Van Horebeek and Herlings on pole in Italy
On the beautiful circuit of Maggiora today, our compatriot Jeremy Van Horebeek and the Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings took pole during the Qualifying Race for the Italian Grand Prix.
MX2 :
Jeffrey Herlings dominated from the start and won this Qualifying Race ahead of his teammate Jordi Tixier. Behind the KTM duo we got Dylan Ferrandis, Romain Febvre and Jeremy Seewer. Our best compatriot was Damon Graulus, who finished just ahead of our other compatriot Julien Lieber in tenth place.
MX2 – Qualifying Race – Classification
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 24:14.040; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:22.702; 3. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:23.573; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:25.869; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:28.624; 6. Valentin Guillod (SUI, KTM), +0:28.910; 7. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:36.397; 8. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), +0:41.321; 9. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:46.515; 10. Damon Graulus (BEL, KTM), +0:48.597; 11. Julien Lieber (BEL, Suzuki), +0:51.436; 12. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:57.623; 13. Petar Petrov (BUL, Yamaha), +1:05.284; 14. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +1:08.392; 15. Alessandro D'Angelo (ITA, Honda), +1:11.015; 16. Harri Kullas (FIN, KTM), +1:11.392; 17. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Kawasaki), +1:19.409; 18. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Honda), +1:20.549; 19. Simon Mallet (FRA, Honda), +1:21.753; 20. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +1:23.930; 21. Stefano Pezzuto (ITA, Suzuki), +1:36.026; 22. Eddie Hjortmarker (SWE, KTM), +1:40.415; 23. Maxime Desprey (FRA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 24. Magne Klingsheim (NOR, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 25. Viacheslav Golovkin (RUS, KTM), -1 lap(s); 26. Francesco Muratori (ITA, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 27. Alessandro Brugnoni (ITA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 28. Lars van Berkel (NED, Honda), -1 lap(s); 29. Mathias Plessers (BEL, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 30. Filippo Lucaroni (ITA, Husqvarna), -2 lap(s); 31. Mel Pocock (GBR, KTM), -6 lap(s); 32. Max Anstie (GBR, Yamaha), -6 lap(s); 33. Kei Yamamoto (JPN, Honda), -7 lap(s);
MXGP :
Steven Frossard was the first leader of this Qualifying Race MXGP. But after three laps we got our compatriot Jeremy Van Horebeek in command. The Jerre kept everything under control and won ahead of Antonio Cairoli and Steven Frossard. Kevin Strijbos finished fifth and Clement Desalle finished sixth behind his Rockstar Suzuki teammate. Ken De Dijcker finished eighth in this Qualifying Race.
MXGP – Qualifying Race – Classification
1. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), 24:02.932; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:02.571; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:04.533; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:05.447; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.621; 6. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:08.533; 7. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:16.343; 8. Ken De Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:27.807; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:29.674; 10. David Philippaerts (ITA, Yamaha), +0:31.162; 11. David Guarneri (ITA, TM), +0:32.906; 12. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:37.901; 13. Milko Potisek (FRA, Yamaha), +0:40.394; 14. Gregory Aranda (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:42.028; 15. Matiss Car (LAT, KTM), +0:46.195; 16. Tanel Leok (EST, TM), +0:54.741; 17. Pier Filippo Bertuzzo (ITA, Yamaha), +0:56.265; 18. Rui Goncalves (POR, Yamaha), +0:57.817; 19. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Husqvarna), +1:02.089; 20. Dennis Ullrich (GER, KTM), +1:09.725; 21. Cornel Nemeth (HUN, KTM), +1:14.964; 22. Matthew Bonini (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:20.240; 23. Samuel Zeni (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:26.095; 24. Stephen Dami (ITA, Yamaha), +1:29.854; 25. Philip Thuresson (SWE, Honda), +1:35.581; 26. Clemen Gercar (SLO, Honda), +1:40.549; 27. Valentine Teillet (FRA, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 28. Angelo Pellegrini (ITA, Honda), -5 lap(s);
Photo: Bavo Swijgers
Text: @Kris…
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