2018 MXGP SWITZERLAND | MXGP OVERALL RACE RESULTS
Round 16 of the MXGP class in Switzerland.
2018 MXGP SWITZERLAND | FULL COVERAGE
The 16th round of the MXGPs was held in Frauenfeld-Gachnang, Switzerland for the 2018 MXGP of Switzerland. In the Saturday qualifying race it was Tony Cairoli who took the win and looked like he was going to take charge in Sunday’s race to close the gap in points between Jeffrey Herlings and himself. Not so. Herlings again dominated the field by winning both motos. Factory Yamaha rider and past World Champion Romain Febvre was second with the factory Kawasaki rider Clement Desalle third.
MXGP OVERAL RACE RESULTS | SWITZERLAND
Pos. | Name | Bike | Race 1 | Race 2 |
1 | Herlings, Jeffrey | KTM | 1 | 1 |
2 | Febvre, Romain | YAM | 3 | 2 |
3 | Desalle, Clement | KAW | 2 | 4 |
4 | Coldenhoff, Glenn | KTM | 4 | 7 |
5 | Anstie, Max | HUS | 6 | 5 |
6 | Gajser, Tim | HON | 12 | 3 |
7 | Cairoli, Antonio | KTM | 8 | 6 |
8 | Strijbos, Kevin | KTM | 10 | 8 |
9 | Simpson, Shaun | YAM | 9 | 9 |
10 | Seewer, Jeremy | YAM | 5 | 16 |
11 | Bobryshev, Evgeny | SUZ | 11 | 11 |
12 | Paulin, Gautier | HUS | 7 | 15 |
13 | Lupino, Alessandro | KAW | 14 | 10 |
14 | Leok, Tanel | HUS | 17 | 12 |
15 | Van Horebeek, Jeremy | YAM | 16 | 13 |
16 | Searle, Tommy | KAW | 13 | 19 |
17 | Waters, Todd | HON | 15 | 18 |
18 | Lieber, Julien | KAW | 30 | 14 |
19 | Guillod, Valentin | KTM | 18 | 17 |
20 | Petrov, Petar | HON | 19 | 20 |
21 | Gercar, Klemen | HUS | 20 | 21 |
22 | Valentin, Ander | HUS | 23 | 22 |
23 | Renkens, Nathan | HON | 29 | 23 |
24 | Clermont, Jason | KAW | 32 | 24 |
25 | Bender, Nicolas | HUS | 26 | 25 |
26 | Furlato, Yves | HUS | 25 | 26 |
27 | Baumgartner, Andy | KTM | 24 | 27 |
28 | Kappel, Robin | KAW | 36 | 28 |
29 | Brugnoni, Alessandro | KTM | 35 | 29 |
30 | Scheiwiller, Cyrill | YAM | 33 | 30 |
31 | Monticelli, Ivo | YAM | 31 | 31 |
32 | Bengtsson, Jonathan | KTM | 21 | 32 |
33 | Bonini, Davide | KTM | 34 | 33 |
34 | Schaffter, Kim | KAW | 28 | 34 |
35 | Marini, Thomas | KAW | 27 | 35 |
36 | Docherty, Michael | HUS | 22 | DNS |
37 | Irwin, Graeme | KTM | 37 | DNS |
MXGP POINT STANDINGS (16 OF 20 ROUNDS)
Jeffrey Herings extends his points lead with only four rounds left in the series.
Pos | Rider | Nat. | Bike | Total |
1 | Herlings, J. | NED | KTM | 733 |
2 | Cairoli, A. | ITA | KTM | 675 |
3 | Desalle, C. | BEL | KAW | 543 |
4 | Febvre, Romain | FRA | YAM | 510 |
5 | Gajser, Tim | SLO | HON | 507 |
6 | Paulin, G. | FRA | HUS | 455 |
7 | Coldenhoff, G. | NED | KTM | 420 |
8 | Seewer, Jeremy | SUI | YAM | 371 |
9 | Van Horebeek, J. | BEL | YAM | 350 |
10 | Anstie, Max | GBR | HUS | 298 |
11 | Bobryshev, E. | RUS | SUZ | 261 |
12 | Lupino, A. | ITA | KAW | 232 |
13 | Nagl, M. | GER | TM | 227 |
14 | Lieber, Julien | BEL | KAW | 205 |
15 | Strijbos, K. | BEL | KTM | 201 |
16 | Simpson, Shaun | GBR | YAM | 170 |
17 | Searle, Tommy | GBR | KAW | 130 |
18 | Jasikonis, A. | LTU | HON | 111 |
19 | Leok, Tanel | EST | HUS | 102 |
20 | Guillod, V. | SUI | KTM | 94 |
MXGP SATURDAY QUALIFYING RACE REPORT
Tony Cairoli took the win on Saturday.
MXGP Qualifying heat was off to a wild start with Team HRC’s Tim Gajser and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings leading the pack through the first corner. By the exit of turn 2 however Herlings was down and picked his bike up in dead last position.
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle took the second spot after the fall from Herlings leading Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and home GP star from the Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP team, Jeremy Seewer.
Herlings, though in 37th off of the start, was already up to 20th by the end of the first official lap. Cairoli took 3rd from Anstie on lap 2 before closing on Desalle. Cairoli played the patient game and even though he struggled to find a way past at first, he eventually got past the Belgian on 8 then only took one more lap to pass Tim Gajser for the lead.
At that point Herlings just broke into the top ten with a pass on BOS GP’s Evgeny Bobryshev, continuing his moves forward the Bullet took 9th from BIKE IT DRT Kawasaki’s Tommy Searle before catching Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Van Horebeek.
Van Horebeek’s Monster Energy Yamaha teammate Romain Febvre was in a battle with Seewer earlier but just after he passed the Swiss rider the #91 fell and dropped to 7th. Febvre continued to push forward even putting in the fastest lap of any rider in the race.
Gajser meanwhile was fading quickly and dropped from leading the race to 5th in a single lap. Febvre took full advantage and moved from 5th to 2nd in the next 3 laps. Herlings picked off a few more positions including 2 on the last lap from Seewer and Gajser.
At the finish it was a win from Antonio Cairoli with Romain Febvre 2nd, Clement Desalle 3rd, Max Anstie 4th, and his Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Teammate Gautier Paulin 5th.
Antonio Cairoli: “My goal, for sure it is difficult, but it is to stay in the front and try to win as much as possible. The points gap is not that big and I knew that last race would be difficult in Lommel because Jeffrey is very fast on that kind of track but from now on I will try to stay closer and try to stay in front as much as possible. I will do everything I can to stay in front, I still have some races to go so I will see what happens.”
Jeremy Seewer: “It feels amazing to race at home, I’m living not far from here and for Switzerland this is a big event. I felt really good all day, I enjoyed it and had a lot of fun. I made a small mistake in the Qualifying race where I lost some positions but I was behind Tony before which was good and I enjoyed it.”
Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Arnaud Tonus has begun riding again but took part in his home GP as a spectator saying: “I have been back on the bike the last few days which is good because I was off it for a while. It is home here and it is hard to come here and not be racing but I hope for some good racing tomorrow and that the fans enjoy it.”
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