PIRELLI DOMINATE THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2020 FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT MATTERLEY BASIN

Jeffrey Herlings wins in MXGP and takes the first red plate of the season. Jago Geerts rules MX2 for the first time

Matterley Basin (Great Britain) March 1st, 2020 – The Matterley Basin circuit hosted the Grand Prix of Great Britain, the inaugural race of the 2020 edition of the FIM Motocross World Championship. The weekend was hit by variable weather and wintery temperatures.The conditions saw excellent performance by the Pirelli products; both in terms of tires and mousses through the heavy mud of qualification on Saturday thanks to the SCORPION MX™ Soft and then on race day through drier medium-hard soil where all Pirelli riders used the SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front and rear. These tires allowed the Milanese firm to control the final podiums of the MXGP and MX2 classes. Over half of the riders competing in the two main categories ran Pirelli rubber and chose to rely on the SCORPION™range.

In MXGP Jeffrey Herlings took overall victory ahead of defending champion Tim Gajser and then Antonio Cairoli. There were good performances by Jeremy Seewer, Mitchell Evans and Gautier Paulinwho finished in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.

Jago Geerts won in MX2 with a first and a fourth place from the two heats. Tom Vialle was second in front of Mikkel Haarup. Jed Beaton, fourth, and Rene Hofer, fifth, closed a Pirelli top-five on the day.

To round-off a strong Pirelli set Kevin Brumann's scored second place in the first round of the European EMX125 championship. 
Next weekend the riders will tackle the Grand Prix of the Netherlands to be hosted by the sandy track of Valkenswaard. Results

(Pirelli riders in bold): 

MXGP race 1
1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
2. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
3. EVANS Mitchell (AUS)
4. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
5. DESALLE CLEMENT (BEL) 

MXGP race 2
1. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
2. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
3. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
4. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
5. DESALLE CLEMENT (BEL) 

MX2 race 1
1. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
2. BEATON Jed (AUS)
3. HAARUP Mikkel (DEN)
4. MEWSE Conrad (GBR)
5. FORATO Alberto (ITA)

MX2 race 2
1. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
2. HOFER Rene (AUT)
3. HAARUP Mikkel (DEN)
4. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
5. OLSEN Thomas Kjer (DEN) 

GP Overall: MXGP
1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
2. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
3. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
4. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
5. EVANS Mitchell (AUS) 

MX2
1. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
2. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
3. HAARUP Mikkel (DEN)
4. BEATON Jed (AUS)
5. HOFER Rene (AUT) 

Championship overall: 

MXGP
1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.47
2. GAJSER Tim (SLO) p.38
3. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.38
4. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI) p.35
5. EVANS Mitchell (AUS) p.34
6. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.32 

MX2
1. GEERTS Jago (BEL) p.43
2. VIALLE Tom (FRA) p.40
3. HAARUP Mikkel (DEN) p.40
4. BEATON Jed (AUS) p.37
5. HOFER Rene (AUT) p.35
6. FORATO Alberto (ITA)p.28