MX1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli obtained his 62nd over
all victory today after winning both races of the Finnish Grand Prix. In the first race the Italian started fourth behind Clement Desalle, Rui Gonçalves and Kevin Strijbos, but he quickly moved up to second and tried to catch the Belgian rider. Cairoli admitted that it took him a while to find the good lines and reach the good speed, but in the end he passed him and crossed the finish line six seconds ahead of the Belgian rider. In the second race things were much easier for Cairoli, as he was able to take the lead in the first lap and he dominated the race with great authority until the chequered flag.
Rockstar Energy Suzuki World Clement Desalle was very satisfied with his riding today, as well as with his starts. The Belgian rider obtained his maiden Get Athena holeshot in the first heat and he dominated it until Cairoli overtook him. Desalle was determined to win the second race, but his third position in the second moto made him finish on the second step of the podium.
Third overall was his teammate Kevin Strijbos who had one of the best weekends of the season. The Belgian rider had a good qualifying race yesterday and today he managed to take two good starts and kept the rhythm of the front group. Strijbos admitted that by the middle of the first race he had a little bit of arm pump and he moved from third to fifth, but in the second race the Belgian was fully motivated and his second position made him obtain the second podium of the season.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Ken De Dycker missed the podium this weekend, but he was able to finish fourth overall even if he did not have a really good gate pick due to his twelfth position in yesterday’s qualifying race. The Belgian had two poor starts in both races, but he was able to make two strong recoveries; in the first race he moved from 13th to an incredible third place, whereas in the second heat he had to settle down with the sixth place after starting also around the 13th position.
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jeremy Van Horebeek was really close again to finish on the podium, but in the end he finished fifth overall just one point behind De Dycker. In the first race he started sixth but after two laps he was already riding third behind Strijbos. The Kawasaki Racing Team rider was trying to overtake his compatriot when De Dycker came from behind and passed him. By the end of the race Van Horebeek was able to overtake Strijbos and he crossed the finish line in fourth. In the second race he had a poor start, but once again he moved up really quickly and after five laps he was riding fifth. Van Horebeek moved up one position when Tommy Searle had to enter the pit lane to change his goggles, but with two laps to go Gautier Paulin overtook him, so the Belgian finished fifth.
It was not a good weekend for Gautier Paulin who obtained an overall sixth place in Finland after finishing 6-4 in today’s races. The French rider did not have good starts and he admitted that he struggled to find the good lines to move up to the front positions. Instead, Rui Gonçalves started with the front riders in both heats, but he could not keep the rhythm of his rivals and his eighth and seventh places made him finish seventh overall in the Grand Prix.
Evgeny Bobryshev and Max Nagl were eighth and ninth, and Joel Roelants completed the top ten.
Tommy Searle crashed in the second corner of the first race with Jonathan Barragán and he had to work really hard to move from almost the last position until his final twelfth place. In the second race the British rider started around the tenth place and after four laps he was already riding in fourth. After such an incredible recovery, Searle gave chase to Desalle and both riders exchanged positions a couple of times. In the end Desalle attempted a hard move that resulted in the Briton hitting the floor and the intense duel was over. Searle had to enter the pitlane to change his goggles and he crossed the finish line eleventh.
The best Finnish rider was Ludvig Söderberg in the twenty-first position.
MX1 Race 1 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:23.418; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:06.700; 3. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:11.075; 4. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:13.381; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:17.518; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:29.507; 7. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:31.544; 8. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:34.243; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Honda), +0:40.742; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, Yamaha), +0:49.945;
MX1 Race 2 top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 39:10.609; 2. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:05.638; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:07.258; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:11.691; 5. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:17.361; 6. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:40.436; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:41.064; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:52.288; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Honda), +0:55.723; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, Yamaha), +1:00.203;
MX1 Overall top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 42 p.; 3. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 38 p.; 4. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), 35 p.; 5. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 34 p.; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 33 p.; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), 27 p.; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Honda), 24 p.; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, Yamaha), 22 p.;
MX1 Championship top ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 564 points; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 465 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), 456 p.; 4. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), 441 p.; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), 365 p.; 6. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), 337 p.; 7. Jeremy van Horebeek (BEL, Kawasaki), 305 p.; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Honda), 296 p.; 9. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 230 p.; 10. Davide Guarneri (ITA, KTM), 195 p.;
MX1 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 576 points; 2. Suzuki, 484 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 474 p.; 4. Honda, 364 p.; 5. Yamaha, 216 p.; 6. TM, 161 p.;
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MX2
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings had no rival today and o
nce he managed to take the lead in the early stages of both heats, he pulled away and crossed the finish line with more than fifty seconds advantage over the second rider. The Dutch rider was very satisfied with his riding but he was even happier for having obtained his twelfth Grand Prix victory, as he is now on par with Stefan Evert’s record.
The second overall position was for Monster Energy Yamaha’s Dean Ferris, whose last podium was in Portugal during the sixth Grand Prix of the season. The Australian rider explained that he felt really well in the track this weekend and this is why he was able to take two good starts and ride two consistent motos. Ferris finished third in both races.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier crashed in the first lap of the first race and he had to push really hard to move from almost the last position until the fifth place. The French rider had made such a big effort that he hardly had energies to take part in the second race, but once again Tixier did an excellent performance and he rode a solid race in second. Tixier was happy with his third overall position, but he will now do his best to focus on his first races and try to finish on the second or even first step of the podium in the Grand Prix to come.
Silver Action KTM’s José Butrón was only fourth this weekend but he was very satisfied with his result, as he is aware that he is not a sand specialist. In the first race Butrón started ninth and after a few laps he ran out of tear-off and he did not feel very comfortable from then onwards. Butrón decided to keep on racing without taking many risks and he crossed the finish line in the ninth position. In the second race he started third and he obtained a strong fourth place which made him finish fourth overall.
JTECH ESTA Motorsports Racing Honda’s Alexandr Tonkov finished fifth overall thanks to his 10-6 result. In the first race the Russian started around the seventh place, but he struggled to find the good lines and Ferrandis and Kullas overtook him by the middle of the race. Tonkov kept on having some problems and dropped down two positions more with Butrón and Tixier. In the second race the Russian had another good start and this time he rode a consistent race in sixth.
Home rider Harri Kullas managed to fulfil his goal for the weekend by finishing sixth overall in front of his home crowd. The Finnish rider had a really good start in the first race and he battled with Tonkov, Ferrandis and Butrón for the sixth position during several laps. In the end he crossed the finish line in seventh and in the second race obtained a consistent tenth position after starting down in eleventh.
Petar Petrov was riding again among the best MX2 riders and this weekend he finished seventh overall thanks to his 6-11 result. Max Anstie obtained a solid seventh position in the second race, but his eleventh result in the first heat made him finish eighth overall. However, this result gives some extra motivation to the British rider to do well in the races to come.
Glenn Coldenhoff was once again very unlucky this weekend; yesterday he 
won the qualifying race and today he obtained the Get Athena Holeshot in the first race and he managed to finish second. However, the Dutch rider crashed in the start of the second race and some laps afterwards his KTM stopped. Coldenhoff was very disappointed, as he was very motivated to finish on the podium this weekend and he was only able to finish ninth overall.
Christophe Charlier and Jake Nicholls were also involved in the crash at the start of the second race and they were only able to finish thirteenth and nineteenth respectively. In the first race, Charlier had finished eighth and Nicholls had obtained a strong fourth position, so the French and the British rider ended tenth and eleventh in the Grand Prix.
Romain Febvre, who had finished third in yesterday’s qualifying race, had a really good start in the first race, but he was forced to retire while he was riding fourth due to a problem in the gearbox of his KTM. In the second race the French rider obtained a strong fifth place, which gave him the final thirteenth position.
Alessandro Lupino crashed in the first race and was only able to finish eighteenth, and in the second heat he ended ninth to finish fourteenth in the Grand Prix, ahead of Dylan Ferrandis. The French rider also crashed in the first race while he was fifth, but Kullas landed on his bike and Ferrandis was forced to retire because his Kawasaki was too damaged. In the second race he obtained a strong eighth position.
MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 39:10.242; 2. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:55.951; 3. Dean Ferris (AUS, Yamaha), +1:06.978; 4. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +1:08.956; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:09.288; 6. Petar Petrov (BUL, Yamaha), +1:19.595; 7. Harri Kullas (FIN, KTM), +1:22.445; 8. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:25.400; 9. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:28.936; 10. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Honda), +1:30.326;
MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 38:52.389; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:51.963; 3. Dean Ferris (AUS, Yamaha), +1:07.402; 4. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:12.693; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, KTM), +1:24.516; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Honda), +1:25.710; 7. Max Anstie (GBR, Suzuki), +1:26.426; 8. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:27.144; 9. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:28.444; 10. Harri Kullas (FIN, KTM), +1:30.968;
MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Dean Ferris (AUS, Yamaha), 40 p.; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 38 p.; 4. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 30 p.; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Honda), 26 p.; 6. Harri Kullas (FIN, KTM), 25 p.; 7. Petar Petrov (BUL, Yamaha), 25 p.; 8. Max Anstie (GBR, Suzuki), 24 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), 21 p.;
MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 592 points; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 441 p.; 3. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 383 p.; 4. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), 343 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 326 p.; 6. Dean Ferris (AUS, Yamaha), 313 p.; 7. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 292 p.; 8. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), 259 p.; 9. Max Anstie (GBR, Suzuki), 252 p.; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, Yamaha), 221 p.;
MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 597 points; 2. Yamaha, 428 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 344 p.; 4. Suzuki, 276 p.; 5. Honda, 256 p.; 6. TM, 57 p.; 7. Husqvarna, 1 p.;
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MXGP FINLAND – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1550m
Type of ground: sand
Temperature: 26° C
Weather conditions: Changeable, sunny, cloudy and rainy at the end of the MX1 Race 2
Crowd attendance: 23000
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NEXT GP
After three Grand Prix in a row, the FIM Motocross World Championship will have one weekend off before traveling to Lausitzring to celebrate the German Grand Prix. The thirteenth Grand Prix of the season will be celebrated during the 28th July weekend at the same time that the EMX125 European riders will take part in the fourth round of the season and the Honda EMX150 European Championship will start.
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