At Ottobiano Antonio Cairoli dominates MXGP in front of a noisy home crowd andJeremy Seewer wins in MX2. Cairoli consolidates his lead in MXGP while PaulsJonass remains in the command of MX2
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| Antonio Cairoli |
Antonio Cairoli |
There was a brand new location for the eleventh round of the
FIM Motocross World Championship - the
Grand Prix of Lombardia - and
Ottobiano's
‘South Milan Circuit’ was a splendid venue for racing. The sandy Italian track had been been adapted to meet world championship criteria and welcomed a 33.000 crowd.
Pirelli riders used the
SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front and the SCORPION™ MX Soft rear; the tyres which allowed them to score the best overall performances on the terrain.
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| Jeremy Seewer |
Jeremy Seewer |
High temperatures did not stop
Antonio Cairoli, who won the Grand Prix in the
MXGP category. The eight-time World Champion dominated both races and now leads the premier class standings by 67 points.
Jeffrey Herlings tried to ‘ruin’
Cairoli’s second home party of the year but had to settle for second place.
Max Anstie had a great race in third overall and climbed the podium in
MXGP for the first time. To crown
Pirelli's fantastic day in
MXGP a fourth place was taken by
Romain Febvre, a fifth by
Max Nagl fifth and sixth position was secured by
Gautier Paulin.
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| Bas Vaessen |
Gautier Paulin |
Thanks to a first and a second position in the two races
Jeremy Seewer scored the overall win in
MX2 and knocked 7 points from championship leader
Pauls Jonass’ cushion. The Latvian was good at limiting the damage in a day that pushed the physical limits of very rider to the max; the KTM man was runner-up. There was a good third place overall for
Thomas Covington, winner of the Saturday qualifying heat, and the American was consistent and fast throughout the weekend. Fifth place overall belonged to
Bas Vaessen.
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| Jeffrey Herlings |
Jorge Prado |
No break now for riders and teams with the journey to
Agueda,
Portugal next weekend and the twelfth round of the 2017 Championship.
Race results:
MXGP race 1
1. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
2. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
3. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
4. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)
5. ANSTIE Max (GBR)
MXGP race 2
1. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
2. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
3. ANSTIE Max (GBR)
4. NAGL Maximilian (GER)
5. JASIKONIS Arminas (LTU)
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| Max Anstie |
Max Nagl |
MX2 race 1
1. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
2.PATUREL Benoit (FRA)
3. LIEBER Julien (BEL)
4. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)
5. BOGERS Brian (NED)
MX2 race 2
1. JONASS Pauls (LAT)
2. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
3. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)
4. VAESSEN Bas (NED)
5. OSTLUND Alvin (SWE)
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| Pauls Jonass |
Romain Febvre |
GP Overall:
MXGP
1. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
2. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
3. ANSTIE Max (GBR)
4. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)
5. NAGL Maximilian (GER)
MX2
1. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI)
2. JONASS Pauls (LAT)
3. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)
4. PATUREL Benoit (FRA)
5. VAESSEN Bas (NED)
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| Antonio Cairoli on the podium |
MX2 podium |
Championship overall:
MXGP
1. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.431
2. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.364
3. DESALLE Clement (BEL) p.361
4. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.335
5. GAJSER Tim (SLO) p.282
6. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.275
MX2
1. JONASS Pauls (LAT) p.454
2. SEEWER Jeremy (SUI) p.416
3. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN) p.343
4. LIEBER JULIEN (BEL) p.339
5. PATUREL Benoit (FRA) p.330
6. COVINGTON Thomas (USA) p.263
