#2: MXGP of Andalucía

Herlings was coming off an injury. 

😏

Looks like a gearbox issue for Farres. 

Heartbreak for Farres after his moto1, had to come in for quick repair pitstop after shifter issue

*edit: team just told him to retire the bike

The red plate is gonna look sweet on the number 8's Triumph.

Well that's bloody Fantastic - McLellans 1st GP win  is Triumphs 1st modern era GP win!

And, he did it by passing Little Coenen.

Wonderful stuff!

It's triumph for Triumph, awesome news redplate goes too them and Ferres is still 3rd in standings) 

Honda literally won all the MXGP races at the last location…which was sand…

Herlings & Watson tagged bars on the start straight.

Looks like that Honda is a dog in the sand. I’m sure I heard Herlings say the Honda was better on the hard pack than the KTM. 

Gregoire is 15 years old and made a huge step this winter. Great if you are fast in 125’s but in EMX250 it really matters to be able to get picked up by the factory. Gregoire has the talent and showed the hart and commitment needed in the off-season.

Or perhaps Herlings fanboys can't accept someone might be better in the sand...

Herlings is 31 and far from what he used to be. Prime JH in sand was pretty untouchable 

To be fair, you don't have to be a Herlings fanboy to understand that he has been the most exceptional sand rider of his generation, possibly ever. Getting beat aged 31 to a 19 year old on this occasion does nothing to change that.

MX2 overall 

2/1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
3/3 = Simon Längenfelder 
7/2 = Sacha Coenen 
4/6 = Mathis Valin
5/5 = Janis Reisulis 
8/4 = Valerio Lata
6/7 = Liam Everts
9/8 = Karlis Reisulis 
1/23 = Guillem Farres
10/9 = Kay Karssemakers 

Championship 

99 = Camden Mc Lellan 
97 = Simon Längenfelder 
80 = Guillem Farres 
78 = Sacha Coenen 
76 = Mathis Valin
76 = Janis Reisulis 
74 = Liam Everts 
57 = Karlis Reisulis 
48 = Valerio Lata
40 = Jens Walvoort 

MXGP overall 

1/1 = Lucas Coenen 
2/2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
6/3 = Tim Gajser 
4/6 = Maxime Renaux 
7/4 = Andrea Adamo
5/7 = Tom Vialle
10/8 = Kay De Wolf 
3/24 = Romain Febvre 
18/5 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
13/10 = Alberto Forato 

Championship 

102 = Lucas Coenen 
94 = Jeffrey Herlings 
89 = Tom Vialle
75 = Romain Febvre 
75 = Maxime Renaux 
74 = Tim Gajser 
69 = Andrea Adamo 
51 = Ruben Fernandez 
49 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
40 = Pauls Jonass

MX2 season stats 

GP wins 

1 = Simon Längenfelder 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 

GP podiums 

2 = Simon Längenfelder 
2 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Sacha Coenen 

Race wins 

2 = Simon Längenfelder 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 

Race top 3 

4 = Simon Längenfelder 
3 = Camden Mc Lellan 
2 = Guillem Farres 
2 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Liam Everts 

Laps lead 

18 = Simon Längenfelder 
15 = Guillem Farres 
15 = Sacha Coenen 
9 = Liam Everts 
6 = Camden Mc Lellan 
5 = Janis Reisulis 

Fastest lap of the race 

2 = Simon Längenfelder 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Sacha Coenen 

Qualifying race wins 

2 = Sacha Coenen 

Qualifying race top 3 

2 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Mathis Valin
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 

Laps lead in Qualifying races 

16 = Sacha Coenen 
9 = Janis Reisulis 

Fastest lap in practice 

1 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
 

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

1 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Lucas Coenen 

GP podiums 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Tom Vialle 
1 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tim Gajser 

Race wins 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Lucas Coenen 

Race top 3 

4 = Jeffrey Herlings 
3 = Romain Febvre 
2 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tom Vialle 

Laps lead 

38 = Lucas Coenen 
12 = Romain Febvre 
12 = Tom Vialle 
9 = Jeffrey Herlings 

Fastest lap of the race 

2 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tom Vialle 
1 = Romain Febvre 

Qualifying race wins 

1 = Tom Vialle
1 = Lucas Coenen 

Qualifying race top 3 

2 = Tom Vialle 
2 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Andrea Adamo 
1 = Maxime Renaux 

Laps lead in Qualifying races 

13 = Lucas Coenen 
12 = Tom Vialle 

Fastest lap in practice 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings

What happened to Febvre in moto 2?

He fall down hard (he was 3rd, then DNF'ed). Nothing broken, apparently.

I know DeWolf has dealt with an injury, but 15th? Yikes

Just back on the bike after surgery and straight into a full weekend off MXGP Racing. Bad starts all weekend and even a crash on Saturday didnt help. 

Gotta give him props for going straight racing with the big boys. Give him a bit more time and pain free riding and he will be up there. 

Looked like some sort off concussion after going faceplant into the sand. 

Hopefully he will be Allright and back to fire in Swiss! We cant loose him this early, he has been riding good! 

Also an absolutely lovely track, compared to the previous hardpack one in Spain. Good crowd as well

hard hit for Febvre in 2. Moto dang

Yeah i think this is a keeper, good crowd and nice track.

Now just make it a combi with Portugal GP and imo its a good way to start the season in Europe. 

Did anyone else see the crash early in emx125 moto one when the guy goes over the bars then just takes his helmet off like it’s a ball cap while still on the track?

Herlings fan here, Lucas was faster today fair and square. He also rides very good in the sand and is in really good shape too, I think Jeffrey was doing good today and he didn't take any risk for getting injured again. He was really lucky on saturday and I can imagine that he was still feeling the effects of that in his 31 years old body. 

I hope they all stay healthy and we will see great battles troughout the whole year with a lot of different gp winners. I was glad to see Febvre walking away from the track. 

After a 5 hours of car driving, im at home now.

Gp was good, good Racing, good track and good amostphere Only dissapointed with organization.

1.5 hours waiting to enter on saturday even i bought online tickets, parking cost 10€ ( first GP that i went that you have to pay) and entry and out wasnt fast. Madrid had better organization in term of logistisc.

Mx2 races was intense. The pace was so high.

What a shame for Farres having that problem on gearbox, could be an amazing day for him.

CM8 was fast all weekend long. He deserves that win and Triumph too. Congrats.

Coenen was on another level this weekend, you could notice it watching floating around the bumps.

Nasty Crash for Febvre, Hope he is ok. Factory kawis sound louder than others bikes, i dont know if the riders or team is searching HP.

Argentina was not sand