#13: MXGP of Finland

Track preview:
https://www.xracing.fi/uutinen/kierros-kymiringin-mxgp-radalla

Interesting to see if de Wolf can keep his cool and focus on a decent start and take his time to move forward. Its quite insane that he lost 85 points in 4 grand prix to Langenfelder. 

I was going to go, but working through the weekend. Work ruins everything. 😃

Holy crap, Calvin must weigh 40 or 50 pounds more than Geerts!  I knew Calvin was a big guy, but dang....

Checked the track today and it’s going to be fast and slippery especially in the early practices. I predict many tipovers through the weekend.

20 riders in MX2, 21 riders in MX1!!

A Swedish team (JWR Honda) with a Norwegian rider (Cornelius Tondel) that prefers the Spring Creek National over the Finnish MXGP.

They get paid in the USA.

As much as i hate the low entries at most GPs, this one is kind of a unusual situation with this being a late replacement for Indonesia. A bunch of mx1 riders have commitments at the German Championship. Those races are scheduled on non-gp weekends, but this one clashes. It means that guys like Haavisto and Weckman miss their home GP

How small does The starting hield have to be before they change something......10 or 15 maybe........

EMX250 on now.

First lap, Reisulis (sp) and a red 2 stroke were dicing;

Just a Wonderful sight - racing as it Should be : Equivalency.

Turns out, it's  Beta 250 2t, ridden by a fellow by the name of Rainio. I haven't picked up on his Nationality - a local?

Anyway, Reisulis had a prang, then another - looked to be doing something with his LH shoulder. Way back initially, now up to 12th.

Rainio on the 2T Beta is in 7th, currently. Hope he keeps it up there.

Owens and Cannon, got  past him, into 5th and 6th respectively,

Garcia on the Buds Kawi won - he's on a 3 race wins  in a row streak.

My Fellow 'Roos: Cannon got 4th, Owens got 7th.

Rainio ( a Finn) on the 2t Beta, hung on for 10th, with Reisulis getting past him on the last lap, for 9th. Good Stuff! He got the Holeshot, too.

Full gate of 40 - not sure how many attempted to qualify.

Good Track - rough as guts, terrain: (very) Tricky. Much of the World is Flat, folks, not all of it is 'Uppy' and 'Downy'. 

I'ts a Finnish Beta rider Sampo Rainio 

JWR already announced pre-season they would do a couple of nationals in the US. FInland was added after the Indonesian round got cancelled

EMX125 race 1 

+0.000 = Nicolo Alvisi 
+9.630 = Mano Faure 
+23.946 = Douwe Van Mechgelen 
+25.454 = Francesco Bellei 
+26.115 = Dani Heitink 
+39.178 = Jarne Bervoets 
+47.969 = Jekabs Kubulins 
+52.170 = Dean Gregoire 
+54.086 = Ryan Oppliger 
+55.374 = Cesar Paine Diaz 

EMX250 race 1 

+0.000 = Francisco Garcia 
+16.819 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 
+18.638 = Noel Zanocz 
+22.139 = Jake Cannon
+24.043 = Ivano Van Erp 
+27.538 = Bradley Mesters
+39.226 = Nico Greutmann 
+40.107 = Janis Reisulis 
+42.777 = Sampo Rainio
+1.10.383 = Linus Persson 

MX2 qualifying race 

+0.000 = Kay De Wolf 
+6.407 = Sacha Coenen 
+12.197 = Guillem Farres
+13.841 = Simon Laengenfelder 
+16.337 = Mathis Valin
+28.847 = Andrea Adamo 
+29.626 = Camden Mc Lellan 
+53.339 = Thibault Benistant 
+54.748 = Cas Valk
+56.883 = Karlis Reisulis 
 

I wanted to go to see the race but we two months old twins in te house so that wasn't possible. 

After I heard they don't allow to bring your own drinks to the area including water bottle on a hot day. So I'm happy I'm not going. The ticket price it self is expensive enough. They also banned air horns etc. from the audience so so much for the atmosphere...

And there are much better existing tracks here than that one layed on a flat peace of ground middle of an asphalt track 

Geeze JMX82, not allowing any drinks in is just madness!

But, call me The Fun Police : I have No Problem with the banning of Any noise makers to be used by the Attention Whores that so fancy them. We've got the bikes noise, we Don't need any other BS from idiots, as far as I'm concerned. 

I use earplugs at the races so the noice makers doesn't bother me that much 

MXGP qualifying race 

+0.000 = Lucas Coenen 
+9.363 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
+18.094 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
+28.816 = Ruben Fernandez 
+34.579 = Jago Geerts 
+40.506 = Romain Febvre 
+43.415 = Adam Sterry 
+46.423 = Brent Van Doninck 
+49.576 = Ben Watson 
+52.025 = Jeremy Seewer

Best ride on a 450 ever for Sterry. Deserves credit for that, if Mewse had spent half the race in fifth and ended seventh all the usual suspects would be going on about him needing a factory ride...

Was there any beef between Zanocz And Reisulis before today's moto? Or was that move just hard racing?

Zanocz needs such moves to be able to have a shot at the title but Reisulis is also someone who can do these kind of things.

Going to be good tommorow.

any update on Liam Everts is appreciated

Fastest laps of saturdays races 

EMX125 race 1 

1.46.826 = Jekabs Kubulins 
1.47.085 = Nicolo Alvisi
1.47.802 = Alve Callemo 
1.48.430 = Andrea Uccellini 
1.48.603 = Mano Faure 
1.48.745 = Niccolo Mannini 
1.48.803 = Arttu Sahlsten
1.48.890 = Francesco Bellei 
1.48.966 = Dex Van Den Broek
1.49.296 = Dean Gregoire 

EMX250 race 1 

1.42.061 = Janis Reisulis 
1.42.877 = Francisco Garcia 
1.44.015 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 
1.44.083 = Noel Zanocz 
1.44.982 = Mads Fredsoe 
1.45.093 = Ivano Van Erp 
1.45.109 = Nico Greutmann 
1.45.433 = Maximilian Ernecker 
1.45.512 = Sampo Rainio
1.45.698 = Bradley Mesters 

MX2 qualifying race 

1.38.406 = Sacha Coenen 
1.38.614 = Liam Everts 
1.38.992 = Kay De Wolf 
1.39.179 = Guillem Farres
1.40.800 = Mathis Valin
1.40.993 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1.41.095 = Thibault Benistant 
1.42.299 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1.42.458 = Andrea Adamo
1.44.151 = Karlis Reisulis 

MXGP qualifying race 

1.39.001 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.39.438 = Lucas Coenen 
1.40.111 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
1.40.293 = Ruben Fernandez 
1.40.656 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
1.40.801 = Romain Febvre 
1.41.439 = Jago Geerts 
1.41.468 = Adam Sterry
1.41.729 = Ben Watson 
1.42.030 = Brent Van Doninck

They did that at Teuschenthal as well, which is why i will never go back 

Other than that though, everything is fine in Luongoland!

Far from it. Biggest stars are either injured or racing in the US. Half of the starting gates are empty. And judging from the todays videos even Finnish nationals have more spectators but I could be wrong because I wasn't there