MXA RAPID RACE RESULTS: CAIROLI WINS, BUT NAGL MATCHES HIM

Tony Cairoli won in Spain on a 450SXF, but he didn’t gain any points in the Championship. It was his first GP win of 2015.

Husqvarna’s Max Nagl may not get credit for winning the Spanish GP in Talavera de la Reina, Spain. but he split motos wins and thirds with Tony Cairoli to not lose any points. Nagl continues to lead the 450 World Championship standings with 12 points over Clement Desalle and 30 points on Tony Cairoli. Of interest was that Cairoli eschewed his normal KTM 350SXF and moved to a 450SXF for Spain. There were only 25 riders in the 450 class at Talavera.

Max Nagl continues to surprise a lot of people — including the team managers that fired him at KTM and Honda. Nagl has put Husqvarna back on the motocross map.

Standing Construct Yamaha’s Valentin Guillod won his first-ever 250 Grand Prix after Jeffrey Herlings was “swapped and tossed” in the second moto. Herlings got up in 20th (there weren’t many more riders than that in the race) and came back to 7th for second.

Gautier Paulin totally dominated the last 450 GP in Valkenswaard, but wasn’t a player in Spain (and wasn’t even the first Honda).

SPANISH GP RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. Tony Cairoli (KTM)…3-1
2. Max Nagl (Hus)….1-3
3. Romain Febvre (Yam)…4-2
4. Clement Desalle (Suz)…2-5
5. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon)…6-4
6. Gautier Paulin (Hon)…5-7
7. Tyla Rattray (Kaw)…7-8
8. Kevin Strijbos (Suz)…8-11
9. Xavier Boog (Kaw)…12-10
10. Alessandro Lupino (Hon)…16-9
Other notables: 11. Shaun Simpson; 12. Steven Frossard; 17. Tommy Searle; 15. Dean Ferris; 16. Todd Waters; 19. Glenn Coldenhoff; 21. Ken DeDycker; 24. Filip Bengtsson.

SPANISH GP RESULTS: 250 CLASS
1. Valentin Guillod (Yam)…6-1
2. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)…1-7
3. Jordi Tixier (Kaw)…3-4
4. Max Anstie (Kaw)…2-9
5. Tim Gajser (Hon)…11-2
6. Aleksandr Tonkov (Hus)…5-8
7. Pauls Jonass (KTM)…4-10
8. Julien Lieber (Yam)…9-5
9. Jeremy Seewer (Suz)…10-6
10. Brian Bogers (KTM)…8-13
Other notables: 11. Dylan Ferrandis; 12. Petr Petrov; 13. Brent Van Doninck; 15. Thomas Covington; 16. Ivo Monticelli; 17. Jens Getteman; 18. Benoit Paturel; 22. Ben Watson

2015 FIM 450 POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 17 races)
1. Max Nagl….259
2. Clement Desalle…247
3. Tony Cairoli…229
4. Gautier Paulin…208
5. Romain Febvre…196
6. Evgeny Bobryshev…171
7. Ryan Villopoto…124
8. Shaun Simpson…114
9. Todd Waters…104
10. Tyla Rattray…95

2015 FIM 250 POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 17 races)
1. Jeffrey Herlings….261
2. Dylan Ferrandis…205
3. Pauls Jonass…177
4. Tim Gajser…169
5. Valentin Guillod…169
6. Aleksandr Tonkov…162
7. Jordi Tixier…153
8. Jeremy Seewer…151
9. Julien Lieber…149
10. Max Anstie…123

NEXT RACE: Great Britain…May 24