Jeffrey Herlings continues his domination in MXGP
class and consolidates his championship lead; Jorge Prado wins in MX2 and keeps
the Red plate
Frauenfeld (Switzerland), 20 August 2018 – For the third year in a row,
Frauenfeld hosted the
Grand Prix of Switzerland and for a race that was the sixteenth round of the
2018 FIM Motocross World Championship. With four races to go,
Pirelli mathematically won the
MX2 title, bringing their total to
69 FIM Motocross World Championships celebrated by the Italian brand. On the hard and difficult soil of the Swiss course the riders were able to count on the excellent performance of the
SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front and rear tyres, which allowed
Pirelli to achieve overall victories and excellent placings in both classes.
In
MXGP Jeffrey Herlings proved once again to be unbeatable. The Dutchman, with his thirteenth overall victory in sixteen races, claimed both motos and brought his advantage over
Antonio Cairoli to 58 points. The Sicilian, who won Saturday's qualifying heat, was seventh in
Frauenfeld due to a fall in race 1 that left him with a sore knee. There was an excellent performance by
Romain Febvre who finished second and fourth place belonged to
Glenn Coldenhoff who closed the event by classifying in front of
Max Anstie and
Tim Gajser.
Jorge Prado and
Pauls Jonass shared
MX2 race wins and finished the Grand Prix equal on points. Thanks to his victory in the second moto, the ‘overall' went to
Prado who remains in first place in the championship standings with unchanged advantage over the Latvian world champion.
Hunter Lawrence sealed third place ahead of
Thomas Covington.
There were good results for
Pirelli in the ninth round of the
EMX250 European championship which was won by
Mathys Boisrame. The French rider is still first in the table with only two races left until the end of the season.
Next weekend the riders will attempt the
Grand Prix of Bulgaria, to be hosted by the spectacular
Sevlievo circuit.
Race results (Pirelli riders in bold): MXGP race 11. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)2. DESALLE Clement (BEL)
3. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)4. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)5. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
MXGP race 21. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)2. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)3. GAJSER Tim (SLO)4.DESALLE Clement (BEL)
5. ANSTIE Max (GBR) MX2 race 11. JONASS Pauls (LAT)2. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)3. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)4. RODRIGUEZ Anthony (VEN)
5. LAWRENCE Hunter (AUS) MX2 race 21. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)2. JONASS Pauls (LAT)3. LAWRENCE Hunter (AUS)4. VLAANDEREN Calvin (RSA)5. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN) GP Overall: MXGP1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)2. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)3. DESALLE Clement (BEL)
4. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)5. ANSTIE Max (GBR) MX21. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)2. JONASS Pauls (LAT))3. LAWRENCE Hunter (AUS)4. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)5. RODRIGUEZ Anthony (VEN)
Championship overall: MXGP1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.7332. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.6753. DESALLE Clement (BEL) p.543
4. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.5105. GAJSER Tim (SLO) p.5076. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.455 MX21. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA) p.6922. JONASS Pauls (LAT) p.6643. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN) p.5194.WATSON Ben (GBR) p.482
5. VLAANDEREN Calvin (RSA) p.4626. COVINGTON Thomas (USA) p.452