MXGP

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of Great Britain at Matterley Basin,  Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli took the holeshot in race one while Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM's Shaun Simpson took it in race 2.

Meanwhile in MX2 Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie claimed the Fox Holeshot in race one while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Pauls Jonass took it in race two.

Watch MXGP of Great Britain ‘Fox Holeshot’ films here below.

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MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain), 24 May 2015 - Predictions for the FIM Motocross World Championship are not getting any easier, with the down to the wire results here at MXGP of Great Britain, round seven of the FIM Motocross World Championship, being solid evidence. The typically rutty and spongy track of Matterley Basin shaped up a lot harder, faster and slicker than it had in years prior which was taken in the strides of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod, who both nailed their second consecutive grand prix victories of this season.

Winning the MXGP of Great Britain today meant Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli has become the most successful grand prix rider on British soil. The Italian eight-times world champion has now won six British grand prix, which puts him ahead of the Belgian greats Stefan Everts and Joel Robert, who have both only won five. Tony said, “It was amazing today, England has given me a lot of good memories. I am really happy I made the decision to move to the 450cc, it makes it much easier for me to keep up with these guys, so for me the weekend went perfect, I wouldn’t change anything.”

As the most consistent rider in the championship with seven from six possible podium finishes, it was another narrow and frustrating loss for Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle, who claimed two consistent second places for second overall. “I want to win and have that feeling again,” Desalle said, “but it’s like this, maybe I could have had better lines but the other guys were riding good and for me to be consistent, that is also important, so I am happy with that.”

Perhaps the happiest face in the paddock was that of the super rookie Roman Febvre who claimed his first MXGP race win and second consecutive podium finish today at Matterley Basin. It was always assumed that it would only be a matter of time for the Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube rider who has been on the gas all year, and today there was no one more deserving of the second race win. “I am really happy to win. Even when I won I was thinking that I was not on the podium so when I came off the track I was really surprised and it was probably the best feeling ever.”

Also showing some impressive speed today was Team HRC’s Evgeny Bobryshev. Russian Bob is clearly back on the rise which was obvious with his solid lap times today. Despite not getting off to the best of starts, the Honda rider still managed to put in two remarkable rides for fourth overall.

Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl appeared to struggle to find his flow out on the slick and tricky surface of Matterley Basin. Despite getting good starts, the red plate holder just had to do his best to take as many points as possible, which he managed with fifth overall.

Thanks to the British fan favorite Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson, the crowd was bought to life today when he took the holeshot and fronted the field for a good part of race two. The public lined the fences and showed an immense amount of support for the Brit who put in a remarkable ride to wrap up his home grand prix in sixth overall.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:01.346; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:03.020; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:04.067; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:13.676; 5. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:16.369; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:17.680; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:19.284; 8. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki), +0:34.863; 9. Todd Waters (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:38.855; 10. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.855.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 34:18.842; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:02.087; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:09.664; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:13.390; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:23.149; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:27.787; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:30.814; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), +0:39.725; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.970; 10. Steven Frossard (FRA, KTM), +0:43.350.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 45 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 44 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 39 p.; 4. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 36 p.; 5. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 36 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 31 p.; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 29 p.; 8. Ken de Dycker (BEL, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Tyla Rattray (RSA, KAW), 23 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 295 points; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, SUZ), 291 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 274 p.; 4. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HON), 237 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 235 p.; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 207 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 145 p.; 8. Ryan Villopoto (USA, KAW), 124 p.; 9. Todd Waters (AUS, HUS), 121 p.; 10. Tyla Rattray (RSA, KAW), 118 p.

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. Husqvarna, 299 points; 2. KTM, 291 p.; 3. Suzuki, 291 p.; 4. Honda, 249 p.; 5. Yamaha, 240 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 207 p.; 7. TM, 70 p.

Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod put in an extremely impressive performance to take his second consecutive grand prix victory here in Matterley Basin. The very humble and happy-go-lucky Swiss rider smiled, “It was so fun out there, I was just having a lot of fun and the fans were having fun and my team was having fun, so it was just really cool.” Next week the MXGP of France in Villars sous Ecot, which is close to the border of Switzerland, will be almost a home race, “the fans here were sick! Okay they weren’t cheering for me, they were cheering for Max Anstie, but it was still awesome. I hope that next weekend all the Swiss fans bring their flags and go crazy for me!”

It’s unusual for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings to be on the second step of the podium yet it seems to be happening a lot more frequently these days. Today The Bullet rode great. You can’t take anything away from Valentin Guillod whose performance was nothing short of amazing. “I haven’t been able to ride this week because I still have pain from the crash in Spain, so I was pretty stiff.” Jeff mentioned, “and it’s not nice to get beaten, but he was better today, so I just want to win again.”

Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jordi Tixier is fast becoming a fixture on the MX2 podium with his fourth consecutive podium finish of the year. The Frenchman admitted he was a little disappointed today because he felt great out on the track yesterday but he remains confident he can still improve as the season goes on.

Meanwhile Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass is establishing himself as a pretty hot starter. The young Latvian is always up at the pointy end of the field around turn one which is already half the battle one for someone as young as he is. Another solid performance landed Jonass in fourth overall.

Egged on massively by the awesome crowd Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Max Anstie electrified the atmosphere here at MXGP of Great Britain with his near win in race one. Unfortunately a bad start in race two hindered what could have been a better result; nevertheless, a top five finish on home soil isn’t too shabby.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:26.799; 2. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:05.515; 3. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:10.678; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:29.783; 5. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:36.055; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:42.085; 7. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +0:44.125; 8. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:58.139; 9. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:01.738; 10. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), +1:11.618

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), 34:48.889; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:00.865; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:29.243; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:38.510; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:43.357; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:54.396; 7. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +1:08.337; 8. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +1:10.771; 9. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +1:11.839; 10. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +1:21.065

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 47 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 p.; 3. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 36 p.; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 36 p.; 5. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 35 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 31 p.; 7. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 27 p.; 8. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Thomas Covington (USA, KAW), 25 p.; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 22 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 308 points; 2. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 216 p.; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 213 p.; 4. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 205 p.; 5. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, HUS), 189 p.; 6. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 189 p.; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 182 p.; 8. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 169 p.; 9. Julien Lieber (BEL, YAM), 167 p.; 10. Max Anstie (GBR, KAW), 158 p.

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 330 points; 2. Kawasaki, 289 p.; 3. Yamaha, 248 p.; 4. Honda, 202 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 192 p.; 6. Suzuki, 182 p.

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All the photos of the MXGP of Great Britain will be available here

MXGP GREAT BRITAIN – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1640m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 18°C

Weather conditions: cloudy with some shower.

Crowd Attendance: 35,000

MXGP was 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 MXGP

Next MXGP will be held next week 31^st May in Villars sous Ecot, France.

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Watch the MXGP and MX2 Qualifying Race Highlights from MXGP of Great Britain in the videos below:

MXGP Qualifying Race Highlights

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MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain), 23 May 2015 – The rolling hills that are home to the racer and fan favorite circuit of Matterley Basin got the ball rolling for round seven of the FIM Motocross World Championship today where Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli took his fourth qualifying race victory of the season, while Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod put in a super human ride to claim his first.

Meanwhile, the gates were also racked with super talented female racers as Team One One Four’s Livia Lancelot took the first race win of round three of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship, while the European Championships EMX150 and EMX125 also added points to their championship standings.

The first race win at the second round of the Honda European Championship EMX150 was taken by Finnish youngster Emil Weckman, while the race one winner at the fourth round of the European Championships EMX125 was Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux.

The European Championships EMX250 class only had practice and qualifying today. They will race both races of their fourth round tomorrow.

With almost perfect track conditions on one of the widest and most flowing circuits on the calendar Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli made another statement with his second consecutive holeshot and qualifying race victory. Early on, Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Dean Ferris occupied second place but despite his solid fight to remain in that position, he eventually found himself still in the mix but back in sixth.

The first rider to shift up into second was the red plate holder Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl who made an early charge on Tony Cairoli but ultimately had nothing for him. Around mid race Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP’s Clement Desalle knuckled down and put the move on Ferris and Nagl to take over second.

With Nagl dropping back to third, that wasn’t the end of his problems as Team HRC’s Gautier Paulin started laying in some hot laps. Paulin managed to work his way from fifth to third and remained there for the rest of the race.

The top three eventually settled into their positions while Nagl was forced to battle the determined young rookie Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube’s Romain Febvre for fourth. Febvre had actually been on the slice and dice the entire race after starting outside of the top ten. He impressively passed Nagl in the latter stages of the race but the MXGP veteran managed to get him back with two laps to go meaning the Frenchman had to be content with fifth.

Dean Ferris finished the race in sixth, while one of the championship favorites, particularly among the British crowd, Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM’s Shaun Simpson rounded out the top seven.

MXGP Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 24:33.614; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Suzuki), +0:01.799; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Honda), +0:04.215; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:05.922; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.357; 6. Dean Ferris (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:08.286; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:08.748; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:11.541; 9. Tyla Rattray (RSA, Kawasaki), +0:25.124; 10. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:31.887

MX2 kicked off the MXGP of Great Britain with an incredible qualifying heat race that went down to the wire. When the gates dropped Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jordi Tixier was quick to jump and instantly pulled half a bike length. Remarkably by the end of the start straight the two Red Bull KTM Factory bikes of Pauls Jonass and Jeffrey Herlings had reeled him in with Jonass being the quickest to get on the gas around the turn and claim the holeshot. Tixier managed to hold his own against Herlings while Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser and Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube’s Valentin Guillod rounded out the early top five.

Half a lap in and Guillod was already on fire, he made light work of Gajser and wasn’t in any frame of mind to take it easy on the series leader, Herlings, either. Before long Guillod was up into third and pressuring the leaders Jonass and Tixier.

Around mid-race things started to heat up with both Tixier and Guillod pouncing on Jonass for the lead. Initially it looked as though Tixier had wound it up as he pulled a slight gap on Guillod who had also put space between himself and the two KTM’s of Jonass and Herlings.

Coming into the closing stages of the race Herlings took advantage of an error Jonass made when he dabbed his leg around a fast corner and almost chucked himself off the bike, while Guillod started to plot an attack on the defending champion Tixier.

On the last lap Guillod had chopped back the lead of Tixier and was all over him for pole. With half a lap to go the Swiss man executed a sweet pass for the lead when he pinned it around the outside of the Kawasaki rider on a sweeping turn. Tixier didn’t give up on the fight though, but had to settle for second with Herlings, Jonass and Gajser rounding out the top five respectively a further fifteen seconds back.

Britain's own Max Anstie finished up sixth onboard his Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki.

MX2 Qualifying Race Top Ten: 1. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), 24:35.525; 2. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:00.950; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:16.026; 4. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:17.057; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:17.718; 6. Max Anstie (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:29.591; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:30.182; 8. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Husqvarna), +0:39.741; 9. Thomas Covington (USA, Kawasaki), +0:42.543; 10. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), +0:45.254.

Click here to obtain the complete results.

All the photos of the MXGP of Great Britain will be available here

MXGP GREAT BRITAIN – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1640m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 19°C

Weather conditions: changeable.

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.

TIMETABLE

Sunday: EMX150 Warm-up 07:45; WMX Warm-up 08:00; EMX125 Warm-up 08:15; EMX250 Warm-up 08:30; EMX150 Race 2 09:10; WMX Race 2 09:50; EMX125 Race 2 10:30; MX2 Warm up 11:10; MXGP Warm up 11:30; EMX250 Race 1 12:00; MX2 Race 1 13:15; MXGP Race 1 14:15; EMX250 Race 2 15:10; MX2 Race 2 16:10; MXGP Race 2 17:10.

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Check out the GoPro lap of Matterley Basin, MXGP of Great Britain with Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki's Max Anstie.

Hosts Paul Malin and On Track Off Road's Adam Wheeler chat with Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing's Thomas Covington and Tyla Rattray here at the MXGP of Great Britain.