2018 MXGP OF TURKEY | MX2 OVERALL RACE RESULTS

The MX2 class off the start in Turkey. 

The American Thomas Covington got the overall in Turkey at the 18th round of the MXGP World Championship series in the MX2 class. He went 1-3 for the overall. He almost won both motos, but when he was leading in the second moto he went down with four laps to go with Pauls Jonass and his teammate Thomas Kjer Olsen getting around him.

The points leader Jorge Prado gave up six points to his teammate Pauls Jonass. He still has a 24 points gap with only two rounds left in the season.

MX2 OVERALL RACE RESULTS | TURKEY

Pos	Rider	Bike	Race 1	Race 2
1	Covington, Thomas	HUS	1	3
2	Jonass, Pauls	KTM	6	1
3	Olsen, Thomas Kjer	HUS	5	2
4	Lawrence, Hunter	HON	2	5
5	Watson, Ben	YAM	4	4
6	Prado, Jorge	KTM	3	7
7	Rodriguez, Anthony	YAM	7	6
8	Cervellin, Michele	YAM	9	10
9	Jacobi, Henry	HUS	8	11
10	Vlaanderen, Calvin	HON	13	8
11	Vaessen, Bas	HON	12	9
12	Furlotti, Simone	YAM	10	12
13	Van doninck, Brent	HUS	14	13
14	Pancar, Jan	YAM	17	14
15	Sikyna, Richard	KTM	16	15
16	Renaux, Maxime	YAM	11	21
17	Casas, Oriol	HON	18	17
18	Pessoa, Gustavo	KAW	15	DNS
19	De Waal, Micha-Boy	HON	23	16
20	Cetin, Mustafa	YAM	19	18
21	Karaboce, Yasin	HUS	20	19
22	Valimaki, Furkan	KTM	22	20
23	Senkalayci, Emircan	KTM	21	22

 

MX2 POINT STANDINGS (18 OF 20 ROUNDS)

Jorge Prado is the MX2 points leader.

Pos	Rider	Nat.	Total
1	Prado, Jorge	ESP	773
2	Jonass, Pauls	LAT	749
3	Olsen, T.	DEN	593
4	Watson, Ben	GBR	551
5	Covington, T.	USA	525
6	Vlaanderen, C.	NED	483
7	Geerts, Jago	BEL	346
8	Cervellin, M.	ITA	337
9	Lawrence, H.	AUS	305
10	Jacobi, Henry	GER	301
11	Pootjes, Davy	NED	218
12	Beaton, Jed	AUS	216
13	Mewse, Conrad	GBR	200
14	Van doninck, B.	BEL	194
15	Rodriguez, A.	VEN	189
16	Sterry, Adam	GBR	189
17	Larranaga Olano, I.	ESP	185
18	Vaessen, Bas	NED	169
19	Bernardini, S.	ITA	152
20	Furlotti, S.	ITA	131

MXGP TURKEY MX2 RACE REPORT

Thomas Covington celebrates. 

While MXGP racing was dramatic on its own the MX2 class was just as epic as the two title contenders of Pauls Jonass and Jorge Prado from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing spared off while Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Covington took the win.

Race 1 started perfect for Covington as he scored a long desired Fox Holeshot over Prado. Jonass took the lead from Covington at turn 2 however and Prado was right alongside to add extra pressure.

Honda 114 Motorsport’s Hunter Lawrence jumped past Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 Team’s Ben Watson in a close move to take 4th as Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Thomas Kjer Olsen and STC Husqvarna Racing’s Henry Jacobi fought over 6th.

Prado was trying on many occasions to pass Covington for second and the American was only able to keep the #61 at bay for the first lap and half. As soon as Prado took 2nd he had his sights set on the win and beating his teammate Jonass.

Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen crashed hard at the end of the pit lane straight while in tenth but was lucky to get back up in 16th uninjured. A battle ensued for the lead between Jonass and Prado peaking when Prado dove past Jonass who jumped and landed on the rear of points leader’s bike sending the Latvian down hard and Prado off track.

Jonass remounted and rejoined the race in 6th while Prado came back on track in 3rd. Inheriting the lead and 2nd place was Covington and Lawrence. At the finish Covington took the race win followed by Lawrence, Prado, Watson, Olsen, and Jonass.

The first race put Jonass another 5 championship points back of the 30 Prado led by coming to Afyon. Another Fox Holeshot from Covington started race 2 with Watson 2nd, Prado 3rd, and Jonass 4th.

Jonass made 2 quick moves in the first turns to get past both Prado and Watson for 2nd. Lawrence then passed Prado for 5th and the Spaniard continued to drop positions to 7th.

Covington rode a solid race at the front while Jonass tried to force an error and with 4 laps to go Covington tucked the front end on a roller. The mistake gave Jonass the lead and Olsen 2nd while Covington got up in 3rd.

The top 10 held their positions for remainder of the race which meant a win for Jonass followed by Olsen, Covington, Watson, and Lawrence. In the overall Covington took the GP victory for the first time this season with his consistent 1-3 finishes over Jonass and Olsen.

The points gap which started as 30 then went out to 35 is now 24 and Prado still maintains the red plate with the 3-7 finishes as the championship heads to Assen.

Thomas Covington: “I got off to two good starts in the races here and I saw the opportunity to win then just tried to hang on to it. I really wanted to get the 1-1 but just pushed a little too hard… luckily I got back up pretty quick and was still able to get the overall.”

Pauls Jonass: “All weekend I was feeling good. After the first race I wasn’t sure how it was going to be with my knee when I race but like I said yesterday it is not over till it is over. I gained 6 points in the championship this weekend, there is still 100 points on the table and like I said nothing is over, we are going to fight until the end because for me there is nothing to lose anymore.”

Thomas Kjer Olsen: “It feels really good to be up here on the podium again with my teammate. At the moment I am having a lot of fun on the bike… I just felt good this weekend.”

Jorge Prado: “I was feeling good this weekend. I am still pretty happy how everything went, I didn’t go down so I’m safe, just struggled a little in the second race.”