burst the seventeen-year-old record for the biggest amount of Grand Prix victories in the history of the sport.

Grands Prix in Turkey, Italy and Great Britain remain in September with the 76th Motocross of Nations at Ernee, France at the beginning of October.

Jeffrey Herlings, who currently competes in the FIM Motocross World Championship and has done since 2010, is widely regarded as one of the most talented and successful motocross riders of his generation. Holding five FIM World Championship titles with KTM and celebrating his 100^th GP race win earlier this month in Riola Sardo, Italy.

From the support of Goggle Tek, fans will get the opportunity to see the multi FIM Motocross World Championship rider compete at the iconic Foxhill circuit. The last time we saw ‘The Bullet’ compete in the British Motocross Championship was back in 2021 at Lyng, so make sure you’re at Foxhill on May 14^th.

To find out more about the event please head over to https://rhlactivities.com/events/foxhill-2023-revo-acu-british-motocross-championship#home

In MX2, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts won a back-to-back GP after his victory in Argentina while Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf clinched the second place of the podium in front of Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant

In the first MXGP race in Sardinia, the FOX Holeshot was taken by Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Jeremy Seewer after a great start although Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado quickly took the lead. Prado would go on to dominate the race pushing his lead to 10 seconds at time giving him some nice cushion until the end of the race.

Team Gebben Van Venroy Yamaha Racing’s Calvin Vlaanderen who was 8^th on lap 1 made a charge early on to see the back Herlings on lap 4. Herlings 4^th and Vlaanderen 5^th at that time would follow each other until the end. They both capitalised on Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Glenn Coldenhoff who was 3^rd until lap 9 when he made a mistake to move down behind them to 5^th.

Few laps later it was the turn of another Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team rider Jeremy Seewer who was 2^nd since lap 1 to crash on lap 11 and move down to 6th until the end. Herlings and Vlaanderen would go on to 2^nd and 3^rd to keep those places until the end as Herlings managed to keep Vlaanderen attacks unsuccessful.
Coldenhoff down in 5^th position on lap 9 found himself just in front of his teammate Maxime Renaux who was 6^th since lap 5. With Seewer’s crash on lap 11 the three Monster Energy Yamaha riders stuck together with Coldenhoff 4^th, Renaux 5^th and Seewer 6^th.  This didn’t stop Renaux to make a clever move on Coldenhoff over 3 turns. Renaux and Coldenhoff, 4^th and 5^th respectively would keep this order until the end.

Standing Construct Honda MXGP’s Brian Bogers made a solid race going from 9^th on lap 1 to 7^th without being overtaken along the way. SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery’s Alberto Forato was another rider oscillating around the 10^th place until lap 12, but got to 8^th when JM Honda Racing’s Brent Van Doninck 7^th at the time made a mistake to lose few places down to 9^th. Forato and Van Doninck would settle for 8^th and 9^th respectively.

Red Bull GASGASG Factory Racing’s Mattia Guadagnini was 9^th on lap 1 and moved down just outside the top 10 from lap 10 until the very last lap when passed Romain Febvre (11^th in the end) for the 10^th position.

MXGP of Patagonia-Argentina winner Team HRC’s Ruben Fernandez unfortunately crashed and would not finish the race.

Race 2 was one of the most eventful races so far. While Febvre took the FOX Holeshot, it was Coldenhoff who made a magnificent first lap to get himself in front and would never let the second too close to him.

The second place looked promised to Febvre as he overtook Seewer on lap 2 to keep this position for 14 laps. However Jeffrey Herlings had other plans. The ‘bullet’ made a heroic race. After a bad start, he was 14^th after few turns but he was on a mission overtaking nearly everyone in front of him. He quickly found himself 7^th behind Prado 6th on lap 3 and finally found an opportunity on lap 9 to overtake Red Plate holder on lap 9.

No one could resist Herlings as lap after lap he overtook Vlaanderen on lap 9 to get 5^th, on lap 11 he got the better of Seewer for 4^th. This is when things spiced up with 2 laps to go as Herlings closed on Renaux in 3^rd and Febvre 2^nd.

A three-way battle ensued when in turn the three riders tried to make a charge on the other two with Renaux passing Febvre and Herlings passing Renaux for few turns to see Febvre not giving up easily and took back the 2^nd place. All of this in a matter of one lap. Eventually Herlings got the better of the two Frenchmen and even push for the 1^st place but it was too late and settled for 2^nd.

Renaux got also the better of Febvre at the same time of Herlings and finished 3^rd while Febvre ende up 4^th.

Vlaanderen made another solid race and was constantly into the top 6 to finally finishing 5^th just in front of Prado and Seewer, 6^th and 7^th respectively. While Prado hovered over the 6^th place throughout the race, Seewer was 4^th between lap 3 and 11 and after few mistakes moved down the leaderbord to finished 7^th.

Van Doninck was similarly to the first race did manage to stay in the top 10 throughout the whole race and got to 8^th on lap 3 to ride in this position until the finish line. Forato, stayed also consistent to end up 9^th while Standing Construct Honda MXGP’s Pauls Jonass managed to stay in the top 10.

Ruben Fernandez was one rider that didn’t capitalise on his first win in Argentina as the Team HRC’s rider crashed few times and could not get his flow over the weekend, and finished 16^th overall.

In the end, Jeffrey Herlings with his showing in race 2 grabbed his first GP win since 2021 reaching his 100^th GP win. Glenn Coldenhoff on the second march of the podium with his win on race 2 while Prado maintains his Red Plate with 100 points thanks to his 3^rd place on the podium coupled with his RAM Qualifying Race win. Herlings second in the Championship with 93 points while Maxime Renaux is 3^rd level with Febvre on 78 points.  

Jeffrey Herlings: “I’m very happy with this win! I didn’t have the best starts but I push myself and it was tough because the track was very fast but I was feeling good and I kept pushing. I managed to get up to second in race 2. I want to improve on my starts as well to be even better for the next round”

Glenn Coldenhoff: “Since the moment I went on the new bike I felt so good. The bike is fast and rides well over the whole track. I’m happy with getting the podium after a rough start in Argentina. I felt very good here the whole weekend. The second race went well as I pushed at the start to get in front and then I felt comfortable. 2^nd in the GP overall and 1^st podium so I’m very happy how it went”

Jorge Prado: “I am happy with this weekend. Winning the RAM Qualifying Race and the first race is really good, and of course I would have liked to win the second race too but I’m very happy to have the Red Plate. Hopefully I will hopefully get a good result in Switzerland.”

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), 34:20.164; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:01.706; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:02.831; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:03.784; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:27.257; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:36.901; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, Honda), +0:37.947; 8. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +0:41.731; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +0:44.403; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GASGAS), +0:45.384; 

MXGP- Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), 34:44.339; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:01.965; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:04.293; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:13.048; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:14.860; 6. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:20.500; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:26.569; 8. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +0:54.079; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +1:02.813; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Honda), +1:08.066;

MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 44 points; 2. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 41 p.; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 40 p.; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 38 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 36 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 28 p.; 8. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 25 p.; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 20 p.; 

MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 100 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 93 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 78 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 78 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 75 p.; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 65 p.; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 63 p.; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 57 p.; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 56 p.; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 55 p.

MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 102 points; 2. GASGAS, 100 p.; 3. KTM, 93 p.; 4. Honda, 82 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 78 p.; 6. Beta, 30 p.;

Main Photo: Jeffrey Herlings

Bottom Photos: 1.  Glenn Coldenhoff; 2. Jorge Prado

In MX2, Jago Geerts took the FOX Holeshot and took the lead quickly. The top three riders, Geerts, Laengenfelder and De Wolf took off to increase the gap behind them.

On lap 2 Geerts made a mistake and found himself 3^rd as Laengenfelder took the lead in front of De Wolf for 4 laps. However, De Wolf as a sand specialist did manage to take the lead on lap 5 as Laengenfelder made a mistake and he kept it until the end to win the race.

Laegenfelder went down to 3^rd after his mistake with Geerts 2^nd. But Another mistake on lap 6 from Geerts meant that Laengenfelder could sit 2^nd. But Geerts picked up the pace and made a move on lap 11 and kept his advantage until the end with Laengengfelder staying 3^rd.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant displayed a solid racing throughout the whole race after turning lap 1 in 6^th. He never got overtaken and continuously pushed forward behind Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Liam Everts. They both overtook on lap 7 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo who was 4^th. Benistant 5^th passed Everts too on lap 11 to finish 4^th.

Everts was unfortunate to crash on lap 13 while he was 5^th and ended up 9^th. Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen also went up the leaderboard after getting to 9^th over the first two laps. He made his way up to an encouraging 6^th place for the rookie.

Behind him F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team’s Kevin Horgmo and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Roan Van de Moosdijk found themselves 7^th and 8^th respectively on lap 1 and would oscillate to finish the race at the same place.

Finally WZ Racing’s Oriol Oliver kept his 10^th position the whole way through.

In Race 2, was actually Oriol Oliver who took the FOX Holeshot, then Jago Geerts made his way to the top on lap 1 passing Kay De wolf and showed great control to keep De Wolf 2^nd the whole race too at bay.

Benistant also managed to grab the 3^rd spot during the whole race although he had to battle with Lucas Coenen towards the end. However, several mistakes from Coenen meant that Benistant could ride away without much trouble over the last part of the race. Coenen kept his 4^th place until the end too.

The 5th place was completely open with Van de Moosdijk, Adamo and Laengenfelder fighting for the spot over the full race. Everts who finished 8^th in the end was also involved in that battle until lap 5 when he moved down to 8^th and stayed in that place until the end.
Laengenfelder took an option on the 5^th place between lap 5 and 13 but it was the determination of Van de Moosdijk that paid off in the end as he put pressure on Laengenfelder who stalled on a turn on lap 14. Van de Moosdijk and Adamo would pass the German to finish 5^th and 6^th respectively while Laengenfelder had to settle for 7^th.

Horgmo had another good race and showed that he can compete in the top 10 as he only had to battle with Oriol over the laps 3 and 4 and kept his 9^th place until the end. Oriol ended up 11^th after TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team’s Jan Pancar overtook him on lap 10 and kept the 10^th position until the end.

Jago Geerts: “It was a good start again and after the first lap I moved up to the lead and De Wolf was pushing me the whole race but I managed to keep my lines the whole race. It is now 2 GP wins now so it I’m happy.”

Kay de Wolf: “We came here to get a podium, and I felt very good. In the first race it was great to get the win. In the second I kept pushing until the end so it was a shame to finish behind Jago as we came for the podium, I am second so overall I am very happy.”

Thibault Benistant: “Today was good even if the riding was not easy on this sand. I tried to follow the guys upfront but they were very quick but I tried to push and in the end I’m satisfied to be on the podium.”

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 34:13.404; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:02.473; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:15.579; 4. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:42.062; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:51.410; 6. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:54.170; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Kawasaki), +0:55.123; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Husqvarna), +0:58.282; 9. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +1:23.188; 10. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +2:13.058.

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), 33:46.970; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:01.314; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:41.473; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:43.781; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Husqvarna), +0:59.753; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +1:06.498; 7. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +1:10.510; 8. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +1:17.513; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Kawasaki), +1:21.210; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), -1 lap(s).

MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 47 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 47 p.; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 34 p.; 5. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 33 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 31 p.; 7. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 29 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 26 p.; 9. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 21 p.

MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 117 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 87 p.; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 86 p.; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 83 p.; 5. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 79 p.; 6. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 68 p.; 7. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 67 p.; 8. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 61 p.; 9. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 52 p.; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 40 p.

MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 117 points; 2. Husqvarna, 93 p.; 3. KTM, 85 p.; 4. GASGAS, 79 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 68 p.; 6. Honda, 36 p.; 7. Fantic, 12 p.

Main Photo: Jago Geerts 

Bottom: 1. Kay de Wolf; 2. Thibault Benistant