Viking Lindstrom took his first win of the season in Germany today, but it was Tim Edberg who came out on top in the overall weekend standings after two consistent rides to become the third overall winner in three events. Emil Weckman has retained the red plate despite a sixth place finish today.
Race winner Lindstrom had a great start to the race and took the Holeshot, closely followed by Yago Martinez, Eric Schwella and Weckman. Jack Bintcliffe and Edberg spent most of the first lap battling with each other before settling into a rhythm that allowed them to challenge the leading group.
For the first five laps the top six riders all battled for position and pushed each other hard as they tried to make their way to the front. Schwella and Bintcliffe were the fastest two riders on track at this point, with the German wildcard rider taking the lead on lap seven, but both suffered from minor dramas before the chequered flag was waved.
On the penultimate lap Emil Weckman, who had been pushing hard, caught his bike on another that had already crashed, which cost him his newly gained third place and relegated him to sixth. Schwella also suffered from a small incident that cost him his home win and promoted Lindstrom to the winner’s step.
Swedes Albin Larsen and Tim Edberg both rode consistently throughout and were rewarded with second and third places respectively. Edberg’s third place meant that he just beat Weckman to the overall weekend victory by two points.
Tim Edberg #48 – Overall Winner
“I had a good start to my second race. The track was quite bumpy, which I like so I just rode my own race. It is a great feeling being on the top step of the podium for the first time and I am really happy with my result.”
Davy Dousselaere – Honda Europe Off-Road Manager
“It was great to see Tim Edberg, who took the overall win, on the podium today as he has been with us since last year and thanks to the work of Gordon Crockard, Jean-Michel Bayle, Gautier Paulin, and also Honda Sweden who work with Viking Lindstrom as well, we can really see these young riders developing and that the work we put in has paid off as they are all improving.”
Jean-Michel Bayle – Team HRC Sporting Manager
“That was some really great racing today and it’s great to see these kids coming on race by race. When I was racing the best way of learning was to watch the top guys on the same track that I was riding on. So this championship is a great opportunity to race on the grand prix tracks and to watch our guys. Some of these kids are already trying to do the same as Gautier and Bobby with their gate preparation and that is great to watch. It’s always interesting to watch these kids race because they try so hard and they always do something special that nobody does before.”
EMX150 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Emil Weckman (FIN, Honda), 24:41.745; 2. Tim Edberg (SWE, Honda), +0:05.556; 3. Eric Schwella (GER, Honda), +0:08.798; 4. Hakon Fredriksen (NOR, Honda), +0:24.583; 5. Albin Larsen (SWE, Honda), +0:25.762; 6. Jack Bintcliffe (GBR, Honda), +0:27.186; 7. Viking Lindstrom (SWE, Honda), +0:28.458; 8. Timothé Berry (FRA, Honda), +0:49.049; 9. Tatu Junnola (FIN, Honda), +0:50.407; 10. Alexis Collignon (FRA, Honda), +1:02.906.
EMX150 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Viking Lindstrom (SWE, Honda), 24:21.139; 2. Albin Larsen (SWE, Honda), +0:04.423; 3. Tim Edberg (SWE, Honda), +0:05.449; 4. Jack Bintcliffe (GBR, Honda), +0:09.579; 5. Eric Schwella (GER, Honda), +0:13.881; 6. Emil Weckman (FIN, Honda), +0:15.083; 7. Timothé Berry (FRA, Honda), +0:34.985; 8. Alexis Collignon (FRA, Honda), +0:41.565; 9. Luis Outeiro (POR, Honda), +0:59.002; 10. Tatu Junnola (FIN, Honda), +0:59.622.
EMX150 Overall Top Ten: 1. Tim Edberg (SWE, HON), 42 points; 2. Emil Weckman (FIN, HON), 40 p.; 3. Viking Lindstrom (SWE, HON), 39 p.; 4. Albin Larsen (SWE, HON), 38 p.; 5. Eric Schwella (GER, HON), 36 p.; 6. Jack Bintcliffe (GBR, HON), 33 p.; 7. Timothé Berry (FRA, HON), 27 p.; 8. Alexis Collignon (FRA, HON), 24 p.; 9. Hakon Fredriksen (NOR, HON), 24 p.; 10. Tatu Junnola (FIN, HON), 23 p.
EMX150 Championship Top Ten: 1. Emil Weckman (FIN, HON), 130 points; 2. Albin Larsen (SWE, HON), 117 p.; 3. Tim Edberg (SWE, HON), 114 p.; 4. Jack Bintcliffe (GBR, HON), 112 p.; 5. Viking Lindstrom (SWE, HON), 106 p.; 6. Alexis Collignon (FRA, HON), 78 p.; 7. Timothé Berry (FRA, HON), 73 p.; 8. Yago Martinez (ESP, HON), 54 p.; 9. Tatu Junnola (FIN, HON), 51 p.; 10. Slade Tressler (USA, HON), 48 p.
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MXGP GERMANY – QUICK FACTS
Circuit length: 1540m
Type of ground: Hard Pack
Temperature: 20°C
Weather conditions: changeable