After the rock-hard floor of Uddevalla final weekend, the celebrities of the MXGP World Motocross Championships have to modify again to sand racing mode for this weekend’s MXGP of The Netherlands at Arnhem, and the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden circuit set a rugged stage for at this time’s RAM Qualifying Races!
The house followers have been ecstatic to cheer success for a house rider in MXGP, however maybe not the one many anticipated, as Glenn Coldenhoff took a well-known first victory for Fantic Manufacturing unit Racing, defending a shocking holeshot with the passionate crowd at his shoulder over each leap and bump!
Lucas Coenen fought to the entrance shortly to take the MX2 RAM Qualifying Race win for Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing, as his teammate and Championship chief Kay de Wolf was cheered by to a shocking second place after being concerned in a primary lap incident that concerned many riders!
House hero Jeffrey Herlings confirmed his tempo for Pink Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing early within the day with the quickest time in Free Observe, however reigning World Champion Jorge Prado grabbed the primary gate choose for Pink Bull GASGAS Manufacturing unit Racing with the most effective lap in Time Observe, as Group HRC’s Tim Gajser took second from Herlings.
The additional buzz round MXGP this weekend is the presence of the brand new Ducati Manufacturing unit MX Group, with nine-time World Champion Antonio Cairoli returning after practically three years of retirement to race the Desmo450 MX machine on his favorite sandy floor!
Prado seemed to have claimed the holeshot into flip one, however as he ran large on the exit it was Glenn Coldenhoff who got here by within the result in the cheers of the house crowd, particularly a big group of “GC259” t-shirt wearers by the second nook! Prado held on to second, with Cairoli briefly third earlier than the Italian was overtaken by final yr’s winner, Kawasaki Racing Group chief Romain Febvre.
Coldenhoff made his greatest efforts to flee, as his countryman Herlings needed to work his approach by from a tenth-placed begin, passing title rival Gajser across the first full lap, then gaining a place every lap on the expense of Calvin Vlaanderen for the Monster Power Yamaha Manufacturing unit MXGP group, then Febvre’s teammate Jeremy Seewer, and eventually Cairoli to get to fourth by lap 5! “The Bullet” did get to inside hanging distance of the entrance three, however would end in that fourth place forward of Gajser, who had his worst Qualifying results of the yr to date in fifth.
Vlaanderen was to say sixth with a cross on Cairoli on lap eleven, and with Mattia Guadagnini grabbing eighth for Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing, that made it eight producers within the prime eight positions! Brent van Doninck took ninth for JM Honda Racing, with Seewer claiming the ultimate level for tenth.
On the prime of the order, Prado was caught in a sandwich as he tried to assault Coldenhoff with Febvre throughout his again wheel. Feeling higher than he has since his French GP thumb harm, the person in inexperienced took benefit of a small mistake from the Spaniard on lap ten to take second!
Coldenhoff weathered the storm of stress from the Frenchman however held on to win by just below a second, with Prado the same distance behind Febvre! All of it bodes properly for an entertaining day’s racing tomorrow, particularly as Prado has now closed the factors hole to fifteen between himself and Gajser, with Herlings an additional 32 behind!
Glenn Coldenhoff:” That was an enormous win. I got here a good distance, you understand. Although it’s solely Saturday, it was good. I took an honest begin, Jorge (Prado) was in entrance and I might sneak behind. I used to be within the lead right away and the Dutch followers have been superior. I pushed until the top. Possibly I spent a bit an excessive amount of vitality however I felt like I didn’t add the outcomes I needed this yr, so I actually needed to get this win. I’m actually joyful for everybody. The group is working wonderful. All of them work actually laborious. It’s paying off a bit. And I do know the race continues to be tomorrow, however we go together with that very same motivation tomorrow. And hopefully we might be again up right here on the field”
MXGP – RAM Qualifying Race – Classification: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), 25:08.785; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:00.970; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:01.968; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:03.121; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:19.025; 6. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:29.011; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, Ducati), +0:33.712; 8. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:36.432; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +0:38.225; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:39.200
MXGP – World Championship Classification: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 763 factors; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 748 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 716 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 543 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 517 p.; 6. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 460 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 457 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 335 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 301 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 274 p. Most important Photograph: Jorge Prado
Lucas Coenen and Kay de Wolf have been simply over a tenth of a second aside in Free Observe, and the Dutchman snatched the quickest time from his teammate within the closing laps of Time Observe, because the psychological battle between the pair reaches boiling level!
De Wolf was utterly closed off down the beginning straight, nonetheless, by Liam Everts, who had been third quickest for Pink Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing in each Observe periods, though it was his teammates Sacha Coenen and Andrea Adamo who charged by the primary two corners within the main positions!
Behind them, nonetheless, was a large pile of riders who crashed because the groomed floor met the remainder of the monitor, and each De Wolf and the Pink Bull GASGAS Manufacturing unit Racing star Simon Laengenfelder have been concerned! De Wolf began charging by the pack instantly, the gang urging him on to defend his Championship lead!
In the meantime, Adamo ran large out of the third nook and allowed the returning F & H Racing rookie Quentin Prugnieres and Lucas Coenen to slide previous, with Everts additionally working his approach as much as fifth previous the Italian across the first full lap of the monitor. Lucas made brief work of passing the Frenchman to seize second place and set off after his twin brother Sacha.
De Wolf took till lap 4 to carve his approach into the highest ten, by which period Lucas had jumped alongside Sacha to take the lead and disappear into the gap. By comparability his teammate was working extremely laborious, pushed on additional by the followers and the trackside announcer, and by lap six he had handed Prugnieres, the Gabriel SS24 KTM of wildcard Cas Valk, and the Monster Power Triumph Racing rider Camden McLellan to leap into sixth spot.
Everts bought previous Sacha Coenen for second on lap seven, with Adamo following him previous their teammate two laps later, as Mikkel Haarup additionally handed the younger Belgian to take fifth for Monster Power Triumph Racing. Haarup didn’t benefit from the place for lengthy, nonetheless, as De Wolf caught the group and was as much as third by lap eleven!
Prugnieres, in the meantime, dropped down the order after two GPs away to complete in tenth behind Valk, with Sacha Coenen additionally fading to eighth behind a poor-starting Rick Elzinga, who claimed seventh for Monster Power Yamaha Manufacturing unit MX2.
Haarup and McLellan put the Triumph machines into fifth and sixth on the end, with Adamo fourth. De Wolf by no means backed off his tempo to shut in and eventually cross Everts for second on the very ultimate lap! With Lucas Coenen already pacing himself, the Belgian nonetheless gained his sixth RAM Qualifying Race of the yr by over 21 seconds.
The salvage job from De Wolf restricted the Championship injury to only a single level, preserving the hole to almost a full Sunday’s value, at 48 factors. Laengenfelder might solely recuperate to thirteenth, outdoors of the highest ten for the primary time on a Saturday this season, and is now 81 behind the Championship chief in third.
As all the time, the treacherous sandy situations will make for a shocking day’s racing on Sunday, and the already boisterous crowd will develop to make a loud and tangible environment for the Grand Prix races. Don’t miss a wheel flip and be part of us tomorrow!
Lucas Coenen: “Once you get the move on these kind of tracks, it’s all the time enjoyable! You don’t lose a lot vitality. However yeah, it was good. The beginning was round P2 within the first nook after which Adamo handed me. It was a bit bit sketchy to start with, so I stayed calm and simply handed him again after which I used to be behind Sacha and I handed him too and did my very own race. So, it was a great race. Now two races tomorrow will probably be enjoyable”
MX2 – RAM Qualifying Race – Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), 25:07.407; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:21.785; 3. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:23.132; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:30.792; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:31.808; 6. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:34.441; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:42.345; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:44.593; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), +0:55.567; 10. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:59.560
MX2 – World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 734 factors; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 686 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 653 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 602 p.; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 517 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 505 p.; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 461 p.; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 418 p.; 9. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 279 p.; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 273 p.
MXGP OF THE NETHERLANDS QUICK FACTS:
Circuit size: 1690m
Sort of floor: Sand
Temperature: 24°
Climate situations: Sunny
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