GP Report: Czech Mate!
By Alex Hodgkinson on 29th Jul 15
Febvre and Guillod turn up the heat as KTM collapse at Loket...
Brits grabbed four moto wins with Max Anstie, Brad Anderson and Jack Bintcliffe on fire as Yamaha swept the board at Loket with victories for Romain Febvre, Valentin Guillod, Bad Brad and Nancy van de Ven – not to mention a fourth WMX title for Kiara Fontanesi.
But KTM's empire collapsed around them with a season-ending injury for Jeffrey Herlings and TC#222 not even at the track.
The immaculate Febvre and the enigmatic Anstie were the stars of the show.
The French MXGP rookie was in a class of his own all weekend and Max was just 10 laps away from another perfect weekend until he baled out big-time through the waves.
"I was having another awesome weekend...until the crash,” grinned the Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki rider.
"I felt good to move to the front and win both the qualification race and the first moto and I was in control of the second race too until my left hand just came off the bars and I went down hard. I was winded and the bike was all smashed up.
"It's a shame but there are three sand GPs coming up and it's not over yet.”
Max is still seventh in the points but just 62 away from the effective series lead.
Herlings' comeback lasted 22 laps before he was air-lifted to Belgium with a dislocated hip and a shattered right femur.
After five years of total domination, KTM title hopes for 2016 rest with Pauls Jonass who is 10 off the pace in MX2 after a hardpack podium.
Orange leader in MXGP is Shaun Simpson – top six again among the factory boys – while Tommy Searle recorded his personal best of a troubled year in the Czech Republic, Nathan Watson took top 10, Jake Nicholls hung in for two scores and Adam Sterry and Ben Watson put their names on the scoresheet in MX2.
Anstie didn't holeshot any of his races but he moved with clinical efficiency into the lead within a few laps each time,, as he proved once again that in the absence of Herlings he is the class act in MX2.
Defending champion Jordi Tixier had no answer to the DRT runner as the Kawasakis chased down Samuele Bernardini, three-lap leader for TM in both quali and moto one after dramatically railing the outside of the tricky first turn.
The only other man on Anstie's pace was Guillod but, as on Saturday, the Swiss ace – always at home on slippery hardpack – had pushed his luck too far mid-moto to slip off when he got to third.
With Anstie cruising, Guillod set the fastest lap at the close to scorch past Tixier for second on the climb to pit straight.
Tim Gajser, effective points lead in the absence of Herlings, was keeping his right foot on the rest after suffering ligament damage in the ankle a fortnight earlier in Latvia but still held an early fifth before he slipped off directly into the path of Jeremy Seewer.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE TMX JULY 30 (ISSUE 1982)
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC
1 Valentin Guillod (CH - Standing Construct Yam) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Pauls Jonass (LAT - Red Bull KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
3 Jordi Tixier (F - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 20 + 16 = 36
4 Benoit Paturel (F - Kemea Yamalube Yamaha) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Petar Petrov (BUL - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 15 + 15 = 30
6 Julien Lieber (B - Standing Construct Yamaha) 14 + 13 = 27
7 Max ANSTIE (GB - Monster DRT Kawasaki) 25 + 0 = 25
8 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki Europe MX) 10 + 14 = 24
9 Brent Van Doninck (B - Yamaha) 12 + 12 = 24
10 Tim Gajser (SLO - Gariboldi Honda) 0 + 22 = 22
11 Brian Bogers (NL - HSF Logistics KTM) 9+11=20, 12 Ivo Monticelli (I - Marchetti Racing KTM) 11+8=19, 13 Roberts Justs (LAT - HSF Logistics KTM) 13+6=19, 14 Samuele Bernardini (I - Factory Racing TM) 7+10=17, 15 Jorge Zaragoza (E - Honda) 5+7=12, 16 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - Jtech Honda) 8+2=10, 17 Davy Pootjes (NL - Red Bull Factory KTM) 0+9=9, 18 Harri Kullas (SF - Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna) 2+5=7, 19 Adam STERRY (GB - Wilvo Forkrent KTM) 4+3=7, 20 Ben WATSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM) 6+0=6, 21 Thomas Covington (US - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 0+4=4, 22 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 3+0=3, 23 Davide Bonini (I - SDM Husqvarna) 0+1=1, 24 Kevin Fors (B - Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Guillod, 3 Tixier, 4 Jonass, 5 Paturel, 6 Petrov, 7 Lieber, 8 Justs, 9 Van Doninck, 10 Monticelli, 11 Seewer, 12 Bogers, 13 Brylyakov, 14 Bernardini, 15 WATSON, 16 Zaragoza, 17 STERRY, 18 Jacobi, 19 Kullas, 20 Fors.
RACE TWO: 1 Guillod, 2 Gajser, 3 Jonass, 4 Paturel, 5 Tixier, 6 Petrov, 7 Seewer, 8 Lieber, 9 Van Doninck, 10 Bogers, 11 Bernardini, 12 Pootjes, 13 Monticelli, 14 Zaragoza, 15 Justs, 16 Kullas, 17 Covington, 18 STERRY, 19 Brylyakov, 20 Bonini.
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 423 points, 2 Gajser 399, 3 Guillod 399, 4 Jonass 389, 5 Tixier 370, 6 Seewer 369, 7 ANSTIE 337, 8 Lieber 305, 9 Tonkov 256, 10 Paturel 236, 11 Bogers 225, 12 Petrov 224, 13 Ferrandis 205, 14 Justs 181, 15 Van Doninck 177, 16 Covington 176, 17 Brylyakov 162, 18 Monticelli 130, 19 Getteman 102, 20 WATSON 90,... 26 Mel POCOCK 36,... 28 STERRY 32,... 39 Gradie FEATHERSTONE 5,... 47 Jordan BOOKER 1,...
NEXT ROUND: August 2 – Lommel, BELGIUM.
WORLD MXGP MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC
1 Romain Febvre (F - Yamalube Factory Yam) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - Team HRC Honda) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Clement Desalle (B - World MXGP Suzuki) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Kevin Strijbos (B - World MXGP Suzuki) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Jeremy v Horebeek (B - Yamalube Factory Yam) 18 + 16 = 34
6 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM UK) 15 + 15 = 30
7 Gautier Paulin (F - Team HRC Honda) 14 + 14 = 28
8 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - Team Suzuki Europe) 13 + 10 = 23
9 Tyla Rattray (ZA - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 9 + 13 = 22
10 Nathan WATSON (GB - Red Bull Ice1 Husky) 11 + 11 = 22
11 Christophe Charlier (F - 24MX Honda) 10+9=19, 12 Tommy SEARLE (GB - Red Bull KTM Factory) 12+5=17, 13 Jose Butron (E - Marchetti Team KTM) 7+7=14, 14 Davide Guarneri (I - Factory Racing TM) 1+12=13, 15 Dennis Ullrich (D - Castrol Power1 Suzuki) 8+4=12, 16 Angus Heidecke (D - KTM) 3+6=9, 17 Todd Waters (AUS - Red Bull Ice1 Husqvarna) 0+8=8, 18 Filip Bengtsson (S - 24MX Honda) 6+0=6, 19 Jake NICHOLLS (GB - Wilvo Forkrent KTM) 2+3=5, 20 Dean Ferris (AUS - Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna) 5+0=5, 21 Gregory Aranda (F - Kawasaki) 4+0=4, 22 Klemen Gercar (SLO - 62 MotoSport Husqvarna) 0+2=2, 23 Kei Yamamoto (J - Assomotor Honda) 0+1=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Febvre, 2 Bobryshev, 3 Desalle, 4 Van Horebeek, 5 Strijbos, 6 SIMPSON, 7 Paulin, 8 Coldenhoff, 9 SEARLE, 10 WATSON, 11 Charlier, 12 Rattray, 13 Ullrich, 14 Butron, 15 Bengtsson, 16 Ferris, 17 Aranda, 18 Heidecke, 19 NICHOLLS, 20 Guarneri.
RACE TWO: 1 Febvre, 2 Bobryshev, 3 Desalle, 4 Strijbos, 5 Van Horebeek, 6 SIMPSON, 7 Paulin, 8 Rattray, 9 Guarneri, 10 WATSON, 11 Coldenhoff, 12 Charlier, 13 Waters, 14 Butron, 15 Heidecke, 16 SEARLE, 17 Ullrich, 18 NICHOLLS, 19 Gercar, 20 Yamamoto.
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 18) rounds: 1 Febvre 507 points, 2 Paulin 419, 3 Cairoli 416, 4 Bobryshev 389, 5 Nagl 360, 6 Desalle 331, 7 SIMPSON 306, 8 Van Horebeek 294, 9 Coldenhoff 266, 10 Strijbos 257, 11 Waters 250, 12 Ferris 189, 13 Philippaerts 185, 14 Rattray 181, 15 De Dycker 155, 16 Charlier 147, 17 Butron 144, 18 Frossard 128, 19 Villopoto 124, 20 Lupino 97, 21 Guarneri 89, 22 SEARLE 74, 23 Bengtsson 62, 24 WATSON 60, 25 Boog 40,... 36 NICHOLLS 11,... 40 Paul COATES 7,...
NEXT ROUND: August 2 – Lommel, BELGIUM.
WORLD LADIES MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 (FINAL) – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC
1 Nancy Van De Ven (NL - Yamaha) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Kiara Fontanesi (I - Fontaracing Yamaha) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Amandine Verstappen (B - Silver Action KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Justine Charroux (F - Yamaha) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Julie Dalgaard (DK - Honda) 12 + 16 = 28
6 Genette Vaage (N - Genete811 KTM) 14 + 13 = 27
7 Joana Goncalves (P - Yamaha) 13+11=24, 8 Emelie Dahl (S - Yamaha) 7+15=22, 9 Livia Lancelot (F - One14 Kawasaki) 22+0=22, 10 Shana Van der Vlist (NL - Yamaha) 8+12=20, 11 Jessica Moore (AUS - Motor 2000 KTM) 10+10=20, 12 Francesca Nocera (I - MC Francy Suzuki) 4+14=18, 13 Britt Van Der Werff (NL - Suzuki) 15+1=16, 14 Gloria Jacquemard (F - One14 Kawasaki) 6+7=13, 15 Floriana Parrini (I - Yamaha) 9+4=13, 16 Kimberley Braam (NL - Braam 193 Kawasaki) 11+2=13, 17 Frida Ostlund (S - Honda) 3+9=12, 18 Liubov Leonteva (RUS - Yamaha) 0+8=8, 19 Catja Rasmussen (DK - Suzuki) 2+6=8, 20 Virginie Germond (CH - Dragon Moto Suzuki) 0+5=5, 21 Janina Lehmann (D - KTM) 5+0=5, 22 Stacey FISHER (GB - Fehilly KTM) 0+3=3, 23 Barbora Lankova (CZ - Suzuki) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Van De Ven, 2 Lancelot, 3 Fontanesi, 4 Verstappen, 5 Charroux, 6 Van Der Werff, 7 Vaage, 8 Goncalves, 9 Dalgaard, 10 Braam, 11 Moore, 12 Parrini, 13 Van der Vlist, 14 Dahl, 15 Jacquemard, 16 Lehmann, 17 Nocera, 18 Ostlund, 19 Rasmussen, 20 Lankova.
RACE TWO: 1 Van De Ven, 2 Fontanesi, 3 Verstappen, 4 Charroux, 5 Dalgaard, 6 Dahl, 7 Nocera, 8 Vaage, 9 Van der Vlist, 10 Goncalves, 11 Moore, 12 Ostlund, 13 Leonteva, 14 Jacquemard, 15 Rasmussen, 16 Germond, 17 Parrini, 18 FISHER, 19 Braam, 20 Van Der Werff.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Kiara Fontanesi 260 points (CHAMPION), 2 Livia Lancelot 242, 3 Nancy Van De Ven 229, 4 Verstappen 176, 5 Vaage 150, 6 Charroux 147, 7 Nocera 127, 8 Germond 104, 9 Brown 99, 10 Veenstra 92, 11 Laier 80, 12 Rutledge 78, 13 Goncalves 75, 14 Braam 75, 15 Natalie KANE 61, 16 Papenmeier 52, 17 Dalgaard 51, 18 Van Der Werff 50, 19 Moore 47, 20 Borchers 41,... 29 Gabby HAMLET 17,... 39 Amie GOODLAD 7,... 42 Stacey FISHER 6,...
WORLD MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 13 – Loket, CZECH REPUBLIC
1 Valentin Guillod (CH - Standing Construct Yam) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Pauls Jonass (LAT - Red Bull KTM) 18 + 20 = 38
3 Jordi Tixier (F - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 20 + 16 = 36
4 Benoit Paturel (F - Kemea Yamalube Yamaha) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Petar Petrov (BUL - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 15 + 15 = 30
6 Julien Lieber (B - Standing Construct Yamaha) 14 + 13 = 27
7 Max ANSTIE (GB - Monster DRT Kawasaki) 25 + 0 = 25
8 Jeremy Seewer (CH - Suzuki Europe MX) 10 + 14 = 24
9 Brent Van Doninck (B - Yamaha) 12 + 12 = 24
10 Tim Gajser (SLO - Gariboldi Honda) 0 + 22 = 22
11 Brian Bogers (NL - HSF Logistics KTM) 9+11=20, 12 Ivo Monticelli (I - Marchetti Racing KTM) 11+8=19, 13 Roberts Justs (LAT - HSF Logistics KTM) 13+6=19, 14 Samuele Bernardini (I - Factory Racing TM) 7+10=17, 15 Jorge Zaragoza (E - Honda) 5+7=12, 16 Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS - Jtech Honda) 8+2=10, 17 Davy Pootjes (NL - Red Bull Factory KTM) 0+9=9, 18 Harri Kullas (SF - Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna) 2+5=7, 19 Adam STERRY (GB - Wilvo Forkrent KTM) 4+3=7, 20 Ben WATSON (GB - Hitachi Revo KTM) 6+0=6, 21 Thomas Covington (US - Monster Energy Kawasaki) 0+4=4, 22 Henry Jacobi (D - KTM) 3+0=3, 23 Davide Bonini (I - SDM Husqvarna) 0+1=1, 24 Kevin Fors (B - Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 ANSTIE, 2 Guillod, 3 Tixier, 4 Jonass, 5 Paturel, 6 Petrov, 7 Lieber, 8 Justs, 9 Van Doninck, 10 Monticelli, 11 Seewer, 12 Bogers, 13 Brylyakov, 14 Bernardini, 15 WATSON, 16 Zaragoza, 17 STERRY, 18 Jacobi, 19 Kullas, 20 Fors.
RACE TWO: 1 Guillod, 2 Gajser, 3 Jonass, 4 Paturel, 5 Tixier, 6 Petrov, 7 Seewer, 8 Lieber, 9 Van Doninck, 10 Bogers, 11 Bernardini, 12 Pootjes, 13 Monticelli, 14 Zaragoza, 15 Justs, 16 Kullas, 17 Covington, 18 STERRY, 19 Brylyakov, 20 Bonini.
SERIES STANDINGS after 13 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 423 points, 2 Gajser 399, 3 Guillod 399, 4 Jonass 389, 5 Tixier 370, 6 Seewer 369, 7 ANSTIE 337, 8 Lieber 305, 9 Tonkov 256, 10 Paturel 236, 11 Bogers 225, 12 Petrov 224, 13 Ferrandis 205, 14 Justs 181, 15 Van Doninck 177, 16 Covington 176, 17 Brylyakov 162, 18 Monticelli 130, 19 Getteman 102, 20 WATSON 90,... 26 Mel POCOCK 36,... 28 STERRY 32,... 39 Gradie FEATHERSTONE 5,... 47 Jordan BOOKER 1,...
NEXT ROUND: August 2 – Lommel, BELGIUM.
