Arco di Trento, Italy,
02
November
2021
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11:05
Europe/Amsterdam

MAXIME RENAUX IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE SEVENTYFITH MOTOCROSS WORLD TITLE BY PIRELLI

In the sixteenth GP of the season, the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing Team rider dominates MX2 and wins his first World Title with two rounds to spare. The MX2 podium is all Pirelli, in MXGP Pirelli wins with Jeremy Seewer, and Tim Gajser is second.

The sixteenth GP of the FIM Motocross World Championship season took place on the 'Al Ciclamino' circuit in Arco di Trento, which is characterised by a medium hard surface. Pirelli-equipped riders were able to take advantage of the excellent performance of the front tyre SCORPION MX32 Mid Soft combined, depending on the rider's choice, with the SCORPION MX32 Mid Soft or the SCORPION MX Soft rear, winning both categories.

From the MX2 category, the world title had already mathematically arrived on October 17, in the Spanish GP, thanks to a provisional general classification that saw nine Pirelli riders in the first nine positions of the championship. The title remained open until the Garda GP for the French rider Maxime Renaux (Yamaha) and the Belgian Jago Geerts (Yamaha), but the second place in race one and the victory in race two sanctioned the triumph of Renaux who celebrated with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing MX2 team his first world title.

All-Pirelli podium in MX2 with Renaux in first position, Tom Vialle (KTM) second and Ruben Fernandez (Honda) third. Twenty-one year old from Sedane, France, Renaux collected his twelfth podium of the season in Arco di Trento, with five GP wins, five second places and two third places.

In the MXGP class came Jeremy Seewer's (Yamaha) first win of the season, thanks to first place in race one and second place in race two. In second place Tim Gajser (Honda), fourth in race one and winner of race two.

Within the top five riders of the day, at the end of two hard-fought races, a deserved the fourth place of Jeffrey Herlings and the fifth of Antonio Cairoli, both KTM riders. The MXGP championship now sees a close fight between three riders at the top of the general classification, separated by just three points with two GPs to go to the end of the championship: the French Romain Febvre at 614 points, the Slovenian Tim Gajser at 613 and the Dutch Jeffrey Herlings at 611.

Next weekend the MXGP World Motocross circus will move to the “Tazio Nuvolari” circuit in Mantua for the last two GPs of the season, on November 7th and 10th.

Results (Pirelli riders in bold):

MXGP race 1

  1. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
  2. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)
  3. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
  4. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
  5. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)

MXGP race 2

  1. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
  2. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
  3. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)
  4. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
  5. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)

MX2 race 1

  1. HOFER Rene (AUT)
  2. RENAUX Maxime (FRA)
  3. FERNANDEZ Ruben (SPA)
  4. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
  5. BEATON Jed (AUS)

MX2 race 2

  1. RENAUX Maxime (FRA)
  2. VIALLE Tom (FRA) GEERTS Jago (BEL)
  3. FERNANDEZ Ruben (SPA)
  4. WILSON Todd (AUS)
  5. HAARUP MIKKEL (DAN)

GP standings:

MXGP

  1. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
  2. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
  3. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)
  4. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
  5. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)

MX2

  1. RENAUX Maxime (FRA)
  2. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
  3. FERNANDEZ Ruben (SPA)
  4. HOFER Rene (AUT)
  5. WILSON Todd (AUS)

Championship standings:

MXGP

  1. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.614
  2. GAJSER Tim (SLO) p.613
  3. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.611
  4. PRADO Jorge (SPA) p.502
  5. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI) p.498
  6. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.496

MX2

  1. RENAUX Maxime (FRA) p.642
  2. GEERTS Jago (BEL) p.532
  3. GUADAGNINI Mattia (ITA) p.516
  4. VIALLE Tom (FRA) p.487
  5. BEATON Jed (AUS) p.477
  6. HOFER Rene (AUT) p.474