HONDA RACING INFORMATION 2014 FIM MXGP/MX2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 08, MATTERLEY BASIN, GREAT BRITAIN SUNDAY MAY 25, 2014 Weather: Bright Temperature: 17 degrees Attendance: 25,000 GAJSER BURSTS THROUGH FOR FIRST CAREER PODIUM The climate was predictably unpredictable across round eight of seventeen of the FIM Motocross World Championship that saw the series descend upon Matterley Basin for the British Grand Prix. The British fixture will be a career milestone for Gariboldi Hondas Tim Gajser as the seventeen year old rode superbly to score third position overall in the MX2 class for his very first spray of champagne at Grand Prix level. The result buoyed the HRC ranks in what was a strange and ultimately disappointing meeting for the Honda World Motocross team. Max Nagl missed his third Grand Prix of the season as he continues to recuperate from a wrist injury and Evgeny Bobryshev was also absent in the UK as unsolvable visa issues meant that the Russian was bitterly frustrated not to receive the necessary paperwork in time to be able to compete. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) ended up winning the premier MXGP class from Clement Desalle (Suzuki) and Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yamaha) after two motos run in sunny but windy conditions near Englands south coast. The build-up to the event at the popular, flowing and technical circuit saw heavy rain dampen the site and create a soft and rutty terrain. Further showers on Saturday forced a shortening of the practice and qualification schedule but on raceday the skies were largely blue and forgiving. Gajser took his CRF250R to the third step of the MX2 rostrum behind Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) and Arnaud Tonus (Kawasaki) with results of fourth and third in the two thirty minute and two lap motos. The teenager had a difficult qualification on Saturday and showed nothing like podium potential in the wet but his speed was excellent to recover from two top ten starts and force his way into contention on Sunday. Elsewhere in MXGP it was left to J-Race Racings Joel Roelants to place as the highest CRF450R runner. The Belgian classified eleventh in only his eighth appearance at the highest level in red. Roelants holds ninth place in the championship standings as the campaign nears the halfway stage while Bobryshev is eleventh and Nagl sixth. The teams now head across the English Channel to contest the Grand Prix of France to the west coast of the country with 2011 Motocross of Nations circuit St Jean DAngely ready for the ninth appointment on the 2014 schedule next weekend. HONDA COMMENTS: Tim Gajser: Race Result: 4th/3rd Championship position: 6th Saturday was not so good because of a bad start in the qualification race and then two crashes but thankfully today was a different day! I finished fourth after some good passes in the first moto and then had a similar start around the top ten in the second race. I made a couple of mistakes, so had to concentrate to move up to third. It was a good ride. I was thinking smart and trying not to take too many risks. The bike is really good and I enjoy riding it. We did a lot of work during the winter and we are still testing throughout the season so I hope I can be up with the leaders a bit more! Roger Harvey, Honda World Motocross General Manager: We are thrilled for Tim, Giacomo and the whole Gariboldi crew who have worked hard for this kind of result and to be honest it has looked like it was coming in recent races. On the other hand we are very sad that we had no representation in MXGP here. Everything had been done, planning had been made and we went through the same visa process as every other occasion that Bobby has needed to be in the UK. When it seemed like the documents were not going to be processed in time then again we left no stone unturned to get the whole thing approved without any success. There is nothing more to say really and we have to take into consideration episodes like these for the future. RESULTS MXGP RACE 1 (17 laps = 27.880 Km) POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP 1 / CAIROLI, Antonio / ITA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 35:06.163 / 0.000 2 / FROSSARD, Steven / FRA / Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team / Kawasaki / 35:10.022 / 3.859 3 / VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy / BEL / Yamaha Factory Racing / Yamaha / 35:19.411 / 13.248 4 / DESALLE, Clement / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP / Suzuki / 35:25.529 / 19.366 5 / STRIJBOS, Kevin / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP / Suzuki / 35:33.683 / 27.520 6 / SEARLE, Tommy / GBR / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MXGP / Kawasaki / 35:46.862 / 40.699 7 / NICHOLLS, Jake / GBR / Wilvo Forkrent KTM / KTM / 35:48.317 / 42.154 8 / RATTRAY, Tyla / RSA / Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory racing / Husqvarna / 35:59.529 / 53.366 9 / SIMPSON, Shaun / GBR / Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM / KTM / 36:18.282 / 1:12.119 10 / LEOK, Tanel / EST / TM Ricci Racing / TM / 36:19.020 / 1:12.857 11 / PHILIPPAERTS, David / ITA / DP19 Racing Yamaha / Yamaha / 36:29.869 / 1:23.706 12 / BOOG, Xavier / FRA / 24MX Honda Racing / Honda / 36:33.362 / 1:27.199 13 / ROELANTS, Joel / BEL / J-Race Racing Team / Honda / 36:36.054 / 1:29.891 14 / GUARNERI, Davide / ITA / TM Ricci Racing / TM / 36:39.427 / 1:33.264 15 / ULLRICH, Dennis / GER / KTM Sarholz / KTM / 36:42.855 / 1:36.692 16 / KARRO, Matiss / LAT / Wilvo Forkrent KTM / KTM / 36:50.634 / 1:44.471 17 / WATSON, Nathan / GBR / / Husqvarna / 37:00.721 / 1:54.558 18 / DELINCE, Jeremy / BEL / 24MX Honda Racing / Honda / 35:17.506 / -1 Lap 19 / IRWIN, Graeme / IRL / / Suzuki / 35:23.493 / 5.987 20 / CARLESS, Shane / GBR / / Kawasaki / 35:24.826 / 7.320 Fastest Lap: DESALLE, Clement; 1:55.159 in lap 7 with 51.268 Km/h MXGP RACE 2 (17 laps = 27.880 Km) POS / CLASS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP 1 / DESALLE, Clement / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP / Suzuki / 35:00.023 / 0.000 2 / CAIROLI, Antonio / ITA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 35:17.740 / 17.717 3 / VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy / BEL / Yamaha Factory Racing / Yamaha / 35:31.861 / 31.838 4 / RATTRAY, Tyla / RSA / Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory racing / Husqvarna / 35:35.845 / 35.822 5 / SEARLE, Tommy / GBR / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MXGP / Kawasaki / 35:42.028 / 42.005 6 / SIMPSON, Shaun / GBR / Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM / KTM / 35:43.100 / 43.077 7 / STRIJBOS, Kevin / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP / Suzuki / 35:54.171 / 54.148 8 / KARRO, Matiss / LAT / Wilvo Forkrent KTM / KTM / 35:59.472 / 59.449 9 / NICHOLLS, Jake / GBR / Wilvo Forkrent KTM / KTM / 36:01.247 / 1:01.224 10 / ROELANTS, Joel / BEL / J-Race Racing Team / Honda / 36:03.648 / 1:03.625 11 / PHILIPPAERTS, David / ITA / DP19 Racing Yamaha / Yamaha / 36:07.534 / 1:07.511 12 / GUARNERI, Davide / ITA / TM Ricci Racing / TM / 36:09.279 / 1:09.256 13 / GONCALVES, Rui / POR / Bike It Yamaha Cosworth / Yamaha / 36:10.869 / 1:10.846 14 / ULLRICH, Dennis / GER / KTM Sarholz / KTM / 36:25.560 / 1:25.537 15 / DE DYCKER, Ken / BEL / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 36:34.386 / 1:34.363 16 / IRWIN, Graeme / IRL / / Suzuki / 36:37.939 / 1:37.916 17 / DELINCE, Jeremy / BEL / 24MX Honda Racing / Honda / 36:39.848 / 1:39.825 18 / WATSON, Nathan / GBR / / Husqvarna / 36:41.937 / 1:41.914 19 / BOOG, Xavier / FRA / 24MX Honda Racing / Honda / 36:54.922 / 1:54.899 20 / GERCAR, Klemen / SLO / Honda Jtech / Honda / 36:58.076 / 1:58.053 Fastest Lap: DESALLE, Clement; 1:55.139 in lap 2 with 51.277 Km/h WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS: Pos Rider Total 1 CAIROLI, Antonio 351, 2 DESALLE, Clement 323, 3 VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy 316, 4 STRIJBOS, Kevin 250, 5 PAULIN, Gautier 205, 6 NAGL, Maximilian 166, 7 FROSSARD, Steven 164, 8 SIMPSON, Shaun 159, 9 ROELANTS, Joel 153, 10 BOOG, Xavier 145, 11 BOBRYSHEV, Evgeny 136, 12 PHILIPPAERTS, David 126, 13 GONCALVES, Rui 119, 14 NICHOLLS, Jake 118, 15 RATTRAY, Tyla 116, 16 GUARNERI, Davide 116, 17 WATERS, Todd 107, 18 KARRO, Matiss 93, 19 LEOK, Tanel 83, 20 SEARLE, Tommy 60. MX2 RACE 1 (17 laps = 27.880 Km)) POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP 1 / HERLINGS, Jeffrey / NED / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 34:59.916 / 0.000 2 / TIXIER, Jordi / FRA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 35:21.255 / 21.339 3 / ANSTIE, Max / GBR / Bike It Yamaha Cosworth / Yamaha / 35:23.963 / 24.047 4 / GAJSER, Tim / SLO / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 35:25.175 / 25.259 5 / TONUS, Arnaud / SUI / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 35:29.166 / 29.250 6 / GUILLOD, Valentin / SUI / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 35:38.858 / 38.942 7 / FERRANDIS, Dylan / FRA / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 35:56.176 / 56.260 8 / FEBVRE, Romain / FRA / Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing / Husqvarna / 35:59.888 / 59.972 9 / TONKOV, Aleksandr / RUS / Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing / Husqvarna / 36:06.149 / 1:06.233 10 / BUTRON, Jose / ESP / KTM Silver Action / KTM / 36:10.719 / 1:10.803 11 / GRAULUS, Damon / BEL / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 36:14.611 / 1:14.695 12 / MONTICELLI, Ivo / ITA / Marchetti Racing Team KTM / KTM / 36:18.053 / 1:18.137 13 / SEEWER, Jeremy / SUI / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 36:18.493 / 1:18.577 14 / POCOCK, Mel / GBR / Hitachi Construction Machinery UK KTM / KTM / 36:21.485 / 1:21.569 15 / STYKE, Luke / AUS / Kemea Yamaha Racing Team / Yamaha / 36:22.491 / 1:22.575 16 / LIEBER, Julien / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 36:23.919 / 1:24.003 17 / COVINGTON, Thomas / USA / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 36:36.323 / 1:36.407 18 / PETROV, Petar / BUL / Kemea Yamaha Racing Team / Yamaha / 36:39.998 / 1:40.082 19 / LENOIR, Steven / FRA / / Husqvarna / 36:44.573 / 1:44.657 20 / CHARLIER, Christophe / FRA / Yamaha Factory Racing / Yamaha / 36:46.224 / 1:46.308 Fastest Lap: HERLINGS, Jeffrey; 1:54.841 in lap 4 with 51.410 Km/h MX2 RACE 2 (17 laps = 27.880 Km)) POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME 1 / HERLINGS, Jeffrey / NED / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 35:08.239 / 0.000 2 / TONUS, Arnaud / SUI / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 35:24.928 / 16.689 3 / GAJSER, Tim / SLO / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 35:49.525 / 41.286 4 / FEBVRE, Romain / FRA / Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing / Husqvarna / 35:50.478 / 42.239 5 / TIXIER, Jordi / FRA / Red Bull KTM Factory Racing / KTM / 36:07.978 / 59.739 6 / TONKOV, Aleksandr / RUS / Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing / Husqvarna / 36:10.512 / 1:02.273 7 / BUTRON, Jose / ESP / KTM Silver Action / KTM / 36:14.178 / 1:05.939 8 / GRAULUS, Damon / BEL / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 36:18.281 / 1:10.042 9 / SEEWER, Jeremy / SUI / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 36:21.219 / 1:12.980 10 / MONTICELLI, Ivo / ITA / Marchetti Racing Team KTM / KTM / 36:24.392 / 1:16.153 11 / COVINGTON, Thomas / USA / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 36:24.404 / 1:16.165 12 / FERRANDIS, Dylan / FRA / Team CLS Kawasaki Monster Energy MX2 / Kawasaki / 36:32.700 / 1:24.461 13 / LIEBER, Julien / BEL / Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe / Suzuki / 36:33.612 / 1:25.373 14 / PETROV, Petar / BUL / Kemea Yamaha Racing Team / Yamaha / 36:44.415 / 1:36.176 15 / STYKE, Luke / AUS / Kemea Yamaha Racing Team / Yamaha / 36:45.639 / 1:37.400 16 / GUILLOD, Valentin / SUI / Standing Construct KTM / KTM / 37:09.610 / 2:01.371 17 / JUSTS, Roberts / LAT / Latvia - Husqvarna Racing / Husqvarna / 37:10.055 / 2:01.816 18 / DESPREY, Maxime / FRA / Honda Jtech / Honda / 35:09.142 / -1 Lap 19 / YAMAMOTO, Kei / JPN / Honda Gariboldi / Honda / 35:10.685 / 1.543 20 / KLINGSHEIM, Magne / NOR / Bike It Yamaha Cosworth / Yamaha / 35:20.562 / 11.420 Fastest Lap: HERLINGS, Jeffrey; 1:55.179 in lap 9 with 51.259 Km/h WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS: Pos Rider Total 1 HERLINGS, Jeffrey 344, 2 TONUS, Arnaud 305, 3 FEBVRE, Romain 263, 4 TIXIER, Jordi 253, 5 FERRANDIS, Dylan 248, 6 GAJSER, Tim 209, 7 TONKOV, Aleksandr 197, 8 BUTRON, Jose 184, 9 COLDENHOFF, Glenn 176, 10 GUILLOD, Valentin 173, 11 SEEWER, Jeremy 142, 12 ANSTIE, Max 141, 13 PETROV, Petar 116, 14 LIEBER, Julien 108, 15 COVINGTON, Thomas 80, 16 MONTICELLI, Ivo 69, 17 STYKE, Luke 67, 18 POCOCK, Mel 62, 19 LUPINO, Alessandro 55, 20 GRAULUS, Damon 55. NEXT EVENT: ROUND09 JUNE 01, MXGP OF FRANCE, SAINT JEAN DANGELY.
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