MX2: Prado on pole, Lawrence surprises, Geerts falls.
Also starts during the Swiss Grand Prix Jorge Prado Garcia from pole position. It is the eighth pole of the season for the KTM rider who had to work hard. Hunter Lawrence (photo) showed up very strongly and was even in the lead for a while. A mistake meant that Lawrence had to settle for second place, but he surprised very positively! Thomas Covington comes third, Calvin Flanders comes seventh, Bas Vaessen twelfth, Micha Boy de Waal crosses the finish line in fourteenth ahead of Brent Vandoninck. Iago Geerts crashes in the initial phase and does not reach the finish.
In the 20-minute, two-lap qualifier, Prado-Garcia gets the best start ahead of Covington and Lawrence. The Australian quickly manages to get past the American, but Prado manages to break free from the Honda rider. Halfway through the race, the Spaniard has more than four seconds ahead of Lawrence. Then something goes wrong because Lawrence takes over the lead from the 17-year-old Spaniard. In the eighth laps the 114 Motorsports driver himself makes a mistake when he stalls the engine. Prado-Garcia takes the lead and wins ahead of Lawrence and Covington. In the final phase, the Husqvarna rider still has to fight with Pauls Jonass, who rides a great race. However, the Latvian ends up unlucky with a straggler, causing him to lose the connection. Jonass comes fourth ahead of Thomas Kjer Olsen.
Unfortunately no LIVE images from Frauenfeld on MotorsportTV, the broadcast only starts at 19.20 pm. The first round of MX2 will be broadcast LIVE on Eurosport2, the second round will follow at 18 p.m. Both MXGP races can be viewed via Eurosport2. Both MXGP rounds can be viewed on the NOS Studio Sport website, Playsport Telenet customers can watch the MXGP races on TV from 14 p.m.!
MX2 – Qualifying Race
1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 25:00.079; 2. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:01.786; 3. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), +0:08.532; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:14.127; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:19.061; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:25.074; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Honda), +0:36.141; 8. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Yamaha), +0:44.114; 9. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:48.452; 10. Marshal Weltin (USA, Kawasaki), +0:52.015; 11. Anthony Rodriguez (VEN, Yamaha), +0:59.683; 12. Bas Vaessen (NED, Honda), +1:02.190; 13. Henry Jacobi (GER, Husqvarna), +1:06.112; 14. Micha-Boy De Waal (NED, Honda), +1:07.595; 15. Gustavo Pessoa (BRA, Kawasaki), +1:14.779; 16. Brent Vandoninck (BEL, Husqvarna), +1:18.978; 17. Anton Gole (SWE, Yamaha), +1:24.610; 18. Adrien Malaval (FRA, KTM), +1:28.342; 19. Simone Furlotti (ITA, Yamaha), +1:29.765; 20. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, KTM), +1:34.319; 21. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, Yamaha), +1:39.424; 22. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), +1:40.692; 23. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), +1:42.829; 24. Kim Savaste (FIN, KTM), +1:47.718; 25. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), +1:49.743; 26. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, Husqvarna), +2:00.318; 27. Alessandro Contessi (SUI, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 28. Loris Freidig (SUI, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 29. Martin Krc (CZE, KTM), -1 lap(s); 30. Cyril Zurbrugg (SUI, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 31. Oriol Casas (ESP, Honda), -3 lap(s); 32. Zachary Pichon (FRA, KTM), -9 lap(s); 33. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), -12 lap(s);
By: Steven van Kempen/KEMCO
Photo: #ShotbyBavo
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