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Todd Waters is the rider chosen by Team HRC to step in for the injured Brian Bogers, starting from the MXGP of Latvia on the weekend of May 12-13. The 27-year-old Australian rider will compete aboard the Honda CRF450RW alongside full-time HRC rider Tim Gajser until Bogers’ return to action – which is still unclear as the young Dutchman is due to undergo foot surgery on May 7^th.

Waters has raced in the MXGP class for a full season back in 2015: he’s a five-time junior Australian motocross champion and a three-time Australian motocross vice-champion. Todd has also represented Australia at the MX of Nations in 2012, 2013 and 2015. Since last year, he has been racing in Australia with the Crankt Protein Honda Racing team.

Todd Waters: Words can’t tell how excited I am not only to be back in MXGP, but to be doing so with Team HRC. It’s a dream come true, so I really want to thank them for this huge opportunity. Obviously I would like to wish Brian a speedy recovery, because every racer knows how hard is to be forced to be at home and watch other riders compete. I feel I have been putting in the work to be ready for my season debut in Latvia, although I know as it’s round 7 that my rivals have built their speed in the meantime. Being more mature and experienced this time around, I know what to expect from spending time in Europe – and what it means in terms of different type of living and culture. I feel more prepared and therefore ready to focus on what needs to be done. I want to show what I’m capable of and play my chances to get another shot at MXGP in the future, because that’s where I feel I belong. I really look forward to working with such a high-calibre racing team and to be back travelling around the world.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas: We are happy to welcome Todd in our team. Given Brian’s new injury, we could not continue with only one rider in the MXGP class, so we had to find a suitable replacement for him for the time being. It was not an easy task, as the season is fully underway, but we’re very glad to have reached an agreement with Todd. He has raced already in the MXGP class some years ago and he’s been riding a Honda back in the national Australian championship, so he’s the perfect fit for the team. I’m confident he’ll gel well with both team and the bike, and I’m sure he’s more than happy to have another opportunity to show his potential in the championship. In the meantime, I would like to wish Brian a speedy and full recovery, and look forward to having him back soon.

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MXGP keeps running the FOX Holeshot competition trough the rounds of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship season together with MXGP Partner FOX.

The way it works is that 1 point is awarded per MXGP or MX2 championship race. The first rider who cross the white line painted on the ground at the exit of the first corner will be given a point. At the end of the season, the 2 riders – one per category - with the most FOX Holeshot points will win a mega prize.

At the MXGP of Russia that took place on April the 30^th and May the 1^st in Orlyonok Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings took the FOX Holeshot in MXGP Race 1 and Race 2 respectively while in MX2 it was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado who passed the Holeshot line at first in race one and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who did in Race 2

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TAG Heuer has been the official timekeeper of the FIM Motocross World Championship since 2014 and together with MXGP are running the fastest lap competition across each season.

The way it works is: at each and every round of the MXGP season, the rider that sets the best lap time in each class, MXGP and MX2, will receive 1 point in the TAG Heuer competition. The rider that has set the fastest lap at the most rounds throughout the season in MXGP and MX2 classes, and has the most points, will be awarded.

At the MXGP of Russia held in Orlyonok Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli set the Tag Heuer best lap for the first time in 2018 while in MX2 it was the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing teammate Pauls Jonass who was fastest during the weekend.

Here below you have the details:

MXGP: Antonio Cairoli at Race 1 Lap 19 with 1.38:324

MX2: Pauls Jonass at Race 1 Lap 15 with 1.42:985

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ORLYONOK (Russia) 01 May 2018 - The 2018 MXGP Season’s 6th round is complete from the Russian circuit of Orlyonok. The MXGP of Russia hosted the best riders of the FIM Motocross World Championship with great success for the second year in a row. Different conditions, improved weather, and a Monday-Tuesday schedule led to amazing racing.

For the first time in 2018 the MXGP class was won by a non KTM rider, the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team bike piloted by Clement Desalle took Russia by storm in 2017 and has repeated his performance again this year. Also returning to the top step of the podium in Russia with blistering speed was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass.

MXGP’s Race 1 was intense and another memorable battle between the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders of Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings. On the start Cairoli took the Fox Holeshot but Monster Energy Kawasaki Factory Racing Team’s Clement Desalle was right alongside and Herlings just behind.

Desalle took the lead on the opening lap from Cairoli with better drive up one of the many steep hills of the Orlyonok Circuit. Behind Herlings in third was Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Gautier Paulin.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Van Horebeek ran in 5th the first 2 laps before Team HRC’s Tim Gajser took the position away from the Belgian. Back at the front Herlings, who had lost time from Cairoli early in the race, was charging in an attempt to pass Cairoli while Desalle sprinted away.

Herlings made several attempts at the Italian but was unable to make anything stick. On the final lap Cairoli closed gap to Desalle but for both him and Herlings it was a little too late. Desalle took the race win, the first of 2018 not by a KTM, with Cairoli 2nd and Herlings 3rd.

For Race 2 Herlings was determined to take the win and gain as many points as possible. When the gate dropped the #84 took the FOX Holeshot ahead of Desalle and Gajser. For Desalle all that was needed to secure the overall was second in race 2.

Cairoli, who started in 4th place, faced pressure from Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Romain Febvre but kept his focus on passing Gajser. On lap 10 Cairoli bobbled while trying to catch Gajser and lost traction before falling. The mistake from Cairoli cost him 1 position to Febvre as he remounted in 5th.

While Herlings and Desalle crossed the finish first and second Febvre took third from Gajser after a great battle for the position. In the overall Desalle had 47 points with 1-2 finishes, Herlings 45 points going 3-1, and Cairoli 38 after his 2-5 score. Meanwhile BOS GP’s Russian star Evgeny Bobryshev finished 14th overall at his home GP.

Clement Desalle after the races said: I feel good, today was really good for me… I wanted to take the GP step by step and actually to finish with a really good day and win. I am really happy about it, about my riding, about quite a few things, to finally have a green bike on the podium in first position with my team it is really nice.”

Jeffrey Herlings: “I took good starts which is important for me, we are getting better and better at that, more controlled. Yeah, in the first race we got third which messed up the overall but to come back swinging in the second race with a FOX Holeshot and then ride good without mistakes… I’m happy to go to Latvia in 2 weeks time, that is one of my favorite tracks on the calendar.”

Antonio Cairoli: “It is good that we made it to the podium because it has been my goal since the beginning of the season, to be on the podium every race…. so it is ok. It is also good that Clement now is getting back into form and that he can be in the mix, it is good for the championship.”

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), 33:30.843; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:01.512; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:03.489; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:25.944; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:34.132; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:39.081; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:44.279; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:45.440; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:45.952; 10. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Honda), +0:55.876.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 33:53.627; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:05.066; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:15.098; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:17.458; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:19.176; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:20.912; 7. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:41.868; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:47.040; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:49.670; 10. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), +0:50.771.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 38 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 34 p.; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 33 p.; 7. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 27 p.; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KAW), 20 p.; 10. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HON), 19 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 286 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 263 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 212 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 203 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 180 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 152 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 150 p.; 8. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 147 p.; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 135 p.; 10. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 113 p.

MXGP Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 297 points; 2. Kawasaki, 223 p.; 3. Yamaha, 212 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 188 p.; 5. Honda, 162 p.; 6. TM, 104 p.; 7. Suzuki, 87 p.

After two difficult GPs at Trentino and Portugal Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass returned to his winning shape this week. Lining up to the gate first after winning Monday’s Qualifying Race Jonass came out if the first corner of race 1 in second.

Leading the way with the Fox Holeshot was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado. Prado led his Latvian teammate the opening lap but just across the finish line jump Jonass keep his bike lower and was quicker to get the power back to the ground.

As the pair came up the hill and passed the mechanics area Jonass took the lead. Behind the KTM’s was Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Ben Watson first followed by F&H Racing Kawasaki’s Adam Sterry and shortly after his Kemea teammate Jago Geerts.

Geerts who won the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship here in 2016 held 4th for 5 laps before crashing and eventually finishing 12th. Capitalizing on the error from Geerts was Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen.

Olsen moved to 4th ahead of Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen but then, in a surprising ride from KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini, Vlaanderen was passed. Rubini then charged to the back of Olsen but before making a pass spun out and lost his hard fought 5th back to Vlaanderen.

On the next to last lap Rubini, who was riding the track with more flow than most, took the spot back from Vlaanderen. Across the finish first was Jonass then Prado, Watson, Olsen, and Rubini.

Race 2 was again led by the KTM’s but the second time around it was a FOX Holeshot from Jonass as Prado pursued. Team Martin Honda Racing’s Michele Cervellin was third from the first lap and while Jonass and Prado pulled away he found himself with a comfortable cushion back to Olsen in 4th.

Ben Watson was 5th on lap one behind Olsen but lost positions to both STC Racing Husqvarna’s Henry Jacobi and Vlaanderen. On lap 3 Jacobi dropped to eight moving Watson back up and into 6th.

Watson had Vlaanderen just in front of him from lap 2 until lap 16 when the HRC rider passed Olsen for 4th. The pass on Olsen was important in the overall standings as it gave the final podium position to Watson.

On the last lap Prado charged to the inside of Jonass but wasn’t close enough to make a clean pass which resulted in Jonass taking the race win and the overall ahead of him. Cervellin held onto third with Vlaanderen and Olsen rounding out the top 5. Watson finished 6th but was unaware the result earned him a career first podium until riding up to his team manager who informed the young brit with much joy.

Pauls Jonass: “I really wanted to have two good races heading into my home GP and I did it, I had two good starts, first start I was second behind Jorge and I managed to pass him pretty quick so that was pretty good and in the second race I got a Holeshot and pulled a little gap. I am really happy going 1-1 again and really looking forward to my home GP.”

Jorge Prado: “The weekend was great… I am really happy with 2 second places and second overall especially on track that was difficult for me so I’m really happy.”

Ben Watson: “I honestly have no words for this weekend… I just gave it everything I had and I didn’t actually realize I was on the podium, I was actually gutted because I thought I finished 4th again. I came off the track and my team boss was there, I was just speechless.”

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 34:54.861; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:11.561; 3. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:31.861; 4. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:36.859; 5. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:39.204; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:40.899; 7. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:53.491; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:58.912; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:59.572; 10. Iker Larranaga Olano (ESP, Husqvarna), +1:10.071.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 34:38.909; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:01.630; 3. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:39.711; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:40.600; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:41.581; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:43.440; 7. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:06.039; 8. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +1:12.622; 9. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +1:15.696; 10. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Husqvarna), +1:20.876.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 50 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 44 p.; 3. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 35 p.; 4. Michele Cervellin (ITA, HON), 34 p.; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 34 p.; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 33 p.; 7. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 29 p.; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 27 p.; 9. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 21 p.; 10. Iker Larranaga Olano (ESP, HUS), 21 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 266 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 246 p.; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 219 p.; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 176 p.; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 156 p.; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 130 p.; 7. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 127 p.; 8. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 108 p.; 9. Henry Jacobi (GER, HUS), 104 p.; 10. Thomas Covington (USA, HUS), 102 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 297 points; 2. Husqvarna, 241 p.; 3. Yamaha, 194 p.; 4. Honda, 192 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 186 p.; 6. TM, 66 p.

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MXGP RUSSIA – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1507m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 26°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 35,000

MXGP was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

NEXT STOP

MXGP will be back on May the 13th for the 7th stop of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Champinship series in Riga, for the MXGP of Latvia

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MXGP of Russia

ORLYONOK (Russia) 01 May 2018 - The Russian circuit of Orlyonok has hosted the furthest East round of the European Motocross World Championships. Beautiful weather joined with the Eastern beaches of the Black Sea for unpredictable racing action this week.

Prior to the opening races of the FIM Motocross World Championship classes of MXGP and MX2 FIM Europe Motocross Championship classes of EMX250 and EMX300 presented by FMF Racing completed their second races today. ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha’s Nicholas Lapucci and Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson showed both speed and consistency on the way to taking their first EMX victories this year.

Race 1 of EMX250 was full of action right from the start with Jeremy Sydow leading Honda Redmoto Assomotor’s Mathys Boisrame, KTM Silver Action’s Gianluca Facchetti, and Carglass Honda Racing’s Steven Clarke but all 4 crashed in the opening laps.

The championship points leader coming into Russia, REVO Husqvarna UK’s Mel Pocock, had a collision with BUD Racing Kawasaki’s Pierre Goupillon sending both riders down, Pocock was later disqualified from Race 1 due to unsportsmanlike behavior after the incident.

Tom Vialle used the mistakes of the fast starters to win in dominant fashion leading every official lap. Giuseppe Tropepe took over 2nd from Tomass Sileika on lap 3 and stayed in the same position the remainder of the race.

ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha’s Nicholas Lapucci started in 9th position but by lap 6 the Italian made his way into 3rd. The #53, Team Diga Procross’ Dylan Walsh, followed Lapucci through the field and battled with REVO Husqvarna UK’s Martin Barr on the final laps to take 4th over Barr’s 5th.

Race 2 was led early by Walsh from New Zealand but Great Britain’s Steven Clarke chased the Kiwi down and made a pass for the lead stick on lap 8. Running in 3rd the first half of the race was Pocock before Lapucci found a way by on lap 11.

With 2 laps remaining Lapucci made a pass on Walsh for second and on the final lap of 17 Yamaha SM Action’s Maxime Renaux took another position from Walsh to finish 3rd. In the overall standings Nicolas Lapucci took his career first EMX250 win with Clarke 2nd and Walsh 3rd. Martin Barr claims the championship leaders red plate ahead of Walsh while Pocock dropped to 3rd.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Tom Vialle (FRA, Husqvarna), 30:17.317; 2. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, Yamaha), +0:06.056; 3. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, Yamaha), +0:11.427; 4. Dylan Walsh (NZL, Husqvarna), +0:14.033; 5. Martin Barr (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:14.217; 6. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:16.796; 7. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +0:17.710; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Honda), +0:20.494; 9. Karel Kutsar (EST, KTM), +0:27.207; 10. Steven Clarke (GBR, Honda), +0:29.639.

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Steven Clarke (GBR, Honda), 29:51.405; 2. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, Yamaha), +0:01.979; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:04.080; 4. Dylan Walsh (NZL, Husqvarna), +0:05.038; 5. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +0:10.791; 6. Mel Pocock (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:16.569; 7. Martin Barr (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:17.321; 8. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:22.321; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:27.403; 10. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:28.988.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, YAM), 42 points; 2. Steven Clarke (GBR, HON), 36 p.; 3. Dylan Walsh (NZL, HUS), 36 p.; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 30 p.; 5. Martin Barr (GBR, HUS), 30 p.; 6. Tom Vialle (FRA, HUS), 30 p.; 7. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 28 p.; 8. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, YAM), 22 p.; 9. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, HON), 21 p.; 10. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 20 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Martin Barr (GBR, HUS), 92 points; 2. Dylan Walsh (NZL, HUS), 89 p.; 3. Mel Pocock (GBR, HUS), 88 p.; 4. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, YAM), 85 p.; 5. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, HON), 79 p.; 6. Tom Vialle (FRA, HUS), 73 p.; 7. Steven Clarke (GBR, HON), 69 p.; 8. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 68 p.; 9. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KAW), 65 p.; 10. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 63. 

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 133 points; 2. Honda, 120 p.; 3. Yamaha, 111 p.; 4. KTM, 103 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 100 p.; 6. Suzuki, 10 p

In EMX300 presented by FMF Racing on Monday’s Race 1 A1M’s Andero Lusbo took the lead from the first lap and stayed in the premier position each of the 17 remaining. Behind Lusbo was GL12 Racing’s Mike Kras until lap 7 when defending champion Brad Anderson, on his Verde Substance KTM, took the position.

Vaclav Kovar from the Czech Republic started 4th but moved around Kras at the same time as Anderson and then continued forward to pass Anderson 4 laps later.

Kras later dropped another position before the finish to Erik Willems from Belgium. Fellow Belgian Greg Smets who came to Russia second in the standings was unable to start race 1, and scored zero points.

Today’s Race 2 was exactly what Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson was looking for when he took the lead early and lead every lap of the race ahead of his 2017 championship rival, Mike Kras. Vaclav Kovar again moved forward from a subpar start and this time finished 3rd.

Race 1 winner Andero Lusbo ran 4th the majority of the race through to the finish. In the overall classification Brad Anderson took his first win of the 2018 season over Lusbo and Kovar. Mike Kras finished 4th overall but still maintains the red plate and leads the championship before over Anderson as the series heads to Great Britain.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Andero Lusbo (EST, Husqvarna), 29:49.026; 2. Vaclav Kovar (CZE, Gas Gas), +0:00.477; 3. Brad Anderson (GBR, KTM), +0:02.062; 4. Erik Willems (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:29.297; 5. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), +1:05.331; 6. Ignatii Lopatin (RUS, KTM), +1:09.350; 7. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:21.044; 8. Nikolay Kornev (RUS, KTM), +1:35.342; 9. Marek Nespor (CZE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 10. Robert Holyoake (GBR, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s)

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Brad Anderson (GBR, KTM), 29:08.297; 2. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), +0:10.567; 3. Vaclav Kovar (CZE, Gas Gas), +0:16.709; 4. Andero Lusbo (EST, Husqvarna), +0:24.339; 5. Erik Willems (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:26.802; 6. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:49.668

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Brad Anderson (GBR, KTM), 45 points; 2. Andero Lusbo (EST, HUS), 43 p.; 3. Vaclav Kovar (CZE, GAS), 42 p.; 4. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 38 p.; 5. Erik Willems (BEL, HUS), 34 p.; 6. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Ignatii Lopatin (RUS, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Marek Nespor (CZE, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Nikolay Kornev (RUS, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Justin Geyskens (BEL, KTM), 21 p.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 130 points; 2. Brad Anderson (GBR, KTM), 122 p.; 3. Greg Smets (BEL, KTM), 102 p.; 4. Andero Lusbo (EST, HUS), 102 p.; 5. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, YAM), 86 p.; 6. Erik Willems (BEL, HUS), 80 p.; 7. Vaclav Kovar (CZE, GAS), 72 p.; 8. Youri van t Ende (NED, KTM), 50 p.; 9. Alonso Sanchez Osuna (ESP, TM), 36 p.; 10. James Dunn (GBR, KTM), 36 p.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 145 points; 2. Husqvarna, 102 p.; 3. Yamaha, 94 p.; 4. Gas Gas, 72 p.; 5. TM, 36 p.; 6. Honda, 15 p.

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All the photos of the MXGP of Russia will be available HERE

MXGP RUSSIA – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1507m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 26°

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 35,000

MXGP was available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

NEXT STOP

The Next Stop of the EMX250 Championship will be held in Kegums, Latvia on May the 13^th, while the next round of the EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Championship will take place in Matterley Basin, Great Britain on June the 3rd. 

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MXGP of Russia

ORLYONOK (Russia) 30 April 2018 - The 2018 MXGP of Russia has seen its first day of racing at the Orlyonok circuit where the beautiful weather matched up with a perfect location for the event, just above the beaches of the Black Sea. Topping the field in the MXGP class was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and in MX2 it was the #1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Pauls Jonass.

Joining the FIM Motocross World Championship riders was the FIM Europe Motocross Championship classes of EMX250 and EMX300 presented by FMF Racing. The first race of the day and weekend was EMX300 presented by FMF Racing where A1M Husqvarna’s Andero Lusbo held off the charges of both Verde Substance KTM’s Brad Anderson and Vaclav Kovar while in Race 1 of EMX250 Tom Vialle won in dominant fashion over Giuseppe Tropepe and ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha’s Nicholas Lapucci.

At the drop of the MXGP starting gate Team HRC’s Tim Gajser looked like he would have a great start just behind Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Romain Febvre. Gajser however ended up clipping the back of Herlings which sent the Slovenian to the dirt. Herlings was thrown off by the contact allowing Febvre to take the holeshot.

Febvre’s Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP teammate Jeremy Van Horebeek ran second and TM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl ran 3rd before being passed by Herlings and later Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle.

Meanwhile Desalle teammate, Monster Energy Kawasaki Factory Racing’s Julien Lieber was back in 17th. In the next laps Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli moved into fifth with a move on Nagl.

In the second half of the race Nagl battled with Wilvo Yamaha MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer but then both were passed by a charging Julien Lieber. The early leader, Febvre fell twice during the race sending him back to 12th where he would only gain back one position.

Back at the front Herlings found his way past Van Horebeek for the lead and Cairoli passed Desalle for third. Cairoli made a mistake in front of Desalle causing the Kawasaki rider to miss his line and allow his teammate, Lieber, into fourth.

Only moments later Cairoli lost the front end whilst closing in on Van Horebeek. The mistake allowed Lieber into third while Herlings took the win. Van Horebeek finished second ahead of the career best MXGP qualifying result from Lieber that made impressive passes finishing in third.

Jeffrey Herlings in the Qualifying Press Conference: “I had a long trip to get here but I made it just in time, in the time practice I struggled a bit as these guys were warming up in the morning while I was traveling. I still managed to get second in the time practice and I won the Qualifying, thus I eventually had a good day, so I hope to have also a good night of sleep and looking forward to tomorrow. Here the track is pretty fast and starts are the main thing, if you have a good start you can fight for the win and have good results.”

Clement Desalle continued: “Here I have a good souvenir from last year when I won the GP. I felt good today and I have a positive feeling for tomorrow. I will do my best to have good starts, I tried to make passes today but it was not that easy, even so I found some good lines for tomorrow.”

Russian MXGP hero Evgeny Bobryshev from BOS GP finished the qualification race in 15th after being involved in the start crash with Gajser. Bobryshev: “It’s always nice to race in Russia, I have good support from my family and a few friends. My qualifying race actually didn’t go very well. I had a crash at the start with Tim Gajser and some other riders and then had some issues with the bike so it was quite difficult to catch up with the other guys. I hope to get good results for tomorrow.”

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 23:42.878; 2. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:01.513; 3. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:03.211; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:04.042; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:04.729; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:07.579; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), +0:09.940; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:12.027; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:13.161; 10. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:16.580

MX2 Qualifying kicked off with a Holeshot from Red KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who was closely followed by the other Red Bull KTM of Jorge Prado. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen and Thomas Covington started 3rd and 4th but Covington was quickly moved back by Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen, and the F&H Racing Team Kawasaki’s of Jed Beaton and Adam Sterry.

Vlaanderen took over 4th from Geerts early in the race and set his sights on Olsen in third. Not long after Beaton also found his way past the Yamaha of Geerts. Olsen then fell at the end of the roller section and rejoined the race in 10th.

Jed Beaton also crashed and lost positions to many riders including Kemea Yamaha Official MX2’s Vsevolod Brylyakov. Both Olsen and Beaton finished the race in the same position as when the rejoined in 10th and 9th respectively.

Brylyakov moved his way into 4th in front of the home fans while Jonass minded his lead ahead of Prado. At the finish line Jonass took the qualifying win 6.5 seconds ahead of Prado with Vlaanderen 3rd. Brylyakov’s 4th was his best qualifying result of the season which positions him well for his first ever home GP tomorrow.

Pauls Jonass in the qualifying press conferene said: “I struggled a bit in the last races but in the past 2 weeks I worked a lot and I’ve started to feel good. As Jeffrey has said starts are really important here so I hope to have 2 good starts tomorrow and fight for the win. I feel it’s been a long time since I’m not on the top of the podium so it would be nice to get a GP win but my goal is to ride 2 consistence races, not make mistakes and stay healthy because the season is long and for sure I want to bring the number 1 plate into my home GP.”

Russian Hero Vsevolod Brylyakov said : “It is definitely great to be back and race at my home GP. This is my best qualifying race so far and I can’t be any happier now then to have it in front of my fans.”

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 23:59.316; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:06.531; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:30.736; 4. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:35.865; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.673; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:44.933; 7. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:49.497; 8. Adam Sterry (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:56.258; 9. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:59.625; 10. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +1:01.173

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MXGP RUSSIA – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1507m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 24°

Weather conditions: sunny

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TIMETABLE in Local Time (GMT+3)

Tuesday: EMX300 Race 2 09:45; MX2 Warm up 10:25; MXGP Warm up 10:45; EMX250 Race 2 11:30; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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