Renaux and Herlings start from pole
Today the ninth Grand Prix of the season will be held in Afyonkarahisar. This morning Maxime Renaux (MX2) and Jeffrey Herlings (MXGP) managed to take pole positions. Renaux was just faster than Mattia Guadagnini. Herlings had almost a second to spare to Jorge Prado.
MX2 – Time Practice – Classification
1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), 1:50.052; 2. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0:00.007; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), +0:00.344; 4. Mathys Islam (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:00.516; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:00.811; 6. Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:00.946; 7. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:01.215; 8. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:01.382; 9. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0:01.583; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0:01.986; 11. Andrea Adamo (NOW, GASGAS), +0:02.067; 12. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:02.074; 13. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:02.256; 14. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:02.373; 15. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0:02.614; 16. Isaac Gifting (SWE, GASGAS), +0:03.030; 17. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), +0:03.564; 18. Petr Polak (CZE, Yamaha), +0:04.241; 19. Emil Weckman (FIN, Honda), +0:04.630; 20. No Banner (SLO, KTM), +0:04.666; 21. Valerio Tin (ITA, KTM), +0:04.882; 22. Jan Wagenknecht (CZE, KTM), +0:06.086; 23. Gerard Congost (ESP, Yamaha), +0:06.973; 24. Julian Vander Auwera (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:11.002;
MXGP – Time Practice – Classification
1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 1:44.347; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:00.996; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:01.177; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:01.835; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, GASGAS), +0:01.892; 6. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:02.283; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:02.410; 8. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), +0:02.549; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KTM), +0:02.759; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:03.008; 11. Brian Bogers (NED, GASGAS), +0:03.359; 12. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:03.934; 13. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:03.977; 14. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +0:03.990; 15. Henry Jacobi (GER, Honda), +0:04.380; 16. Brent Vandoninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:04.422; 17. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Husqvarna), +0:04.480; 18. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Yamaha), +0:04.494; 19. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +0:04.741; 20. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:05.013; 21. Lorenzo Locurcio (VEN, KTM), +0:05.614; 22. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:05.665; 23. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Honda), +0:05.688; 24. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Yamaha), +0:05.748; 25. Vsevolod Brylyakov (MFR, Honda), +0:05.991; 26. Dušan Drdaj (CZE, KTM), +0:07.630;
Door: Steven van Kempen/KEMCO
Photos: Pascal Haudiquert
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