2018 MXGP OF TURKEY | MXGP OVERALL RACE RESULTS

Another 1-1 overall for Jeffrey Herlings in Turkey. 

At the 18th round of the MXGP World Championship in Turkey, is was the factory KTM rider of Jeffrey Herlings that took the overall with a dominating 1-1 victory. The factory Honda rider and past World Champ Tim Gajser went 3-2 for second with the factory Kawasaki rider of Clement Desalle rounding out the podium.

Antonio Cairoli finished second in the first moto, but a crash in the second moto put him at the back of the pack and was able to salvage a 15th place finish. Herlings has a 95 point lead heading into the last two rounds over Cairoli.

MXGP OVERALL RACE RESULTS | TURKEY

Pos	Rider	Bike	Race 1	Race 2
1	Herlings, Jeffrey	KTM	1	1
2	Gajser, Tim	HON	3	2
3	Desalle, Clement	KAW	4	3
4	Paulin, Gautier	HUS	8	4
5	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	YAM	5	6
6	Seewer, Jeremy	YAM	7	5
7	Coldenhoff, Glenn	KTM	6	7
8	Cairoli, Antonio	KTM	2	15
9	Simpson, Shaun	YAM	9	8
10	Searle, Tommy	KAW	10	9
11	Lupino, Alessandro	KAW	12	10
12	Monticelli, Ivo	YAM	14	11
13	Lieber, Julien	KAW	13	13
14	Strijbos, Kevin	KTM	15	12
15	Anstie, Max	HUS	11	16
16	Waters, Todd	HON	16	14
17	Petrov, Petar	HON	18	17
18	Kouzis, Panagiotis	HON	17	20
19	Demiryol, Batuhan	HON	20	18
20	Baysan, Galip Alp	YAM	21	19
21	Senkalayci, Sakir	KTM	19	21
22	Guillod, Valentin	KTM	22	DNS

MXGP POINT STANDINGS (18 OF 20 ROUNDS)

Jeffrey Herlings almost has a 100 point lead with only two rounds left in the 2018 season. 

Pos.	Rider	Nat.	Total
1	Herlings, J.	NED	833
2	Cairoli, A.	ITA	738
3	Desalle, C.	BEL	619
4	Gajser, Tim	SLO	591
5	Febvre, Romain	FRA	544
6	Paulin, G.	FRA	514
7	Coldenhoff, G.	NED	475
8	Seewer, Jeremy	SUI	423
9	Van Horebeek, J.	BEL	404
10	Anstie, Max	GBR	328
11	Lupino, A.	ITA	270
12	Bobryshev, E.	RUS	261
13	Lieber, Julien	BEL	235
14	Strijbos, K.	BEL	232
15	Nagl, M.	GER	227
16	Simpson, Shaun	GBR	205
17	Searle, Tommy	GBR	174
18	Leok, Tanel	EST	115
19	Jasikonis, A.	LTU	111
20	Guillod, V.	SUI	97

 

MXGP TURKEY RACE REPORT

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings continues on a roll towards his first MXGP World Championship title. Today was another impressive showing from the Dutchman who did exactly what was required to win.

Race 1’s start was a close fought battle between Herlings and Team HRC’s Tim Gajser and while the Slovenian took the Fox Holeshot Herlings was into the lead by turn 2. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Glenn Coldenhoff was just behind Gajser but lost spots quickly to Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle and fellow Red Bull KTM rider Antonio Cairoli.

By lap 2 Cairoli was up to 2nd past Desalle while Herlings pulled away at the front. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Van Horebeek took 5th away from Coldenhoff on lap 4 but made no further progress.

Cairoli made his way around Gajser just after the finish while Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer was also moving up a spot to 7th past Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Gautier Paulin. At the finish it was a win from Herlings with Cairoli just over 25 seconds back then Gajser, Desalle, and Van Horebeek.

MXGP Race 2 was led by Herlings again just after the exit of turn 2 but Desalle was the winner of the Fox Holeshot for his first time this year. Also getting around the Belgian was Paulin while his Rockstar Energy Husqvarna teammate Max Anstie fell which led to a crash from Cairoli.

A mistake from Paulin then allowed Desalle back past and into 2nd but Gajser took the spot quickly. Coldenhoff was also on a charge from 10th passing Bike It DRT Kawasaki’s Tommy Searle followed by iFly JK Racing Yamaha’s Ivo Monticelli and finally Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Shaun Simpson to take 7th.

Anstie continued to struggle but Paulin fought to hold 4th from the attacking Swiss rider Jeremy Seewer. Cairoli who at one point was back in 19th worked forward only a few spots to finish 15th.

At the front Herlings came under pressure from Gajser on the last few laps but responded to the intensity of the #243 well reopening a gap and winning by 4.6 seconds. Desalle took 3rd with Paulin and Seewer rounding out the top 5. The only difference between the race 2 finish and the overall result was Van Horebeek in 5th with a single point more than Seewer. Herlings now leads the championship by 95 points heading into the MXGP of the Netherlands at Assen in 2 week-time.

Jeffrey Herlings: “It was really awesome, the track was pretty nice, I was surprised because it developed really well. I think the organization did a good job and it was a good weekend. I’m so close and I have worked so hard so the next 2 weeks are going to be tough and I can’t wait for Assen.

Tim Gajser: “It was a good weekend, I was enjoying it, the track was nice and I felt good on the bike. 2nd overall is good and I have done it 2 weeks in a row so I am really happy and looking forward to the next one.”

Clement Desalle: “I am really happy with this podium, because yesterday I wasn’t feeling that great on track so it is good. Every time I went on track I felt better and better. Now 3 GPs in a row I’m on the podium which is consistent and it is good results for the team who are working really hard.”