Febvre and Herlings on pole in USA

Romain_Febvre_Yamaha_Factory_Leon_Mexico_MXGP_2016-04-18Romain Febvre and Jeffrey Herlings took pole positions in their classes at the fames Glen Helen race track in USA. The track looked great today even tho it was a really hot day.

MXGP
Febvre had a perfect qualification race as he took the holeshoot and newer looked back till the end of the race. Tim Gajser and Antonio Cairoli didn’t have the best start as both crashed shortly after the start and had to start the race from back of the pack. Good speed was shown by Max Nagl who was in second from start to the end followed by Dean Wilson in third. 4th was Kevin Strijbos while 5th was Valentin Guillod.

MX2
Herlings made pore start but quickly recovered and overtook the lead before the end of a lap 1 after Austin Forkner made a slight bobble. In the next lap Forkner attacked Herlings back and easily overtook the lead, but Herlings was not done jet he just learned a bit. In the meantime Jeremy Martin climbed up to third and stayed there till the end of MX2 qualification race. As the race progressed Herlings became quicker and quicker till the lap seven when he overtook Forkner for the lead. After that he started to pull a slight gap and stayed there till the end of qualification race with more than 10 seconds advantage. For tomorrow MXGP of USA the starting order is Herlings first in front of, Forkner, Martin, Max Anstie and Justin Hill.

 

MXGP Qualifications Results:

1 461 Febvre, Romain FRA Yamaha 25:48.790 0:00.000 2:07.930
2 12 Nagl, Maximilian GER Husqvarna 25:54.514 0:05.724 2:08.639
3 15 Wilson, Dean GBR KTM 26:10.371 0:21.581 2:09.793
4 22 Strijbos, Kevin BEL Suzuki 26:14.517 0:25.727 2:11.815
5 92 Guillod, Valentin SUI Yamaha 26:16.752 0:27.962 2:11.203
6 3 Tomac, Eli USA Kawasaki 26:18.165 0:29.375 2:09.818
7 89 Van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Yamaha 26:20.541 0:31.751 2:10.569
8 100 Searle, Tommy GBR Kawasaki 26:24.428 0:35.638 2:11.330
9 66 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Kawasaki 26:26.833 0:38.043 2:09.579
10 21 Paulin, Gautier FRA Honda 26:27.558 0:38.768 2:11.626
11 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA KTM 26:31.215 0:42.425 2:10.400
12 911 Tixier, Jordi FRA Kawasaki 26:32.921 0:44.131 2:12.175
13 259 Coldenhoff, Glenn NED KTM 26:36.875 0:48.085 2:11.580
14 243 Gajser, Tim SLO Honda 26:37.670 0:48.880 2:11.437
15 77 Lupino, Alessandro ITA Honda 26:43.878 0:55.088 2:12.524
16 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 26:47.305 0:58.515 2:13.066
17 45 Nicholls, Jake GBR Husqvarna 27:04.066 1:15.276 2:14.384
18 177 Jasikonis, Arminas LTU Suzuki 27:22.003 1:33.213 2:14.437
19 17 Butron, Jose ESP KTM 27:30.712 1:41.922 2:16.363
20 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN Honda 27:42.987 1:54.197 2:15.685
21 153 Maddii, Marco ITA Husqvarna 28:01.370 2:12.580 2:18.829
22 505 Lipanovich, Sean GUM KTM 25:52.749 1 lap 2:20.295
23 526 Aeck, Colton USA Honda 26:02.981 1 lap 2:20.467
24 468 Kouba, Austin USA Kawasaki 26:25.772 1 lap 2:22.705
25 636 Knight, Keith USA Yamaha 26:35.449 1 lap 2:23.544
26 315 Gustavsson, Nicklas SWE Honda 26:40.467 1 lap 2:23.005
27 542 Buller , Johnnie USA Suzuki 27:15.094 1 lap 2:22.986
28 139 LaPorte, Nathen USA Yamaha 27:26.769 1 lap 2:23.675
29 650 Johnston, Cody USA Yamaha 27:31.834 1 lap 2:29.938
30 743 Gobbi, Nicolo ITA Kawasaki 28:04.924 1 lap 2:28.019

 

MX2 Qualifications Results:

1 84 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM 26:01.158 0:00.000 2:10.272
2 214 Forkner, Austin USA Kawasaki 26:12.128 0:10.970 2:09.926
3 6G Martin, Jeremy USA Honda 26:13.343 0:12.185 2:10.206
4 99 Anstie, Max GBR Husqvarna 26:15.121 0:13.963 2:11.277
5 154 Hill, Justin USA KTM 26:18.279 0:17.121 2:11.459
6 237 Hoeft, Justin USA KTM 26:43.251 0:42.093 2:14.239
7 289 Harrison, Mitchell USA Yamaha 26:44.110 0:42.952 2:13.633
8 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA Yamaha 26:45.885 0:44.727 2:13.575
9 189 Bogers, Brian NED KTM 26:51.570 0:50.412 2:14.211
10 48 Oldenburg, Mitch USA KTM 26:54.785 0:53.627 2:14.667
11 61 Prado Garcia, Jorge ESP KTM 26:58.564 0:57.406 2:14.088
12 64 Covington, Thomas USA Husqvarna 27:00.788 0:59.630 2:13.323
13 98 Vaessen, Bas NED Suzuki 27:02.407 1:01.249 2:15.063
14 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI Suzuki 27:02.729 1:01.571 2:14.415
15 35 Alldredge, Chris USA Kawasaki 27:16.740 1:15.582 2:15.406
16 457 Sanayei, Darian USA Kawasaki 27:18.442 1:17.284 2:15.369
17 321 Bernardini, Samuele ITA TM 27:22.787 1:21.629 2:15.012
18 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KTM 27:24.452 1:23.294 2:14.674
19 66 Larranaga O., Iker ESP KTM 27:27.081 1:25.923 2:15.707
20 485 Ward, Caleb AUS KTM 27:28.738 1:27.580 2:16.179
21 161 Östlund, Alvin SWE Yamaha 27:36.245 1:35.087 2:16.945
22 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL Yamaha 28:09.067 2:07.909 2:15.446
23 138 Lilly, Blake USA KTM 28:10.546 2:09.388 2:17.245
24 128 Monticelli, Ivo ITA KTM 4:23.787 10 laps 2:17.989