MXGP

The gates dropped at the tenth round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship at Saint Jean d'Angely, France where Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing's Romain Febvre set the fastest lap time for the weekend in MXGP while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings set the fastest time over the weekend in MX2. Herlings extends his lead in the competition while Febvre takes his second point!

If you don’t know about this competition, the way it works is; he who sets the fastest lap time in each MXGP or MX2 over the weekend at each round of MXGP this year will be awarded 1 point towards the TAG Heuer sponsored ‘fastest lap’ competition. At the end of the season, the rider who has the most points will be awarded an elegant gift of prestige, a TAG Heuer watch.

If you scroll down on the main page at MXGP.com you will see the TAG HEUER Fastest Lap results grid, which is situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid.

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 05 June 2016 – Watching a round of the motocross grand prix at Saint Jean d’Angely is one of the best ways to experience just how spine tingling this sport can be. Everyone at the venue had a front row seat to round ten of the FIM Motocross World Championship this weekend where the fans were entranced by the phenomenal speed and skill of their nations own Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre and the Flying Dutchman, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings who put in two mind blowing performances each to stand on the top step of the podium in their respective classes here at the MXGP of France.

It’s official! Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre are from another planet. It’s obvious these two have raised the bar in motocross globally and what they are bringing to the 2016 MXGP world championship is nothing short of incredible.

An exuberant crowd was treated to some of the best racing of the season today as their home soil hero Romain Febvre threw everything but the kitchen sink at Gajser for the win in race 1. There wasn’t a lot in it at the checkers as the duo went hand in hand across the finish line, but it was the championship leader, Gajser who was deemed the winner by a very narrow margin.

Fired up, the Frenchman and defending world champion, Febvre, some how turned it up a notch in race two when passed Gajser for the lead and got his head down. On the fence line, Febvre Fever was spreading like wildfire as the 461 laid it all on the line in bid for victory here at his home grand prix.

No words will do the racing today any justice as it was just unreal with Febvre getting the job done to have the national anthem played for his nation as the winner of the MXGP of France.

As for the Slovenian… or maybe we should say ‘Fast-venian’? The nineteen-year-old rookie sensation was nothing short of incredible today as he tied on 47 points with Febvre and maintained his 24-point championship lead.

Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev had to fly the flag for HRC after his teammate Gautier Paulin withdrew from racing this morning after his ridiculously massive crash yesterday. The Russian, Bobryshev, was the top qualifier here in France but couldn’t quite work out how the youngsters were riding so fast “I don’t know how those young guys were riding so fast, I have to check because I tried to follow them but I couldn’t, they were really quick.” He said, “but I’m really happy to be on the podium, it was important to me to do well here because I thought that I could, so I am really happy.”

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli looks hungry for wins but he seems to be just left scratching his head at the pace the youngsters are running. The eight-time world champ put in a solid ride in race one, but didn’t have anything for the young guns, Febvre and Gajser. who stormed away for the top two spots. The day was made a little more frustrating for the Italian in race two when he hit the deck at turn one and then dumped it again while trying to pass Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Max Nagl for tenth. TC222 battled back to seventh in that race, which was enough for fourth overall.

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle is slowly but surely gaining momentum. The Belgian is starting to look more comfortable on the green machine as he inches closer to the box.

Adding to the atmosphere, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s French rookie Jordi Tixier cracked the top ten for the first time in the premier class with his ninth place overall, while fellow Frenchmen Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Christophe Charlier and Tip Top MP32 Racing’s Milko Potisek finished thirteenth and fifteenth respectively.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 34:27.904; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:00.610; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:30.146; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:32.629; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:33.644; 6. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:34.752; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:45.554; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:53.290; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +1:00.223; 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:08.587.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 34:12.917; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:09.643; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:40.344; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:50.143; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:57.961; 6. Dennis Ullrich (GER, KTM), +1:01.484; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +1:03.894; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +1:06.361; 9. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +1:07.314; 10. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +1:07.815.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 47 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 47 p.; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 38 p.; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 31 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 25 p.; 9. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 21 p.; 10. Dennis Ullrich (GER, KTM), 19 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 432 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 408 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 372 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 342 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 333 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 293 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 210 p.; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 208 p.; 9. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 204 p.; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 184 p.

MXGP Manufacturers: 1. Honda, 440 points; 2. Yamaha, 418 p.; 3. KTM, 381 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 353 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 239 p.; 6. Suzuki, 233 p.

If Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings has learned anything over the last few years, it’s definitely race craft. The former two-time world champion has developed a very mature approach to racing. He is now looking at the bigger picture and instead of panicking when he’s not up front off of the start, he just rides his own race. In both races today The Bullet started from behind and knuckled down, which rewarded him with two commendable race wins and a huge extension to his points lead. He also matched Joel Smets’ record of 57 grand prix wins and made some history of his own as the first three-time grand prix winner here on the clay of St. Jean d’Angely. He now leads the 2016 MX2 World Championship by a massive 134 points over Jeremy Seewer.

Take a bow Benoit Paturel! Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Benoit Paturel was the break out star today when he led almost every lap in race one only to be passed by The Bullet with two laps to go. Paturel was serenaded with a standing ovation from his fanatical home fans, which was 100% deserved after such a hair-raising performance. Proving he’s not a one-race-wonder, The Frenchman backed race 1 up with yet another epic ride to land on the second step of the podium for the second time in succession.

Meanwhile, since Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer made Herlings work for the win at the MXGP of Germany last month, he has been fired up to lead races. While his all-new aggressive approach to racing has been outstanding to watch, it’s not been an easy pace to run for the Swiss star. This weekend though, he managed to keep his Suzuki rubber side down, for the first time since Teutschenthal and finished third overall which is his seventh podium appearance this year.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass lost 6 points to Seewer in the battle for the spot of vice-world champion while Monster Energy Kawasaki racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis had to learn the hard way just how important starts are. It is common knowledge to most people within the sport that starts are the make or break of a race. Unfortunately, two bad starts made life difficult for the Frenchman, who should have been up front battling for the win, and he only finished in fifth overall here at his home grand prix.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie took charge of the Fox Holeshot competition with a massive holey in race two. The Brit didn’t finish the first race but turned it all around with an epic ride in the second race for second place.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:23.550; 2. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:05.794; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:20.716; 4. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:29.759; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:31.054; 6. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:58.984; 7. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +1:06.212; 8. Conrad Mewse (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:09.192; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +1:14.232; 10. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), +1:17.675.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 35:03.580; 2. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:02.509; 3. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:10.217; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:12.117; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:12.457; 6. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:24.525; 7. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:36.326; 8. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:39.605; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Kawasaki), +0:50.409; 10. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:51.098

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 42 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 38 p.; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 29 p.; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 24 p.; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 22 p.; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 20 p

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 497 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 363 p.; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 332 p.; 4. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 293 p.; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 269 p.; 6. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 230 p.; 7. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 229 p.; 8. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 228 p.; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 227 p.; 10. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KAW), 209 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 497 points; 2. Suzuki, 363 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 356 p.; 4. Yamaha, 355 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 296 p.; 6. TM, 228 p.; 7. Honda, 191 p.

Click here to obtain the complete results

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

MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1660m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 25°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attenadance: 41,000

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 ROUND

The next round of the FIM Motocross World Championship will take place in Matterley Basin, Great Britain on June, the 19^th.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

MXGP of France

The MXGP of France was sensational today at Saint Jean d'Angely France. Watch all the highlights here:

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 05 June 2016 – With one of the most talented female motocross riders in the world being French, WMX in France has a massive following. Thousands of fans packed into the hillside here at Saint Jean d’Angely to watch their darling, Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot, the WMX championship leader, show the rest of the world what’s up in women’s motocross. While the undulating clay hills are much to the liking of Lancelot who was the most recent WMX winner at this venue back in 2014, it didn’t all go her way this weekend.

As a Dutch lady, all credit must be given to Yamaha’s Nancy Van de Ven who has grown up in the sand, for her hard-pack skill this weekend that saw her victorious here at round four of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship on Lancelot’s home soil in France.

In race one, Dutch lady Nancy Van de Ven put in a classic holeshot and checkout performance for her second race win of the season ahead of former WMX ace Larissa Papenmeier. The four time WMX World Champion MXFontaRacing Syneco’s Kiara Fontanesi set the pace in Timed Practice but struggled to find her rhythm in the opening race and only finished third ahead of the French wonder-woman Livia Lancelot who had a small tip over due to what appeared to be a front brake issue.

After some overnight track maintenance, the track was less challenging today for race two as yesterday’s winner Nancy Van de Ven pulled yet another massive holey. Lancelot was also quick off the gate this time and chased Van de Ven around turn one but was driven wide by Papenmeier. Papenmeier stalled her bike in turn two, which handed second place back to Lancelot. The defending world champion Fontanesi was quick to move into third but couldn’t get it together this weekend and eventually lost sight of the leaders Van de Ven and Lancelot.

At halfway, the noise on the fence line started picking up as Lancelot challenged Van de Ven for the lead. It may sound wrong in women’s motocross, but the hooters, as in air horns, were sounding off like crazy as Lancelot made an attempt to go around the outside of Van de Ven. Van de Ven showed Livia an elbow and took the lead back before Livia found a mint line through the following corner which had a sling shot effect and saw her find way more drive up the hill. Lancelot got a wheel on Van de Ven and pulled across to make the pass stick.

With nothing but clear track ahead, Lancelot inched away for the win in race two ahead of Van de Ven who was the eventual overall winner. Lancelot landed on the second step of the podium with a 4 – 1 result while Fontanesi finished the second moto 31 seconds back in third and went 3 – 3 for third overall.

KTM Silver Action’s Amandine Verstappen was fourth in Race 2 ahead of Suzuki’s Larissa Papenmeier who put in an impressive performance for fifth.

Livia Lancelot will take the Red Plate, as the championship leader, to round five of the WMX championship, which will take place at Mantova, Italy, on June 25^th and 26^th.

WMX Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), 24:53.517; 2. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:02.381; 3. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, Honda), +0:25.397; 4. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:39.254; 5. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, KTM), +1:01.394; 6. Joanna Miller (POL, KTM), +1:04.475; 7. Jessie Joineau (FRA, Honda), +1:08.525; 8. Justine Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:16.442; 9. Anne Borchers (GER, Suzuki), +1:28.003; 10. Mariana Balbi (BRA, Kawasaki), +1:33.688

WMX Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, Kawasaki), 24:18.738; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, Yamaha), +0:02.336; 3. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, Honda), +0:31.311; 4. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, KTM), +0:35.107; 5. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, Suzuki), +0:35.916; 6. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), +0:49.577; 7. Sara Andersen (DEN, Yamaha), +1:14.519; 8. Justine Charroux (FRA, Yamaha), +1:16.475; 9. Joanna Miller (POL, KTM), +1:20.217; 10. Jessie Joineau (FRA, Honda), +1:28.337

WMX Overall Top Ten: 1. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 47 points; 2. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 43 p.; 3. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, HON), 40 p.; 4. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 38 p.; 5. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Joanna Miller (POL, KTM), 27 p.; 7. Justine Charroux (FRA, YAM), 26 p.; 8. Jessie Joineau (FRA, HON), 25 p.; 9. Sara Andersen (DEN, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 21 p.

WMX Championship Top Ten: 1. Livia Lancelot (FRA, KAW), 179 points; 2. Nancy Van De Ven (NED, YAM), 172 p.; 3. Larissa Papenmeier (GER, SUZ), 134 p.; 4. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, KTM), 122 p.; 5. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, HON), 107 p.; 6. Courtney Duncan (NZL, YAM), 102 p.; 7. Natalie Kane (IRL, KTM), 92 p.; 8. Anne Borchers (GER, SUZ), 80 p.; 9. Shana van der Vlist (NED, YAM), 71 p.; 10. Stephanie Laier (GER, KTM), 69 p.

WMX Manufacturer: 1. Yamaha, 189 points; 2. Kawasaki, 179 p.; 3. KTM, 141 p.; 4. Honda, 138 p.; 5. Suzuki, 137 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 22 p

Click here to obtain the complete results.

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

MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1660m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: sunny

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

MXGP of France

After yesterday’s crash whilst leading the qualifying race for the MXGP of France, Gautier Paulin will not race today in front of his home crowd.

Crashing heavily on the landing of the fast downhill section just after the finish line, Paulin and his bike took a heavy impact.

He walked away from the crash and physically the Frenchman is fine, and was keen to ride again today, but he sustained a cut above his right eye which required stitches and this morning the associated swelling is enough to compromise his vision.

By mutual agreement between the medical team, Team HRC and Paulin, GP21 will not participate in the MXGP of France today.

Gautier Paulin 21:

“I had a good night of rest and this morning physically I feel fine, but just I can’t see properly with the swelling in my right eye. I woke this morning and I really wanted to be on the bike. I did my routine, warmed-up and wanted to race. I went to see the medical team and they checked me and I’m fine, physically. There’s no damage to my body, and my eye is also fine, but I just have the swelling above it from the impact. We discuss a lot with the team this morning and we all agreed that I will not race today.

“It’s such a shame and I’m sorry for the team and for the fans, but this is racing and it can happen. It was so good leading yesterday, being at the front again, especially with the French fans, and I’m super motivated for Matterley. I’ll be back there for sure as they say the swelling will reduce in 3-4 days, but just today it’s impossible as I can’t see fully. Yesterday I was riding to win, and today I wanted to ride to win but my condition won’t allow that. I’m gutted to not be able to race today as we had a really good chance this weekend, but this is the only option.”

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 04 June 2016 – The French grand prix is renowned for it’s crazy fans. Year after year, whether the MXGP of France is held at Villars sous Ecot, Ernée, Saint Jean d’Angely, or even somewhere else in France for that matter, it attracts fans from all walks of life that are onsite at the crack of dawn, enthusiastically ready to watch the best motocross riders in the world do business.

This year, it was the hills of St. Jean d’Angely, the venue most famous for the 2011 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations where Team USA were victorious, that were pumping today, as thousands of rowdy fans bunched up to enjoy the frantic Qualifying Race action here at round ten of the FIM Motocross World Championship where Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings stayed out of trouble on the tricky clay for the qualifying heat wins in their respective classes.

Round four of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship also kicked off today with Yamaha’s Nancy Van de Ven taking her second race win of the season, while KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini put on a show for his home fans with a race win in the opening moto here at the fourth round of the European Championship EMX125 presented by FMF Racing.

Meanwhile in the premier European Championship class, the EMX250, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s American star Darian Sanayei took his first win of the year here at round six.

When the gates slammed down on the clay of St. Jean d’Angely it was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli who got the jump and led Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Valentin Guillod, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle, Team HRC’s Gautier Paulin, and Frenchman Valentin Teillet around turn one.

Guillod made a mistake and went wide allowing Desalle, Paulin and Teillet through, while Tony Cairoli crashed out of the lead. In addition to all of that carnage, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser looped out massively through the wave section, which looked pretty painful since he landed flat on his back on the rock hard clay.

Gajser remounted in dead last while Cairoli came around on lap two way back in tenth. On lap three, Paulin gave the fans something to lose their minds about when he went hot up the inside of Desalle for the lead and on the following lap Guillod moved into second with exactly the same move.

Just over halfway, Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev found his mojo, passed both Desalle and Guillod, and then started grinding away at the lead of his teammate Paulin. Meanwhile, the world champ, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre also found a way past Desalle and started adding to the hair-raising atmosphere when he exchanged plastic with Guillod, in a battle for third.

With no rider willing to relent, Guillod drove Febvre wide straight into a tough-block but Febvre just used it as a berm and charged right back. In an outright uphill drag, Febvre got a wheel ahead of Guillod and pulled across to secure the spot.

Back up front, Paulin had the crowd smiling as he looked to have his first qualifying heat win of the season in the palm of his hands. Unfortunately, in a dramatic turn of events, the Frenchman hit a slick spot at speed and had the bars ripped out of his hands causing a sickly crash which saw him ragdoll down the track. That was on the final lap, which meant the win was handed to his teammate, Bobryshev, who led Febvre home for his second qualifying heat victory of the year.

Guillod put in a season best qualifying result with third ahead of Desalle and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl. Meanwhile Cairoli made a few more mistakes and only came home in eighth while Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser, who was the fastest rider in both practice sessions, only came home in thirteenth.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 24:04.326; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:02.788; 3. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:03.991; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:06.369; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:07.664; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:13.479; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:17.407; 8. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:22.180; 9. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:28.311; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:31.511/

The Red Bull KTM’s duo of Pauls Jonass and Jeffrey Herlings were definitely ‘ready to race’ as both riders led the way around turn one ahead of the kid fastest in Timed Practice, Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis, who was hit by Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer at turn two.

As a result of tagging Ferrandis, Seewer hit the deck, and Ferrandis bobbled which allowed Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Aleksandr Tonkov to get by for third.

Ferrandis got Tonkov back almost immediately while Herlings dropped his teammate, Jonass, like a stone and checked out for a very emphatic race win. In effort to chase The Bullet, Ferrandis wasted no time in passing Jonass when he out braked him on lap two but didn’t really have anything for Herlings who was gone baby gone.

Meanwhile, Jonass and Tonkov treated the fans to some epic bar-bashing racing as the duo played cat and mouse for third. After a few laps of eating pebbly roost, Tonkov block passed Jonass at the bottom of a hill but in the struggle for traction Jonass ended up getting better drive out of the turn and out dragged the Yamaha rider back up the hill. After that, Tonkov tried a couple more moves on the Latvian but in the end had to settle for fourth.

Tearing up St. Jean for the home fans, Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Benoit Paturel bounced back from an average start for fifth, seven seconds clear of Seewer, who put in an extremely impressive ride for sixth after his crash on lap one.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 24:01.517; 2. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:10.010; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:18.543; 4. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:19.317; 5. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:20.304; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:27.665; 7. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:39.920; 8. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:45.831; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:46.152; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), +0:52.265

Click here to obtain the complete result

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

MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1660m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 22°C

Weather conditions: cloudy

TIMETABLE

Sunday: WMX Warm-up 08:30; EMX125 Race 2 09:10; WMX Race 2 10:00; MX2 Warm up 10:30; MXGP Warm up 10:50; 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.

LINKS

Youthstream

FIM

MXGP of France