Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has won his 50th Grand Prix with another stunning performance at the Grand Prix of Europe. The Dutchman also won his seventh GP at Valkenswaard in a row, and continues to make history.
With 1-1 results, the two times world MX2 champion marches onto the next GP with a huge points lead in the championship after just three rounds.
Pauls Jonass took a quick lead in the opening MX2 moto, with Herlings second and Petar Petrov third. Herlings quickly took the lead and after three laps it was Herlings, Jonass, Petrov, Jeremy Seewer, Davy Pootjes, Benoit Paturel, Michele Cervellin, Brent Van doninck, Freek van der Vist, Alvin Oslund, Roberts Justs, Calvin Vlaanderen, Ben Watson, Jorge Zaragoza and Aleksandr Tonkov in 20th place.
Due to a downpour of rain around lunch time, which saturated the circuit, the MX2 riders were as much as 20 seconds a lap slower than yesterday.
After eight laps Herlings lead was 17 seconds from Jonass, next came Petrov, Seewer, Pootjes, Paturel, Van doninck, Cervellin, Ostlund, Watson, van der Vlist, Vlaanderen, Tonkov, Justs and Olano Larranaga in 15th place.
A race of little excitement continues as Herlings lead is now 31 seconds, Jonass holds a seven second lead over third placed Petrov, and then comes Seewer, Van doninck, Pootjes, Paturel, Ostlund, Watson, Cervellin, and Tonkov.
Max Anstie was back in 17th place, and his team-mate Thomas Covington in 21st place. In the end Anstie dropped to 19th place.
It was an uneventful race which Herlings owned from Jonass and Petrov.
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has won his 50th Grand Prix with another stunning performance at the Grand Prix of Europe. The Dutchman also won his seventh GP at Valkenswaard in a row, and continues to make history.
Second MX2 moto and Herlings took the holeshot from Tonkov, Paturel, Jonass, Zaragoza, Vlaanderen, Ostlund, Justs, Seewer, Samuele Bernardini, Petrov, Cervellin, Watson, Vsevolod Brylyakov, and Verhaeghe in 15th.
After one lap the lead was four seconds, and after two laps the lead was eight seconds. The gap continued to open as on the third lap it was 12 seconds. The fastest sand rider in the world was making another statement in the sand.
Anstie was again in trouble as he continued his terrible weekend, crashing again, and holding down 34th place after two laps. Convington was also struggling in 37th place. Jonass moved into second and on lap five Herlings lead was 23 seconds.
Petrov was way back after a mistake and a massive battle went on between Tonkov, Vlaanderen and Paturel, all three locked together.
Seewer made his way into third place, and after 13 laps the lead by Herlings was more than a minute. He had lapped up to 12th place with a lap remaining in the moto.
Herlings wins his 50th GP win with a lead of one minute and 19 seconds over Jonass. Third was Seewer.
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Classification
1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 35:12.127
2 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 36:03.023
3 152 Petrov, Petar BUL QMMF Kawasaki 36:19.295
4 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 36:35.175
5 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB Yamaha 36:38.181
6 46 Pootjes, Davy NED KNMV KTM 36:47.597
7 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 36:58.805
8 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU Husqvarna 37:19.916
9 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE SVEMO Yamaha 37:22.577
10 59 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS KNMV Yamaha 35:25.225
11 88 van der Vlist, Freek NED KNMV Kawasaki 35:38.534
12 18 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Kawasaki 35:51.678
13 338 Herbreteau, David FRA FFM Honda 35:53.037
14 747 Cervellin, Michele ITA FMI Honda 35:53.271
15 95 Justs, Roberts LAT LAMSF KTM 35:55.669
16 101 Zaragoza, Jorge ESP RFME Honda 36:04.022
17 66 Larranaga Olano, Iker ESP RFME KTM 36:10.589
18 40 Zecchina, Simone ITA FMI Yamaha 36:14.779
19 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Husqvarna 36:23.659
20 107 van Berkel, Lars NED KNMV Husqvarna 36:39.109
21 321 Bernardini, Samuele ITA FMI TM 37:06.467
22 251 Getteman, Jens BEL FMB KTM 37:10.544
23 71 Graulus, Damon BEL FMB Honda 37:15.077
24 64 Covington, Thomas USA AMA Husqvarna 37:19.935
25 75 Roosiorg, Hardi EST EMF KTM 37:42.079
26 142 Petrov, Ivan BUL BMF KTM 36:15.715
27 97 Ivanov, Maykal Grisha BUL QMMF KTM 36:21.343
28 474 Boulard, Bryan BEL FFM Kawasaki 36:55.222
29 490 Mataro Vilar, Francesc ESP RFME Yamaha 35:29.437
30 14 Valente, Christopher SUI FMS KTM 37:27.503
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Classification
1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KNMV KTM 35:17.872
2 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 36:37.783
3 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 36:43.276
4 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB Yamaha 36:47.551
5 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV KTM 36:49.596
6 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 36:53.359
7 747 Cervellin, Michele ITA FMI Honda 37:12.705
8 321 Bernardini, Samuele ITA FMI TM 37:17.187
9 18 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Kawasaki 37:21.102
10 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE SVEMO Yamaha 37:30.365
11 59 Tonkov, Aleksandr RUS KNMV Yamaha 34:35.890
12 95 Justs, Roberts LAT LAMSF KTM 35:22.097
13 251 Getteman, Jens BEL FMB KTM 35:33.186
14 338 Herbreteau, David FRA FFM Honda 35:41.280
15 46 Pootjes, Davy NED KNMV KTM 35:51.578
16 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU Husqvarna 35:52.623
17 71 Graulus, Damon BEL FMB Honda 36:00.368
18 88 van der Vlist, Freek NED KNMV Kawasaki 36:10.604
19 107 van Berkel, Lars NED KNMV Husqvarna 36:11.641
20 75 Roosiorg, Hardi EST EMF KTM 36:25.800
21 40 Zecchina, Simone ITA FMI Yamaha 36:30.289
22 99 Anstie, Max GBR ACU Husqvarna 36:35.784
23 152 Petrov, Petar BUL QMMF Kawasaki 36:56.159
24 110 Verhaeghe, Alexis FRA FFM Kawasaki 37:04.773
25 97 Ivanov, Maykal Grisha BUL QMMF KTM 37:31.979
26 66 Larranaga Olano, Iker ESP RFME KTM 35:28.500
27 142 Petrov, Ivan BUL BMF KTM 36:08.087
28 14 Valente, Christopher SUI FMS KTM 36:15.471
29 831 Wysocki, Tomasz POL PZM KTM 36:46.342
30 29 Jacobi, Henry GER DMSB Honda 35:22.807
MX2 Championship Points
1 84 Herlings, J. NED KTM 150
2 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT KTM 112
3 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI SUZ 112
4 59 Tonkov, A. RUS YAM 91
5 172 Van doninck, B. BEL YAM 78
6 152 Petrov, Petar BUL KAW 76
7 6 Paturel, B. FRA YAM 75
8 321 Bernardini, S. ITA TM 60
9 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE YAM 60
10 18 Brylyakov, V. RUS KAW 59
11 4 Ferrandis, D. FRA KAW 44
12 919 Watson, Ben GBR HUS 39
13 99 Anstie, Max GBR HUS 35
14 101 Zaragoza, J. ESP HON 35
