Tim Gajser and Evgeny Bobryshev took to the golden sands of Kegums today, as the HRC duo took fourth and fifth consecutively in the qualifying race at the MXGP of Latvia.
Gajser seemed a little off his usual pace earlier on in the day but delivered in qualifying when he gated in third. He had an early push for second with Herlings and battled throughout the race with both Van Horebeek and his team mate Bobby. In the end, he bought his CRF450RW home in fourth, ahead of points rival Cairoli which allows a good gate pick for tomorrow.
Bobryshev showed early promise today when he got the second fastest lap time in timed practice behind ‘sand man’ Jeffery Herlings. The Russian, who has many fans here supporting him this weekend, rode a sensible race to finish just behind his team mate in fifth.
The first MXGP race starts tomorrow at 14:15 local time.
|1||Herlings Jeffrey||84||NDL||Red Bull KTM Factory Racing||KTM||24:13.369|
|2||Nagl Max||12||GER||Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing||Husqvarna||+2.519|
|3||Van Horebeek Jeremy||89||BEL||Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team||Yamaha||+12.188|
|4||Gajser Tim||243||SLO||Team HRC - MXGP||Honda||+14.811|
|5||Bobryshev Evgeny||777||RUS||Team HRC - MXGP||Honda||+18.903|
|6||Jasikonis Arminas||27||LTU||Team Suzuki World MXGP||Suzuki||+23.419|
|7||Cairoli Antonio||222||ITA||Red Bull KTM Factory Racing||KTM||+24.546|
|8||Desalle Clement||25||BEL||Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing||Kawasaki||+31.002|
|9||Paulin Gautier||21||FRA||Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing||Husqvarna||+32.197|
|10||Simpson Shaun||24||GBR||Wilvo Yamaha MXGP||Yamaha||+33.297|
|11||Anstie Max||99||GBR||Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing||Husqvarna||+34.759|
|12||Coldenhoff Glenn||259||NDL||Red Bull KTM Factory Racing||KTM||+44.523|
|13||Febvre Romain||461||FRA||Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team||Yamaha||+55.314|
|14||Graulus Damon||71||BEL||24MX Lucas Oil Honda||Honda||+56.025|
|15||Tixier Jordi||911||FRA||Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing||Kawasaki||+59.763|
|16||Butron Jose||17||SPA||Marchetti Racing Team KTM||KTM||+1:02.084|
|17||Leok Tanel||7||EST||Husqvarna 8Biano Racing||Husqvarna||+1:03.169|
|18||Kullas Harri||151||FIN||Wildcard Rider||Husqvarna||+1:05.277|
|19||Guillod Valentin||92||SWI||Team Honda Red Moto||Honda||+1:22.286|
|20||Bengtsson Filip||664||SWE||Wildcard Rider||KTM||+1:27.632|