Tixier Wins the Title!
FIM MX World Champs 2014
Young Frenchman Jordi Tixier has been crowned World MX2 Champion after one of the most dramatic motos in Grand Prix history. Ray Archer image
Tixier of the Red Bull KTM Factory team grabbed the holeshot, but then made a mistake over a jump and was landed on by Husqvarna Factory rider Alexandr Tonkov.
Tixier had to regroup after sitting and waiting while Tonkov pulled his arm out of the back wheel of Tixiers KTM, then the Frenchman put on a masterclass as he fought past Jeffrey Herlings, who held 14th place and moved through the pack.
Herlings followed for sometime, and it looked like the Dutchman might be able to do enough to win his third MX2 title. However as Tixier moved forward Herlings was a little slower making his way through the field, finally getting passed by a couple of riders in the dying stages.
At races end it was Tixier in third and Herlings in 10th. The title went to the Frenchman, but Herlings should also be commended for his amazing strength throughout the weekend.
This is Jeffrey Herlings’ femur on Saturday night before the race. What doctor released him to race with a break that isn’t even close to being closed?
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Classification
1 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS Honda 35:32.350
2 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS KTM 35:38.642
3 911 Tixier, Jordi FRA FFM KTM 35:39.964
4 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB KTM 35:40.966
5 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV Suzuki 35:41.965
6 200 Tonus, Arnaud SUI FMS Kawasaki 35:42.795
7 461 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Husqvarna 36:00.085
8 23 Charlier, Christophe FRA FFM Yamaha 36:02.139
9 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 36:05.408
10 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 36:38.022
11 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN MFJ Honda 36:38.536
12 64 Covington, Thomas USA AMA Kawasaki 36:56.852
13 274 Lundgren, Anton SWE SVEMO Yamaha 37:34.867
14 201 Garza, Alexis MEX FMM Suzuki 36:14.579
15 514 Tovar, Edgar MEX FMM KTM 37:42.010
MX2 – GP Classification
1 911 Tixier, Jordi FRA FFM KTM 25 20 45
2 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS HON 16 25 41
3 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS KTM 15 22 37
4 461 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM HUS 22 14 36
5 200 Tonus, Arnaud SUI FMS KAW 18 15 33
6 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB KTM 14 18 32
7 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV SUZ 9 16 25
8 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS SUZ 12 12 24
9 122 Ferrandis, Dylan FRA FFM KAW 20 2 22
10 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN MFJ HON 10 10 20
11 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 7 11 18
12 23 Charlier, Christophe FRA FFM YAM 4 13 17
13 274 Lundgren, Anton SWE SVEMO YAM 8 8 16
14 64 Covington, Thomas USA AMA KAW 6 9 15
15 17 Butron, Jose ESP RFME KTM 11 3 14
MX2 – World Championship Classification
1 911 Tixier, Jordi FRA KTM 616
2 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 612
3 461 Febvre, Romain FRA HUS 570
4 122 Ferrandis, D. FRA KAW 533
5 243 Gajser, Tim SLO HON 528
6 200 Tonus, Arnaud SUI KAW 455
7 92 Guillod, V. SUI KTM 449
8 59 Tonkov, A. RUS HUS 397
9 17 Butron, Jose ESP KTM 359
10 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SUZ 352
11 33 Lieber, Julien BEL KTM 292
12 99 Anstie, Max GBR YAM 283
13 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED SUZ 248
14 152 Petrov, Petar BUL YAM 239
15 23 Charlier, C. FRA YAM 220
MX2 Overall
1. Jordi Tixier 25-20
2. Tim Gajser 16-25
3. Valentin Guillod 15-22
4. Romain Febvre 22-14
5. Aranud Tonus 18-15
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11. Jeffrey Herlings 7-11
MX2 Point Standings
1. Jordi Tixier 616
2. Jeffrey Herlings 612
3. Romain Febvre 570
4. Dylan Ferrandis 533
5. Tim Gajser 528