2018 ASSEN MXGP | MXGP OVERALL RACE RESULTS

Champagne flying as Jeffrey Herlings celebrates winning his first MXGP World Championship. 

Factory KTM’s, Jeffrey Herlings clinches his first MXGP World Championship at the 19th round of the 2018 MXGP series in his home country the Netherlands. The Veteran, Antonio Cairoli gave it everything he could to keep him at bay, but The Bullet was on another level in 2018. Cairoli went 2-2 to finish second overall while factory Husqvarna’s Max Anstie went 3-4 for third overall.

MXGP RACE RESULTS | ASSEN

Pos	Rider	Bike	Race 1	Race 2
1	Herlings, Jeffrey	KTM	1	1
2	Cairoli, Antonio	KTM	2	2
3	Anstie, Max	HUS	3	4
4	Coldenhoff, Glenn	KTM	5	3
5	Gajser, Tim	HON	4	5
6	Simpson, Shaun	YAM	6	6
7	Paulin, Gautier	HUS	7	8
8	Desalle, Clement	KAW	9	7
9	Strijbos, Kevin	KTM	8	11
10	Seewer, Jeremy	YAM	11	9
11	Lieber, Julien	KAW	10	10
12	Leok, Tanel	HUS	13	13
13	Lupino, Alessandro	KAW	14	15
14	Butron, Jose	KTM	21	12
15	Dewulf, Jeffrey	KTM	19	14
16	Van der Mierden, Sven	YAM	17	16
17	Searle, Tommy	KAW	12	29
18	Bobryshev, Evgeny	SUZ	15	30
19	Irwin, Graeme	KTM	20	17
20	Bogers, Brian	HON	16	26
21	Kahro, Erki	KTM	25	18
22	Karro, Matiss	HUS	18	31
23	Renkens, Nathan	HON	27	19
24	van Berkel, Lars	HUS	26	20
25	Potisek, Milko	YAM	34	21
26	Bengtsson, Filip	YAM	28	24
27	Monticelli, Ivo	YAM	31	23
28	Bengtsson, Jonathan	KTM	28	24
29	Waters, Todd	HON	24	25
30	Dekker, Nino	KTM	29	27
31	Kritikos, Manolis	YAM	30	28
32	Kullas, Harri	HUS	23	32
33	Desprey, Maxime	KAW	32	DNS
34	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	YAM	33	DNS
35	Petrov, Petar	HON	35	DNS

 

MXGP POINT STANDINGS (19 OF 20 ROUNDS)

Jeffrey Herlings is crowed the 2018 MXGP World Champion a race early in Assen.

Pos	Rider	Nat.	Total
1	Herlings, J.	NED	883
2	Cairoli, A.	ITA	782
3	Desalle, C.	BEL	645
4	Gajser, Tim	SLO	625
5	Febvre, Romain	FRA	544
6	Paulin, G.	FRA	541
7	Coldenhoff, G.	NED	511
8	Seewer, Jeremy	SUI	445
9	Van Horebeek, J.	BEL	404
10	Anstie, Max	GBR	366
11	Lupino, A.	ITA	283
12	Bobryshev, E.	RUS	267
13	Lieber, Julien	BEL	257
14	Strijbos, K.	BEL	255
15	Simpson, Shaun	GBR	235
16	Nagl, M.	GER	227
17	Searle, Tommy	GBR	183
18	Leok, Tanel	EST	131
19	Jasikonis, A.	LTU	111
20	Guillod, V.	SUI	97
21	Butron, Jose	ESP	96

 

2018 ASSESN MXGP | FULL COVERAGE

SATURDAY QUALIFYING RACE REPORT

This weekend in the Netherlands could very well see Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings be crowned the 2018 FIM Motocross World Champion and today put him one step closer to his dream. Herlings rocketed out of the gate to take today’s Qualifying race lead away from title rival and Red Bull KTM Teammate Antonio Cairoli who then followed in 2nd.

With the lead and clear track ahead Herlings pulled away and keep his distance from any potential threats. Cairoli was chased by Team HRC’s Tim Gajser and Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Clement Desalle. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Glenn Coldenhoff put on a strong ride for his home crowd as he passed Desalle who then lost another spot to Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Jeremy Van Horebeek was in 7th but then fell on the second lap and fought his way to a 14th place result. Gajser was next to lose positions as Coldenhoff continued forward into third and Anstie took another spot from the Slovenian.

Honda RedMoto Assomotor’s Petar Petrov was battling with Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP’s Jeremy Seewer before losing control and ejecting off his bike over the finish. Petrov got up and rode away while Seewer’s Wilvo Yamaha teammate Shaun Simpson battled with Desalle. After close racing between the pair Simpson clipped the back of Desalle and fell before finishing 9th, 2 spots ahead of Seewer.

At the finsh Herlings took the win nearly 18 seconds ahead of Cairoli with Coldenhoff making it a Red Bull KTM 1,2,3 finish as Max Anstie took 4th while Gajser took fifth. Gajser’s HRC teammate Brian Bogers returned to action after missing the entire season with injury to take 19th.

Jeffrey Herlings: “Today was good, fastest in free practice, fastest in time practice, and taking the qualifying win. The energy you feel when you pass the fans here is pretty amazing so it is a lot of fun to race and I’m looking forward to racing here tomorrow. I am actually pretty calm and relaxed… I hope to have the same thing tomorrow and everything is working well with the bike and the team. I can’t wait to hopefully have the championship under my belt, it is my long term dream and we have been working so hard, it would really be a dream if we can pull it off.”

Brian Bogers: “I wanted to ride here and I have been riding for 3 weeks now which isn’t much but I’m feeling ok on the bike. The free practice and time practice were stressful but the qualifying was already much better, every time I’m on the track I’m feeling better.”