Herlings and Vialle the Fastest Riders of 2021

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 12 January 2022 – Every season of the FIM Motocross World Championship the MXGP crew, collect various stats throughout the year, one of those statistics being the fastest lap.

Every Grand Prix weekend, the Timekeeper checks which rider has produced the fastest lap during the races (in MXGP and MX2) which is then recorded in the system and compiled into a list.

We are excited to share the list of the Fastest Laps of 2021 with you! And it looks like after 18 Grand Prix’s, that’s 36 races, it was revealed that Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Tom Vialle had the fastest laps in MX2 and MXGP.

During the historic 2021 season, Herlings racked up an impressive 8 fast laps which included the quickest time in Maggiora, Lommel, Kegums, Riola Sardo, Lacapelle-Marival, Trentino and both of the races in Mantova which gave him the upper hand over Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre who was second with four, while his teammate Antonio Cairoli had two.

Meanwhile Vialle collected a total of five fastest laps last year, with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jago Geerts and Maxime Renaux tied on points for second and third. Vialle picked up the fastest lap of the race in Orlyonok, Afyon, Lacapelle-Marival, Intu Xanadu – Arroyomolinos and Trentino.

Take a look at the overall standings for the Fastest Laps in 2021, as well as a Grand Prix breakdown, below;

Fastest Lap 2021 Overall Standings

Fastest Lap 2021 Grand Prix Breakdown