Photo by: Ray Archer
Photo by: Ray Archer

By: Geoff Meyer at MXLarge.com

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Antonio Cairoli put on a masterclass as he won the Friday qualification race for MXGP class the GP of Qatar. Cairoli looked brilliant taking the holeshot and quickly put a couple of seconds on his rivals. Behind him was Max Nagl, Kevin Strijbos, Clement Desalle, and Gautier Paulin.

With a circuit that didn’t allow much in the way of passing Villopoto’s seventh place meant he probably wasn’t going to get to the front guys quickly and he didn’t, even getting passed by Shaun Simpson, dropping to 8th place, then was passed by Romain Febvre and Tommy Searle, before repassing Simpson and Searle. A small crash by the American also didn’t help his cause. At the back end of the race Villopoto did start to look quicker, but he has some work to do to get closer to the top three guys (Cairoli, Desalle and Paulin).

Herlings started out 2015 by edging out the American Thomas Covington in qualifying. Photo by: Ray Archer
Herlings started out 2015 by edging out the American Thomas Covington in qualifying. Photo by: Ray Archer

In the MX2 moto Herlings battled hard to pass American Thomas Covington for a major part of the moto as the Kawasaki rider put in some great lap times. Herlings eventually passed Covington when he pushed the American out of the way in a tight right hand corner. The two made contact although both said it was just a part of racing.

MXGP – Qualifying Race

1 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 23:57.028
2 25 Desalle, Clement BEL FMB Suzuki 24:01.974
3 21 Paulin, Gautier FRA MCM Honda 24:04.178
4 12 Nagl, Maximilian GER DMSB Husqvarna 24:09.507
5 22 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB Suzuki 24:13.289
6 461 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Yamaha 24:23.439
7 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR ACU KTM 24:29.452
8 2 Villopoto, Ryan USA AMA Kawasaki 24:30.721
9 89 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB Yamaha 24:40.807
10 47 Waters, Todd AUS MA Husqvarna 24:45.853
11 39 Guarneri, Davide ITA FMI TM 24:49.318
12 991 Watson, Nathan GBR ACU Husqvarna 24:50.059
13 9 de Dycker, Ken BEL FMB KTM 24:54.349
14 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV Suzuki 24:56.812
15 183 Frossard, Steven FRA FFM KTM 25:06.292
16 100 Searle, Tommy GBR ACU KTM 25:10.162
17 19 Philippaerts, David ITA FMI Yamaha 25:10.715
18 17 Butron, Jose ESP RFME KTM 25:11.476
19 11 Bengtsson, Filip SWE SVEMO Honda 25:40.237
20 111 Ferris, Dean AUS MA Husqvarna 25:42.824
21 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN MFJ Honda 25:47.416
22 28 Rattray, Tyla RSA MSA Kawasaki 25:55.052
23 177 Coates, Paul GBR AMA Yamaha 25:57.544
24 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI Honda 24:21.511
25 731 Shipton, Jake James GBR QMMF KTM 25:28.281
26 777 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS FSM Honda 17:02.590
27 999 Goncalves, Rui POR FMP Husqvarna 16:24.375
28 23 Charlier, Christophe FRA FFM Honda 11:57.746

MXGP – Qualifying Race – Lap Chart

1. 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 Cairoli, A. 1.
2. 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 25 25 25 25 Desalle, C. 2.
3. 22 22 22 22 25 25 25 25 21 21 21 21 Paulin, G. 3.
4. 25 25 25 25 22 22 21 21 12 12 12 12 Nagl, M. 4.
5. 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 Strijbos, K. 5.
6. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 461 461 461 Febvre, R. 6.
7. 2 2 461 461 461 461 461 461 461 24 24 24 Simpson, S. 7.
8. 100 461 100 100 100 100 100 2 2 2 2 2 Villopoto, R. 8.
9. 461 100 47 47 47 2 2 100 89 89 89 89 Van Horebeek, J. 9.
10. 47 47 2 89 2 47 89 89 100 47 47 47 Waters, T. 10.
11. 89 89 89 2 89 89 47 19 47 39 39 39 Guarneri, D. 11.
12. 777 777 777 777 777 19 19 47 39 991 991 991 Watson, N. 12.
13. 19 19 19 19 19 777 777 777 991 100 9 9 de Dycker, K. 13.
14. 259 259 259 259 259 39 39 39 259 259 259 259 Coldenhoff, G. 14.
15. 991 991 991 991 39 259 991 991 9 9 100 183 Frossard, S. 15.
16. 39 39 39 39 991 991 259 259 183 183 183 100 Searle, T. 16.
17. 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 19 19 19 19 Philippaerts, D. 17.
18. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 17 17 17 17 Butron, J. 18.
19. 111 111 11 11 11 11 17 17 11 11 11 11 Bengtsson, F. 19.
20. 999 11 23 23 111 17 11 11 111 111 111 111 Ferris, D. 20.

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King Cairoli – Friday

Updated: February 27, 2015
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Red Bull KTM Factory rider Antonio Cairoli put on a masterclass as he won the Friday qualification race for MXGP class the GP of Qatar. Cairoli looked brilliant taking the holeshot and quickly put a couple of seconds on his rivals. Behind him was Max Nagl, Kevin Strijbos, Clement Desalle, and Gautier Paulin.

With a circuit that didn’t allow much in the way of passing Villopoto’s seventh place meant he probably wasn’t going to get to the front guys quickly and he didn’t, even getting passed by Shaun Simpson, dropping to 8th place, then was passed by Romain Febvre and Tommy Searle, before repassing Simpson and Searle. A small crash by the American also didn’t help his cause. At the back end of the race Villopoto did start to look quicker, but he has some work to do to get closer to the top three guys (Cairoli, Desalle and Paulin).

In the MX2 moto Herlings battled hard to pass American Thomas Covington for a major part of the moto as the Kawasaki rider put in some great lap times. Herlings eventually passed Covington when he pushed the American out of the way in a tight right hand corner. The two made contact although both said it was just a part of racing.

MXGP – Qualifying Race

1 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI KTM 23:57.028
2 25 Desalle, Clement BEL FMB Suzuki 24:01.974
3 21 Paulin, Gautier FRA MCM Honda 24:04.178
4 12 Nagl, Maximilian GER DMSB Husqvarna 24:09.507
5 22 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB Suzuki 24:13.289
6 461 Febvre, Romain FRA FFM Yamaha 24:23.439
7 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR ACU KTM 24:29.452
8 2 Villopoto, Ryan USA AMA Kawasaki 24:30.721
9 89 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL FMB Yamaha 24:40.807
10 47 Waters, Todd AUS MA Husqvarna 24:45.853
11 39 Guarneri, Davide ITA FMI TM 24:49.318
12 991 Watson, Nathan GBR ACU Husqvarna 24:50.059
13 9 de Dycker, Ken BEL FMB KTM 24:54.349
14 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KNMV Suzuki 24:56.812
15 183 Frossard, Steven FRA FFM KTM 25:06.292
16 100 Searle, Tommy GBR ACU KTM 25:10.162
17 19 Philippaerts, David ITA FMI Yamaha 25:10.715
18 17 Butron, Jose ESP RFME KTM 25:11.476
19 11 Bengtsson, Filip SWE SVEMO Honda 25:40.237
20 111 Ferris, Dean AUS MA Husqvarna 25:42.824
21 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN MFJ Honda 25:47.416
22 28 Rattray, Tyla RSA MSA Kawasaki 25:55.052
23 177 Coates, Paul GBR AMA Yamaha 25:57.544
24 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA FMI Honda 24:21.511
25 731 Shipton, Jake James GBR QMMF KTM 25:28.281
26 777 Bobryshev, Evgeny RUS FSM Honda 17:02.590
27 999 Goncalves, Rui POR FMP Husqvarna 16:24.375
28 23 Charlier, Christophe FRA FFM Honda 11:57.746

MXGP – Qualifying Race – Lap Chart

1. 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 222 Cairoli, A. 1.
2. 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 25 25 25 25 Desalle, C. 2.
3. 22 22 22 22 25 25 25 25 21 21 21 21 Paulin, G. 3.
4. 25 25 25 25 22 22 21 21 12 12 12 12 Nagl, M. 4.
5. 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 Strijbos, K. 5.
6. 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 461 461 461 Febvre, R. 6.
7. 2 2 461 461 461 461 461 461 461 24 24 24 Simpson, S. 7.
8. 100 461 100 100 100 100 100 2 2 2 2 2 Villopoto, R. 8.
9. 461 100 47 47 47 2 2 100 89 89 89 89 Van Horebeek, J. 9.
10. 47 47 2 89 2 47 89 89 100 47 47 47 Waters, T. 10.
11. 89 89 89 2 89 89 47 19 47 39 39 39 Guarneri, D. 11.
12. 777 777 777 777 777 19 19 47 39 991 991 991 Watson, N. 12.
13. 19 19 19 19 19 777 777 777 991 100 9 9 de Dycker, K. 13.
14. 259 259 259 259 259 39 39 39 259 259 259 259 Coldenhoff, G. 14.
15. 991 991 991 991 39 259 991 991 9 9 100 183 Frossard, S. 15.
16. 39 39 39 39 991 991 259 259 183 183 183 100 Searle, T. 16.
17. 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 183 19 19 19 19 Philippaerts, D. 17.
18. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 17 17 17 17 Butron, J. 18.
19. 111 111 11 11 11 11 17 17 11 11 11 11 Bengtsson, F. 19.
20. 999 11 23 23 111 17 11 11 111 111 111 111 Ferris, D. 20.

MX2 – Qualifying Race

1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 24:28.446
2 64 Covington, Thomas USA FFM Kawasaki 24:29.821
3 4 Ferrandis, Dylan FRA FFM Kawasaki 24:31.193
4 59 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS MFR Husqvarna 24:37.398
5 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Kawasaki 24:44.098
6 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 24:47.333
7 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB Yamaha 24:54.456
8 1 Tixier, Jordi FRA FFM Kawasaki 25:01.922
9 7 Graulus, Damon BEL FMB Yamaha 25:06.485
10 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 25:12.457
11 119 Pocock, Mel GBR ACU Kawasaki 25:16.385
12 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV KTM 25:17.833
13 95 Justs, Roberts LAT LAMSF KTM 25:18.556
14 243 Gajser, Tim SLO AMZS Honda 25:19.041
15 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 25:22.148
16 152 Petrov, Petar BUL QMMF KTM 25:29.294
17 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU KTM 25:30.767
18 274 Lundgren, Anton SWE SVEMO Husqvarna 25:32.449
19 18 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Honda 25:34.199
20 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI FMS Yamaha 25:34.598
21 128 Monticelli, Ivo ITA FMI KTM 25:50.963
22 51 Getteman, Jens BEL FMB Honda 25:57.389
23 93 Featherstone, Gradie GBR ACU Suzuki 24:34.949
24 300 Golovkin, Viacheslav RUS FMI KTM 24:52.082
25 555 Guryev, Artem RUS MFR KTM 26:17.616

MX2 – Qualifying Race – Lap Chart

1. 41 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 84 Herlings, J. 1.
2. 64 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 84 64 Covington, T. 2.
3. 84 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ferrandis, D. 3.
4. 4 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 Tonkov, A. 4.
5. 59 41 41 41 41 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 Anstie, M. 5.
6. 92 99 99 99 99 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 Jonass, P. 6.
7. 99 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 33 33 33 33 Lieber, J. 7.
8. 7 189 189 189 189 33 33 33 7 7 7 1 Tixier, J. 8.
9. 189 95 95 95 95 189 189 189 1 1 1 7 Graulus, D. 9.
10. 95 33 33 33 33 95 95 1 189 189 91 91 Seewer, J. 10.
11. 33 119 119 119 119 119 1 95 95 119 189 119 Pocock, M. 11.
12. 119 6 6 6 6 1 119 119 119 91 119 189 Bogers, B. 12.
13. 919 919 919 1 1 6 6 6 91 95 95 95 Justs, R. 13.
14. 6 152 1 919 919 91 91 91 6 6 243 243 Gajser, T. 14.
15. 274 1 91 91 91 243 243 243 243 243 6 6 Paturel, B. 15.
16. 152 92 152 243 243 919 152 152 152 152 152 152 Petrov, P. 16.
17. 1 274 274 152 152 152 919 919 919 919 919 919 Watson, B. 17.
18. 128 91 243 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 274 Lundgren, A. 18.
19. 93 128 92 92 92 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 Brylyakov, V. 19.
20. 91 243 18 18 18 128 128 128 128 128 92 92 Guillod, V. 20.
21. 18 93 128 128 128 92 92 92 92 92 128 128 Monticelli, I. 21.
22. 243 18 93 93 93 93 93 51 51 51 51 51 Getteman, J. 22.
23. 300 300 300 300 300 300 51 93 93 93 93 – Featherstone, G. 23.
24. 555 51 51 51 51 51 300 300 300 300 300 – Golovkin, V. 24.
25. 51 555 555 555 555 555 555 555 555 555 555 – Guryev, A. 25.

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