EMX250

Watch the first GoPro lap of Matterley Basin with Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing's Max Anstie

Welcome to Matterley Basin, Winchester for the eleventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the FULLBACK MXGP of Great Britain.

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 05 June 2016 – Saint Jean d’Angely is a world-class, yet typically French style motocross track, which is clay-based and stony with loads of spectacular downhill ski jumps, and a lot of elevation.

Today the fourth round of the European Championship EMX125 presented by FMF Racing and the sixth round of the European Championship EMX250 joined the paddock of the FIM Motocross World Championship for the MXGP of France where in the premier amateur class, EMX250, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei won both races for his first EMX overall victory, while KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini did the same, and had the home fans fired up as he topped the box for the second time this year.

As the last race of the day yesterday, the EMX250 had to deal with a brutal and edgy hard pack circuit, which suited Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei down to the ground. The American found a way around the rookie, KTM Factory Junior’s Jorge Prado, and pulled away for his first win of the season. Prado then came under attack from the championship leader, Bodo Schmidt Motorsports’ Thomas Kjer Olsen, who passed him relatively easily. Olsen didn’t have anything for Sanayei in that particular race though, just as Prado didn’t have anything for Tip Top MP32 Racing’s Mathys Boisrame, who moved into third but ended up being forced out with a mechanical problem. Prado then was gifted third behind Sanayei and Kjer Olsen at the checkers.

Race two took place earlier this morning.

Move over Josè Butron, there’s a new Spanish holeshot king in town and it’s the young KTM Factory Juniors sensation Jorge Prado. Prado took his second holeshot of the weekend narrowly over the race one winner Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei, Karlis Sabulis and Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen. Sanayei wasn’t taking any nonsense from the small framed rookie and leant on him heading into the next turn, and all the way down the hill to force the pass for the lead before turn three.

At the end of the first lap the championship leader, Bodo Schmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen, was already inside the top five with Tip Top MP32’s Mathys Boisrame in tow. Meanwhile the Latvian, Sabulis had dropped back to sixth.

After passing Prado in the first few turns, Sanayei looked like he wanted to put in an early sprint except Prado wouldn’t let him go and stayed on him for the first ten minutes before the losing the front end on a slick patch. With the rookie down, Kjer Olsen capitalized and set the fastest lap of the race on the following lap, while Vaessen, Boisrame and the defending champion J-Tech Honda’s Nick Kouwenberg among others all inherited a spot.

Kjer Olsen pushed hard for a few laps but couldn’t match the pace of the American talent, Sanayei, who had the race in the palm of his hands. Vaessen and Boisrame battled hard for third which eventually went to Vaessen while KTM’s Kevin Wouts came from miles back to round out the top five.

At the end of a solid weekend, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei was in a league of his own and managed to take his first race win of the season yesterday, and paired it with another today for his first double moto victory and first ever EMX250 overall victory. Bodo Schmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen was also a cool, calm and collective picture of consistency with his 2 – 2 performance for second overall while Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen did enough to land on the third step of the podium.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 30:32.821; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:09.174; 3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:28.829; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:29.412; 5. Mike Stender (GER, Suzuki), +0:38.511; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:44.493; 7. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:53.580; 8. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:00.240; 9. Nick Triest (BEL, KTM), +1:06.190; 10. Max Engelen (NED, KTM), +1:08.358.

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 29:58.819; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:09.128; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:32.649; 4. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:36.087; 5. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), +0:36.681; 6. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:37.861; 7. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:42.593; 8. Mike Stender (GER, Suzuki), +0:50.762; 9. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:55.234; 10. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:57.400.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 50 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 44 p.; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 34 p.; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KAW), 33 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 29 p.; 7. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 29 p.; 8. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, YAM), 24 p.; 9. Nick Triest (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 18 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 276 points; 2. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 213 p.; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 174 p.; 4. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, KAW), 167 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 157 p.; 6. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), 156 p.; 7. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 148 p.; 8. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KAW), 130 p.; 9. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 119 p.; 10. Nick Kouwenberg (NED, HON), 115 p.

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 286 points; 2. Kawasaki, 249 p.; 3. KTM, 234 p.; 4. Suzuki, 192 p.; 5. Yamaha, 168 p.; 6. Honda, 120 p.

Much to the delight of the French fans, KTM Silver Action’s Frenchman Stephen Rubini ran away for an easy win in the opening race of the weekend yesterday. The red plate holder Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts kept the Frenchman honest for most of the race before making a slight mistake with three laps to go. DP19 Yamaha’s Roan van de Moosdijk almost took advantage of the Belgian’s mistake but made a mistake himself with a few turns to go and had to settle for third.

In race one today, Italian Andrea Zanotti got the break he’s been looking for when he pulled a super sweet holeshot ahead of yesterday’s race one winner KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Rubini’s fellow French countryman Pierre Goupillon, who had his good start undone when he crashed on lap one.

Team MJC Yamaha’s Zachary Pichon was the first to inherit a spot off of Goupillon and set the fastest lap time on lap three. While Pichon was looking good as the initial pace setter, he bobbled massively on lap four and allowed IceOne Racing Husqvarna’s Mikkel Haarup to close in. Another slip up a few turns later and Haarup capitalized to take second place.

The Fin riding for IceOne Husqvarna Racing, started closing up on Rubini who was in the middle of challenging Zanotti for the lead. As an instant response to the challenge from Haarup, Rubini dropped the hammer and nailed a berm to whip right around the outside of Zanotti for first. Haarup was also in a hurry to do the same but was a little to hasty and made a mistake which saw him almost go over the ‘bars and only loose one spot.

At the halfway mark, Goupillon was back on form and passed Haarup, Van de Moosdijk and Zanotti like they were standing still, to take third. Meanwhile, DP19 Yamaha Racing’s Roan Van de Moosdijk found some good lines and managed to make a move on Haarup before going after Zanotti. In a moment of impulse, Van de Moosdijk hit a roller tapped and launched past Zanotti but landed in some ruts and crashed.

Rubini had the crowd fevered with his second win of the weekend, which landed him on the top step of the podium for the second time this season. Meanwhile fellow Frenchmen, Pichon and Goupillon, made it a French whitewash in race two as Zanotti put in his best race finish with fourth ahead of Haarup.

The red plate holder, Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts, who was second in race one yesterday got off to a shocking start, well outside of the top 20, and only managed to get back to seventh. It was still enough for him to land on the podium behind the winner, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Frenchman Pierre Goupillon.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 30:30.832; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:13.132; 3. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:13.710; 4. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:14.690; 5. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:33.980; 6. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:36.161; 7. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:40.066; 8. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +0:55.831; 9. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +1:22.069; 10. Paolo Lugana (ITA, TM), +1:26.056

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 30:36.850; 2. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +0:05.343; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:08.362; 4. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:14.170; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:16.422; 6. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:31.932; 7. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:42.222; 8. Kim Savaste (FIN, Kawasaki), +0:44.811; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:45.244; 10. Luca Milec (SLO, Yamaha), +0:55.751

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 35 p.; 6. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 34 p.; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Luca Milec (SLO, YAM), 21 p.; 9. Paolo Lugana (ITA, TM), 20 p.; 10. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 20 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 167 points; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 154 p.; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 138 p.; 4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 132 p.; 5. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 111 p.; 6. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 108 p.; 7. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 84 p.; 8. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 77 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 69 p.; 10. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 62 p

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 200 points; 2. Yamaha, 146 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 95 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 91 p.; 5. TM, 59 p.

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MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1660m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: sunny

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NEXT ROUND

The next round of the European Championships EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing will take place in Matterley Basin, Great Britain on June, the 19^th.

LINKS

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MXGP of France

WMX, EMX250 & EMX125 had their first races of the weekend yesterday. Watch all the highlights here:

WMX Race 1 Highlights

EMX250 Race 1 Highlights

EMX125 Race 1 Highlights

Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Hunter Lawrence has been a breath of fresh air in the European Championship’s premier class EMX250 with his out-going personality, down-to-earth nature and all or nothing riding style.

He and his family made the shift from down under, Australia, to The Netherlands earlier this year so that Hunter and his little brother Jett, could have the best shot at taking over the world with their incredible dirt-bike racing talent. As a super confident 16 year old with a flamboyant style and personality, Hunter fast became a fan favorite in the EMX250 class.

The young Aussie was definitely one of the fastest riders in the class and more often than not set the fastest lap time, but always made life difficult for himself with silly mistakes or bad starts that forced him to come through traffic in almost every race. Hunter proved what he was capable of at Teutschenthal, Germany, when he dominated both races for his first EMX250 overall victory, an incredible achievement for a rookie in such a difficult class. He leapt to second place in the championship standings with a pretty comfortable buffer over third.

Unfortunately, the young talent took to Facebook today announcing he won’t be racing the rest of the championship due to a knee injury, so I decided to give him a call and spin him a yarn. Here’s how it went…

It's not cool to read that you won't be racing the rest of the EMX250 series, what happened?

In the first moto in Spain I had two crashes, which have resulted in me needing to have surgery on my right knee.

How long are you out for?

I am not 110% sure on the time frame I will be out yet, but the doctor said 3-4 months roughly.

How’s your European experience been so far?

The European experience has been awesome. We have learnt so much on the bike and off the bike about the business side of things and just to do with the sport. Also I have really enjoyed the European experience we have had already. I cant wait to see what else the future holds and what else we can learn.

Everyone knows moving to the otherside of the world is not easy, but what has been the most difficult thing for you?

The most difficult part would be the language barrier in the start and adapting to the weather, but it’s not so bad now.

You've had an awesome year, the results are good yet they don't necessarily reflect how fast you were riding, but what has been your best moment?

Winning Germany was awesome. It was the coolest thing to see the Aussie flag up on the middle flagpole, up the top! Definitely haven’t seen it there in a long time so was pretty cool and just a good reward for me and my crew. 

Rumor has it, you want to go to MX2 next year, so is that still the goal?

I am aiming for MX2 next year that’s why I have chosen to get the surgery as soon as possible so we are 100% fit, healthy, and ready for MX2 next year. It is the main goal.

Are you going to head over to the FULLBACK MXGP of Great Britain and watch Chad Reed?

Not sure if I will go to Great Britain as I’m not sure what the physio plans are yet and stuff like that to do with my injury but for sure I would love to go watch and support him, being Aussie and all, obviously would be cool.

Have you got a favourite rider in MXGP or MX2?

In MXGP, I would have to say I love how Paulin rides, and also Gajser and Desalle! MX2 I would have to say Ferrandis.

The European Championship is a lot different to any championship in Australia in terms of set up and how it’s run, how do you find it?

The European Championship is awesome, we get to race all GP tracks and on the same days as the GP guys, so it’s cool. I’m glad I got to do half the series and I am in second place in the championship coming out of Talavera, Spain. I have learned so much race craft and learned a lot about racing different guys and stuff.

If you could give any advice to any Kiwi’s or Aussie’s looking to come over to Europe, what would it be?

Just come with a positive attitude and be willing to have bad days, because when its raining and it’s 0 degrees and you are training at Lommel, its harsh! 

Cheers 'Hu-Law'! On behalf of the crew at MXGP we wish you a fast and full recovery. Look forward to seeing you out mixing it up in MX2 next year!

The Entry lists for the MXGP of France, which will be held on June the 4^th and 5^th in St. Jean as well as the official Timetable of the event are online.

In addition to the MXGP and MX2 classes, the sixth round of the European championship EMX250 and the fourth round of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing & the Women’s Motocross World Championship will also be taking place.

Please find here below link to download the the official Entry Lists and the official Timetable

TIMETABLE

MXGP Entry List

MX2 Entry List

WMX Entry List

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Entry List

EMX250 Entry List