EMX125

MANTOVA (Lombardia - Italy), 26 June 2016 – The super fun and jumpy sand circuit of Mantova played host to the eighth and sixth rounds of the EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing championships where Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen and KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini topped the box in their respective classes.

Not many American riders race the world's number one amateur series, the European Championship EMX250, so when one decides to take the plunge and give it a whirl, it’s exciting to see his progression and what he learns.

American Darian Sanayei took on the challenge this year and has been getting faster and stronger with each and every round. In race one yesterday, the youngster onboard a Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki took the holeshot ahead of the championship leader Bodo Schmidt Motosport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen. Olsen sat behind Sanayei for the first handful of laps before making a move for the lead. Sanayei said, “I got a good start but I wasn’t riding that good, I couldn’t see anyone’s lines so when Thomas passed me I just tried to follow him and see where he’s going.” Which is exactly what he did before finding his own set of good lines, and impressively passed the Red Plate holder back. After taking the lead, the 457 of Sanayei controlled the race for his fourth race win of the season. Olsen was second while Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen was third.

In race two this morning Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei timed the gate perfectly for his second holeshot of the weekend ahead of KTM Factory Juniors Josiah Natzke and Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen. Tip Top MP32 Yamaha’s Mathys Boisrame was in fourth before being knocked back to fifth by the championship leader Bodo Schmidt Motorsports Thomas Kjer Olsen who used him as a berm half of a lap in.

There was some real excitement, as Olsen took no prisoners on his way forward. He muscled Natzke out of the way for third and started chipping away at the 4-second gap of Vaessen who was in second.

Sanayei was looking super fast and super smooth out front before his bike locked up and chucked him off. When he tried to re-start it, it was seized solid, which was a devastating end to what should have been an awesome weekend. In contrast, Vaessen was in his element this weekend and actually pulled away from Kjer Olsen for a massive victory, his first of the season.

The Dutch are renowned for their sand riding skills, so while it was random to see Honda’s Ceriel Klein Kromhof finish third, it possibly wasn’t THAT random. Swede Anton Gole managed to get Natzke on the last lap for fourth while the Kiwi, Natzke managed to hold on for fifth, which was by far his best result of this year.

Happy days for Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen who admitted “I finally was able to cross the line in first, I’m always there or close, but I did it today, so it’s good.” The Dutchman hit two milestones this weekend with his first race win and first overall victory of the season. Bodo Schmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen has finished on the podium at every single round and kept that podium streak alive with a second place overall, while Anton Gole uncorked his second bottle of bubbles this season in third.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 30:28.902; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:03.735; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:06.541; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +0:32.274; 5. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), +0:40.900; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:49.068; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:51.610; 8. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:57.264; 9. Glen Meier (DEN, KTM), +0:59.190; 10. Jere Haavisto (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:59.945.

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), 29:44.014; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:12.805; 3. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, Honda), +0:23.469; 4. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:25.734; 5. Josiah Natzke (NZL, KTM), +0:26.791; 6. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +0:27.654; 7. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:37.537; 8. Mike Stender (GER, Suzuki), +0:41.197; 9. Jere Haavisto (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:44.731; 10. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), +0:49.544.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 45 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 44 p.; 3. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 33 p.; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 33 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 27 p.; 6. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 27 p.; 7. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, HON), 25 p.; 8. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 25 p.; 9. Jere Haavisto (FIN, HUS), 23 p.; 10. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 22 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 45 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 44 p.; 3. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 33 p.; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 33 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 27 p.; 6. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 27 p.; 7. Ceriel Klein Kromhof (NED, HON), 25 p.; 8. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 25 p.; 9. Jere Haavisto (FIN, HUS), 23 p.; 10. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 22 p.

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 377 points; 2. Kawasaki, 321 p.; 3. KTM, 302 p.; 4. Suzuki, 262 p.; 5. Yamaha, 207 p.; 6. Honda, 175 p.;

In race one yesterday, it was the little Italian star onboard a De Carli KTM, Gianluca Facchetti, who pulled the holeshot and led the first couple of laps before he got bucked off the pegs in a choppy part of the track and looped out. Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Kim Savaste then inherited the lead and inched away, but was unable to withstand the eventual pressure of KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini who was flying. Rubini passed Savaste with a couple of laps to go and took the checkers for the sixth time this season. Savaste took second, while the championship leader Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts overcame some adversity, which included a bit of gymnastics when he cartwheeled it in the latter stages of the race, for third ahead of Facchetti, and Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Brian Strubhart Moreau.

Meanwhile, IceOne Husqvarna’s Mikkel Haarup took the holeshot ahead of De Carli KTM’s Gianluca Facchetti and Italy’s Mattia Guadagnini. Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts was in fourth, but not for long as he made light work of Guadagnin for third on lap two.

The two hot shots from Race 1, KTM Silver Actions Stephen Rubini and Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Kim Savaste were buried at the back of the pack and were left with a lot of work to do in order to catch the front-runners.

Facchetti managed to out brake Haarup for the lead on lap three, which was only the start of Haarup’s problems as Geerts started upping the pace in third. After taking chunks out of Haarup’s 4 second advantage, Geerts got close enough to show Haarup a wheel and after a lap of literally trying everything, he took a chance at hammering a berm to the pass the Dane around the outside and it worked.

Geerts was out to cause an upset among the rowdy Italian fans that wanted to see Facchetti win here on home soil, while Haarup sat back and waited for one of them to make a mistake. With 5 minutes to go, the trio of Facchetti, Geerts and Haarup were switching between attack and defense as they swapped positions, which played right into the hands of KTM Silver Action’s race one winner Stephen Rubini.

Eventually Geerts managed to find his rhythm and gapped it for his sixth win of the season with a healthy 10 second lead over his biggest rival in the championship Rubini. Haarup managed to get the better of Facchetti with a few laps to go, which left him with a season best finish of third place while Facchetti chilled back in fourth, 12 seconds clear of Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Brian Strubhart Moreau.

With a 1-2 result, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini took his fourth round victory of the season while the championship leader Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts went 3 – 2 for second. De Carli KTM’s Gianluca Facchetti put a smile on the faces of thousands of fans out here in Mantova with his 4 – 4 for third.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 31:14.603; 2. Kim Savaste (FIN, Kawasaki), +0:01.991; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:45.816; 4. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:50.630; 5. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:55.194; 6. Szymon Staszkiewicz (POL, KTM), +0:59.729; 7. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +1:02.237; 8. Luka Crnkovic (CRO, Yamaha), +1:04.684; 9. Raivo Dankers (NED, KTM), +1:06.636; 10. Sander Agard-Michelsen (NOR, TM), +1:14.618

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 29:46.456; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:09.392; 3. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:14.773; 4. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:39.274; 5. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:45.301; 6. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Yamaha), +0:46.301; 7. Szymon Staszkiewicz (POL, KTM), +0:47.998; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:55.693; 9. Sander Agard-Michelsen (NOR, TM), +1:03.120; 10. Emilio Scuteri (ITA, KTM), +1:09.023.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 32 p.; 5. Kim Savaste (FIN, KAW), 32 p.; 6. Szymon Staszkiewicz (POL, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 28 p.; 8. Sander Agard-Michelsen (NOR, TM), 23 p.; 9. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, YAM), 22 p.; 10. Luka Crnkovic (CRO, YAM), 20 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 257 points; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 248 p.; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 194 p.; 4. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 162 p.; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 152 p.; 6. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 135 p.; 7. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 131 p.; 8. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 113 p.; 9. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 109 p.; 10. Kim Savaste (FIN, KAW), 104 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 300 points; 2. Yamaha, 210 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 157 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 146 p.; 5. TM, 94 p.

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Circuit length: 1545m

Type of ground: Hard sand

Temperature: 29°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 27,000

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MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain), 19 June 2016 – Matterley Basin is a track that aspiring racers dream of riding. It hosts only one event per year, the FIM Motocross World Championship, and since the addition of the European Championship to the paddock of MXGP, young guns from all over the world have been able to take advantage of the unique opportunity to race on this world-class circuit.

Why is it so great? The track has an awesome flow, it has great dirt, it also has plenty of cool obstacles such as perfectly sculpted jumps, which for the youngsters are awesome to throw greasy whips over, and it also has a big selection of ruts to lay into and sweeping turns to power slide around.

The fans love it just as much as the riders because they can see the entire track from almost anywhere, which was extra awesome for the British fans today with British riders winning two of the three European Championship classes.

The seventh round of the European Championship EMX250 was won by British wild card, Apico Husqvarna’s Steven Clarke, while the fourth round of the European Championship EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing was won by GL12 Yamaha Racing’s Brit, Brad Anderson.

Meanwhile, KTM Silver Action Stephen Rubini topped the box for the second time on the bounce here at the fifth round of the European Championship EMX125 presented by FMF Racing.

No one had anything for KTM Factory Junior’s hot starter Jorge Prado who took yet another holeshot ahead of the local hero Apico Husqvarna’s Steven Clarke and the most recent round winner, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei. The championship leader Bodo Scmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen was also up front in fourth with Suzuki World MX2 star Bas Vaessen hot on his heels.

Sanayei was quick to make a move on Clarke. He pinned it up the inside, but Clarke shut the door, so he switched his lines and threw Clarkey off with a move around the outside. Sanayei got really hard on the brakes heading into the next turn, which saw Clarke run into him. Both riders stayed up and continued to battle hard, but it was Sanayei who crossed the line on lap two with the advantage of second place.

Sanayei won a race here at Matterley Basin last year, on his EMX250 debut, and looked to be feeling it again today as he took massive chunks out of the lead of Prado and nailed it up the inside of the Spaniard on lap four. Although Sanayei was running a fierce pace, the rookie, Prado, looked hungry for a win and remounted an attack. A mistake by the young KTM rider dropped him back and he failed to regain the lost ground.

Meanwhile, Vaessen started hammering it until his bike started cutting out, which forced him to pull into pit-lane.

With two laps to go, Clarke tipped some of the energy from the British fans in his fuel tank and charged past Prado for second despite catching his foot peg on the top of a jump while scrubbing. It looked a bit sketchy but the Brit was able to style it out.

Upping the intensity on the last lap, Thomas Kjer Olsen remembered what his right wrist is good for and started to twist it. The strong Dane caught Prado and Clarke. He managed to get Prado for third but Clarke held on tight for second. Sanayei, on the other hand, took his third consecutive race win while Prado was fourth with Nicolas Dercourt rounding out the top five.

In Race 2, Darian Sanayei got off to an ideal start with a massive holeshot but it wasn’t as smooth sailing as he would have hoped for with Steven Clarke not in the mood for games.

Clarke wasn’t taking any prisoners on his way to the front and went into a turn so hot he made the sun feel cold. It was with that corner speed he took the lead and went on to win the race and his home round of the European Championship.

Meanwhile Jorge Prado was dealing with pressure from Bas Vaessen for half of a lap before the Suzuki rider hucked the quad massively and set the Spaniard up around the next turn to make the pass for third. The next rider to give Prado some grief was the championship leader, Thomas Kjer Olsen, who used his race smarts to take over fourth.

Up front, the fans were bought to their feet as Clarke struggled to shake Sanayei who was holding onto him while Kjer Olsen connected with Vaessen in a battle for third. Vaessen went down but only lost a spot and managed to finish the lap in fifth.

The battle for the lead went down to the wire. At the checkers it was the wild card rider, Apico Husqvarna’s Steven Clarke, who got the job done for the race and overall win here in front of his home crowd. Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei crossed the line in second for second overall with Bodo Schmidt KTM’s Thomas Kjer Olsen finishing third for third. Nicolas Dercourt finished fourth in the final race ahead of Bas Vaessen.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 30:43.458; 2. Steven Clarke (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:05.612; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:06.331; 4. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:08.849; 5. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:27.860; 6. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), +0:48.919; 7. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:51.830; 8. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:52.285; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:53.356; 10. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), +0:53.672

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Steven Clarke (GBR, Husqvarna), 30:46.728; 2. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), +0:02.304; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:30.817; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KTM), +0:36.422; 5. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:40.273; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:45.023; 7. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:50.303; 8. Nicholas Adams (RSA, Honda), +0:56.936; 9. Carlton Husband (GBR, Honda), +0:57.283; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +1:01.578.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Steven Clarke (GBR, HUS), 47 points; 2. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 47 p.; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 40 p.; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, KAW), 27 p.; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 27 p.; 7. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), 19 p.; 10. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 18 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Steven Clarke (GBR, HUS), 47 points; 2. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 47 p.; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 40 p.; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, KAW), 27 p.; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 27 p.; 7. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), 19 p.; 10. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 18 p.

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 333 points; 2. Kawasaki, 296 p.; 3. KTM, 270 p.; 4. Suzuki, 217 p.; 5. Yamaha, 193 p.; 6. Honda, 137 p.

It was a dramatic start to the second race in the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing  class with the race 1 winner and championship leader, Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts, getting tangled with another rider on the start straight and going down, while his closest rival, Silver Action KTM’s Stephen Rubini was also well outside of the top 15 after a terrible start.

De Carli KTM’s Gianluca Facchetti, on the other hand, took an awesome holeshot ahead of the French star Pierre Goupillon and the kid who went pole yesterday, Kevin Horgmo. Goupillon and Facchetti battled for the early lead before Horgmo pulled the pin, passed and gapped both of them. In the matter of 2 laps, Horgmo pulled a 7 second lead.

At the 10-minute mark, the two riders leading the championship, Geerts and Rubini, closed in on the top five. It wasn’t long before Rubini was on the hunt for the lead after taking over second place, while Geerts found himself trapped in a battle for fifth with MJC Yamaha’s Zachary Pichon. After a game of cat and mouse, it only took a mistake from Pichon where he stabbed the front end into a tight rut, and Geerts was through for fifth.

Despite coming from dead last, Jago Geerts was the fastest rider on track and it wasn’t long before he had made light work of Facchetti for fourth, while Rubini was putting in an unbelievable performance of his own and with 2 laps to go managed to put an easy pass on Horgmo for the lead. Also in those final 2 laps, Goupillon made a mistake and handed Geerts third.

At the checkers it was KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini who took the win, which combined with his second place in race one was enough for the overall win. Kevin Horgmo finished the race in second ahead of Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts who managed to stand on the second step of the podium. Meanwhile Pierre Goupillon went 4 – 4 for third overall. 

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 29:24.095; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), +0:02.580; 3. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:37.260; 4. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:41.852; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:42.935; 6. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:43.522; 7. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:50.507; 8. Marcel Conijn (NED, Husqvarna), +0:53.930; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:58.852; 10. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +1:04.564.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 29:41.676; 2. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:03.557; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:10.848; 4. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:16.132; 5. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +0:20.996; 6. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +0:31.558; 7. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:32.867; 8. Kim Savaste (FIN, Kawasaki), +0:34.940; 9. Taylor Hammal (GBR, KTM), +0:42.267; 10. Luca Milec (SLO, Yamaha), +0:47.987.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 47 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 28 p.; 6. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 7. Kim Savaste (FIN, KAW), 22 p.; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 20 p.; 9. Marcel Conijn (NED, HUS), 19 p.; 10. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 19 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 212 points; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 201 p.; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 174 p.; 4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 152 p.; 5. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 135 p.; 6. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 126 p.; 7. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 105 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 103 p.; 9. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 103 p.; 10. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 77 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 250 points; 2. Yamaha, 182 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 119 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 117 p.; 5. TM, 71 p.

With Great Britain being the home of motocross, they are one of the most pro-2-stroke nations in the world so it was wicked for them to witness two Brits, Brad Anderson and Lewis Gregory, own the class here at Matterley Basin in Race 1 yesterday afternoon. 

In Race 2 this morning, Kras took a massive holeshot on his FMF powered KTM 300 and used his brash attitude to knuckle down and air out a lead right off the bat. Meanwhile, the red plate holder, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Yentel Martens, was in third around turn one and didn’t waste any time in launching past Phil Mercer for second.

Mercer started dropping spots as the likes of Antonio Utrilla and yesterday’s British dominators, Lewis Gregory and Brad Anderson, emerged. Gregory was the fastest in Qualifying and was looking solid again today as he charged past the Spaniard, Utrilla. While Utrilla was dropped back to fourth, it was only the start of the carnage he was about to be faced with as yesterday’s race one winner, Anderson, came-a-knockin’.

Anderson was on a mission to win for his rowdy British fans, and put an aggressive move up the inside of Utrilla. Utrilla tried to respond and put a wheel on Anderson over the next jump. Ando whipped it out, as did Utrilla, but the Spaniard still clipped the Brit and went down like a ton of bricks.

Next on Ando’s hit list was his GL12 Yamaha teammate, Gregory. It was completely obvious there are no team instructions in that team as he threw an elbow at his teammate on the way past. Gregory tried to fight back but didn’t quite have the goods.

Both riders had charged hard from outside the top ten and both blitzed past Martens like he was standing still but couldn’t catch the leader, Kras, who had completely checked out.

Mike Kras took his fourth race win of the season, which was enough for second overall and the championship lead. GL12 Yamaha’s Brad Anderson came home in second to take the overall win here at his home round of the EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing championship. Anderson’s GL12 Yamaha teammate Lewis Gregory came home in third, which was enough for third overall.

Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Yentel Martens relinquished the red plate after only banking a pair of fourths this weekend. It now belongs to Mike Kras.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Brad Anderson (GBR, Yamaha), 30:44.628; 2. Lewis Gregory (GBR, Yamaha), +0:02.147; 3. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), +0:16.012; 4. Yentel Martens (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:34.012; 5. Matthew Moffat (GBR, KTM), +0:56.100; 6. Francisco Utrilla Antonio (ESP, Yamaha), +0:59.172; 7. Nicolas Bender (SUI, Husqvarna), +1:15.318; 8. Aaron Pipon (GBR, Yamaha), +1:27.185; 9. Jamie Skuse (GBR, Yamaha), +1:30.717; 10. Mathias Plessers (BEL, KTM), +1:36.110.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 30:41.985; 2. Brad Anderson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:09.320; 3. Lewis Gregory (GBR, Yamaha), +0:25.117; 4. Yentel Martens (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:55.905; 5. Nicolas Bender (SUI, Husqvarna), +1:14.567; 6. Mike Vanderstraeten (BEL, TM), +1:32.531; 7. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), +1:40.608; 8. Robert Holyoake (GBR, Husqvarna), +1:43.834; 9. Patrick Vos (NED, KTM), +1:46.285; 10. Adam Harris (GBR, Yamaha), +1:47.562

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Brad Anderson (GBR, YAM), 47 points; 2. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Lewis Gregory (GBR, YAM), 42 p.; 4. Yentel Martens (BEL, HUS), 36 p.; 5. Nicolas Bender (SUI, HUS), 30 p.; 6. Jamie Skuse (GBR, YAM), 22 p.; 7. Mike Vanderstraeten (BEL, TM), 20 p.; 8. Patrick Vos (NED, KTM), 20 p.; 9. Aaron Pipon (GBR, YAM), 19 p.; 10. Matthew Moffat (GBR, KTM), 18 p.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Mike Kras (NED, KTM), 177 points; 2. Yentel Martens (BEL, HUS), 172 p.; 3. Brad Anderson (GBR, YAM), 149 p.; 4. Francisco Utrilla Antonio (ESP, YAM), 110 p.; 5. Matthew Moffat (GBR, KTM), 104 p.; 6. Lewis Gregory (GBR, YAM), 82 p.; 7. Mike Vanderstraeten (BEL, TM), 80 p.; 8. Dietger Damiaens (BEL, KTM), 79 p.; 9. Aaron Pipon (GBR, YAM), 78 p.; 10. Patrick Vos (NED, KTM), 76 p.

EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 182 points; 2. Yamaha, 174 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 172 p.; 4. TM, 84 p.; 5. Honda, 32 p.

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Circuit length: 1640m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 17°C

Weather conditions: cloudy with some showers

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 37,000

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The next round of the European Championships EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing will take place next weekend 26th June in Mantova, Italy, while the next round of the European Championship EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing will be held on July 24th in Loket, Czech Republic.

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Welcome to Matterley Basin, Winchester for the eleventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, the FULLBACK MXGP of Great Britain.

SAINT JEAN D’ANGELY (France), 05 June 2016 – Saint Jean d’Angely is a world-class, yet typically French style motocross track, which is clay-based and stony with loads of spectacular downhill ski jumps, and a lot of elevation.

Today the fourth round of the European Championship EMX125 presented by FMF Racing and the sixth round of the European Championship EMX250 joined the paddock of the FIM Motocross World Championship for the MXGP of France where in the premier amateur class, EMX250, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei won both races for his first EMX overall victory, while KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini did the same, and had the home fans fired up as he topped the box for the second time this year.

As the last race of the day yesterday, the EMX250 had to deal with a brutal and edgy hard pack circuit, which suited Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei down to the ground. The American found a way around the rookie, KTM Factory Junior’s Jorge Prado, and pulled away for his first win of the season. Prado then came under attack from the championship leader, Bodo Schmidt Motorsports’ Thomas Kjer Olsen, who passed him relatively easily. Olsen didn’t have anything for Sanayei in that particular race though, just as Prado didn’t have anything for Tip Top MP32 Racing’s Mathys Boisrame, who moved into third but ended up being forced out with a mechanical problem. Prado then was gifted third behind Sanayei and Kjer Olsen at the checkers.

Race two took place earlier this morning.

Move over Josè Butron, there’s a new Spanish holeshot king in town and it’s the young KTM Factory Juniors sensation Jorge Prado. Prado took his second holeshot of the weekend narrowly over the race one winner Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei, Karlis Sabulis and Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen. Sanayei wasn’t taking any nonsense from the small framed rookie and leant on him heading into the next turn, and all the way down the hill to force the pass for the lead before turn three.

At the end of the first lap the championship leader, Bodo Schmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen, was already inside the top five with Tip Top MP32’s Mathys Boisrame in tow. Meanwhile the Latvian, Sabulis had dropped back to sixth.

After passing Prado in the first few turns, Sanayei looked like he wanted to put in an early sprint except Prado wouldn’t let him go and stayed on him for the first ten minutes before the losing the front end on a slick patch. With the rookie down, Kjer Olsen capitalized and set the fastest lap of the race on the following lap, while Vaessen, Boisrame and the defending champion J-Tech Honda’s Nick Kouwenberg among others all inherited a spot.

Kjer Olsen pushed hard for a few laps but couldn’t match the pace of the American talent, Sanayei, who had the race in the palm of his hands. Vaessen and Boisrame battled hard for third which eventually went to Vaessen while KTM’s Kevin Wouts came from miles back to round out the top five.

At the end of a solid weekend, Bud Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Darian Sanayei was in a league of his own and managed to take his first race win of the season yesterday, and paired it with another today for his first double moto victory and first ever EMX250 overall victory. Bodo Schmidt Motorsport’s Thomas Kjer Olsen was also a cool, calm and collective picture of consistency with his 2 – 2 performance for second overall while Team Suzuki World MX2’s Bas Vaessen did enough to land on the third step of the podium.

EMX250 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 30:32.821; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:09.174; 3. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:28.829; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:29.412; 5. Mike Stender (GER, Suzuki), +0:38.511; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:44.493; 7. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:53.580; 8. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:00.240; 9. Nick Triest (BEL, KTM), +1:06.190; 10. Max Engelen (NED, KTM), +1:08.358.

EMX250 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), 29:58.819; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:09.128; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, Suzuki), +0:32.649; 4. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Yamaha), +0:36.087; 5. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), +0:36.681; 6. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:37.861; 7. Anton Gole (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:42.593; 8. Mike Stender (GER, Suzuki), +0:50.762; 9. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), +0:55.234; 10. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:57.400.

EMX250 Overall Top Ten: 1. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 50 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 44 p.; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 34 p.; 4. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KAW), 33 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 29 p.; 7. Mike Stender (GER, SUZ), 29 p.; 8. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, YAM), 24 p.; 9. Nick Triest (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, YAM), 18 p.

EMX250 Championship Top Ten: 1. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 276 points; 2. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 213 p.; 3. Bas Vaessen (NED, SUZ), 174 p.; 4. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, KAW), 167 p.; 5. Jorge Prado Garcia (ESP, KTM), 157 p.; 6. Kevin Wouts (BEL, KTM), 156 p.; 7. Anton Gole (SWE, HUS), 148 p.; 8. Nicolas Dercourt (FRA, KAW), 130 p.; 9. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, KTM), 119 p.; 10. Nick Kouwenberg (NED, HON), 115 p.

EMX250 Manufacturers: 1. Husqvarna, 286 points; 2. Kawasaki, 249 p.; 3. KTM, 234 p.; 4. Suzuki, 192 p.; 5. Yamaha, 168 p.; 6. Honda, 120 p.

Much to the delight of the French fans, KTM Silver Action’s Frenchman Stephen Rubini ran away for an easy win in the opening race of the weekend yesterday. The red plate holder Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts kept the Frenchman honest for most of the race before making a slight mistake with three laps to go. DP19 Yamaha’s Roan van de Moosdijk almost took advantage of the Belgian’s mistake but made a mistake himself with a few turns to go and had to settle for third.

In race one today, Italian Andrea Zanotti got the break he’s been looking for when he pulled a super sweet holeshot ahead of yesterday’s race one winner KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Rubini’s fellow French countryman Pierre Goupillon, who had his good start undone when he crashed on lap one.

Team MJC Yamaha’s Zachary Pichon was the first to inherit a spot off of Goupillon and set the fastest lap time on lap three. While Pichon was looking good as the initial pace setter, he bobbled massively on lap four and allowed IceOne Racing Husqvarna’s Mikkel Haarup to close in. Another slip up a few turns later and Haarup capitalized to take second place.

The Fin riding for IceOne Husqvarna Racing, started closing up on Rubini who was in the middle of challenging Zanotti for the lead. As an instant response to the challenge from Haarup, Rubini dropped the hammer and nailed a berm to whip right around the outside of Zanotti for first. Haarup was also in a hurry to do the same but was a little to hasty and made a mistake which saw him almost go over the ‘bars and only loose one spot.

At the halfway mark, Goupillon was back on form and passed Haarup, Van de Moosdijk and Zanotti like they were standing still, to take third. Meanwhile, DP19 Yamaha Racing’s Roan Van de Moosdijk found some good lines and managed to make a move on Haarup before going after Zanotti. In a moment of impulse, Van de Moosdijk hit a roller tapped and launched past Zanotti but landed in some ruts and crashed.

Rubini had the crowd fevered with his second win of the weekend, which landed him on the top step of the podium for the second time this season. Meanwhile fellow Frenchmen, Pichon and Goupillon, made it a French whitewash in race two as Zanotti put in his best race finish with fourth ahead of Haarup.

The red plate holder, Sahkar KTM’s Jago Geerts, who was second in race one yesterday got off to a shocking start, well outside of the top 20, and only managed to get back to seventh. It was still enough for him to land on the podium behind the winner, KTM Silver Action’s Stephen Rubini and Frenchman Pierre Goupillon.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 30:30.832; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:13.132; 3. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:13.710; 4. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:14.690; 5. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:33.980; 6. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:36.161; 7. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:40.066; 8. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +0:55.831; 9. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), +1:22.069; 10. Paolo Lugana (ITA, TM), +1:26.056

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 30:36.850; 2. Zachary Pichon (FRA, Yamaha), +0:05.343; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), +0:08.362; 4. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), +0:14.170; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:16.422; 6. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Yamaha), +0:31.932; 7. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), +0:42.222; 8. Kim Savaste (FIN, Kawasaki), +0:44.811; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), +0:45.244; 10. Luca Milec (SLO, Yamaha), +0:55.751

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Overall Top Ten: 1. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 35 p.; 6. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 34 p.; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 27 p.; 8. Luca Milec (SLO, YAM), 21 p.; 9. Paolo Lugana (ITA, TM), 20 p.; 10. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 20 p.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Championship Top Ten: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, KTM), 167 points; 2. Stephen Rubini (FRA, KTM), 154 p.; 3. Pierre Goupillon (FRA, KTM), 138 p.; 4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, YAM), 132 p.; 5. Gianluca Facchetti (ITA, KTM), 111 p.; 6. Zachary Pichon (FRA, YAM), 108 p.; 7. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 84 p.; 8. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 77 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KTM), 69 p.; 10. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 62 p

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 200 points; 2. Yamaha, 146 p.; 3. Husqvarna, 95 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 91 p.; 5. TM, 59 p.

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MXGP OF FRANCE – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1660m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 24°C

Weather conditions: sunny

MXGP will be available across the board in high definition and is also globally available to view live and in HD on MXGP-TV.com. Click here for the complete list of countries and cooperating MXGP broadcasting networks.

NEXT ROUND

The next round of the European Championships EMX250 and EMX125 presented by FMF Racing will take place in Matterley Basin, Great Britain on June, the 19^th.

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