2018 MXGP LOMMEL | MXGP OVERALL RESULTS

It is no secret that Jeffrey Herlings is a sand master. 

For the 15th round of the MXGP World Championship in Belgium at the famous Lommel sand track it was Jeffrey Herlings in the MXGP class that dominated the field in both motos. His factory KTM teammate, Antonio Cairoli, was unable to keep him at bay. Cairoli scored a 2-2 score for second overall. The factory Husqvarna rider of Max Anstie rounded the podium in third.

MXGP OVERALL RACE RESULTS | BELGIUM 

Pos	Rider	Bike	M1	M2
1	Herlings, Jeffrey	KTM	1	1
2	Cairoli, Antonio	KTM	2	2
3	Anstie, Max	HUS	4	4
4	Febvre, Romain	YAM	3	5
5	Coldenhoff, Glenn	KTM	6	3
6	Seewer, Jeremy	YAM	5	6
7	Gajser, Tim	HON	7	7
8	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	YAM	8	9
9	Desalle, Clement	KAW	10	8
10	Simpson, Shaun	YAM	11	11
11	Paulin, Gautier	HUS	13	13
12	Bobryshev, Evgeny	SUZ	17	10
13	Irwin, Graeme	KTM	15	14
14	Leok, Tanel	HUS	14	15
15	Strijbos, Kevin	KTM	9	22
16	Tixier, Jordi	KTM	12	19
17	Butron, Jose	KTM	16	16
18	Lieber, Julien	KAW	33	12
19	Dewulf, Jeffrey	KTM	18	17
20	Kullas, Harri	HUS	22	18
21	Searle, Tommy	KAW	19	30
22	Guillod, Valentin	KTM	21	20
23	Petrov, Petar	HON	20	23
24	Waters, Todd	HON	26	21
25	van Berkel, Lars	HUS	25	24
26	Karro, Matiss	HUS	29	25
27	Lupino, Alessandro	KAW	37	26
28	Bengtsson, Filip	YAM	31	27
29	Bengtsson, Jonathan	KTM	24	28
30	Aussems, Menno	HON	32	29
31	Monticelli, Ivo	YAM	35	31
32	Damiaens, Dietger	KTM	28	32
33	Martens, Yentel	HUS	34	33
34	Krestinov, Gert	HON	27	34
35	Valentin, Ander	HUS	23	35
36	Renkens, Nathan	HON	30	36
37	de Dycker, Ken	KTM	36	DNS
38	Docherty, Michael	HUS	38	DNS

 

MXGP POINTS STANDINGS (ROUND 15 OF 20)

Pos	Rider	Bike	Total
1	Herlings, J.	KTM	683
2	Cairoli, A.	KTM	647
3	Desalle, C.	KAW	503
4	Gajser, Tim	HON	478
5	Febvre, Romain	YAM	468
6	Paulin, G.	HUS	435
7	Coldenhoff, G.	KTM	388
8	Seewer, Jeremy	YAM	350
9	Van Horebeek, J.	YAM	337
10	Anstie, Max	HUS	267
11	Bobryshev, E.	SUZ	241
12	Nagl, M.	TM	227
13	Lupino, A.	KAW	214
14	Lieber, Julien	KAW	198
15	Strijbos, K.	KTM	177
16	Simpson, Shaun	YAM	146
17	Searle, Tommy	KAW	120
18	Jasikonis, A.	HON	111
19	Desprey, M.	KAW	89
20	Leok, Tanel	HUS	89

 

Antonio Cairoli went 2-2 on the day for second overall. 

Max Anstie was third. 

LOMMEL MXGP RACE REPORT

Herlings was unstoppable in Lommel. 

When looking at the results of the weekend on paper or watching the races on TV it is near impossible to truly understand the speed at which the MXGP riders attack the track but nevertheless Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings finds a way to go even faster.

From the start of the weekend Herlings was on fire with the fastest times in Free Practice and Time Practice followed by a Qualifying race win. Today started just as strong with a heater of a lap time in Warm Up followed by his 7th Fox Holeshot of the season to begin Race 1.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Teammate and title rival Antonio Cairoli was second across the chalk and the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP rider of Romain Febvre was next with Team HRC’s Tim Gajser running 4th.

Before even crossing the finish line to start the 1st official lap Herlings already had a several second lead over Cairoli. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Belgian rider Jeremy Van Horebeek chased Gajser and his teammate Febvre early but had Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie putting on pressure.

Anstie’s Rockstar Energy Husqvarna teammate Gautier Paulin was off to a difficult race after falling twice on the opening lap and crossing the line to start the race in 34th. Seewer moved past Van Horebeek on the second lap and Anstie passed the Belgian a lap later. At around the same time Gajser passed Febvre for 3rd but only held the position for 3 laps before the Frenchman took it back.

The same lap saw Anstie pass Seewer to reach the top 5 and several laps after that Gajser dropped a spot to Anstie on his way backwards to 7th place. At the finish of Race 1 Herlings won by 13 seconds even after a fall of his own while Cairoli took 2nd, Febvre 3rd, Anstie 4th, and Seewer rounded out the top 5. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s 3rd MXGP rider, Glenn Coldenhoff took 6th.

Race 2 was another Red Bull KTM FOX Holeshot but this time it would be Coldenhoff in the lead with Anstie and Gajser 2nd and 3rd but Herlings shot himself into second only a few corners later and took the lead before the end of the opening lap.

Cairoli was behind Anstie and Gajser as his teammates ran in 1st and 2nd but took the 4th spot from Gajser quickly and took 3rd from Anstie on the same spot the next lap. The same section worked well again for Cairoli as he passed Coldenhoff to get into second.

Herlings had grown his lead to an impressive gap at that point and showed no signs of slowing as he put in an unmatchable pace. Febvre and Gajser battle for 5th briefly in which Febvre came out ahead. Anstie took 3rd from Coldenhoff but mistakes allowed the Dutchman back through.

Herlings lapped his way through the field but on the final lap lost control sending him down. Herlings lead was massive however and though the fall cost him several seconds he still came away with a lap time faster than most riders on the track.

Across the finish line Herlings won by 33 seconds over Cairoli and left only the top eight on the lead lap with Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle starting his final lap as Herlings took the checkered while Van Horebeek finished 1 lap down and nearly 7 seconds later. Coldenhoff took 3rd but missed out on the podium to Anstie who took 4th ahead of Febvre.

Jeffrey Herlings: “The weekend was really good. I am very pleased, I took three good starts and won the qualifying, both races and was fastest in each practice. It is one of my favorite tracks on the calendar anyhow but I’m happy to extend the championship by 6 points and I’m looking forward to Switzerland.”

Antonio Cairoli: “I know how to ride sand and to ride here for sure but to keep the speed and his pace for the whole race is very tough, I couldn’t do more. We are fighting to the end of the season, we will try to stay on his rear wheel and when it is possible to go for a win.”

Max Anstie: “It is always nice to be back up on the podium, it was a tough one and they made me work for it. It was a solid and consistent weekend in practice and timed training. Of course I want to be on the podium every weekend but it is hard to be up here. It is not easy even with all the amount of work we do…in the gap from 3rd to 10th you can be battling with great guys in 9th and 10th having a good race and finish 10th or you could have just as good of ride and finish 3rd.”