Cairoli Tops Practice

FIM MX World Champs 2015

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NEUQUEN (Argentina), 28 March 2015 – Boasting everything that makes MXGP the best off-road motorcycling sport in the world, MXGP of Patagonia Argentina embraced breath-taking scenery, a spectacular track and a crowd with passion for motocross that comes second to none.

Inspired by the rowdiness and animation of the crowd and relishing the wide and flowing circuit, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings wrapped up pole here for round three of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

While the lap chart paints a picture of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli pulling a holeshot and controlling the race, just as he did in the first qualifying race of the year, that was absolutely not the case.

When the gates dropped for the first time at MXGP of Patagonia Argentina, the early Red Plate holder Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl got off to another flyer leading Cairoli and Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev around turn one. Not prepared to settle or take it easy on lap one, it wasn’t long before Cairoli put an impressive pass on Nagl through the rhythm section to take over the lead.

With Cairoli taking brief control, the current red plate holder Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle appeared to be his element, exhibiting the confidence of his fastest time in Time Practice to charge from sixth place to third before the end of lap one. Although the Belgian did look as though he would go after Cairoli and challenge for pole, he came undone the following lap when he binned it somewhere between pitlane and the waves.

As Desalle remounted, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto was putting his ‘pin it to win it’ style to good use as he bounced back from his mediocre start, and chipped away the eight second lead of Cairoli.

In the interim of Villopoto’s charge to the front he passed the likes of Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s duo of Jeremy Van Horebeek and Romain Febvre as well as Team HRC’s Gautier Paulin and the fading Evgeny Bobryshev, who spent the entire race giving each other grief for fifth.

Approaching the closing stages of the race, the uproar of the dynamic crowd began to dramatically increase as Villopoto had clawed away at the lead of Cairoli and was all over him for the win.

With two laps to go, the champions went at it generating the type of race that fans of MXGP would expect from them. While it was a nail biter, it was Cairoli who kept his cool and held strong to claim his second qualifying heat win of the year. Villopoto finished a well fought second while Nagl came home in a comfortable third.

Fourth place ended up going to Desalle who eventually managed to regroup, while the Yamaha duo of Van Horebeek and Febvre rounded out the top six respectively, just ahead of Team HRC’s duo of Paulin and Bobryshev.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 25:10.966; 2. Ryan Villopoto (USA, Kawasaki), +0:01.596; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:07.567; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:16.819; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:17.981; 6. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:18.994; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:24.378; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:37.733; 9. Todd Waters (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:43.773; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:45.716.

             

The amazing fans here weren’t shy in showing their appreciation for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings who put in yet another solid performance to remain unbeaten in 2015 while his teammate Pauls Jonass did a similar thing in second.

With the two Red Bull KTM Riders being untouchable out front, the real race was for third as Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Thomas Covington got off to another great start and embarked on a bar bashing adventure with Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod. After tossing the position back and forth for a few laps it was Guillod who eventually sealed the deal and bought it home.

Meanwhile Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis put in an extraordinary performance to round out the top five after being buried way back of the pack in the early stages of the race.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 25:17.643; 2. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:22.021; 3. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:28.166; 4. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +0:34.214; 5. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:36.473; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:44.430; 7. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:51.115; 8. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:52.567; 9. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:54.271; 10. Julien Lieber (BEL, Yamaha), +0:55.591.

              

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MXGP PATAGONIA ARGENTINA – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Dark soil

Temperature: 21°C

Weather conditions: sunny

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It is as close as they have come since the series began in Qatar. While Antonio Cairoli took an early lead and Ryan Villopoto sat back in the pack in 7th place early, it came down to a last lap battle.

The American worked his way into second place, came close to the Italian, before Cairoli clocked a quicker last lap time and pulled away for the victory. Saturday means nothing for either man, but bragging rights is always a good thing going into Sunday.

Live results – MXGP – Qualifying Race

– 1 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 25:10.966
– 2 2 Villopoto, Ryan USA Kawasaki 25:12.562
– 3 12 Nagl, Maximilian GER Husqvarna 25:18.533
– 4 25 Desalle, Clement BEL Suzuki 25:27.785
– 5 89 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Yamaha 25:28.947
– 6 461 Febvre, Romain FRA Yamaha 25:29.960
– 7 21 Paulin, Gautier FRA Honda 25:35.344
– 8 777 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS Honda 25:48.699
– 9 47 Waters, Todd AUS Husqvarna 25:54.739
– 10 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 25:56.682

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has won the MX2 qualification race at the Grand Prix of Argentina. Herlings led from start to finish and was followed by his KTM team-mate Pauls Jonass, who finished 22 seconds behind the Dutchman, with Valentin Guillod in third place.

MX2 – Qualifying Race – Classification

1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 25:17.643
2 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 25:39.664
3 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS Yamaha 25:45.809
4 64 Covington, Thomas USA FFM Kawasaki 25:51.857
5 4 Ferrandis, Dylan FRA FFM Kawasaki 25:54.116
6 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 26:02.073
7 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Kawasaki 26:08.758
8 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB Yamaha 26:10.210
9 59 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS MFR Husqvarna 26:11.914
10 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB Yamaha 26:13.234

 
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