PIRELLI MATHEMATICALLY WIN THE SEVENTY-FOURTH WORLD TITLE AT THE MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX OF TRENTINO IN PIETRAMURATA

The 'Al Ciclamino' circuit in Pietramurata hosted the Grand Prix of Trentino, the sixteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship and the first of a triple header hosted by the Italian track to close the 2020 season. To tackle the hard terrain, Pirelli riders relied on the excellent performance of SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front and rear tires which, combined with a medium mousse, allowed the Italian brand to clinch overall victory and excellent results in both classes.

Pirelli has mathematically won the title in the MXGP class with only two rounds left to run in 2020. Antonio Cairoli claimed the overall thanks to two second places in the motos while Tim Gajser finished second and retains a 73 point lead in the championship with only 100 left to win. There were good performances also by Gautier Paulin in fourth wPirelli dominated MX2 by filling the top nine positions in the final GP standings. Jago Geerts finished equal on points with Thomas Kjer Olsen but took the win thanks to his second moto triumph. Tom Vialle defended his red plate by finishing third. He maintains an advantage over Geerts of seventy-three points. Jed Beaton, fourth, and Maxime Renaux, fifth, closed the top five overall.ho led Jeremy Seewer and Alessandro Lupino who finished fifth and sixth overall.

In the last round of the FIM WMX Women's Championship Nancy Van de Ven scored an excellent second place. The Dutch rider ended the series with the same points as the eventual champion but had to settle for the silver medal as the competition was decided by the quantity of moto wins.

Pirelli also stood out in the fourth round of the EMXOpen European Championship thanks to Jimmy Clochet's victory, and who led Davide De Bortoli and Tom Macuks. Karel Kutsar continues to front the championship standings ahead of Kim Savaste and Macuks.

In two days time the riders will race the same circuit again for the Grand Prix of Pietramurata, the penultimate round of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship.

Results (Pirelli riders in bold):

MXGP race 1

1. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
3. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
4. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
5. TONUS Arnaud (SUI)

MXGP race 2

1. DESALLE Clement (BEL)
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
3. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
4. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
5. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)

MX2 race 1

1. OLSEN Thomas Kjer (DEN)
2. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
3. BEATON Jed (AUS)
4. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
5. FERNANDEZ Ruben (SPA)

MX2 race 2

1. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
2. BENISTANT Thibault (FRA)
3. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
4. OLSEN Thomas Kjer (DEN)
5. RENAUX Maxime (FRA)

GP Overall:

MXGP

1. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
2. GAJSER Tim (SLO)
3. DESALLE Clement (BEL)
4. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
5. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)

MX2

1. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
2. OLSEN Thomas Kjer (DEN)
3. VIALLE Tom (FRA)
4. BEATON Jed (AUS)
5. RENAUX Maxime (FRA)

Championship overall:

MXGP

1. GAJSER Tim (SLO) p.626
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.553
3. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI) p.535
4. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.487
5. PRADO Jorge (SPA) p.476
6. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.441

MX2

1. VIALLE Tom (FRA) p.693
2. GEERTS Jago (BEL) p.620
3. RENAUX Maxime (FRA) p.505
4. OLSEN Thomas Kjer (DEN) p.489
5. BEATON Jed (AUS) p.488
6. WATSON Nathan (GBR) p.466