Press Release

Nicholls fast at Czech GP


British MX2 racer Jake Nicholls has
enjoyed a solid weekend at the Czech GP, where despite the wet weather 21
000 fans turned out over the weekend to enjoy the intense racing
action.


After a delayed start to his race
season through injury, Jake Nicholls has been gaining more and more speed
at every GP, and this weekend was no exception as the young Brit pulled off
a great start in moto 1 and fought hard up at the sharp end of the pack.
Heading around lap one in 3rd position Nicholls was hot on the
tail of Herlings, whilst Factory Yamaha’s Gautier Paulin was pushing
hard in 4th.


Paulin managed to slip past on lap
3 leaving Nicholls, Roelants, Aubin and Anstie all battling it out for the
entire race. At the end of the moto Nicholls had overpowered Roelants, and
fought off a last lap charge from Searle to cross the line in a superb
5th position.


As the gate dropped for moto 2
Nicholls was once again quick out the gate, but getting caught up with some
other riders took Nicholls down on the first turn. Re-mounting and setting
off at the back of the pack the determined KTM racer soon settled into a
fast pace and clawed his way through the MX2 pack, passing riders lap after
lap on the slippery circuit and ‘one lined’ circuit. At the end
of a tough moto Nichols crossed the line in 11th position having
fought through from almost 30th place.


The combined moto results scored
Nicholls 8th overall for the GP, just 1 point off of
6th place.


Jake Nicholls: “Overall I was
really happy with my riding, straight away in Sunday warm-up I was
comfortable and confident for a good race. The first moto was a good start
and I felt ok running with the front guys, also my fitness was no problem.
I held 4th until 2 laps to go, but then I got cross-rutted going
up one of the hills and that dropped me to 5th. Moto 2 was
another good start, but I got hit hard on the first turn and that just
knocked me straight off the bike! In the end I fought back from dead last
to 11th, so I can’t complain, but the points were all so
close, actually in the end I was only a few points off a top 5, and less
than 10 off the podium, so this really encourages me. The next GP is my
home GP, I am really excited to race in front of my home crowd. I raced my
first ever GP on that circuit back in 2006, I enjoy the track and hope to
perform well.”


Results:


MX2 Race 1


1          Roczen,
Ken  
            GER
    KTM


2          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM


3          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     KTM


4          Anstie,
Max   
            GBR
    Kawasaki


5         
Nicholls, Jake          
GBR    KTM


6          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki


7          Roelants,
Joel             BEL
    KTM


8          Teillet,
Valentin         FRA
    Suzuki


9          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     Yamaha


10       Tixier,
Jordi   
            FRA
    KTM


 

MX2 Race 2


1          Roczen,
Ken  
            GER
    KTM


2          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM


3          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki


4          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     Yamaha


5          Paulin,
Gautier           FRA
    Yamaha


6          Anstie,
Max   
            GBR
    Kawasaki


7          Teillet,
Valentin         FRA
    Suzuki


8          van
Horebeek, J         BEL
    KTM


9          Roelants,
Joel             BEL
    KTM


10       Kullas, Harri  
            FIN
     Yamaha


11       Nicholls,
Jake           GBR
   KTM


 

MX2 GP Overall:


1          Roczen,
Ken  
            GER
    KTM   
           
50


2          Herlings,
Jeffrey        NED   
KTM   
           
44


3          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    Kawasaki       
35


4          Anstie,
Max   
            GBR
    Kawasaki       
33


5          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
    
Yamaha          30


6          Teillet,
Valentin         FRA
    Suzuki
           
27


7          Roelants,
Joel             BEL
    KTM   
           
26


8         
Nicholls, Jake          
GBR    KTM  
           
26


9          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     KTM   
           
20


10       van Horebeek,
J         BEL    
KTM   
           
19


 

MX2 World championship
standings:


1          Roczen,
Ken  
            GER
    540


2          Herlings,
J.     
            NED
   513


3          Searle,
Tommy           GBR
    435


4          Paulin,
G.       
            FRA
    389


5          Tonus,
Arnaud           SUI
     325


6          Anstie,
Max   
            GBR
    318


7          Osborne,
Z.    
            USA
    295


8          Kullas,
Harri  
            FIN
     268


9          Aubin,
Nicolas           
FRA     227


10       Roelants, Joel
            BEL
    206


11       Charlier,
C.    
            FRA
    179


12       Nicholls,
Jake           GBR
   165

 

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