Tackling the territory of the EMX125’s latest dominant force, Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes proved to be tough this weekend as the youngsters lined up here in the sand of Valkenswaard for round three of the European Championship EMX125.
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With a full gate of screaming two-strokes, the gates dropped for race two and the ‘play-to-win’ mentality set in. After Rockstar Energy Suzuki Europe’s Brian Hsu went down hard on the start straight, only a few turns later there was even more carnage when at least six riders went down in a pile. One of which was yesterday’s runner up, Diga Racing’s Tomass Sileika who managed to dust himself off but was so far back, he couldn’t salvage a top twenty finish.
Before the end of lap one, yesterday’s race one winner and The Netherlands’ latest sensation Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes was in the lead, checking out for his third consecutive round win this season.
After bringing home third place yesterday, SV Racing MX Team Russia’s Ivan Baranov was hauling in a comfortable second. With space before as well as behind him, the Russian looked to have sealed a comfortable second for second overall for the EMX125 round of The Netherlands, until disaster struck and the youngster hit a huge kicker which threw him over the bars with two laps to go.
Meanwhile Mafi Yamaha’s Alvin Ostlund had been pushing his way forward since the start of the race with HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Max Engelen in his wake. Although at one point the duo was fifteen seconds back on Baranov, due to his misfortune both Ostlund and Engelen could come home in second and third respectively.
Rounding out the top five, KTM Junior Academy Finland’s Miro Sihvonen put in a stellar ride to come from all the way outside of the top fifteen to take fourth ahead of De Carli KTM’s Joakin Furbetta.
After the results of race two, Red Bull KTM Racing’s Davy Pootjes made his EMX125 season so far a hat-trick taking his third consecutive overall win this season. Standing on the second step of the podium Mafi Yamaha’s Alvin Ostlund rode solid all weekend with a second and a fourth place result, while HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Max Engelen rounded out the top three. Kemea Yamaha Racing’s Cyril Genot wound up fourth thanks to his sixth and eighth place finishes with TMX Competitions Dan Houzet taking home fifth.
EMX125 Race 1: 1. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), 29:29.983; 2. Tomass Sileika (LAT, KTM), +0:15.531; 3. Ivan Baranov (RUS, KTM), +0:18.421; 4. Alvin Ostlund (SWE, Yamaha), +0:25.435; 5. David Herbreteau (FRA, Yamaha), +0:28.627; 6. Cyril Genot (BEL, Yamaha), +0:29.884; 7. Brian Hsu (GER, Suzuki), +0:33.542; 8. Max Engelen (NED, KTM), +0:36.908; 9. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), +0:46.804; 10. Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM), +0:51.873
EMX125 Race 2: 1. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), 30:55.233; 2. Alvin Ostlund (SWE, Yamaha), +0:23.417; 3. Max Engelen (NED, KTM), +0:36.884; 4. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), +0:45.775; 5. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, KTM), +0:53.130; 6. William Andersson (SWE, KTM), +0:55.863; 7. Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM), +1:01.119; 8. Cyril Genot (BEL, Yamaha), +1:08.862; 9. Thomas Marini (SMR, KTM), +1:16.719; 10. Anthony Bourdon (FRA, KTM), +1:20.361
EMX125 Overall: 1. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Alvin Ostlund (SWE, YAM), 40 p.; 3. Max Engelen (NED, KTM), 33 p.; 4. Cyril Genot (BEL, YAM), 28 p.; 5. Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM), 25 p.; 6. Tomass Sileika (LAT, KTM), 22 p.; 7. Ivan Baranov (RUS, KTM), 20 p.; 8. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), 19 p.; 9. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 18 p.; 10. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, KTM), 16 p.
EMX125 Championship Standings: 1. Davy Pootjes (NED, KTM), 145 points; 2. Alvin Ostlund (SWE, YAM), 91 p.; 3. David Herbreteau (FRA, YAM), 85 p.; 4. Brian Hsu (GER, SUZ), 83 p.; 5. Tomass Sileika (LAT, KTM), 82 p.; 6. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, KTM), 66 p.; 7. Michael Ivanov (BUL, KTM), 62 p.; 8. Filippo Zonta (ITA, KTM), 50 p.; 9. Michele Baraiolo (ITA, TM), 48 p.; 10. Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM), 48 p.