Max strength! - MXGP Report
By TMX Archives on 15th Jul 15
Anstie double keeps title dream alive as dumped Coldenhaoff stuns Suzuki.
Max Anstie swept to an overwhelming double victory at Kegums on Sunday to give himself an outside shot at the MX2 world title while Glenn Coldenhoff stunned the MXGP elite when he gave Suzuki its first GP win of 2015 just days after being told to collect his cards at the end of the season!
Anstie's win, the first since Steve Dixon's crew switched to Kawasaki last winter, has brought him to within 65 points of second-placed Tim Gajser and a further 46 behind the injured Jeffrey Herlings with six GPs still to run.
There was more joy for the Brits in Latvia as Ben Watson broke top 10 for the first time with an opening moto eighth and Shaun Simpson is closing in on the MXGP top six despite a couple of crashes in race one that kept him off the leaderboard. Tommy Searle and Nathan Watson put setbacks behind them to each post a score but Adam Sterry's EMX 250 challenge faltered in a race-two start-straight collision.
In the absence of Herlings MX2 could have been wide open but Anstie stamped his authority on proceedings from the word go as he dominated qualification to earn pole.
The Brit didn't holeshot the first moto on race day but Max worked his way methodically past the three riders ahead of him, his final victim being home boy Pauls Jonass.
"I was confident from the word go but I still had to make it happen,” said Max.
"The start was really heavy in the first race after the rain last night but I was soon fourth and just picked off the riders ahead of me one by one.”
With the holeshot in race two there was never any doubt about the winner.
"As I waited for the start of the second race it went through my head that I had never gone 1-1 before but I got the holeshot and was on my way.
"The whole team has worked hard for this win and it proves that we are headed in the right direction and looking for more wins before the season is over.”
Jonass was second again in race two and was grinning from ear-to-ear as he high-fived the crowd on his way back to the paddock from the podium.
"When I was a kid I used to dream about cheering a Latvian on the podium here. And it's me!”
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX JULY 16 (ISSUE1980)
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 12 – Kegums, LATVIA
1 Max ANSTIE (GB - Monster DRT Kawasaki) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Pauls Jonass (LAT - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Harri Kullas (SF - Husqvarna) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki Europe MX) 18 + 16 = 34
5 Tim Gajser (SLO - Gariboldi Honda) 14 + 18 = 32
6 Davy Pootjes (NL - Red Bull Factory KTM) 20 + 10 = 30
7 Jordi Tixier (F - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 15 + 13 = 28
8 Brian Bogers (NL - HSF Logistics KTM) 11 + 15 = 26
9 Ben WATSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM) 13 + 7 = 20
10 Thomas Covington (US - Monster Energy Kaw) 7 + 12 = 19
11 Julien Lieber (B - Standing Construct Yamaha) 8+11=19, 12 Valentin Guillod (CH - Standing Construct Yamaha) 9+8=17, 13 Roberts Justs (LAT - HSF Logistics KTM) 12+5=17, 14 Jens Getteman (B - Jtech Honda) 1+14=15, 15 Brent Van Doninck (B - Yamaha) 6+9=15, 16 Benoit Paturel (F - Kemea Yamalube Yamaha) 10+0=10, 17 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - Jtech Honda) 4+4=8, 18 Ivo Monticelli (I - Marchetti Racing KTM) 5+3=8, 19 Samuele Bernardini (I - Factory Racing TM) 0+6=6, 20 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 3+2=5, 21 Jorge Zaragoza (E - Honda) 2+1=3.
RACE ONE: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Jonass, 3 Pootjes, 4 Seewer, 5 Kullas, 6 Tixier, 7 Gajser, 8 WATSON, 9 Justs, 10 Bogers, 11 Paturel, 12 Guillod, 13 Lieber, 14 Covington, 15 Van Doninck, 16 Monticelli, 17 Brylyakov, 18 Jacobi, 19 Zaragoza, 20 Getteman.
RACE TWO: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Jonass, 3 Kullas, 4 Gajser, 5 Seewer, 6 Bogers, 7 Getteman, 8 Tixier, 9 Covington, 10 Lieber, 11 Pootjes, 12 Van Doninck, 13 Guillod, 14 WATSON, 15 Bernardini, 16 Justs, 17 Brylyakov, 18 Monticelli, 19 Jacobi, 20 Zaragoza.
SERIES STANDINGS after 12 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 423 points, 2 Gajser 377, 3 Guillod 352, 4 Jonass 351, 5 Seewer 345, 6 Tixier 334, 7 ANSTIE 312, 8 Lieber 278, 9 Tonkov 256, 10 Ferrandis 205, 11 Bogers 205, 12 Paturel 202, 13 Petrov 194, 14 Covington 172, 15 Justs 162, 16 Van Doninck 153, 17 Brylyakov 152, 18 Monticelli 111, 19 Getteman 102, 20 WATSON 84,... 26 Mel POCOCK 36,... 30 Adam STERRY 25,... 39 Gradie FEATHERSTONE 5,... 47 Jordan BOOKER 1,...
NEXT ROUND: July 26 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC.
WORLD MXGP CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 12 – Kegums, LATVIA
1 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - Team Suzuki Europe) 25 + 22 = 47
2 Gautier Paulin (F - Team HRC Honda) 20 + 20 = 40
3 Romain Febvre (F - Yamalube Factory Yamaha) 13 + 25 = 38
4 Kevin Strijbos (B - World MXGP Suzuki) 22 + 15 = 37
5 Antonio Cairoli (I - Red Bull KTM Factory) 18 + 18 = 36
6 Steven Frossard (F - Wilvo Forkrent KTM) 15 + 13 = 28
7 Jeremy v Horebeek (B - Yamalube Factory Yam) 16 + 12 = 28
8 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - Team HRC Honda) 10 + 16 = 26
9 Filip Bengtsson (S - 24MX Honda Racing) 12 + 10 = 22
10 Dean Ferris (AUS - Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna) 11 + 9 = 20
11 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM UK) 5+14=19, 12 Todd Waters (AUS - Red Bull Ice1 Husqvarna) 7+11=18, 13 Jose Butron (E - Marchetti Team KTM) 14+4=18, 14 Christophe Charlier (F - 24MX Honda) 9+7=16, 15 David Philippaerts (I - DP19 Yamaha) 4+5=9, 16 Tommy SEARLE (GB - Red Bull KTM Factory) 0+8=8, 17 Nathan WATSON (GB - Red Bull Ice1 Husqvarna) 8+0=8, 18 Davide Guarneri (I - Factory Racing TM) 0+6=6, 19 Tanel Leok (EST - Kawasaki) 6+0=6, 20 Maxim Nazarov (RUS - Belogorie Russia KTM) 1+3=4, 21 Davis Ivanovs (LAT - Kawasaki) 2+1=3, 22 Tyla Rattray (ZA - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 3+0=3, 23 Kei Yamamoto (J - Assomotor Honda) 0+2=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Coldenhoff, 2 Strijbos, 3 Paulin, 4 Cairoli, 5 Van Horebeek, 6 Frossard, 7 Butron, 8 Febvre, 9 Bengtsson, 10 Ferris, 11 Bobryshev, 12 Charlier, 13 WATSON, 14 Waters, 15 Leok, 16 SIMPSON, 17 Philippaerts, 18 Rattray, 19 Ivanovs, 20 Nazarov.
RACE TWO: 1 Febvre, 2 Coldenhoff, 3 Paulin, 4 Cairoli, 5 Bobryshev, 6 Strijbos, 7 SIMPSON, 8 Frossard, 9 Van Horebeek, 10 Waters, 11 Bengtsson, 12 Ferris, 13 SEARLE, 14 Charlier, 15 Guarneri, 16 Philippaerts, 17 Butron, 18 Nazarov, 19 Yamamoto, 20 Ivanovs.
SERIES STANDINGS after 12 (of 18) rounds: 1 Febvre 457 points, 2 Cairoli 416, 3 Paulin 391, 4 Nagl 360, 5 Bobryshev 345, 6 Desalle 291, 7 SIMPSON 276, 8 Van Horebeek 260, 9 Coldenhoff 243, 10 Waters 242, 11 Strijbos 223, 12 Philippaerts 185, 13 Ferris 184, 14 Rattray 159, 15 De Dycker 155, 16 Butron 130, 17 Frossard 128, 18 Charlier 128, 19 Villopoto 124, 20 Lupino 97, 21 Guarneri 76, 22 SEARLE 57, 23 Bengtsson 56, 24 Boog 40, 25 WATSON 38,... 39 Paul COATES 7, 40 Jake NICHOLLS 6,...
NEXT ROUND: July 26 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC.
EUROPEAN MX250 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 – Kegums, LATVIA
1 Damon Graulus (B - Kemea Yamalube Yam) 25 + 18 = 43
2 Brian Hsu (D - Rockstar Europe Suzuki) 13 + 25 = 38
3 Thomas Kjer Olsen (DK - Bodo Schmidt KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Nick Kouwenberg (NL - J-Tech Honda) 20 + 16 = 36
5 Lars Van Berkel (NL - HNHF Kawasaki) 12 + 22 = 34
6 Pontus Jonsson (S - Husqvarna) 11 + 15 = 26
7 Bas Vaessen (NL - Rockstar Europe Suzuki) 16 + 6 = 22
8 Adam STERRY (GB - Wilvo Forkrent KTM) 22 + 0 = 22
9 Luca Nijenhuis (NL - Kawasaki) 8 + 12 = 20
10 Ken Bengtsson (S - KTM) 14 + 4 = 18
11 Nicholas Adams (ZA - GPR Promo KTM) 15+0=15, 12 Alvin Ostlund (S - MAFI Yamaha) 0+14=14, 13 Simone Zecchina (I - Kawasaki) 9+5=14, 14 Priit Ratsep (EST - Honda) 0+13=13, 15 Indrek Magi (EST - Kawasaki) 2+11=13, 16 Michele Cervellin (I - Martin Honda) 4+8=12, 17 Frederik Van der Vlist (NL - Kawasaki) 1+10=11, 18 Jaap Corneth (NL - Kawasaki) 10+0=10, 19 Ander Valentin (E - Ausio Yamalube Yamaha) 0+9=9, 20 Alexis Verhaeghe (F - Kawasaki) 0+7=7, 21 Joel Van Mechelen (N - GPR Promo KTM) 7+0=7, 22 Rene De Jong (NL - Yamaha) 6+0=6, 23 Karlis Sabulis (LAT - Kawasaki) 5+0=5, 24 Anton Gole (S - Creymert Honda) 3+1=4, 25 Davis Livs (LAT - KTM) 0+3=3, 26 Max Engelen (NL - HSF Logistics KTM) 0+2=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Graulus, 2 STERRY, 3 Kouwenberg, 4 Kjer Olsen, 5 Vaessen, 6 Adams, 7 Ken Bengtsson, 8 Hsu, 9 Van Berkel, 10 Jonsson, 11 Corneth, 12 Zecchina, 13 Nijenhuis, 14 Van Mechelen, 15 De Jong, 16 Sabulis, 17 Cervellin, 18 Gole, 19 0, 20 Van der Vlist.
RACE TWO: 1 Hsu, 2 Van Berkel, 3 Kjer Olsen, 4 Graulus, 5 Kouwenberg, 6 Jonsson, 7 Ostlund, 8 Ratsep, 9 Nijenhuis, 10 0, 11 Van der Vlist, 12 Valentin, 13 Cervellin, 14 Verhaeghe, 15 Vaessen, 16 Zecchina, 17 Ken Bengtsson, 18 0, 19 Max Engelen, 20 Gole.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 9) rounds: 1 Kouwenberg 255 points, 2 Graulus 240, 3 STERRY 222, 4 Maxime Desprey 217, 5 Hsu 169, 6 Valentin 154, 7 Ostlund 133, 8 Kjer Olsen 132, 9 CLARKE 118, 10 Zecchina 112, 11 Dercourt 96, 12 Ken Bengtsson 86, 13 Pootjes 80, 14 Cervellin 72, 15 Herbreteau 66, 16 Adams 59, 17 Van der Vlist 57, 18 Vaessen 56, 19 Van Berkel 48, 20 Jonsson 48,... 23 Michael ECCLES 37,... 47 Robert DAVIDSON 7,... 55 Nathan DIXON 2,... 59 James COTTRELL 1, 60 Liam KNIGHT 1,...
NEXT ROUND: August 2 – Lommel, BELGIUM.
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 12 – Kegums, LATVIA
1 Max ANSTIE (GB - Monster DRT Kawasaki) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Pauls Jonass (LAT - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Harri Kullas (SF - Husqvarna) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki Europe MX) 18 + 16 = 34
5 Tim Gajser (SLO - Gariboldi Honda) 14 + 18 = 32
6 Davy Pootjes (NL - Red Bull Factory KTM) 20 + 10 = 30
7 Jordi Tixier (F - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 15 + 13 = 28
8 Brian Bogers (NL - HSF Logistics KTM) 11 + 15 = 26
9 Ben WATSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM) 13 + 7 = 20
10 Thomas Covington (US - Monster Energy Kaw) 7 + 12 = 19
11 Julien Lieber (B - Standing Construct Yamaha) 8+11=19, 12 Valentin Guillod (CH - Standing Construct Yamaha) 9+8=17, 13 Roberts Justs (LAT - HSF Logistics KTM) 12+5=17, 14 Jens Getteman (B - Jtech Honda) 1+14=15, 15 Brent Van Doninck (B - Yamaha) 6+9=15, 16 Benoit Paturel (F - Kemea Yamalube Yamaha) 10+0=10, 17 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - Jtech Honda) 4+4=8, 18 Ivo Monticelli (I - Marchetti Racing KTM) 5+3=8, 19 Samuele Bernardini (I - Factory Racing TM) 0+6=6, 20 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 3+2=5, 21 Jorge Zaragoza (E - Honda) 2+1=3.
RACE ONE: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Jonass, 3 Pootjes, 4 Seewer, 5 Kullas, 6 Tixier, 7 Gajser, 8 WATSON, 9 Justs, 10 Bogers, 11 Paturel, 12 Guillod, 13 Lieber, 14 Covington, 15 Van Doninck, 16 Monticelli, 17 Brylyakov, 18 Jacobi, 19 Zaragoza, 20 Getteman.
RACE TWO: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Jonass, 3 Kullas, 4 Gajser, 5 Seewer, 6 Bogers, 7 Getteman, 8 Tixier, 9 Covington, 10 Lieber, 11 Pootjes, 12 Van Doninck, 13 Guillod, 14 WATSON, 15 Bernardini, 16 Justs, 17 Brylyakov, 18 Monticelli, 19 Jacobi, 20 Zaragoza.
SERIES STANDINGS after 12 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 423 points, 2 Gajser 377, 3 Guillod 352, 4 Jonass 351, 5 Seewer 345, 6 Tixier 334, 7 ANSTIE 312, 8 Lieber 278, 9 Tonkov 256, 10 Ferrandis 205, 11 Bogers 205, 12 Paturel 202, 13 Petrov 194, 14 Covington 172, 15 Justs 162, 16 Van Doninck 153, 17 Brylyakov 152, 18 Monticelli 111, 19 Getteman 102, 20 WATSON 84,... 26 Mel POCOCK 36,... 30 Adam STERRY 25,... 39 Gradie FEATHERSTONE 5,... 47 Jordan BOOKER 1,...
NEXT ROUND: July 26 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC.
