Problems pile up for Geerts, Watson wins GP!
Van de Moosdijk gives F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing their first GP Heat victory!
Jago Geerts' problems are only increasing at the Lommel circuit. The Yamaha rider should significantly reduce his gap to Tom Vialle on this sand circuit. The opposite happened as the Frenchman increased his lead in the standings match after match. With three races to go, the difference is 74 points in favor of the 19-year-old KTM rider. Ben Watson wins his first GP and Roan van de Moosdijk records his first GP heat victory. The same also applies to the F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team!
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For the 17th time this year, Vialle takes the FOX Holeshot Award for Geerts. Conrad Mewse, Watson and debutant Thibault Benistant! The Brit then goes a little too wide, causing him to drop back to sixth place. Geerts makes a mistake in the first round, causing him to fall and therefore saddle himself with a lot of work again. Renaux climbs to second place while Watson passes his Yamaha colleague Benistant. Van de Moosdijk has now worked his way up to fifth place and is looking at his successors in the EMX250. After ten minutes of racing, Watson starts to catch up to Renaux, the Brit has no choice because Van de Moosdijk has taken over fourth place and he is chasing the KEMEA driver. Halfway through the race, Watson takes over second place and then reduces the gap to leader Vialle by 5,4 seconds. With five minutes to go, the rider from Nottingham takes the lead and he also takes Renaux past Vialle. The current World Cup leader comes third and is therefore doing good business! Benistant is the third Frenchman in the top four. Kjer Olsen managed to pass Van de Moosdijk, the Husqvarna rider finished fifth ahead of the F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team rider from Eindhoven. Cyril Genot does well again with a tenth place, the IXS-STC Racing driver manages to stay ahead of Bas Vaessen. Geerts finishes thirteenth ahead of Nathan Renkens (15th), Jordi van Mieghem makes his debut with a 22nd place.
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Geerts gets the best start during the second heat and he is followed by Van de Moosdijk and Vialle. The KTM rider briefly takes over second, but Van de Moosdijk does not let that happen easily. The 20-year-old Kawasaki rider comes back and follows the leader like a shadow. After nine minutes, leader Geerts makes a mistake and that gives Van de Moosdijk the lead. His lead is then more than five seconds and he then manages to build this up to more than ten seconds! Van de Moosdijk wins his first GP round and also delivers this milestone to the F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team. Gifting rides his GasGas to second place ahead of Kjer Olsen. Watson finishes fourth and that is enough for the GP victory. Renaux completes the top five. Vialle is not feeling well in the race, but he finishes sixth ahead of Geerts! Vaessen now scores twelfth place, Renkens is again fifteenth and Jordi Van Mieghem does not finish. Pleasure didn't start.
After three tough sand circuits, the 'circus' travels again and now back to Italy. Three more races will be held on the Arco di Trento circuit.
Results Grand Prix MX2 #15; Lommel, B:
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Classification
1. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), 36:15.672; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.958; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), +0:19.273; 4. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:27.475; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:32.999; 6. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0:38.393; 7. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:39.620; 8. Isaac Gifting (SWE, GASGAS), +0:49.009; 9. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:49.770; 10. Cyril Genot (BEL, Yamaha), +1:01.312; 11. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), +1:06.388; 12. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Honda), +1:07.035; 13. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +1:16.770; 14. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +1:25.031; 15. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), +1:52.645; 16. Bailey Malkiewicz (AUS, Honda), +1:55.642; 17. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 18. Johannes Nermann (EST, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 19. Petr Polak (CZE, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 20. Glen Meier (DEN, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 21. Michael Sandner (AUT, GASGAS), -1 lap(s); 22. Jordi Van Mieghem (BEL, Kawasaki), -1 lap(s); 23. Ashton Dickinson (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 24. Jake Sheridan (IRL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 25. Adam Collings (GBR, KTM), -2 lap(s); 26. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), -3 lap(s); 27. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), -4 lap(s); 28. James Carpenter (GBR, Husqvarna), -4 lap(s); 29. Josh Gilbert (GBR, Husqvarna), -7 lap(s); 30. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Yamaha), -8 lap(s); 31. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), -13 lap(s);
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Classification
1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), 36:37.993; 2. Isak Gifting (SWE, GASGAS), +0:07.808; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:09.050; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:14.966; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:27.676; 6. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), +0:43.561; 7. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:56.281; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +1:05.561; 9. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Honda), +1:16.731; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +1:21.612; 11. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +1:25.949; 12. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), +1:27.067; 13. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +1:53.566; 14. Bailey Malkiewicz (AUS, Honda), +2:15.259; 15. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s); 16. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 17. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 18. Petr Polak (CZE, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 19. Johannes Nermann (EST, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 20. Glen Meier (DEN, Yamaha), -1 lap(s); 21. James Carpenter (GBR, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 22. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), -1 lap(s); 23. Michael Sandner (AUT, GASGAS), -1 lap(s); 24. Ashton Dickinson (GBR, KTM), -2 lap(s); 25. Jake Sheridan (IRL, KTM), -2 lap(s); 26. Adam Collings (GBR, KTM), -10 lap(s); 27. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), -12 lap(s); 28. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Yamaha), -15 lap(s); 29. Jordi Van Mieghem (BEL, Kawasaki), -16 lap(s);
MX2 – GP Classification
1. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 43 points; 2. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 40 p.; 3. Maxim Renals (FRA, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Thomas Kjer Olsen (THE, HOUSE), 36 p.; 5. Isaac Gifting (SWE, GAS), 35 p.; 6. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 35 p.; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 27 p.; 9. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 22 p.; 10. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HON), 21 p.; 11. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 20 p.; 12. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), 19 p.; 13. Bailey Malkiewicz (AUS, HON), 12th place; 14. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), 12 p.; 15. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 12 p.; 16. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 11 p.; 17. Cyril Genot (BEL, YAM), 11 p.; 18. Morgan Lesiard (ITA, HON), 8 p.; 19. Petr Polak (CZE, YAM), 5 p.; 20. John Nermann (EST, HUS), 5 p.; 21. Glen Meier (THEN, YAM), 2 p.; 22. James Carpenter (GBR, HUS), 0 p.; 23. No Banner (SLO, KTM), 0 p.; 24. Michael Sandner (AUT, GAS), 0 p.; 25. Ashton Dickinson (GBR, KTM), 0 p.; 26. Jake Sheridan (IRL, KTM), 0 p.; 27. Adam Collings (GBR, KTM), 0 p.; 28. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), 0 p.; 29. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, YAM), 0 p.; 30. Jordi Van Mieghem (BEL, KAW), 0 p.; 31. Josh Gilbert (GBR, HUS), 0 p.;
MX2 – World Championship Classification
1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 651 points; 2. Geerts Trade (BEL, YAM), 577 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 476 p.; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 456 p.; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 446 p.; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 440 p.; 7. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 417 p.; 8. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 307 p.; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, YAM), 279 p.; 10. Mathys Islam (FRA, CAW), 234 p.; 11. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 228 p.; 12. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HON), 215 p.; 13. Isaac Gifting (SWE, GAS), 179 p.; 14. Albert Forat (ITA, HUS), 156 p.; 15. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), 136 p.; 16. Bailey Malkiewicz (AUS, HON), 119 p.; 17. Mikkel Haarup (THEN, COW), 118 p.; 18. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 104 p.; 19. Nathan Renkens (BEL, KTM), 97 p.; 20. Nathan Crawford (AUS, HON), 91 p.; 21. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, HON), 90 p.; 22. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 88 p.; 23. Josh Gilbert (GBR, HUS), 87 p.; 24. Cyril Genot (BEL, YAM), 85 p.; 25. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 73 p.; 26. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), 67 p.; 27. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, HUS), 62 p.; 28. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 59 p.; 29. Jeremy Sydow (GER, GAS), 35 p.; 30. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), 33 p.; 31. Michael Sandner (AUT, GAS), 31 p.; 32. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 28 p.; 33. Petr Polak (CZE, YAM), 28 p.; 34. Mitchell Harrison (USA, KAW), 22 p.; 35. Gianmarco Cenerelli (ITA, HUS), 21 p.; 36. Enzo Toriani (FRA, HUS), 21 p.; 37. Johannes Nermann (EST, HUS), 16 p.; 38. Ashton Dickinson (GBR, KTM), 15 p.; 39. Glen Meier (DEN, YAM), 9 p.; 40. Wilson Todd (AUS, KAW), 8 p.; 41. Jakub Teresak (CZE, KTM), 8 p.; 42. Filippo Zonta (ITA, KTM), 6 p.; 43. Roland Edelbacher (AUT, HUS), 5 p.; 44. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, KTM), 3 p.; 45. Maximilian Spies (GER, HUS), 2 p.; 46. Jere Haavisto (FIN, YAM), 2 p.;
By: Steven van Kempen/KEMCO
Photo: MXGP
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