The back and forth between Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser wrote a new chapter of the MXGP championship duel in Lacapelle Marival, where the French Grand Prix was staged, but above all where the Red Table of World Championship leaders changed owners again.
With last Sunday’s success in Teutschental, the reigning world champion of Honda had recovered, giving the feeling of having put his collarbone injury a few weeks ago behind him. In the transalpine stage, however, the Dutch KTM’s replica arrived, who in the final of race 1 managed to deny the victory on the home track Romain Febvre, who remains a silent third wheel in the title race.
The Kawasaki rider had in fact imposed himself in the first fraction, resisting the final comeback attempt of the KTM standard bearer. Also in the second he commanded from the beginning and seemed to be able to take a sensational double. This time, however, Herlings was peremptory in attacking him and right at the most beautiful he blew the victory of the heats and the highest step of the podium of the Grand Prix, since with the same points collected over the weekend the discriminating factor was the result of Race 2 .
It was not a great weekend instead for Gajser, who in particular paid dearly for the difficulties encountered in Race 1, in which he struggled even to keep a pace from the top 10, then finishing sixth, but over 44 “behind Febvre. The Slovenian then recovered in Race 2, managing at least to grab a third place that earned him the same position in the ranking.
The problem for the Honda rider, if anything, is that it is also the same position he now occupies in the World Championship, because in one fell swoop both Herlings, who now leads with 460 points, and Febvre, 6 points behind him. . 10, on the other hand, is what the Slovenian pays, for a truly open World Championship when there are six races to go.
On the other hand, the dream of a tenth title for Tony Cairoli seems to have definitively vanished: the Italian driver held out for the first part of the season, but after stopping in Sardinia he was no longer in a position to fight for the victory. Also in France he took home a fourth and a fifth place, but always traveling with a heavy delay against the leading tandem and now his gap in the World Championship is 73 points. Just as Jorge Padro now seems to have been cut out, still sore after the blow he suffered a week ago in Germany in contact with Herlings and now spaced 62 points.
To close the parenthesis relating to Lacapelle Marival, it is also necessary to underline the umpteenth good performance of Alberto Forato and Alessandro Lupino, who both managed to hit the top 10 in the final classification, placing ninth and tenth respectively, after having closed in inverted positions in Race 1.
MX2: Vialle prophet at home in front of Guadagnini
Once back from the injury that stopped him at the start of the season, Tom Vialle has transformed into a true ruler for the MX2 class, proving that under normal conditions it would have been really difficult to oust him from the throne. The reigning world champion made the difference on his home track, signing another good double with his KTM.
After the somewhat shady test in Germany, however, Mattia Guadagnini is also seen among the protagonists: the Italian rider finished second in Race 1 and third in the second stage, taking home the second step of the podium and thus managing to recover some punticino both against the world leader Maxime Renaux, third in the home race after two good comebacks that have exalted his home crowd, and on Jago Geerts.
The 95 points gap from the Frenchman does not allow us to dream too big, but the fight for the place of honor with the Belgian is very open, since there are only 4 points to divide them. However, both will have to watch their backs from a Vialle that is now increasingly threatening, just 21 lengths further behind the Italian.
MXGP rankings
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34: 21.708; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0: 00.755; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 37.609; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 39,792; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 41.014; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 44.721; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1: 02.787; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 08.373; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), +1: 25.573; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), +1: 30.425;
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34: 32.068; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0: 05.305; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 21.165; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 28.199; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 29.453; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 30.145; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0: 50.673; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0: 55.934; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +1: 14,691; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 21,171;
MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 35 p .; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 35 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34 p .; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 34 p .; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 24 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 21 p .; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 21 p .; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 20 p .;
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 460 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 454 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 450 p .; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 398 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 387 p .; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 344 p .; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 321 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 284 p .; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 215 p .; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 201 p .;
MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 565 points; 2. Honda, 459 p .; 3. Kawasaki, 459 p .; 4. Yamaha, 388 p .; 5. GASGAS, 359 p .; 6. Husqvarna, 228 p .;
MX2 rankings
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34: 55.130; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 04.885; 3. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 07.369; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 10.833; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 11,843; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 12.576; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 18.307; 8. Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0: 27,206; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 32,579; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0: 35,083;
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 35: 06.498; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 02.020; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 03.925; 4. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 05.081; 5. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 05.998; 6. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 06.966; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 20.272; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0: 26.934; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 28.185; 10. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0: 29,173;
MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 42 p .; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 40 p .; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 35 p .; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 34 p .; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 30 p .; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 29 p .; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 24 p .; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KAW), 22 p .; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 19 p .;
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 488 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 397 p .; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 393 p .; 4. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 372 p .; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 359 p .; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 336 p .; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 333 p .; 8. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 313 p .; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 262 p .; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KAW), 223 p .;
MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 531 points; 2. Yamaha, 531 p .; 3. Husqvarna, 405 p .; 4. Kawasaki, 359 p .; 5. Honda, 303 p .; 6. GASGAS, 280 p .; 7. TM, 4 p .;
The back and forth between Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser wrote a new chapter of the MXGP championship duel in Lacapelle Marival, where the French Grand Prix was staged, but above all where the Red Table of World Championship leaders changed owners again.
With last Sunday’s success in Teutschental, the reigning world champion of Honda had recovered, giving the feeling of having put his collarbone injury a few weeks ago behind him. In the transalpine stage, however, the Dutch KTM’s replica arrived, who in the final of race 1 managed to deny the victory on the home track Romain Febvre, who remains a silent third wheel in the title race.
The Kawasaki rider had in fact imposed himself in the first fraction, resisting the final comeback attempt of the KTM standard bearer. Also in the second he commanded from the beginning and seemed to be able to take a sensational double. This time, however, Herlings was peremptory in attacking him and right at the most beautiful he blew the victory of the heats and the highest step of the podium of the Grand Prix, since with the same points collected over the weekend the discriminating factor was the result of Race 2 .
It was not a great weekend instead for Gajser, who in particular paid dearly for the difficulties encountered in Race 1, in which he struggled even to keep a pace from the top 10, then finishing sixth, but over 44 “behind Febvre. The Slovenian then recovered in Race 2, managing at least to grab a third place that earned him the same position in the ranking.
The problem for the Honda rider, if anything, is that it is also the same position he now occupies in the World Championship, because in one fell swoop both Herlings, who now leads with 460 points, and Febvre, 6 points behind him. . 10, on the other hand, is what the Slovenian pays, for a truly open World Championship when there are six races to go.
On the other hand, the dream of a tenth title for Tony Cairoli seems to have definitively vanished: the Italian driver held out for the first part of the season, but after stopping in Sardinia he was no longer in a position to fight for the victory. Also in France he took home a fourth and a fifth place, but always traveling with a heavy delay against the leading tandem and now his gap in the World Championship is 73 points. Just as Jorge Padro now seems to have been cut out, still sore after the blow he suffered a week ago in Germany in contact with Herlings and now spaced 62 points.
To close the parenthesis relating to Lacapelle Marival, it is also necessary to underline the umpteenth good performance of Alberto Forato and Alessandro Lupino, who both managed to hit the top 10 in the final classification, placing ninth and tenth respectively, after having closed in inverted positions in Race 1.
MX2: Vialle prophet at home in front of Guadagnini
Once back from the injury that stopped him at the start of the season, Tom Vialle has transformed into a true ruler for the MX2 class, proving that under normal conditions it would have been really difficult to oust him from the throne. The reigning world champion made the difference on his home track, signing another good double with his KTM.
After the somewhat shady test in Germany, however, Mattia Guadagnini is also seen among the protagonists: the Italian rider finished second in Race 1 and third in the second stage, taking home the second step of the podium and thus managing to recover some punticino both against the world leader Maxime Renaux, third in the home race after two good comebacks that have exalted his home crowd, and on Jago Geerts.
The 95 points gap from the Frenchman does not allow us to dream too big, but the fight for the place of honor with the Belgian is very open, since there are only 4 points to divide them. However, both will have to watch their backs from a Vialle that is now increasingly threatening, just 21 lengths further behind the Italian.
MXGP rankings
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34: 21.708; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0: 00.755; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 37.609; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 39,792; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 41.014; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 44.721; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1: 02.787; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 08.373; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), +1: 25.573; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), +1: 30.425;
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34: 32.068; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0: 05.305; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 21.165; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 28.199; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 29.453; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 30.145; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0: 50.673; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0: 55.934; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +1: 14,691; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 21,171;
MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 35 p .; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 35 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34 p .; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 34 p .; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 24 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 21 p .; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 21 p .; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 20 p .;
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 460 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 454 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 450 p .; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 398 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 387 p .; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 344 p .; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 321 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 284 p .; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 215 p .; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 201 p .;
MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 565 points; 2. Honda, 459 p .; 3. Kawasaki, 459 p .; 4. Yamaha, 388 p .; 5. GASGAS, 359 p .; 6. Husqvarna, 228 p .;
MX2 rankings
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34: 55.130; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 04.885; 3. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 07.369; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 10.833; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 11,843; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 12.576; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 18.307; 8. Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0: 27,206; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 32,579; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0: 35,083;
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 35: 06.498; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 02.020; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 03.925; 4. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 05.081; 5. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 05.998; 6. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 06.966; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 20.272; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0: 26.934; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 28.185; 10. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0: 29,173;
MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 42 p .; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 40 p .; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 35 p .; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 34 p .; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 30 p .; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 29 p .; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 24 p .; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KAW), 22 p .; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 19 p .;
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 488 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 397 p .; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 393 p .; 4. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 372 p .; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 359 p .; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 336 p .; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 333 p .; 8. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 313 p .; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 262 p .; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KAW), 223 p .;
MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 531 points; 2. Yamaha, 531 p .; 3. Husqvarna, 405 p .; 4. Kawasaki, 359 p .; 5. Honda, 303 p .; 6. GASGAS, 280 p .; 7. TM, 4 p .;
The back and forth between Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser wrote a new chapter of the MXGP championship duel in Lacapelle Marival, where the French Grand Prix was staged, but above all where the Red Table of World Championship leaders changed owners again.
With last Sunday’s success in Teutschental, the reigning world champion of Honda had recovered, giving the feeling of having put his collarbone injury a few weeks ago behind him. In the transalpine stage, however, the Dutch KTM’s replica arrived, who in the final of race 1 managed to deny the victory on the home track Romain Febvre, who remains a silent third wheel in the title race.
The Kawasaki rider had in fact imposed himself in the first fraction, resisting the final comeback attempt of the KTM standard bearer. Also in the second he commanded from the beginning and seemed to be able to take a sensational double. This time, however, Herlings was peremptory in attacking him and right at the most beautiful he blew the victory of the heats and the highest step of the podium of the Grand Prix, since with the same points collected over the weekend the discriminating factor was the result of Race 2 .
It was not a great weekend instead for Gajser, who in particular paid dearly for the difficulties encountered in Race 1, in which he struggled even to keep a pace from the top 10, then finishing sixth, but over 44 “behind Febvre. The Slovenian then recovered in Race 2, managing at least to grab a third place that earned him the same position in the ranking.
The problem for the Honda rider, if anything, is that it is also the same position he now occupies in the World Championship, because in one fell swoop both Herlings, who now leads with 460 points, and Febvre, 6 points behind him. . 10, on the other hand, is what the Slovenian pays, for a truly open World Championship when there are six races to go.
On the other hand, the dream of a tenth title for Tony Cairoli seems to have definitively vanished: the Italian driver held out for the first part of the season, but after stopping in Sardinia he was no longer in a position to fight for the victory. Also in France he took home a fourth and a fifth place, but always traveling with a heavy delay against the leading tandem and now his gap in the World Championship is 73 points. Just as Jorge Padro now seems to have been cut out, still sore after the blow he suffered a week ago in Germany in contact with Herlings and now spaced 62 points.
To close the parenthesis relating to Lacapelle Marival, it is also necessary to underline the umpteenth good performance of Alberto Forato and Alessandro Lupino, who both managed to hit the top 10 in the final classification, placing ninth and tenth respectively, after having closed in inverted positions in Race 1.
MX2: Vialle prophet at home in front of Guadagnini
Once back from the injury that stopped him at the start of the season, Tom Vialle has transformed into a true ruler for the MX2 class, proving that under normal conditions it would have been really difficult to oust him from the throne. The reigning world champion made the difference on his home track, signing another good double with his KTM.
After the somewhat shady test in Germany, however, Mattia Guadagnini is also seen among the protagonists: the Italian rider finished second in Race 1 and third in the second stage, taking home the second step of the podium and thus managing to recover some punticino both against the world leader Maxime Renaux, third in the home race after two good comebacks that have exalted his home crowd, and on Jago Geerts.
The 95 points gap from the Frenchman does not allow us to dream too big, but the fight for the place of honor with the Belgian is very open, since there are only 4 points to divide them. However, both will have to watch their backs from a Vialle that is now increasingly threatening, just 21 lengths further behind the Italian.
MXGP rankings
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34: 21.708; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0: 00.755; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 37.609; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 39,792; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 41.014; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 44.721; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1: 02.787; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 08.373; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), +1: 25.573; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), +1: 30.425;
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34: 32.068; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0: 05.305; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 21.165; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 28.199; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 29.453; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 30.145; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0: 50.673; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0: 55.934; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +1: 14,691; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 21,171;
MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 35 p .; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 35 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34 p .; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 34 p .; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 24 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 21 p .; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 21 p .; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 20 p .;
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 460 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 454 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 450 p .; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 398 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 387 p .; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 344 p .; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 321 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 284 p .; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 215 p .; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 201 p .;
MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 565 points; 2. Honda, 459 p .; 3. Kawasaki, 459 p .; 4. Yamaha, 388 p .; 5. GASGAS, 359 p .; 6. Husqvarna, 228 p .;
MX2 rankings
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34: 55.130; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 04.885; 3. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 07.369; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 10.833; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 11,843; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 12.576; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 18.307; 8. Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0: 27,206; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 32,579; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0: 35,083;
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 35: 06.498; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 02.020; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 03.925; 4. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 05.081; 5. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 05.998; 6. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 06.966; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 20.272; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0: 26.934; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 28.185; 10. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0: 29,173;
MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 42 p .; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 40 p .; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 35 p .; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 34 p .; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 30 p .; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 29 p .; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 24 p .; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KAW), 22 p .; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 19 p .;
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 488 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 397 p .; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 393 p .; 4. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 372 p .; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 359 p .; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 336 p .; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 333 p .; 8. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 313 p .; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 262 p .; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KAW), 223 p .;
MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 531 points; 2. Yamaha, 531 p .; 3. Husqvarna, 405 p .; 4. Kawasaki, 359 p .; 5. Honda, 303 p .; 6. GASGAS, 280 p .; 7. TM, 4 p .;
The back and forth between Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser wrote a new chapter of the MXGP championship duel in Lacapelle Marival, where the French Grand Prix was staged, but above all where the Red Table of World Championship leaders changed owners again.
With last Sunday’s success in Teutschental, the reigning world champion of Honda had recovered, giving the feeling of having put his collarbone injury a few weeks ago behind him. In the transalpine stage, however, the Dutch KTM’s replica arrived, who in the final of race 1 managed to deny the victory on the home track Romain Febvre, who remains a silent third wheel in the title race.
The Kawasaki rider had in fact imposed himself in the first fraction, resisting the final comeback attempt of the KTM standard bearer. Also in the second he commanded from the beginning and seemed to be able to take a sensational double. This time, however, Herlings was peremptory in attacking him and right at the most beautiful he blew the victory of the heats and the highest step of the podium of the Grand Prix, since with the same points collected over the weekend the discriminating factor was the result of Race 2 .
It was not a great weekend instead for Gajser, who in particular paid dearly for the difficulties encountered in Race 1, in which he struggled even to keep a pace from the top 10, then finishing sixth, but over 44 “behind Febvre. The Slovenian then recovered in Race 2, managing at least to grab a third place that earned him the same position in the ranking.
The problem for the Honda rider, if anything, is that it is also the same position he now occupies in the World Championship, because in one fell swoop both Herlings, who now leads with 460 points, and Febvre, 6 points behind him. . 10, on the other hand, is what the Slovenian pays, for a truly open World Championship when there are six races to go.
On the other hand, the dream of a tenth title for Tony Cairoli seems to have definitively vanished: the Italian driver held out for the first part of the season, but after stopping in Sardinia he was no longer in a position to fight for the victory. Also in France he took home a fourth and a fifth place, but always traveling with a heavy delay against the leading tandem and now his gap in the World Championship is 73 points. Just as Jorge Padro now seems to have been cut out, still sore after the blow he suffered a week ago in Germany in contact with Herlings and now spaced 62 points.
To close the parenthesis relating to Lacapelle Marival, it is also necessary to underline the umpteenth good performance of Alberto Forato and Alessandro Lupino, who both managed to hit the top 10 in the final classification, placing ninth and tenth respectively, after having closed in inverted positions in Race 1.
MX2: Vialle prophet at home in front of Guadagnini
Once back from the injury that stopped him at the start of the season, Tom Vialle has transformed into a true ruler for the MX2 class, proving that under normal conditions it would have been really difficult to oust him from the throne. The reigning world champion made the difference on his home track, signing another good double with his KTM.
After the somewhat shady test in Germany, however, Mattia Guadagnini is also seen among the protagonists: the Italian rider finished second in Race 1 and third in the second stage, taking home the second step of the podium and thus managing to recover some punticino both against the world leader Maxime Renaux, third in the home race after two good comebacks that have exalted his home crowd, and on Jago Geerts.
The 95 points gap from the Frenchman does not allow us to dream too big, but the fight for the place of honor with the Belgian is very open, since there are only 4 points to divide them. However, both will have to watch their backs from a Vialle that is now increasingly threatening, just 21 lengths further behind the Italian.
MXGP rankings
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34: 21.708; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0: 00.755; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 37.609; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 39,792; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 41.014; 6. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 44.721; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +1: 02.787; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 08.373; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), +1: 25.573; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), +1: 30.425;
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34: 32.068; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0: 05.305; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0: 21.165; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0: 28.199; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0: 29.453; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0: 30.145; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0: 50.673; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0: 55.934; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +1: 14,691; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1: 21,171;
MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 35 p .; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 35 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34 p .; 6. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 34 p .; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 24 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 21 p .; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 21 p .; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 20 p .;
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 460 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 454 p .; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 450 p .; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 398 p .; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 387 p .; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 344 p .; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GAS), 321 p .; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 284 p .; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), 215 p .; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 201 p .;
MXGP – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 565 points; 2. Honda, 459 p .; 3. Kawasaki, 459 p .; 4. Yamaha, 388 p .; 5. GASGAS, 359 p .; 6. Husqvarna, 228 p .;
MX2 rankings
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34: 55.130; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 04.885; 3. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 07.369; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 10.833; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 11,843; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 12.576; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 18.307; 8. Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0: 27,206; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 32,579; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0: 35,083;
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 35: 06.498; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 02.020; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0: 03.925; 4. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0: 05.081; 5. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0: 05.998; 6. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0: 06.966; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0: 20.272; 8. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0: 26.934; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0: 28.185; 10. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0: 29,173;
MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 42 p .; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 40 p .; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 35 p .; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 34 p .; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 30 p .; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 29 p .; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 24 p .; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KAW), 22 p .; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 19 p .;
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 488 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 397 p .; 3. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 393 p .; 4. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 372 p .; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 359 p .; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 336 p .; 7. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 333 p .; 8. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 313 p .; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 262 p .; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KAW), 223 p .;
MX2 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 531 points; 2. Yamaha, 531 p .; 3. Husqvarna, 405 p .; 4. Kawasaki, 359 p .; 5. Honda, 303 p .; 6. GASGAS, 280 p .; 7. TM, 4 p .;