#15: MXGP of Flanders

I'm well pleased for McLellan getting 2nd O/A.

Gifting is such a badass... He deserves a factory spot with Pancar. 

As a Finn, it hurts me to see how far ahead our neighbors Sweden and Norway are right now as far as riders go compared to us. Many things are and have been wrong with our system for a while as we cannot produce A or even B tier Gp riders.

Where did Febvre find 17 seconds on Coenen?

Man! JH#84 back in the mix  is something else

Damn, until he wasn't.

What was he, 8-9 seconds out, then down to 6 before the crash? Looked like his rear end dropped to the bottom of a hole and pogo-sticked him over the bars.

The rest of the race should be a good battle for the lead

Ahhhh, what a heros effort by Herlings but now he is suffering from the affliction. Down 3 times this race. That upper body is spent.

L.Coenen is impressive.

MX2 race 2 

+0.000 = Kay De Wolf 
+11.405 = Sacha Coenen 
+16.539 = Camden Mc Lellan 
+18.928 = Simon Laengenfelder 
+21.088 = Mathis Valin
+1.07.199 = Thibault Benistant 
+1.14.347 = Rick Elzinga 
+1.27.314 = Andrea Adamo
+1.33.069 = Jens Walvoort 
+1.39.189 = Guillem Farres 

Overall 

1/1 = Kay De Wolf 
2/3 = Camden Mc Lellan 
4/2 = Sacha Coenen 
3/8 = Andrea Adamo
7/4 = Simon Laengenfelder 
5/5 = Mathis Valin
8/9 = Jens Walvoort 
9/12 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 
14/10 = Guillem Farres
13/11 = Valerio Lata 

Championship 

704 = Simon Laengenfelder 
666 = Kay De Wolf 
655 = Andrea Adamo
559 = Sacha Coenen 
513 = Thibault Benistant 
467 = Camden Mc Lellan 
464 = Liam Everts 
348 = Valerio Lata 
324 = Guillem Farres
314 = Cas Valk

MXGP race 2 

+0.000 = Lucas Coenen 
+11.007 = Romain Febvre 
+37.638 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
+41.082 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
+56.500 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
+59.450 = Jan Pancar 
+1.00.643 = Hakon Fredriksen 
+1.11.177 = Jeffrey Herlings 
+1.12.078 = Isak Gifting 
+1.13.166 = Ben Watson 

Overall 

2/1 = Lucas Coenen 
1/2 = Romain Febvre 
3/5 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
5/4 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
9/3 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
4/9 = Isak Gifting 
6/7 = Hakon Fredriksen
8/8 = Jeffrey Herlings 
7/11 = Brent Van Doninck 
11/10 = Ben Watson 

Championship 

734 = Romain Febvre 
725 = Lucas Coenen 
534 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
467 = Ruben Fernandez 
436 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
405 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
387 = Maxime Renaux 
353 = Jeffrey Herlings 
331 = Jeremy Seewer 
305 = Tim Gajser

He was clearly at 74% today. 

The results weren’t there, but you have to admit, his fastest laptime the second moto is absolutely ridiculous. 

They both deserve a well paid ride. And Pancar is a badass doing everything as a privateer. 

But imo they are better of at a supported team then at a factory team. 16-6 isnt a good day at the office when you are at a factory team. 

MX2 season stats 

GP wins 

5 = Kay De Wolf 
4 = Andrea Adamo 
4 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Sacha Coenen 

GP podiums 

11 = Kay De Wolf 
9 = Andrea Adamo 
8 = Simon Laengenfelder 
7 = Sacha Coenen 
3 = Liam Everts 
2 = Thibault Benistant 
2 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Mathis Valin 

Race wins 

9 = Kay De Wolf 
8 = Simon Laengenfelder 
6 = Andrea Adamo 
2 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Thibault Benistant 
1 = Guillem Farres 

Race top 3 

19 = Andrea Adamo 
18 = Simon Laengenfelder 
16 = Kay De Wolf 
10 = Sacha Coenen 
8 = Liam Everts 
6 = Thibault Benistant 
5 = Camden Mc Lellan 
2 = Mathis Valin
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Cas Valk
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1 = Valerio Lata
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Oriol Oliver 

Laps lead 

127 = Simon Laengenfelder 
104 = Sacha Coenen 
104 = Kay De Wolf 
88 = Andrea Adamo 
21 = Liam Everts 
18 = Camden Mc Lellan 
13 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
10 = Thibault Benistant 
6 = Oriol Oliver 
7 = Guillem Farres 
4 = Mathis Valin
2 = Karlis Reisulis 

Qualifying race wins 

3 = Thibault Benistant 
3 = Andrea Adamo 
3 = Simon Laengenfelder 
3 = Kay De Wolf 
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Valerio Lata 
1 = Mathis Valin 

Qualifying race top 3 

8 = Simon Laengenfelder 
7 = Liam Everts 
6 = Thibault Benistant 
6 = Sacha Coenen 
6 = Kay De Wolf 
5 = Andrea Adamo 
2 = Valerio Lata
1 = Karlis Reisulis 
1= Guillem Farres 
1 = Mathis Valin
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 

Fastest lap of the race 

10 = Simon Laengenfelder 
6 = Sacha Coenen 
6 = Kay De Wolf 
4 = Andrea Adamo 
3 = Liam Everts 
1 = Thibault Benistant 

Fastest in practice 

5 = Kay De Wolf 
4 = Simon Laengenfelder 
4 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Mathis Valin
1 = Thibault Benistant

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

5 = Lucas Coenen 
4 = Romain Febvre 
3 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Maxime Renaux 

GP podiums 

14 = Romain Febvre 
11 = Lucas Coenen 
5 = Tim Gajser  
5 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
2 = Ruben Fernandez 
2 = Jeremy Seewer 
2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Andrea Bonacorsi 

Race wins 

12 = Lucas Coenen 
7 = Tim Gajser 
6 = Romain Febvre 
3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Glenn Coldenhoff 

Race top 3 

23 = Lucas Coenen 
22 = Romain Febvre 
10 = Tim Gajser 
8 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
7 = Ruben Fernandez 
5 = Jeffrey Herlings 
5 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
3 = Maxime Renaux
3 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
2 = Jeremy Seewer 

Laps lead 

232 = Lucas Coenen 
123 = Romain Febvre 
80 = Tim Gajser 
44 = Jeffrey Herlings 
21 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
18 = Maxime Renaux 
3 = Isak Gifting 

Qualifying race wins 

5 = Lucas Coenen 
2 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Maxime Renaux
1 = Ruben Fernandez 
1 = Jago Geerts 

Qualifying race top 3 

10 = Romain Febvre 
9 = Lucas Coenen 
6 = Tim Gajser 
4 = Maxime Renaux
4 = Ruben Fernandez 
3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
3 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1 = Pauls Jonass
1 = Jeremy Seewer 
1 = Jago Geerts 
1 = Kevin Horgmo 
1 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
1 = Andrea Bonacorsi 

Fastest lap of the race 

10 = Lucas Coenen 
6 = Tim Gajser 
5 = Jeffrey Herlings 
5 = Romain Febvre 
3 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Glenn Coldenhoff 

Fastest in practice 

4 = Tim Gajser 
4 = Romain Febvre 
3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
3 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Maxime Renaux 

 

First race back after an injury and minimal riding. I’d say he did well. Look at what he was doing before he got hurt, he can clearly still win. 

Works perfectly for me 

Yes. Even i can be wrong sometimes..... i think he was only at 65 procent......haha.....just back from lommel......at least he tesed his collarbone well......too bad about those crashes in the seconde moto.....the pace was pretty good then.......s

Herlings will never win another GP at Lommel. Lucas just gonna be better and better and De Wolf is coming and I really think he has better skills in the sand than Jeffrey.

He has better skills than him now yes, De Wolfe is a young man, Herlings isn’t. No way Kay would beat a prime Herlings and I would say MX2 Herlings was the best version in the sand. 

dream on

It´s so much fun to watch Gifting constantly improving! He´s made incredible progress this year, very impressive and I hope he lands good equipment for next season.

Don´t worry, Finland will pick back up, there are always Fins on the gates. The same could not always historically be said about us, unfortunately

Happy to see Fredriksen back into it. He suffered a series of injuries, and regrouped and came back on his own. Very happy to see it pays off, and that he beat Längefelder in ADAC twice a couple of weeks ago. I hope he can keep the ball rolling. Also: anyone notice Kenneth Gundersen´s son  in 20th in MX2?  

An excellent GP,  Febvre's first race fight was immense, the ability of a Frenchman to win in the sand should not be underrated. 

Herlings in race 2 was unreal in the opening laps, he will get back to fitness and be a threat again. 

Coenen is proving to be a genuine threat , speedwise, as well as mentally and physically .

Fredricksen was the man of the GP for me, hat tip for Ben Watson doing things on the Beta that nobody else could.  Gifting raising the bar for himself at every GP. 

KdW riding himself back into it, with 2 perfect GP's on the bounce, Laengenfelder still has some strong races to come though, will go down to the wire. 

Sounds like you have the same system as the UK...

Calvin grabbing a tear-off going into the first corner.

Credit to the photographer - unknown

I just got back to NL after spending 3 very long days at Lommel both watching and helping a couple racers get through the weekend. 

I have been lucky enough to visit a few great MX tracks,  but this one is the hardest track on the planet IMO.  

Herlings in the first half of the second moto was just a beast, I am really hoping that he will be on the NL team for the motocross of Nations…

looks like the races are live on UK's TNT Sport channel 

saw it second weekend in a row today 

Coenen is the real deal. Febvre is the Euro Tomac. I hope Febvre holds on, but Coenen is smart and uber talented.

Just watched the highlights. Malin said that was Herlings' first holeshot since 2021, that's crazy

Fastest laps of sunday races 

EMXOPEN race 2 

2.04.648 = Mairis Pumpurs 
2.06.539 = Dave Kooiker
2.06.818 = Gert Krestinov 
2.08.179 = Robet Fobbe
2.08.189 = Matheo Miot
2.08.620 = Albin Gerhardsson 
2.09.016 = Cedric Grobben
2.09.425 = Adrien Petit 
2.09.851 = William Voxen Kleemann
2.09.999 = Sven Van Der Mierden 

EMX125 race 2 

2.12.849 = Ricardo Bauer
2.13.262 = Jekabs Kubulins 
2.13.892 = Jarne Bervoets 
2.14.245 = Nicolo Alvisi 
2.15.974 = Vencislav Toshev 
2.16.256 = Douwe Van Mechgelen 
2.16.661 = Mano Faure 
2.17.249 = Dean Gregoire 
2.17.882 = Ryan Oppliger 
2.17.935 = Dani Heitink 

MX2 race 1 

2.03.779 = Kay De Wolf 
2.04.991 = Cas Valk
2.05.740 = Sacha Coenen 
2.05.764 = Andrea Adamo 
2.05.907 = Camden Mc Lellan 
2.08.385 = Mathis Valin
2.08.404 = Simon Laengenfelder 
2.09.123 = Rick Elzinga 
2.09.450 = Guillem Farres
2.09.455 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 

MXGP race 1 

2.04.061 = Romain Febvre 
2.04.362 = Lucas Coenen 
2.05.381 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
2.05.864 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2.06.017 = Hakon Fredriksen
2.06.726 = Isak Gifting 
2.06.841 = Jago Geerts 
2.06.964 = Maxime Renaux
2.07.236 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
2.07.278 = Glenn Coldenhoff 

MX2 race 2 

2.01.950 = Kay De Wolf 
2.05.309 = Sacha Coenen 
2.05.935 = Mathis Valin 
2.06.206 = Camden Mc Lellan 
2.06.644 = Simon Laengenfelder 
2.07.056 = Andrea Adamo
2.07.304 = Valerio Lata
2.07.670 = Thibault Benistant 
2.08.133 = Karlis Reisulis 
2.08.503 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 

MXGP race 2 

1.59.569 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2.03.956 = Romain Febvre 
2.04.138 = Lucas Coenen 
2.06.285 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
2.07.689 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
2.07.734 = Hakon Fredriksen 
2.08.035 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
2.08.173 = Ruben Fernandez 
2.08.454 = Quentin-Marc Prugnieres 
2.09.253 = Isak Gifting