EMX250

UDDEVALLA (Sweden) 14 August 2023 – The Round of Sweden delivered intense racings and battles over the whole weekend in both categories. It was especially challenging on Sunday for the riders with the rain coming in play.

In EMX250, Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Cas Valk got the perfect win with a 1-1 I front of Red Plate Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi who stayed solid to go 2-2 while BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers fought hard to get on the third step of the podium.

In EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Martin Reisulis continued his winning streak with his 3d win in a row in front of 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin who went 2-2 to keep a chance of Title victory on the last round. Kasimir Hidersson completed the podium to get a good back-to-back podium.

In Race 1 Cas Valk made an outstanding start to get the Holeshot and keep going at the lead. The Dutch rider showed that he is on form after winning the EMX2T in Czech Republic at Loket. Cas Valk kept leading the race and managed to keep a comfortable cushion thanks to his great speed. Valk in the end won his second race of the season. 

Behind him, the EMX250 Red Plate Andrea Bonacorsi rose in power throughout the race as he started 5th on lap 1 of 15. Bonacorsi gradually found his flow as he first overtook his teammate Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Ivano Van Erp on lap 4 and then capitalised on the fall of Husqvarna BT Racing Team’s Maxime Grau on lap 10 to move up to 3rd. The Italian rider then got faster and faster each lap to finally catch up and pass Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Quentin Prugnieres on the last lap to finish 2nd. Van Erp who found himself 3rd on the opening lap got overtaken several times to finish 6th. 

On his side Grau took a great start to be 2nd from lap 1 but could do nothing to prevent Prugnieres to overtake him on lap 7. Prugnieres rode very well and although he got overtaken by Bonacorsi finished at a great 3rdplace in the end. Grau however crashed in lap 9 to move down to 10th where he stayed until the end.

The second in the Championship, Kay Karssemakers had to fight his way after an average start going 6th on lap 1. The young Dutch rider displayed a great effort to move up to 4th just in front of another great performer, VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Ferruccio Zanchi who went from 9th on lap 1 to finish 5th in the end. Zanchi had to deal with Van Erp for the 5th place as Van Erp didn’t let the Italian pass without a fight. A give and take lasted over a couple of laps where Zanchi finally got the last word on lap 6 and moved up and finished in 5thplace.

In Race 2, Fueri took the fastest start although Valk was right behind and got the best drive on a landing on the opening lap to take the lead. Valk then didn’t give any chance to the other riders as he was the fastest under the rain. Similarly to race 1, Valk controlled the race from start to finish and went 1-1 to win his second round of the season dominantly and consolidated his 3rd place in the Championship. 

Bonacorsi got a decent start to go 4th on lap 1 but had to work to move up and took 4 laps of 13 to pass Fueri for 3rd. Haakon Osterhagen also got a great start as he overtook Fueri on the opening lap to move up to 2nd. Ensued then a relentless charge forward from Bonacorsi who felt better as the race went on to reduce the gap with Osterhagen. Bonacorsi eventually got very close to Osterhagen after a mistake from the Norwegian. On lap 11, Bonacorsi managed to power through to pass Osterhagen for 2nd and go 2-2 for the 2nd overall extending his advance in the Championship on the second Karssemakers. Osterhagen finished at good 3rdplace in the end to finish 8th overall. 

Karssemakers got some issues during the race as he got to 6th on lap 1 and quickly got goggles issues but pushed hard to get as close as possible to Bonacorsi. Maybe a bit too hard as his bike started to smoke, envisaging a future bike issue. In the end Karssemakers showed great character and grit to overtake SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery’s Federico Tuani on lap 8 for 5th.  In the end Karssemakers got overtaken by a late charging KTM Beddini Racing Team’s Valerio Lata on the last lap to finish 6th to go 4-6 and round the podium in 3rd, getting his 6th podium out of 7 rounds. Lata finished 5th for 6th overall while Tuani finished 7th for 7th overall.

Prugnieres delivered an outstanding performance after getting tangled at the start to find himself 19th.  The French rider had a mountain to climb to get a chance to get on the podium but he finished incredibly in 8thplace. Despite this comeback, Prugnieres went levelled with Karssemakers to finish 4th overall.

Cas Valk : “What to say! It was just the perfect weekend. P1 in every session and two race wins. I’m extremely happy to win again. It was a bit up and down after I won in Spain and it was not easy but I worked hard during the last weeks to do what I know I can do and I’m looking forward for the next rounds.”

EMX250 - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), 30:07.915; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:02.300; 3. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:04.012; 4. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Husqvarna), +0:14.814; 5. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), +0:16.645; 6. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), +0:17.882; 7. Alexis Fueri (FRA, Fantic), +0:33.070; 8. Samuel Nilsson (ESP, GASGAS), +0:39.658; 9. Benjamin Garib (CHL, Kawasaki), +0:46.442; 10. Maxime Grau (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:49.335

EMX250 - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification:  1. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), 30:27.903; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:09.188; 3. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, Fantic), +0:22.753; 4. Alexis Fueri (FRA, Fantic), +1:01.384; 5. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), +1:01.849; 6. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Husqvarna), +1:03.850; 7. Federico Tuani (ITA, KTM), +1:05.827; 8. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:38.039; 9. Nico Greutmann (SUI, KTM), +2:05.606; 10. Sampo Rainio (FIN, KTM), +2:12.015

EMX250 - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Cas Valk (NED, FAN), 50 points; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 44 p.; 3. Kay Karssemakers (NED, HUS), 33 p.; 4. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KAW), 33 p.; 5. Alexis Fueri (FRA, FAN), 32 p.; 6. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), 25 p.; 7. Federico Tuani (ITA, KTM), 24 p.; 8. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, FAN), 23 p.; 9. Nico Greutmann (SUI, KTM), 20 p.; 10. Maxime Grau (FRA, HUS), 20 p

EMX250 - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 306 points; 2. Kay Karssemakers (NED, HUS), 260 p.; 3. Cas Valk (NED, FAN), 226 p.; 4. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 204 p.; 5. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 199 p.; 6. Ivano Van Erp (NED, YAM), 190 p.; 7. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KAW), 181 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), 174 p.; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 171 p.; 10. Federico Tuani (ITA, KTM), 118 p

EMX250 - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 320 points; 2. KTM, 278 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 268 p.; 4. Fantic, 228 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 186 p.; 6. GASGAS, 123 p.; 7. TM, 93 p.; 8. Honda, 2 p.;

Main Photo: Cas Valk

Bottom Photos: 1. EMX250 Start; 2. EMX250 Podium

In race 1, Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Maximilian Werner took the best start in front of Mathis Valin and Janis Reisulis. Reisulis went on the charge straight away and launched a successful attack on Valin for 2ndon lap 2 of 14, Reisulis didn’t take long to take the lead off Werner as he managed to pass him a lap later on lap 3. Reisulis flew to victory and extended his lead in the Championship. His closest pursuer this season, Valin got the best of Werner to go 2nd on lap 4. Valin rode well in 2nd although Werner didn’t give up without a fight and was showing a better pace than Valin as he closed in on the French rider towards the end. Valin managed to hold onto his 2nd place to not let Reisulis gain too many points on him. Werner finished fast but settled for 3rd. 

WZ Racing Team’s Gyan Doensen rode really solidly in 4th place and even put pressure on Werner for 3rdbut in the end stayed 4th until the end. Kasimir Hindersson confirmed his recent showing in Flanders as he made a good start to go 5th on the turn of lap 1. Hindersson was never put under pressure the whole race to finish 5th in the end. 

Vitzslav Marek, Noel Zanocz and Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Elias Escandell had to battle together for the 6th place. Escandell took a good start to see himself in 6th place for half of the race but Marek made his move and passed him on lap 8 after coming back from the 9th place on lap 1. Marek didn’t last long in 6th place as Zanocz charged a lap later to take his place after overtaking Escandell. In the end Zanocz finished 6th while Marek ended the race in 7th and Escandell 8th. 

In Race 2, Werner took control of the race early on with a great start in front of Escandell and Reisulis. Werner made an incredible effort as he created up to 12 seconds gap in front of Escandell. The conditions started to worsen with the rain inviting itself to the race. Reisulis was 3rd and took some time to get closer to Escandell while dealing with Valin behind in 4th. Reisulis managed to keep Valin at bay the whole race. The gap between Werner and Escandell started to melt and with Reisulis closing in on the front two riders the last laps were going to be intense. 

Escandell did very well to keep Reisulis behind him although, unknown to him, the young Spanish rider did not respect a yellow flag on a jump during the race and was going to be demoted 10 places. Reisulis threw off his goggles and kept putting pressure on Escandell until the very last corners of the race when Escandell who was also going to make a move on race leader Werner crashed down while in the same time Werner made a mistake and had his bike completely come to a stop and stalled. Reisulis managed to avoid the chaos that gifted him his second race win of the round while Valin who was few seconds behind also capitalised on that to finish 2nd. Werner finished 10th in the end while Escandell finished 16th due to the penalty.

Reisulis went 1-1 to win the round the perfect way and extended his lead on Valin who thanks to his 2-2 and 2nd overall still kept a slim chance to win the title on the last round in Great Britain. It was another strong performance for Hindersson who managed to gained many positions from 8th on lap 1 to 4th in the end to go 5-4 for 3rd overall and a back-to-back podium for the Finnish.

Janis Reisulis: “This was such a fun round and it is one of my favourite tracks in Europe. I’m not sure what happened in the last lap of the second race as I got from third to first but I managed to get that win. I also managed to be good mentally because it was hard before as I always thought about the Championship. But it is much better now with a smooth riding and two race wins. I’m super happy about the weekend.”

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:  1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), 29:03.819; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), +0:10.964; 3. Maximilian Werner (GER, Fantic), +0:14.147; 4. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), +0:20.248; 5. Kasimir Hindersson (FIN, KTM), +0:34.065; 6. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), +0:34.793; 7. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +0:36.102; 8. Elias Escandell (ESP, Fantic), +0:37.036; 9. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, Yamaha), +0:46.513; 10. Julius Mikula (CZE, Yamaha), +0:47.162

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), 32:11.288; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), +0:05.414; 3. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +0:15.633; 4. Kasimir Hindersson (FIN, KTM), +0:44.009; 5. Julius Mikula (CZE, Yamaha), +0:50.339; 6. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, Yamaha), +1:42.573; 7. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +1:59.198; 8. Tom Brunet (FRA, KTM), +2:06.470; 9. Maxime Lucas (BEL, KTM), +2:28.549; 10. Maximilian Werner (GER, Fantic), -1 lap(s

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 50 points; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 44 p.; 3. Kasimir Hindersson (FIN, KTM), 34 p.; 4. Maximilian Werner (GER, FAN), 31 p.; 5. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 28 p.; 6. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Julius Mikula (CZE, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, YAM), 27 p.; 9. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 26 p.; 10. Elias Escandell (ESP, FAN), 18 p

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Championship Top 10 Classification:  1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 363 points; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 326 p.; 3. Maximilian Werner (GER, FAN), 251 p.; 4. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 236 p.; 5. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 219 p.; 6. Elias Escandell (ESP, FAN), 212 p.; 7. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), 176 p.; 8. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 156 p.; 9. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), 156 p.; 10. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, YAM), 128 p

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 369 points; 2. GASGAS, 355 p.; 3. Fantic, 292 p.; 4. KTM, 289 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 148 p.;

Main Photo: EMX125 Start

Bottom Photos: 1. Janis Reisulis; 2. EMX125 Podium

All the photos from the Round of Sweden will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

MXGP OF SWEDEN QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1620m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 18°

Weather conditions: Rainy/Cloudy

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 22,000

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MONACO (Principailty of Monaco) 7 August 2023 – The 15th round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship arrives to Uddevalla for the MXGP of Sweden.

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Teutschenthal (Germany) 11 June 2023 – The Round of Germany offered incredible racings in both categories as riders dompted the old school circuit of Teutschenthal for their sixth round of the season.

In EMX250, it was Team VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Marc-Antoine Rossi who won his first EMX250 round of his career with showing great speed in front of Red Plate holder Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi and BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers getting his 4th consecutive podium.

In EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, Red Plate Holder MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Martin Reisulis won in front of 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin and Sturm STC Racing Team’s Mads Fredsoe who stepped on his first podium.

In race 1, the rider who took the best out of every rider was VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Ferruccio Zanchiwho took the lead early on from Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Andrea Bonacorsi after few turns and kept on riding without looking behind. Zanchi went on to win the race in a dominant fashion while Bonacorsi settled for 2nd. 

On the back of his first EMX250 win in Latvia, Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Ivano Van Erp rode efficiently and kept his 3rd position.

Behind, Team VRT KTM Factory Juniors’ Marc-Antoine Rossi briefly overtook Van Erp for 3rd, immediatelycrashed and pick his bike up in 7th. Rossi showed us earlier this year that he has the capacities to fight for the top spot and the Frenchman came back up to the 4th spot. Rossi put the pressure on BT Racing Team’s Kay Karssemakers along the way on lap 9 of 15 for 4th and Karssemakers crashed after a mistake; Rossi went on to make a great comeback finishing 4th in the end Karssemakers had to settle for 6th in the end while Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Quentin Prugnieres capitalised on this mistake to finish 5th.

Husqvarna BT Racing Team’s Maxime Grau managed a good 7th place in front of KTM Beddini Racing Team’s Valerio Lata 8th in the end and Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team’s Karlis Reisulis 9th while Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Cas Valk made few mistakes and moved down from 6th on lap 1 to 10th in the end. 

In race 2, it was Rossi who took the strongest start this time and edged away very quickly to get a comfortable lead in front of Lata. Rossi raced amazingly setting the fastest lap of the race and cruised to the finish line showing a great pace and skill on this tough track. In the end, the Frenchman went 4-1 and won his first ever overall which consolidate him in 3rd in the Championship.

Lata took a great start and he went 2nd but got under pressure by the ever more consistent Karssemakers. Karssemakers was pushing very hard and Lata eventually made a little mistake on lap 7 of 15 which Karssermakers capitalised on to go 2nd until the checkered flag. Karssemakers got his 4th consecutive podium with a 6-2 for 3rd overall. 

Lata ultimately moved down to 4th after getting caught up by the Red Plate Bonacorsi on lap 10. Bonacorsi rode solidly this weekend despite not winning as he went 2-3 to get to the second step of the podium and extend his lead in the Championship. Lata went 8-4 for 6th overall.

Valk was again solid as he rode half of the race in 4th positon and only overtaken by Bonacorsi to finish 5th in the and 8th overall. Behind in race 2, Van Erp capitalised on Prugnieres getting stuck in a rut to move up to 7thand then piled pressure on his teammate Reisulis on lap 11 to finish 6th. Van. Erp went 5th overall while Reisulis finished 7th for 9th overall. After his mistake Prugnieres managed to keep his 8th place until the end to go 5-8 for 7th overall. 

Zanchi did not have the same success as in the first race as he went down early to find himself 24th on the turn of lap 1. He had a great comeback to finish 9th in the end but missed out on the podium.

In the end Marc-Antoine Rossi had a great first win in front of Red Plate Andrea Bonacorsi and the consistent Kay Karssemakers.

Marc-Antoine Rossi: “I am very happy for my first overall win. I made few mistake on the track in race 1 although I had a very good start. Today I took the Holeshot and kept the lead until the end. I feel like I did the job and super happy. I want to thanks the Team and a special mention to my mum as I win on her birthday”

EMX250 - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 30:42.454; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:05.511; 3. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), +0:10.258; 4. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), +0:14.165; 5. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:23.594; 6. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Husqvarna), +0:25.560; 7. Maxime Grau (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:26.007; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), +0:45.463; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:48.083; 10. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), +1:10.844

EMX250 - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 30:24.196; 2. Kay Karssemakers (NED, Husqvarna), +0:07.634; 3. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:14.656; 4. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), +0:23.441; 5. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), +0:24.696; 6. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), +0:26.539; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:29.421; 8. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:39.177; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), +0:39.721; 10. Xavier Cazal (FRA, GASGAS), +1:29.048

EMX250 - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 43 points; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 42 p.; 3. Kay Karssemakers (NED, HUS), 37 p.; 4. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 37 p.; 5. Ivano Van Erp (NED, YAM), 35 p.; 6. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), 31 p.; 7. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KAW), 29 p.; 8. Cas Valk (NED, FAN), 27 p.; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 26 p.; 10. Xavier Cazal (FRA, GAS), 18 p

EMX250 - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, YAM), 262 points; 2. Kay Karssemakers (NED, HUS), 227 p.; 3. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 199 p.; 4. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, KTM), 188 p.; 5. Cas Valk (NED, FAN), 176 p.; 6. Ivano Van Erp (NED, YAM), 175 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 171 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, KTM), 149 p.; 9. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KAW), 148 p.; 10. Maxime Grau (FRA, HUS), 94 p

EMX250 - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 276 points; 2. KTM, 246 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 235 p.; 4. Fantic, 178 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 153 p.; 6. GASGAS, 107 p.; 7. TM, 93 p

Main Photo: EMX250 Start 

Bottom Photos: 1. Marc-Antoine Rossi; 2. Andrea Bonacorsi

In race 1, It was 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin who had a flying start. The young Frenchman started the round of Germany as he finished the Round of Latvia and took the lead. MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Reisulis quickly moved up to 2nd place in the first lap. Valin went on to lead Reisulis by 6 seconds. However, Valin lost precious time when he caught backmarkers and struggled to overtake them quickly. Being held, made his gap with Reisulis halved to 3 seconds. However, the speed of Valin was so fast and he managed to increase the gap again to 8 seconds. All could have been lost with a short moment of focus loss as Valin went out of the track on the very last lap but managed to stay on the bike and did not lose much time in the end.  Valin won the race displaying many skills. Reisulis had to settle for the 2nd place in the end

In 3rd position until lap 10 of 14 was WZ Racing Team’s Gyan Doensen who had a solid start but could not maintain his rhythm until the end as he saw Simone Mancini and Sturm STC Racing Team’s Mads Fredsoeovertaking him consecutively. Doensen finished 5th in the end while Mancini made a good operation from 7 on lap 1 to finishing 3rd and Fredsoe finished 4th.

August Frisk rode a solid race as he finished in front of Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Elias Escandell who was had a great start and found himself 4th on lap 1 got completely stuck in a rut and saw number of riders pass him which underlines the challenges of the track. Escandell in the end had to settle for 7th. 

RFME GASGAS MXJUNIOR TEAM’s Francisco Garcia was 8th on lap 3 when he completely flew in the air and lost the control of his bike and pick it up in 16th. He did very well to get back up to 10th in the end behind Vitezslav Marek and Salvador Perez, 8th and 9th respectively.

In race 2, we saw Valin coming out the gate strongly with Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Maximilian Wernerwho was back racing after missing out on race 1 for sickness. Both were at the front of the pack when over the third turn Valin attacked and showed the wheel to go in front but unfortunately Werner clipped is his rear wheel which made Valin crashed early on. 

Reisulis just behind benefited from Valin’s crash and kept going to take the lead off Werner a few turns later and edged away. Reisulis dominated the race until the end winning with an 18 second-gap. With a 2-1 Reisulis went on to win the round of Germany and increased his lead to the championship in front Valin. 

Despite crashing down early, Valin made a heroic come back after picking himself up last. Valin’s determination and talent made him overtake an incredible number of riders to get to 6th with 3 laps to go. Valin finished there in the end to get to the 2nd spot of the podium with a 1-6. He salvaged important points for the Championship behind Reisulis. 

Werner finished in 10th position, his sickness may have been the factor of his lack of rhythm as he progressively moved down the ranks. 

Finishing on the podium for the first time was Fredsoe who managed a strong and solid race to go 4th from start to finish, making 4-4 throughout the weekend and clinch the 3rd step of the podium. Fredsoe showed some solid ridings the whole weekend and it paid in the end. 

Another noticeable performance was the one from Garcia who made an excellent charge from the 9th place on lap 1 to show blistering pace and determination as the Spanish went on to finish 2nd in the end. The battle with Fredsoe for 4th over the lap 6 and 7 was intense but Garcia managed to make a pass and continued his strong performance by overtaking the surprising Nikolai Skovbjerg for 2nd on lap 9, and keep that position until the end. With a 10-2, Garcia unfortunately missed out on the podium for 3 point and finish 4th in the end. 

Although he finished 16th in race 1, Skovbjerg managed to finished 3rd in race 2 to secure his first ever top 3 finish. He displayed a lot of solidity which will be encouraging for the rest of the season.

Frisk had a good performance again as he finished 5th for a 6-5 and 5 overall while Yamaha Europe EMX125 MJC Julius Mikula ended in 7th place after a good comeback from 12th place as he went 13-7 for 9th overall. Zanocz managed to finish 8th for a 12-8 and a 10th overall. Salvador Perez stayed very consistent going 9-9 for 6th overall. 

In the end Janis Reisulis won his 3rd round win of the season in front of his closest rival Mathis Valin 2nd, who also won 3 round wins as share all the EMX125 wins of the season so far. Third and on the podium for the first time was Mads Fredsoe who rode solidly the whole weekend.

Janis Reisulis: “We are back at it after settling down a bit in the previous races. I was very motivated coming into Germany and I had a great weekend taking 2-1. I am also very happy to extend my lead in the Championship”       

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), 29:30.805; 2. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:11.929; 3. Simone Mancini (ITA, Yamaha), +0:46.083; 4. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), +0:49.570; 5. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), +0:51.961; 6. August Frisk (SWE, KTM), +0:58.288; 7. Elias Escandell (ESP, Fantic), +1:03.785; 8. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +1:21.053; 9. Salvador Perez (ESP, Yamaha), +1:25.314; 10. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +1:29.102

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), 30:34.159; 2. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +0:18.017; 3. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, Yamaha), +0:29.446; 4. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), +0:35.550; 5. August Frisk (SWE, KTM), +0:43.611; 6. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), +0:45.174; 7. Julius Mikula (CZE, Yamaha), +0:51.538; 8. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), +0:59.106; 9. Salvador Perez (ESP, Yamaha), +1:02.898; 10. Maximilian Werner (GER, Fantic), +1:07.867

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 47 points; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 40 p.; 3. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 33 p.; 5. August Frisk (SWE, KTM), 31 p.; 6. Simone Mancini (ITA, YAM), 30 p.; 7. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, YAM), 25 p.; 8. Salvador Perez (ESP, YAM), 24 p.; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, YAM), 22 p.; 10. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), 22 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 266 points; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 245 p.; 3. Maximilian Werner (GER, FAN), 184 p.; 4. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 180 p.; 5. Elias Escandell (ESP, FAN), 179 p.; 6. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 171 p.; 7. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), 151 p.; 8. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), 117 p.; 9. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 109 p.; 10. August Frisk (SWE, KTM), 108 p

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 272 points; 2. GASGAS, 269 p.; 3. Fantic, 225 p.; 4. KTM, 210 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 125 p.;

Main Photo: Janis Reisulis 

Bottom Photos: 1. EMX125 Start  2. Mads Fredsoe

All the photos from the Liqui Moly MXGP of Germany will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.
 

LIQUI MOLY MXGP OF GERMANY QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1590m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 26°

Weather conditions: Sunny/Cloudy

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 25000

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