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Vlaanderen battles hard in MXGP of Europe

By 6 Mins Read
RACE REPORT Sunday, Mar 18th 2018

  MX2 of Europe

MX2 2018   Round 2

Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen fought bravely through poor health and challenging track conditions aboard his 2018 Honda CRF250RW machine, to claim 11th place in the second MX2 race at Valkenswaard and 13th in the overall classification of the MXGP of Europe.

Vlaanderen got a great jump out of the gate in race two as he moved up to 7th place, and then battled hard with fellow Honda rider Hunter Lawrence to retain the position. On lap 10, the young South African dropped down a couple of positions after a coming together with Adam Sterry, and eventually crossed the line in 11th.

Race 1 saw Vlaanderen maintaining his position as the MX2 field swept through the first corners. The young South African rider had a harder time than usual in getting up to speed and after a crash he moved down to 15th place – his final position at the chequered flag.

Round 3 of the 2018 Motocross World Championship will take place next weekend at the Redsand MX Park in Spain.

Calvin Vlaanderen  10

The whole weekend hasn’t gone the way I wanted. I was expecting a lot more from myself, so disappointed is an understatement, actually. I know I’m a lot better than what I showed today, and I’ll keep it in my head. I didn’t have the best feeling with the bike during warm up, but we made some adjustments ahead of race one and I felt a lot better. Unfortunately I put it down – my fault – so I finished 15th. In the second race I got a better start but the guys were catching me from behind, and then a coming together cost me a few places. We need to step up our game in Spain because I didn’t have the right pace here in Holland. I also did not have the intensity needed for this type of track: the flu might have played a part, but no excuses.

 Calvin Vlaanderen

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager – MXGP

Calvin hasn’t been feeling good throughout the whole weekend, and that surely affected his performance – especially today. He could not find a competitive rhythm and put his speed on the track and had a couple of falls, which fortunately did not leave any mark. Now he just needs to rest, regroup and get better physically for Spain. In the end he felt good with the bike after the changes to the settings we made before the races, so we’ll be ready for battle at Redsand. Well done to all team members, who did an outstanding job this weekend in the freezing cold.

 Marcus Pereira de Freitas

Race 1

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 JONASS Pauls 1 LAT 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 35:38.265
2 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 61 SPA 22 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +09.342
3 KJER OLSEN Thomas 19 DEN 20 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +16.508
4 GEERTS Jago 193 BEL 18 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +22.579
5 MEWSE Conrad 426 GBR 16 Hitachi Construction Machinery KTM UK +25.932
6 LAWRENCE Hunter 96 AUS 15 Honda 114 Motorsports +42.179
7 COVINGTON Thomas 64 USA 14 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +49.290
8 BEATON Jed 14 AUS 13 F&H Racing Team +53.611
9 POOTJES Davy 46 NDL 12 LRT KTM +58.452
10 WATSON Ben 919 GBR 11 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +1:00.167
11 VAN DONINCK Brent 172 BEL 10 Husqvarna 8Biano Racing +1:01.566
12 BRYLYAKOV Vsevolod 18 RUS 9 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +1:07.493
13 JACOBI Henry 29 GER 8 STC Racing +1:08.774
14 RENAUX Maxime 959 FRA 7 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori +1:13.609
15 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 RSA 6 Team HRC – MX2 +1:24.471
16 STERRY Adam 811 GBR 5 F&H Racing Team +1:44.843
17 FERNANDEZ Ruben 70 SPA 4 F&H Racing Team +1:46.270
18 LARRANAGA OLANO Iker 66 SPA 3 Husqvarna 8Biano Racing +1:46.530
19 ÖSTLUND Alvin 161 SWE 2 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori +2:03.155
20 AGARD-MICHELSEN Sander 129 NOR 1 iFly JK Racing +1 lap

Race 2

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 JONASS Pauls 1 LAT 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 35:35.397
2 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 61 SPA 22 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +0.381
3 KJER OLSEN Thomas 19 DEN 20 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +37.477
4 MEWSE Conrad 426 GBR 18 Hitachi Construction Machinery KTM UK +39.263
5 COVINGTON Thomas 64 USA 16 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing +46.360
6 LAWRENCE Hunter 96 AUS 15 Honda 114 Motorsports +47.057
7 WATSON Ben 919 GBR 14 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +51.600
8 STERRY Adam 811 GBR 13 F&H Racing Team +1:05.208
9 POOTJES Davy 46 NDL 12 LRT KTM +1:08.867
10 SANAYEI Darian 57 USA 11 Bike It DRT Kawasaki +1:10.665
11 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 RSA 10 Team HRC – MX2 +1:17.524
12 BRYLYAKOV Vsevolod 18 RUS 9 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +1:19.818
13 GEERTS Jago 193 BEL 8 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team +1:36.765
14 LARRANAGA OLANO Iker 66 SPA 7 Husqvarna 8Biano Racing +1:50.898
15 FERNANDEZ Ruben 70 SPA 6 F&H Racing Team +1:58.989
16 RENAUX Maxime 959 FRA 5 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori +1 Lap
17 BEATON Jed 14 AUS 4 F&H Racing Team +1 Lap
18 WELTIN Marshal 56 USA 3 Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda Team +1 Lap
19 RUBINI Stephen 118 FRA 2 KTM Silver Action +1 Lap
20 BERNARDINI Samuele 321 ITA 1 TM Racing Factory Team +1 Lap

Rider Standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team
1 JONASS Pauls 1 LAT 100 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
2 KJER OLSEN Thomas 19 DEN 82 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
3 LAWRENCE Hunter 96 AUS 67 Honda 114 Motorsports
4 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 61 SPA 63 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
5 WATSON Ben 919 GBR 61 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team
6 MEWSE Conrad 426 GBR 51 Hitachi Construction Machinery KTM UK
7 GEERTS Jago 193 BEL 46 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team
8 COVINGTON Thomas 64 USA 44 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
9 BEATON Jed 14 AUS 44 F&H Racing Team
10 BRYLYAKOV Vsevolod 18 RUS 42 Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team
11 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 RSA 35 Team HRC – MX2
12 POOTJES Davy 46 NDL 33 LRT KTM
13 SANAYEI Darian 57 USA 31 Bike It DRT Kawasaki
14 JACOBI Henry 29 GER 29 STC Racing
15 LARRANAGA OLANO Iker 66 SPA 29 Husqvarna 8Biano Racing
16 STERRY Adam 811 GBR 26 F&H Racing Team
17 VAESSEN Bas 98 NDL 15 Honda 114 Motorsports
18 CERVELLIN Michele 747 ITA 13 Team Martin Racing Honda
19 ÖSTLUND Alvin 161 SWE 12 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori
20 RENAUX Maxime 959 FRA 12 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori
21 RUBINI Stephen 118 FRA 12 KTM Silver Action
22 VAN DONINCK Brent 172 BEL 11 Husqvarna 8Biano Racing
23 BERNARDINI Samuele 321 ITA 11 TM Racing Factory Team
24 FERNANDEZ Ruben 70 SPA 10 F&H Racing Team
25 WELTIN Marshal 56 USA 3 Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda Team
26 LESIARDO Morgan 44 ITA 1 Marchetti Racing Team KTM
27 AGARD-MICHELSEN Sander 129 NOR 1 iFly JK Racing
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Dan Lamb is a 12+ year journalist and the owner of MotoXAddicts.

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