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Watch the official GoPro lap of Teutschenthal with David Philippaerts & Jorge Zaragoza.

Watch the highlights from the MXGP qualifying races here at round seven of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Teutschenthal, Germany here.

MXGP Qualifying Race Highlights

TEUTSCHENTHAL (Germany), 07 May 2016 – The recipe for long, deep ruts and great racing was revealed today with the traditional circuit of Teutschenthal shaping up gnarlier than ever for the qualifying races here at the seventh round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli lit the candles to go pole for the first time since last years MXGP of Great Britain. Interestingly, the 2015 MXGP of Great Britain is also the last time TC222 stood on top of the box.

Meanwhile Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings battled the flu on the way to his seventh consecutive qualifying race win, while in addition to the premier classes, the third rounds of the European Championship EMX250 and FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship also took place, as did the opening round of the Honda EMX150 European Championship.

There was a massive turn of events in the WMX world championship with the red plate holder Altherm JCR Yamaha’s Courtney Duncan crashing out of the lead. Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot capitalized on Duncan’s misfortune and took her first race win of the season and now has a 6 point lead in the championship over Yamaha’s Nancy Van de Ven. Meanwhile, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Australian, Hunter Lawrence, put a smile back on the faces of those down-under with his first ever EMX250 race win.

The defending EMX150 champion, Emil Weckman, won the opening race in the Honda EMX150 European Championship.

We’re only on the edge of summer here in Germany although today it felt as though it was in full swing with cloudless blue skies and warm temperatures making up the day. The fans were in for a treat today when two of the ‘old-schoolers’, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek led the two leading the series this year, Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Romain Febvre, around turn one.

The track was ripped mega deep through the week and saturated with water, which turned Teutschenthal’s ‘Talkessel’ circuit into Rut City. Precision was of the essence in the technical conditions, which is what Cairoli is renowned for, although Gajser and Febvre have also proved in a short space of time that they can ride that way too.

Speaking of Gajser and Febvre, the battle between them is what has everyone hooked and once again, it was on full blast after the duo dropped Van Horebeek on the second lap. Both youngsters embrace the ‘win at all costs’ mentality, and there is definitely no love lost between the two, which always makes for epic racing.

With five minutes to go, Gajser flicked his map to animal mode, and set his sights firmly on Cairoli. As the Slovenian mixed up his lines in effort to get around the eight-time world champ, he broke traction, slid and clipped a rut, which chucked him off. Febvre inherited second and put a sniper dot right smack in the middle of Cairoli’s back.

With two laps to go, Febvre had his finger firmly on the trigger as he tried to muster the strength to pull it. Every time he tried, he’d bobble and eventually he had to settle for second while Tony Cairoli finally got the monkey off his back with his first race win of the season.

Gajser remounted and held on for third ahead of Van Horebeek and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Christophe Charlier who took his second ever top five, with his first being at the MXGP of Lombardia, Italy, last year.

Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev is riding with a slightly stiff shoulder and finished sixth ahead of the home soil hero Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 24:17.557; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:00.626; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:17.907; 4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:21.180; 5. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:27.790; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:30.688; 7. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:32.933; 8. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:34.956; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:42.396; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:50.269

When the gates slammed down on the German clay it was Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis who proved he had lost no flexibility in his right wrist as he twisted the throttle as far round as possible all the way to turn one for the holeshot. Behind the Frenchman, who has been on the couch for the majority of the season with a shoulder injury, was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s duo of Jeffrey Herlings and Pauls Jonass.

Surprisingly, The Bullet wasn’t the fastest in Timed Practice; it was Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer who chalked that one to the board for the first time this season. Maybe it was just another sign of Herlings all new race maturity because the MX2 star didn’t waste any time in taking the lead and checked out to win his seventh straight qualifying heat by fourteen seconds. He later mentioned that he wasn’t feeling well, “I’ve been sick since Tuesday,” he said, “I’ve had a fever actually and I can feel it really hard now so yeah, the fever is coming into play.”

Meanwhile, despite feeling a little rusty, Ferrandis was riding well behind Herlings until he caught his gear lever and hit neutral while laying into one of the gnarly ruts out here. Jonass went right into the back of him and had to wheelie out of the rut to get around. As Ferrandis tried to bash his bike back into gear, Jonass was thrown off line, which gifted Seewer an easy second place.

At the checkers, Seewer had pulled a gap on Jonass for a comfortable second while Jonass had to fight hard to finish third after Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Brent Van doninck scrubbed past Ferrandis for fourth and went after him. Despite the hard charge from Van doninck, time ran out for the Belgian who has just made his comeback after dislocating his hip two months ago, and he had to settle for fourth. Ferrandis rounded out the top five.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 24:23.425; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:14.611; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:18.329; 4. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:19.865; 5. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:27.727; 6. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:40.360; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:47.445; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:48.600; 9. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:55.082; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, KTM), +0:58.946

Click here to obtain the complete results

All the photos of the MXGP of Germany will be available here

MXGP OF GERMANY – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1540m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: sunny

TIMETABLE

Sunday: EMX150 Warm-up 08:15; WMX Warm-up 08:30; EMX250 Warm-up 08:45; MX2 Warm up 09:00; MXGP Warm up 09:20; EMX150 Race 2 09:50; WMX Race 2 10:40; 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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Youthstream

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MXGP of Germany

TEUTSCHENTHAL (Germany), 07 May 2016 – A press conference took place here in Teutschenthal, at the MXGP of Germany, announcing that Monster Energy will be the title sponsor of our epic new project, the SMX Riders’ Cup, a new concept where the fastest motocross riders in the world will go bar-to-bar inside a stadium on a uniquely designed indoor motocross track.

Youthstream President Mr. Giuseppe Luongo was joined by Team Suzuki World MXGP’s Team Manager Mr. Stefan Everts, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Team Manager Mr. Antti Pyrhönen and DP19 Yamaha Official MX Team Owner/Manager Mr. David Philippaerts, for the announcement.

The event, Monster Energy SMX Riders’ Cup, will take place at the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the 8^th of October 2016. The VELTINS-Arena is home to the football team FC Schalke 04, and is an amazing venue. What also works in favor of the VELTINS-Arena is the fact that it has a fully retractable roof that can be closed at any time over the course of the night, even with public inside, which means the track will be prime and the fans will be comfortable.

How the racing works:

• Each manufacturer, KTM, Honda, Husqvarna, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki and TM, will have a team of four riders. Three main riders and one ‘Joker’. The Joker can replace any rider on the team at any time.
• The riders can ride any bike they want between 245cc to 450cc, regardless of their age. It also doesn’t matter if the engine is 4-stroke or 2-stroke.
• Each team will have ONE team captain, and that rider will race the ‘Superpole’.
• The Superpole is a 2-Lap sprint. Only 7 riders enter, 1 from each brand.
• The team whose rider is the fastest in the Superpole will have the 1/8/15 gate pick, the second one will have 2/9/16, and so on.
• Three main races will be raced. There will be three riders per team. The team with the lowest score at the end of the event will win.
• Prize money for the individual overall winner:

- 1^st: €50,000

- 2^nd: €30,000

- 3^rd: €20,000

• The best placed MX2 rider will receive €10,000.
• The riders points system is like: 1 point for 1^st, 2 points for 2^nd, 3 points for 3^rd etc.
• Prize money for the winning manufacturer:

- 1^st: €50,000

- 2^nd: €30,000

- 3^rd: €20,000

• The manufacturers points system is like the riders’ points system: 1 point for 1^st, 2 points for 2^nd, 3 points for 3^rd etc.
• There will be 9 scores from each team on the board. The 7 best scores are counted. The worst 2 results are dropped.
• In addition to the main events, there will be two junior classes in the form of the SMX125cc and a YZ125 Cup which is an invitational race for Yamaha riders, arranged by Yamaha and the national federations across Europe.

As above, Mr. Giuseppe Luongo explained how the event works and expressed how excited he is to take on this new challenge and reach a new audience. Mr. Antti Pyrhönen, on behalf of Husqvarna, followed, “Everybody is really excited for this event. I think the idea is great and for sure the event will be fantastic,” he said, “It’s in a central location in Europe, in Germany, it’s close to Belgium and Holland as well. I think this is a big step for the future of our sport. All of the infrastructure will be even better than what we already have now in the normal MXGP paddock and all the job that Youthstream is doing with the promotion and marketing, all the work that the manufacturers are doing, and all the work that the riders are putting in will make this a great show, and it’s a great opportunity to bring in more fans to see our sport and it’s and hopefully bring more partners.”

Ten-time FIM Motocross World Champion and the new team owner and manager of Team Suzuki World MXGP, Mr. Stefan Everts said, “For Suzuki this is a good opportunity for our promotion and we know that Youthstream is pushing very hard to promote our sport as good as possible. I think that is why it is so important for Suzuki to be there and to support this event.” He added: “I think it will take new interest, it’s a completely new concept, which makes people curious and it’s cool to see the manufacturers cup coming back. From Suzuki’s side, we support this event and we will do our best to bring out the best riders for the best show and to win!”

Because the riders and the manufacturers that are competing for the Monster Energy SMX Riders’ Cup have the chance to race for a massive cash prize, the racing is bound to be intense and action packed, which combined with music and other forms of mega entertainment will make for an awesome night out.

For more information click HERE and follow this link to purchase your ticket in advance: http://smxschalke.motocross-tickets.com/10981-smx-riders-cup/

Watch the Monster Energy SMX Riders' Cup 3D Track preview by clicking HERE

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Youthstream

FIM

FIM Europe

Monster Energy SMX Riders' Cup

Watch the first GoPro lap of Teutschenthal with Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki's Vsevolod Brylyakov

Welcome to Teutschenthal, Germany, where the seventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship is about to get underway.

We caught up with Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Factory Racing’s Aleksandr Tonkov while he was jamming on the new MXGP video game.

To check out the game, click here: www.mxgpvideogame.com