#18: MXGP of Turkey

That whole story that Herlings isn’t selected by the Dutch federation is bullshit.

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

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

GP podiums

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

Race wins 

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

Race top 3 

27 = Romain Febvre 
27 = Lucas Coenen 
11 = Tim Gajser 
11 = Jeffrey Herlings 
8 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
7 = Ruben Fernandez 
6 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
4 = Maxime Renaux
3 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
2 = Jeremy Seewer 

Laps lead 

249 = Lucas Coenen 
167 = Romain Febvre 
91 = Jeffrey Herlings 
80 = Tim Gajser 
21 = Glenn Coldenhoff 
18 = Maxime Renaux 
3 = Isak Gifting 

Qualifying race wins 

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

Qualifying race top 3 

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

Fastest lap of the race 

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

Fastest in practice 

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

 

MX2 season stats 

GP wins 

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

GP podiums 

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

Race wins 

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

Race top 3 

22 = Andrea Adamo 
22 = Kay De Wolf 
21 = Simon Laengenfelder 
12 = Sacha Coenen 
8 = Liam Everts 
7 = Thibault Benistant 
5 = Camden Mc Lellan 
2 = Mathis Valin
2 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Liam Everts 
1 = Cas Valk
1 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1 = Valerio Lata
1 = Oriol Oliver 

Laps lead 

152 = Simon Laengenfelder 
148 = Sacha Coenen 
124 = Kay De Wolf 
92 = Andrea Adamo 
22 = Camden Mc Lellan 
21 = Liam Everts 
14 = Thibault Benistant  
13 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
13 = Guillem Farres
6 = Oriol Oliver 
4 = Mathis Valin
2 = Karlis Reisulis 

Qualifying race wins 

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

Qualifying race top 3 

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

Fastest lap of the race 

12 = Simon Laengenfelder 
8 = Sacha Coenen 
7 = Kay De Wolf 
5 = Andrea Adamo 
3 = Liam Everts 
1 = Thibault Benistant 

Fastest in practice 

6 = Kay De Wolf 
4 = Simon Laengenfelder 
4 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Thibault Benistant 
1 = Mathis Valin
1 = Valerio Lata

EMX250 stats  

Overall wins  

5 = Janis Reisulis 
3 = Noel Zanocz 
3 = Francisco Garcia 
1 = Adrien Petit
1 = August Frisk  

Overall podiums  

8 = Noel Zanocz 
8 = Janis Reisulis 
8 = Francisco Garcia 
2 = Adrien Petit 
2 = Gyan Doensen  
2 = Liam Owens 
1 = Mads Fredsoe
1 = August Frisk 
1 = Alexis Fueri 
1 = Adria Monne
1 = Nico Greutmann 
1 = Ivano Van Erp 
1 = Jake Cannon 
1 = Nicolai Skovbjerg  

Race wins  

10 = Janis Reisulis 
8 = Francisco Garcia 
3 = Noel Zanocz 
2 = August Frisk
1 = Adrien Petit
1 = Simone Mancini 
1 = Ivano Van Erp  

Race top 3  

20 = Janis Reisulis 
15 = Francisco Garcia 
12 = Noel Zanocz 
5 = Gyan Doensen 
3 = Adrien Petit 
3 = August Frisk
3 = Simone Mancini 
2 = Nico Greutmann 
2 = Jake Cannon 
2 = Ivano Van Erp 
2 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 
2 = Mads Fredsoe
2 = Liam Owens 
1 = Salvador Perez
1 = William Askew
1 = Alexis Fueri
1 = Elias Escandell 

Laps lead  

165 = Janis Reisulis 
76 = Francisco Garcia 
33 = August Frisk
27 = Noel Zanocz 
24 = Ivano Van Erp 
18 = Simone Mancini 
11 = Adrien Petit 
10 = Alexis Fueri 
5 = Gyan Doensen 
5 = Jekabs Kubulins 
2 = William Askew
1 = Jake Cannon 
1 = Maximilian Werner 

Fastest laps of the races  

10 = Janis Reisulis 
6 = Francisco Garcia 
2 = August Frisk
2 = Simone Mancini 
2 = Noel Zanocz 
1 = Adrien Petit 
1 = Gyan Doensen 
1 = Liam Owens 
1 = Jekabs Kubulins  

Fastest practice lap  

12 = Janis Reisulis 
2 = Francisco Garcia 
2 = Noel Zanocz
1 = Nico Greutmann

WMX season stats 

Overall wins 

3 = Kiara Fontanesi 
1 = Lotte Van Drunen 
1 = Daniela Guillen 

Overall podiums 

4 = Lotte Van Drunen 
4 = Daniela Guillen 
3 = Kiara Fontanesi 
2 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
1 = Lynn Valk
1 = Martine Hughes 

Race wins 

4 = Lotte Van Drunen 
3 = Daniela Guillen 
3 = Kiara Fontanesi 

Race top 3 

8 = Lotte Van Drunen 
7 = Daniela Guillen 
6 = Kiara Fontanesi 
4 = Lynn Valk
4 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
1 = Martine Hughes 

Laps lead 

36 = Kiara Fontanesi 
32 = Lotte Van Drunen 
30 = Daniela Guillen 
12 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
7 = Lynn Valk 

Fastest lap of the race 

5 = Kiara Fontanesi 
2 = Lotte Van Drunen 
1 = Lynn Valk
1 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
1 = Daniela Guillen 

Fastest lap in practice 

3 = Kiara Fontanesi 
1 = Lotte Van Drunen 
1 = Lynn Valk

A very tight end season in WMX. It's a shame about Kiara and Daniela's point penalties this weekend.

Fastest laps of sunday races 

WMX race 2 

2.08.228 = Kiara Fontanesi 
2.08.575 = Daniela Guillen 
2.10.513 = Lotte Van Drunen 
2.11.366 = Martine Hughes
2.12.232 = April Franzoni 
2.12.733 = Larissa Papenmeier 
2.14.546 = Danee Gelissen 
2.14.742 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
2.15.138 = Lucy Barker 
2.16.140 = Amandine Verstappen 

EMX250 race 2 

1.57.042 = Francisco Garcia 
1.57.606 = Janis Reisulis 
1.58.835 = Liam Owens
1.59.294 = Jake Cannon
1.59.529 = Lyonel Reichl
2.00.048 = Adria Monne
2.00.092 = Elias Escandell 
2.00.777 = Mads Fredsoe
2.00.824 = Nico Greutmann 
2.01.370 = Noel Zanocz 

MX2 race 1 

1.56.255 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1.56.278 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1.56.325 = Sacha Coenen 
1.56.465 = Liam Everts 
1.56.536 = Andrea Adamo 
1.56.547 = Mathis Valin
1.56.621 = Kay De Wolf 
1.56.698 = Valerio Lata
1.56.781 = Thibault Benistant 
1.57.196 = Guillem Farres 

MXGP race 1 

1.54.667 = Lucas Coenen
1.55.401 = Tim Gajser 
1.55.541 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.55.628 = Romain Febvre 
1.55.662 = Ruben Fernandez 
1.57.053 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.57.376 = Maxime Renaux 
1.57.728 = Pauls Jonass 
1.57.850 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
1.58.447 = Isak Gifting 

MX2 race 2 

1.56.210 = Kay De Wolf 
1.56.221 = Simon Laengenfelder 
1.57.523 = Andrea Adamo
1.57.705 = Liam Everts 
1.57.821 = Sacha Coenen 
1.58.067 = Thibault Benistant 
1.58.124 = Mathis Valin
1.58.142 = Maxime Grau 
1.58.208 = Valerio Lata 
1.58.321 = Guillem Farres 

MXGP race 2 

1.55.632 = Lucas Coenen 
1.55.734 = Romain Febvre 
1.55.785 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.56.025 = Tim Gajser 
1.56.344 = Ruben Fernandez 
1.56.590 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.56.825 = Jan Pancar 
1.56.830 = Isak Gifting 
1.56.958 = Maxime Renaux 
1.57.302 = Pauls Jonass

What about the attendance at this event?? It looked pretty sparse, as in was there even a thousand people there??

As long as there’s racing like that who really cares about attendance!! Lot more people at charlotte yesterday and zero battles during any race!! There wasn’t too many riders lined up at the gate but still some kick ass battles in both classes!!

Impressive that Langenfelder and de Wolf both raised the bar this race. Next two races should be good!

Someone on the Netherlands team needs to have a visa issue. We are really missing out not having Jeffery in the mix at Ironman.

Exactly my thoughts. I was thinking attendance was in the hundreds, not even kidding. Sad, for a world class event  

Love the Swiss track. Big throwback. 

Attendance is really low, the racing was again top tier though. Coenen looks so silky smooth, such an impressive season for him. I really would love to see Febvre take the World Title though. I cannot comprehend how hard this mentally is for him after missing the title in 2021 with a few points and being in this battle for most seasons since 2015.

Adamo really threw away his title aspirations this weekend, which I didn't really expect. It's now up to De Wolf to take any points session for the win. Not sure what is better in this scenario, hunting or being hunted?

i'd prefer to have the 12 points lead. 

Who believes in???

Bizarre number 😂

Four out of five are accurate...

18 bikes on the line for MX2 moto 1, 17 in the second

23 in MXGP moto 1, 22 in second

What a sparce field.......

I just saw this. The MXGP highlight on YouTube didn’t do justice to Herlings pass on Febvre. Just wow. 
 

Herlings is looking really good on this comeback. I hope he stays healthy. The racing is so much better with him and Gajser in the mix.

Anyone who thinks that there is no team strategy is wrong. Herlings job is now to keep Febvre as far away from Coenen as is possible. And hes doing that.

Imo Reisulis hurt his development by staying in EMX250 this year, he showed last year he is a title contender before getting injured, should have raced MX2 in Elzinga's place.

Garcia has improved a lot and is really young. But must say i am impressed with all 3 of them. Hope Garcia and Zanocz get a good spot in MX2

It sucks but these races have always been these type of numbers. I mean back in the day in the 80s and 90s the top 15 in championship got a travel fee and were the only ones making that trip. 

To me its more an issue that we have awfull numbers at races in Europe. Sardegna, Netherlands, Sweden, France, UK, Spain, Portugal etc all less then 30 riders and often less then 25. I'd be very happy if they would fix that

There is absolutely no way the attendance was 32000, don't know where they got those numbers. There is no motocross scene in Turkey, and motocross is not as sexy and easily approachable for "normal people" as road racing for example.

Racing was good, track was a lot better than I thought, but the atmosphere was lacking for sure.

Quick question: Did the racing suffer from only having a ‘sparse’ field?

For the tv broadcast not apart from the startshot. And since there were no spectators it didnt hurt them as well.

Racing is always better without the 20-40 riders and excessive amount of lappers. Fucking hate when first guy comes up to lapper where there is two lines, and second guy has to back of 1-2 sec because the lapper doesnt do what he is supposed to do and section is one lined.

Tracks dont get as beat up either so they can race each other and not the track. Having 40 riders + WMX + EMX classes wouldnt be good for tracks. We see how sketchy they get anyway.

Tracked looked really good and allowed for good racing. Australia track looks a bit more narrow. Its impossible it was 32k people there, 16k per day. Would really like to hear sponsors and media question that number.

YES

when i see the boys on a half filled gate, i allready think, what a gong show and its going to be shit race.

but,once they're racing and its good racing, i forget all about the shit line up,but i would still would prefer a full gate.