Toni’s Thai high

 

Romain Febvre stepped it up to maintain Herlings' pace during the early laps of MX2 Qualification on Saturday, but the 

Dutchman soon checked out when points were up for grabs on Sunday.

 

The JM KTMs both gated well and Febvre took advantage of a small slip by Nicholls to quickly take over second, but the 

team-mates remained tied together until Jake crashed out big time at half-distance.

 

"I had no brake as I approached a jump we were scrubbing. I hit the face hard and crashed hard.  By the time I got back on the track I was down to eighth, but the throttle was sticking so I couldn't attack, and then on the last lap the throttle cable snapped.”

 

The East Anglian was credited with 19th.

 

Jake's exit from the leader-board was the signal for Anstie to move forward and the Brit ran down Butron and Charlier to take over third place.

 

"That's the first time I have felt I was riding like I can since I crashed in the States last month,” he said.

 

"And there is more to come. I can go where I want with the Suzuki and that makes it easy to ride smoothly.”

 

James Dunn was turning heads in the early laps as he held down a solid top ten slot and the teenager was still well in the points, along with an advancing Elliott Banks-Browne, as both HM Plant KTMs expired on the same lap 15-minutes into the race after boiling over all of their coolant.

 

Mel Pocock had a torrid race, admitting: "The strap of my goggles broke when we under starter's orders, so the team couldn't bring me a new pair. 

 

"I stopped at the end of the first lap for a fresh pair, but that left me way off the back of the pack. I pushed through to 15th, but had nothing left at the end, after such a hard race in the heat.”

 

James Cottrell had his best GP ride to date to run 21st for much of the race. "I hit the wall at about 25-minutes, but I came strong again in the last couple of laps,” said James.

 

 

 1 Jeffrey Herlings (NL - Red Bull KTM) 25 + 25 = 50

 2 Romain Febvre (F - Wilvo Nestaan JM KTM) 22 + 22 = 44

 3 Jose Butron (E - Silver Action KTM) 18 + 16 = 34

 4 Christophe Charlier (F - Monster Energy Yam) 12 + 20 = 32

 5 Alessandro Lupino (I - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 13 + 18 = 31

 6 Dean Ferris (AUS - Monster Energy Yamaha) 16 + 15 = 31

 7 Glenn Coldenhoff (NL - Standing Construct KTM) 14 + 13 = 27

 8 Jordi Tixier (F - Red Bull KTM) 15 + 12 = 27

 9 Max ANSTIE (GB - Rockstar Suzuki) 20 +  5 = 25

10 Julien Lieber (B - Rockstar Suzuki)  9 + 14 = 23

11 Petar Petrov (BUL - Kemea Reytec Yamaha) 11+9=20, 12 Dylan Ferrandis (F - Rockstar Bud Kawasaki) 7+11=18, 13 Stefan-Kjer Olsen (DK - Jtech ESTA Honda) 10+7=17, 14 Mel POCOCK (GB - Monster Energy Yamaha) 6+10=16, 15 Pascal Rauchenecker (A - Standing Construct KTM) 8+6=14, 16 Valentin Teillet (F - Rockstar Bud Kawasaki) 5+8=13, 17 Maxime Desprey (F - Monster Energy Yamaha) 4+2=6, 18 Jake NICHOLLS (GB - Wilvo Nestaan JM KTM) 2+3=5, 19 Harri Kullas (SF - Honda Gariboldi) 0+4=4, 20 Kevin Fors (B - Kemea Reytec Yamaha) 3+1=4, 21 Ivo Monticelli (I - Ricci TM) 1+0=1.

RACE ONE: 1 Herlings, 2 Febvre, 3 ANSTIE, 4 Butron, 5 Ferris, 6 Tixier, 7 Coldenhoff, 8 Lupino, 9 Charlier, 10 Petrov, 11 Olsen, 12 Lieber, 13 Rauchenecker, 14 Ferrandis, 15 POCOCK, 16 Teillet, 17 Desprey, 18 Fors, 19 NICHOLLS, 20 Monticelli.

RACE TWO: 1 Herlings, 2 Febvre, 3 Charlier, 4 Lupino, 5 Butron, 6 Ferris, 7 Lieber, 8 Coldenhoff, 9 Tixier, 10 Ferrandis, 11 POCOCK, 12 Petrov, 13 Teillet, 14 Olsen, 15 Rauchenecker, 16 ANSTIE, 17 Kullas, 18 NICHOLLS, 19 Desprey, 20 Fors.

SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 18) rounds: 1 Herlings 100 points, 2 Febvre 82, 3 Ferris 69, 4 Charlier 65, 5 Coldenhoff 63, 6 Butron 60, 7 Tixier 57, 8 Lupino 56, 9 Lieber 47, 10 ANSTIE 37, 11 Petrov 36, 12 POCOCK 35, 13 NICHOLLS 26, 14 Olsen 24, 15 Teillet 22, 16 Ferrandis 18, 17 BANKS-BROWNE 17, 18 Rauchenecker 15, 19 Desprey 15, 20 Kullas 15,...

NEXT ROUND: April 1 – Valkenswaard, HOLLAND.

 

 1 Antonio  Cairoli (I - Red Bull KTM) 25 + 25 = 50

 2 Gautier Paulin (F - KRT Kawasaki) 18 + 22 = 40

 3 Clement Desalle (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 20 + 20 = 40

 4 Tommy SEARLE (GB - CLS Monster PC Kaw) 16 + 18 = 34

 5 Ken De Dycker (B - Red Bull KTM) 22 + 12 = 34

 6 Rui Goncalves (P - Ice1 KTM) 13 + 16 = 29

 7 Joel Roelants (B - Monster Energy Yamaha) 11 + 14 = 25

 8 Steven Frossard (F - Monster Energy Yamaha) 12 + 13 = 25

 9 Kevin Strijbos (B - Rockstar Suzuki) 14 + 11 = 25

10 Xavier Boog (F - Ice1 KTM)  8 + 15 = 23

11 David Philippaerts (I - Gariboldi Honda) 15+7=22, 12 Tanel Leok (EST - Route77 Honda) 9+9=18, 13 Davide Guarneri (I - Marchetti KTM) 10+8=18, 14 Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS - Honda World) 3+10=13, 15 Augusts Justs (LAT - Latvia Elksni Honda) 5+4=9, 16 Jeremy Van Horebeek (B - KRT Kawasaki) 6+3=9, 17 Jonathan Barragan (E - STR KTM) 7+1=8, 18 Shaun SIMPSON (GB - Ricci TM) 0+6=6, 19 Kenny Van Dueren (B - Scott Racing KTM) 0+5=5, 20 Jamie LAW (GB - STR KTM) 4+0=4, 21 Jens Getteman (B - MX24 Honda) 1+2=3, 22 Masanori Ito (J - Yamaha) 2+0=2.

RACE ONE: 1 Cairoli, 2 De Dycker, 3 Desalle, 4 Paulin, 5 SEARLE, 6 Philippaerts, 7 Strijbos, 8 Goncalves, 9 Frossard, 10 Roelants, 11 Guarneri, 12 Leok, 13 Boog, 14 Barragan, 15 Van Horebeek, 16 Justs, 17 LAW, 18 Bobryshev, 19 , 20 Getteman.

RACE TWO: 1 Cairoli, 2 Paulin, 3 Desalle, 4 SEARLE, 5 Goncalves, 6 Boog, 7 Roelants, 8 Frossard, 9 De Dycker, 10 Strijbos, 11 Bobryshev, 12 Leok, 13 Guarneri, 14 Philippaerts, 15 SIMPSON, 16 Van Dueren, 17 Justs, 18 Van Horebeek, 19 Getteman, 20 Barragan.

SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 18) rounds: 1 Cairoli 95 points, 2 Desalle 87, 3 Paulin 78, 4 De Dycker 70, 5 SEARLE 64, 6 Strijbos 55, 7 Goncalves 52, 8 Bobryshev 47, 9 Frossard 47, 10 Boog 41, 11 Roelants 40, 12 Philippaerts 37, 13 Guarneri 33, 14 Leok 33, 15 SIMPSON 26, 16 Barragan 19, 17 Nagl 15, 18 Van Horebeek 14, 19 Justs 9, 20 Van Dueren 6,... 22 LAW 4, 23 DOUGAN 4,...

NEXT ROUND: April 1 – Valkenswaard, HOLLAND.