#14: MXGP of Flanders - July 27-28

the post was about mxgp, the lead that Tim Gajer has over Jorge Prado, 24 points.......

nothing to do with that media queen agenda !!!!!!!! plenty of topics about it.....choose one.....

Still missing the point. Herlings is 38 points off lead. Now you know.

you are right....my bad....."that little cunt" comment threw me off ......sorry

He sure has matured in the later years.

Herlings smoking sexton at the mxdn would be the ultimate ending to this season after all the grave dancing from herlings haters earlier in the season 

Maybe that's just me, but I'm more excited to finally see Herlings vs Kenny again like in the good old times.

We shouldn't have any hopes for battles though, it's like 70% chance of rain in England during October. Probably a biblical mudfest again. 😄

What a GP, I feel like racing was really good in every class, including the EMX classes as well.

I've been at the MXGP of Flanders today and beside the crazy race from Jeffrey Herlings, the second most important thing I noticed was (beside the multiple VIP buildings), that there was one VIP Venue for long lasting friends and sponsors for Jorge Prado. Felt a bit like a good bye to his second home country, his second home town. 

I don’t think there’s too many guys out there that genuinely don’t belong out there. Yes there’s some riders out there that are a long way off the pace on a track like Lommel, but when Herlings dropped the hammer even Gajser was barely within 10 seconds of his lap time, so where do you draw the line? 

MX2 stats 

GP wins 

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

GP podiums 

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

Race wins 

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

Race top 3 

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

Qualifying race wins 

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

Qualifying race top 3 

9 = Kay De Wolf 
8 = Lucas Coenen 
7 = 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 
115 = Kay De Wolf 
69 = Sacha Coenen 
56 = Simon Laengenfelder 
53 = Liam Everts 
31 = Andrea Adamo 
11 = Marc-Antoine Rossi 
4 = Mikkel Haarup
2 = Thibault Benistant 
2 = Rick Elzinga 

Fastest lap of the race 

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

Fastest lap in practice 

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

MXGP Stats 

GP wins 

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

GP podiums 

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

Race wins 

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

Race top 3 

21 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
20 = Tim Gajser 
19 = Jeffrey Herlings 
9 = Romain Febvre 
6 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
4 = Pauls Jonass 
3 = Jeremy Seewer 
1 = Cornelius Toendel 

Qualifying race wins 

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

Qualifying race top 3 

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

Laps led 

249 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
110 = Jeffrey Herlings 
98 = Tim Gajser 
28 = Romain Febvre 

Fastest lap of the race 

16 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
8 = Jeffrey Herlings 
3 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Romain Febvre 

Fastest lap in practice 

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

 

Fastest laps of sunday races 

EMXOPEN race 2 

2.11.247 = Jere Haavisto 
2.13.608 = Jakub Teresak 
2.13.748 = Nico Koch
2.14.415 = Hardi Roosiorg
2.14.883 = Guiseppe Tropepe
2.15.061 = Gert Krestinov 
2.15.371 = Micha-Boy De Waal
2.15.569 = Sven Van Der Mierden
2.15.763 = Meico Vettik
2.16.074 = Matteo Puffet 

ELX250 race 2 

2.11.396 = Cas Valk
2.13.465 = Ivano Van Erp
2.14.556 = Valerio Lata
2.15.407 = Mathis Valin
2.15.949 = Bradley Mesters
2.16.744 = Joel Rizzi
2.17.499 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 
2.17.557 = Francisco Garcia
2.18.605 = Nico Greutmann 
2.19.664 = Maximilian Werner 

MX2 race 1 

2.08.044 = Kay De Wolf 
2.09.926 = Sacha Coenen
2.10.507 = Liam Everts 
2.10.764 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
2.10.913 = Rick Elzinga
2.10.924 = Lucas Coenen 
2.11.956 = Mikkel Haarup
2.11.965 = Simon Laengenfelder 
2.12.505 = Camden Mc Lellan
2.12.589 = Karlis Reisulis 

MXGP race 1 

2.07.479 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2.07.994 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.10.031 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
2.12.051 = Brian Bogers 
2.12.252 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
2.12.374 = Jeremy Seewer
2.12.502 = Romain Febvre 
2.12.932 = Tim Gajser 
2.13.298 = Conrad Mewse
2.13.879 = Brent Van Doninck 

MX2 race 2 

2.06.724 = Lucas Coenen
2.08.940 = Kay De Wolf 
2.09.009 = Sacha Coenen
2.09.157 = Rick Elzinga 
2.09.906 = Liam Everts 
2.10.146 = Karlis Reisulis 
2.10.265 = Simon Laengenfelder 
2.12.222 = Mikkel Haarup
2.13.814 = Camden Mc Lellan
2.14.152 = Jens Walvoort 

MXGP race 2 

2.06.260 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.07.405 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2.07.623 = Tim Gajser 
2.08.324 = Romain Febvre 
2.12.025 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
2.12.397 = Jeremy Seewer
2.12.537 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
2.12.717 = Andrea Bonacorsi
2.13.260 = Kevin Horgmo
2.13.269 = Mattia Guadagnini

MX2 overall 

1/2 = Kay De Wolf 
2/4 = Rick Elzinga 
8/1 = Simon Laengenfelder 
6/3 = Liam Everts 
4/7 = Mikkel Haarup 
3/9 = Camden Mc Lellan 
5/8 = Lucas Coenen 
9/5 = Karlis Reisulis
10/6 = Sacha Coenen
7/12 = Ferruccio Zanchi 

Championship 

683 = Kay De Wolf 
618 = Lucas Coenen 
606 = Simon Laengenfelder 
556 = Liam Everts 
465 = Mikkel Haarup 
457 = Andrea Adamo 
429 = Rick Elzinga 
391 = Sacha Coenen
255 = Oriol Oliver 
254 = Ferruccio Zanchi 

MXGP overall 

1/1 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2/2 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
4/3 = Romain Febvre 
5/4 = Tim Gajser
6/6 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
3/12 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
7/7 = Kevin Horgmo 
10/5 = Jeremy Seewer
8/9 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
11/11 = Tom Koch 

Championship 

705 = Tim Gajser 
681 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
667 = Jeffrey Herlings 
507 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
479 = Jeremy Seewer
419 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
405 = Romain Febvre 
317 = Kevin Horgmo 
274 = Pauls Jonass
273 = Valentin Guillod


 

I can only follow by live timing but damn, Herlings must have been floating on the sand.

Also still trying to find out what went down with Vlaanderen un Moto2

They showed him crashing twice on his own.

Yeah she turns 17 in august.

It is interesting to see what her ceiling is and if she could ever turn into a regular mx2 rider who can be in the midpack. 

In the 2nd moto she was something like 1m50 down on Ambjornsson (the last rider not to be lapped). Roughly around 7 seconds a lap slower. Seems like a reasonable target to improve from 16 to 20 years old.

I can’t be the only person to be impressed by Karlis Alberts Reisulis since he was moved up to MX2 surely? 

He's doing very well and his technique is perfect too. I can see him getting on the podium some time this year.

He sure is a lot more humble nowadays and I think everyone is a fan of it. Even when he discusses the lapped rider incident he's quite cool about it.

He wasn't too cool about it when he was interviewed straight after the race! I thought it was going to be another Mel Pocock moment. But yeah he's really matured in his outlook and his riding. More diesel than bullet these days and it's great to see.

I was wondering if the lapper spoke to Herlings once he had cooled of and said something along the lines of “sorry dude, totally my fault, glad you’re not injured & congrats on the race win”. 

Thank you Elliot, much appreciated. Was on live timing and I could deduct that he dropped it by the lap times. Next year I'm going to subscribe as I really believe in Calvin...

He actually crashed three times. He bent his bars in the second one and the third fall happened shortly afterwards...

Few weeks ago at Grevenboirch he was training on the winter track. Guy is a beast, only came in for some quick goggle changes and continued to hammer down a few 30+ min moto’s.

A few other guys were training their butts of that day as well. Zanchi, Oliver, De Wolf, Bogers, Guadagnini.  It worked out for most of them. 

It’s crazy how much these guys train on regular training days. Bogers was riding a 30+ min moto when de Wolf passed him (on a 450). Mechanic put on the pitboard that he had 1 lap to go of that 30 min moto, but he proceeded to do 6 more laps on a 2min+ deep sand track. Amazing to see. 

 

Yeah i recall him saying that he needed to work on his fitness because of racing shorter EMX250 races. Sounds like he's been putting in the work 🙂

What happened to Geerts? He was in sundays warm up, but no race.