#13: MXGP of Czechia - July 20-21

That second race was so frustrating, I think of Herlings didn't go down with Bonacorsi he would've won. He's going to need some luck to win the championship, there's not a lot of races left considering the points he needs to make up

He did not give up, something happened to the bike you could see he was Shaking his head when it happend, i think it was the clutch. But he was not allowed to say anything about it by ktm so he made up an excuse. In indonesia his clutch broke and he Said that in the interview and ktm propably did not like that

Jack Chambers says he mostly good. It was a hard hit.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ElPe15Aj6dE?si=50KQK1pyaQGA8zNI

I don't buy that he 'gave up' or had a bike issue. He just realised he was never going to catch Calvin. Nobody could at that point.

These days he's mature and smart enough to know if & when to back off.

MXGP Stats 

GP wins 

7 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
3 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Pauls Jonass 

GP podiums 

11 = Tim Gajser 
9 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
9 = Jeffrey Herlings 
6 = Romain Febvre 
2 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1 = Pauls Jonass 
1 = Jeremy Seewer 

Race wins 

12 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
8 = Jeffrey Herlings 
5 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Romain Febvre 

Race top 3 

20 = Tim Gajser 
19 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
17 = Jeffrey Herlings 
8 = Romain Febvre 
5 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
4 = Pauls Jonass 
3 = Jeremy Seewer 
1 = Cornelius Toendel 

Qualifying race wins 

6 = Tim Gajser 
3 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2 = Romain Febvre 
2 = Jeffrey Herlings 

Qualifying race top 3 

13 = Tim Gajser 
7 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
6 = Romain Febvre 
6 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
1 = Pauls Jonass
1 = Maxime Renaux
1 = Jeremy Seewer
1 = Brian Bogers 
1 = Calvin Vlaanderen 

Laps led 

230 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
98 = Tim Gajser 
97 = Jeffrey Herlings 
28 = Romain Febvre 

Fastest lap of the race 

15 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
7 = Jeffrey Herlings 
3 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Romain Febvre 

Fastest lap in practice 

5 = Jeffrey Herlings 
4 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Jeremy Seewer

MX2 stats 

GP wins 

5 = Kay De Wolf 
4 = Lucas Coenen 
2 = Liam Everts 
2 = Sacha Coenen 

GP podiums 

8 = Lucas Coenen 
7 = Kay De Wolf 
7 = Simon Laengenfelder 
4 = Liam Everts 
4 = Andrea Adamo 
2 = Thibault Benistant 
2 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Mikkel Haarup 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Rick Elzinga 
1 = Valerio Lata 

Race wins 

9 = Lucas Coenen 
8 = Kay De Wolf 
3 = Liam Everts 
2 = Simon Laengenfelder 
2 = Andrea Adamo
2 = Sacha Coenen 

Race top 3 

20 = Kay De Wolf 
17 = Lucas Coenen 
13 = Simon Laengenfelder 
8 = Liam Everts 
7 = Andrea Adamo 
4 = Mikkel Haarup
3 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Thibault Benistant 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
1 = Rick Elzinga 
1 = Valerio Lata 

Qualifying race wins 

4 = Kay De Wolf
4 = Lucas Coenen 
2 = Liam Everts 
1 = Andrea Adamo 
1 = Thibault Benistant 

Qualifying race top 3 

8 = Kay De Wolf 
7 = Lucas Coenen 
6 = Simon Laengenfelder 
6 = Liam Everts 
3 = Andrea Adamo
2 = Rick Elzinga 
2 = Thibault Benistant 
2 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Hakon Osterhagen 
1 = Marc-Antoine Rossi 
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 

Laps led 

132 = Lucas Coenen 
96 = Kay De Wolf 
62 = Sacha Coenen 
53 = Liam Everts 
52 = Simon Laengenfelder 
31 = Andrea Adamo 
11 = Marc-Antoine Rossi 
4 = Mikkel Haarup
2 = Thibault Benistant 

Fastest lap of the race 

9 = Lucas Coenen 
4 = Sacha Coenen 
4 = Simon Laengenfelder 
3 = Andrea Adamo 
3 = Kay De Wolf 
2 = Liam Everts 
1 = Marc-Antoine Rossi 

Fastest lap in practice 

5 = Lucas Coenen 
3 = Kay De Wolf 
1 = Thibault Benistant 
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1 = Sacha Coenen

Fastest laps of sunday races 

MX2 race 1 

1.48.898 = Lucas Coenen 
1.49.818 = Kay De Wolf 
1.49.828 = Sacha Coenen 
1.50.420 = Liam Everts 
1.50.593 = Mikkel Haarup 
1.50.723 = Rick Elzinga 
1.51.543 = Camden Mc Lellan
1.51.558 = Karlis Reisulis 
1.51.895 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1.53.032 = Jens Walvoort 

MXGP race 1 

1.47.683 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
1.48.148 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.49.181 = Tim Gajser 
1.49.517 = Jeremy Seewer
1.50.130 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.50.673 = Benoit Paturel 
1.50.786 = Romain Febvre 
1.50.847 = Mattia Guadagnini 
1.51.001 = Brian Bogers 
1.51.342 = Glenn Coldenhoff 

MX2 race 2 

1.48.759 = Liam Everts 
1.49.465 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1.49.624 = Mikkel Haarup 
1.49.783 = Lucas Coenen 
1.49.899 = Kay De Wolf 
1.50.299 = Karlis Reisulis 
1.50.537 = Rick Elzinga 
1.51.062 = Camden Mc Lellan
1.51.595 = Sacha Coenen 
1.52.773 = Jens Walvoort 

MXGP race 2 

1.48.467 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.48.627 = Romain Febvre 
1.48.653 = Tim Gajser 
1.48.724 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
1.49.000 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.51.053 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
1.51.191= Brian Bogers 
1.51.393 = Valentin Guillod 
1.51.399 = Jeremy Seewer
1.51.608 = Brent Van Doninck

Full results on the week-end 

MX2 overall 

3/1 = Kay De Wolf
2/2 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1/4 = Lucas Coenen 
5/3 = Liam Everts 
4/5 = Mikkel Haarup 
6/6 = Rick Elzinga 
7/8 = Camden Mc Lellan
10/7 = Karlis Reisulis 
8/10 = Oriol Oliver
11/11 = David Braceras 

Championship 

626 = Kay De Wolf 
580 = Lucas Coenen 
560 = Simon Laengenfelder 
515 = Liam Everts 
457 = Andrea Adamo 
433 = Mikkel Haarup 
382 = Rick Elzinga 
362 = Sacha Coenen 
236 = Oriol Oliver 
229 = Ferruccio Zanchi 

MXGP overall 

3/1 = Tim Gajser 
2/2 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
1/4 = Jeffrey Herlings 
5/3 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
4/6 = Jeremy Seewer 
6/5 = Romain Febvre 
9/7 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
11/8 = Brent Van Doninck 
7/13 = Benoit Paturel
10/12 = Brian Bogers 

Championship 

663 = Tim Gajser 
627 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
608 = Jeffrey Herlings 
471 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
451 = Jeremy Seewer
389 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
363 = Romain Febvre 
283 = Kevin Horgmo 
274 = Pauls Jonass
273 = Valentin Guillod

I don't know, he made passes throughout the race both in the corner immediately after the rhythm section and the corner before they drop down the hill on the run towards the finish line. Also I think Malin said he heard a noise in that corner where Herlings backed off? But even if he did say that it doesn't mean there was

There was no way that Herlings was passing Vlaanderen in the last couple of corners. He had been pushing like crazy all moto and realized that and did the smart thing and backed off. Amazing ride nonetheless and i have a feeling that this will go down yet again as a season where he will dominate a large part of the season but come up just short on the title. 

I’m just super happy Herlings raised his old form again. It looked for a while that wasn’t the case anymore. He is just a savage and a guy that keeps grinding. Like him or not but he deserves allot of respect for that!! 

I’m just hoping he stays healthy and on this kind off form those last couple of years he is still on the gate! Man, he brings allot of excitement in those races coming from the back!

I stay by the track and Herlings bike was noise free.

What we saw from the Czech Grand Prix was exactly why I love this sport so much deep in my heart!

The crowd the atmosphere the track the weather and on top absolutely masterclass racing!

I was standing up on the floor watching herlings pushing in both mxgp motos when he was looking at his opponents at that jump every lap an did a small scrub at the same time just pure gold!

When motocross is like this it’s just amazing to watch and it deserves so much more credit I just love it 🫶

Since I'm recovering from a knee surgery and had some free time, decided to make a small contribution to what @kaidodragon was doing...

I really thought the pass on Prado by the 243 was impressive. Both guys were setting a fast pace.

I am sorry I do not know the riders name, but does anybody know how the rider (KTM) is doing that crashed at the start of the 2nd GP moto and got trapped under his bike?  I was cringing watching, he had to have been getting cooked by his exhaust pipe 😬