#6: MXGP of France

Holy shit! That crash on the start of Moto 2 was nasty!

Big crash in the start of 450 moto 2, race red flagged, Vialle bike totally destroyed

Damn..glad to see everybody up. 😳 Tim maybe out?

Gajser out of the race, Vialle looks to be okay to go again, potentially on alternate bike ?

*Gajser actually also back to race!

Looks like Gajser came off worse.

Interesting drama going on, no alternate bike allowed, so no Vialle and Gajser who already was at the gate also forced to pull off now

Bummer for Gajser specially when he couldn't do anything about it, weird rule..

I've missed the main races tonight, as my Crazy Old Mums best friend, who she went to school with in the 40s and 50s, turned up with one of her Sons, and his 4 kids. So, setting up beds in spare rooms, and the unused Granny Flat. Playing the 'good host'.

Saw the tail end of the 2nd MX2 race - great to see the triumphs get 1 and 2, and just caught the first turn carnage in the 450 second moto. 

Cripes, that was a bit fearful. 

They are just saying Gasjer is not able to re-start - not sure if Vialle can.

Anyway, back to the house, to bed everyone down. But, there's 2 late 80s Grannies that don't need much sleep, and they are reminiscing decades of friendship. Mums' best pal is moving to the other side of our vast continent, to Perth to be with her Daughter - Mum will badly miss her, and I will too - she's a Jem of a Lady.  I guess I'll be going there a bit now, as I can't have Mum travel by herself. 

Herlings and Coenen have been so much better and so far ahead of everyone else so far this year. May be a hot take but I think Lucas will be better than Jett

It's in line with the Aussie series, not sure about the AMA and rest of Europe but you can't make adjustments to the bike during the red flag.

I think it's fair, if the bike was damaged during the race you wouldn't be able to swap it.

Same here on EST. Pickleball  is for Seniors!!!!

That was a fascinating battle, I bet Coenen was pissed at having to restart. You just can't keep the old dog Herlings down. 

Same here, but I also see they are advertising showing MXGP racing at 5PM

As a Herlings fan, that was a wonderful moto

Coenen tried everything but couldn’t make a decent attempt.

Happy to see both Gajser and Vialle were ok, but a bummer that they couldn’t participate in that restart

MXGP race 2 

+0.000 = Jeffrey Herlings 
+0.940 = Lucas Coenen 
+32.937 = Romain Febvre 
+33.869 = Maxime Renaux 
+54.784 = Kay De Wolf 
+56.795 = Ruben Fernandez 
+1.12.282 = Andrea Adamo
+1.15.274 = Alberto Forato 
+1.19.220 = Kevin Horgmo 
+1.20.546 = Andrea Bonacorsi 

Overall 

2/1 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1/2 = Lucas Coenen 
7/3 = Romain Febvre 
4/5 = Kay De Wolf 
6/4 = Maxime Renaux  
5/7 = Andrea Adamo 
9/6 = Ruben Fernandez
10/10 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
3/dns = Tim Gajser 
15/8 = Alberto Forato 

Championship 

286 = Lucas Coenen 
284 = Jeffrey Herlings 
231 = Romain Febvre 
223 = Tim Gajser 
219 = Tom Vialle
218 = Maxime Renaux 
187 = Kay De Wolf 
177 = Ruben Fernandez 
171 = Andrea Adamo 
126 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
 

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tom Vialle 

GP podiums 

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

Race wins 

6 = Lucas Coenen 
4 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Tom Vialle 
1 = Tim Gajser 

Race top 3 

11 = Jeffrey Herlings 
8 = Lucas Coenen 
6 = Romain Febvre 
5 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Tom Vialle
1 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Kay De Wolf 

Laps lead 

115 = Lucas Coenen 
38 = Jeffrey Herlings 
29 = Tom Vialle 
27 = Romain Febvre 
18 = Jeffrey Herlings 
8 = Tim Gajser 
3 = Kay De Wolf 

Fastest lap of the race 

5 = Lucas Coenen 
3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Tom Vialle 
2 = Romain Febvre 

Qualifying race wins 

3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tom Vialle 

Qualifying race top 3 

5 = Lucas Coenen 
3 = Tom Vialle 
3 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Tim Gajser 
2 = Andrea Adamo 
1 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Kay De Wolf 

Laps lead in Qualifying races 

38 = Jeffrey Herlings 
25 = Lucas Coenen 
12 = Tom Vialle 
3 = Andrea Adamo 

Fastest lap in practice 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Ruben Fernandez 
1 = Kay De Wolf

Fastest laps of sunday races 

WMX race 2 

1.46.711 = Daniela Guillen 
1.48.607 = Lotte Van Drunen 
1.49.464 = Kiara Fontanesi 
1.52.270 = Lynn Valk
1.52.872 = Amandine Verstappen 
1.52.876 = April Franzoni 
1.53.128 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
1.53.134 = Danee Gelissen 
1.53.188 = Courtney Duncan 
1.53.321 = Lucy Barker 

EMX125 race 2 

1.44.380 = Ricardo Bauer 
1.45.818 = Bertram Thorius 
1.46.734 = Sleny Goyer 
1.47.187 = Moritz Ernecker 
1.47.245 = Storm Maymann 
1.47.579 = Emil Ziemer 
1.48.476 = Levi Townley
1.48.598 = Gennaro Utech 
1.48.830 = Edoardo Riganti 
1.48.956 = Andrea Uccellini 

MX2 race 1 

1.39.829 = Sacha Coenen 
1.40.814 = Simon Längenfelder 
1.41.516 = Liam Everts 
1.41.540 = Janis Reisulis 
1.41.571 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1.41.633 = Guillem Farres 
1.41.670 = Mathis Valin
1.41.850 = Valerio Lata
1.41.875 = Francisco Garcia 
1.41.900 = Julius Mikula 

MXGP race 1 

1.38.495 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.38.574 = Lucas Coenen 
1.39.266 = Tim Gajser 
1.39.267 = Kay De Wolf 
1.39.650 = Andrea Adamo 
1.39.851 = Maxime Renaux 
1.40.075 = Tom Vialle
1.40.130 = Romain Febvre 
1.41.098 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
1.41.249 = Calvin Vlaanderen 

MX2 race 2 

1.37.467 = Guillem Farres
1.38.149 = Janis Reisulis 
1.38.414 = Camden Mc Lellan
1.38.459 = Simon Längenfelder 
1.38.472 = Mathis Valin
1.38.695 = Sacha Coenen
1.38.720 = Liam Everts
1.38.738 = Valerio Lata
1.39.187 = Maxime Grau
1.39.562 = Noel Zanocz 

MXGP race 2 

1.37.078 = Romain Febvre 
1.37.133 = Lucas Coenen 
1.37.217 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.38.011 = Maxime Renaux 
1.38.105 = Kay De Wolf 
1.38.475 = Ruben Fernandez 
1.39.979 = Andrea Adamo
1.39.996 = Andrea Bonacorsi 
1.40.043 = Kevin Horgmo 
1.40.172 = Pauls Jonass

I’ve been saying Triumph needs to bring him back to the states for their 250 team here on a 2-3 year deal. 

I believe it is not allowed in the AMA either; Cole Davies was also stopped by an official after a red flag in the second-to-last race when he wanted to leave the stadium to go to the park fermé. They also said then that he was lucky they stopped him in time.

Why was the race stopped, were there riders still down?

Any update on benistant???

Some bad news circulating on X, with Febvre having heavy critic on MXGP organisation

Whoever is running the content for mxgp must work with Bondo. 

Was excited to watch the races when I woke up, the moto 1 videos were 35 seconds ahead in audio. Then they took everything down and haven’t posted anything since. So I watch the highlight video and they didn’t even add the second MX2 moto and spent about 1 minute covering the 2nd mxgp moto. 

Dumbasses 

According to an interview with Febvre he was unconsious, airlifted and no feeling in his legs. 🙏

Apparently, he cant feel his legs….. 

Prayers and best wishes for Thibault. He is in good hands.

Surprised De Wolf faded so much in that 2nd moto

That there was no red flag thrown for that , was criminal. 

Febvre was right about everything, and nothing will change. 

Its a goat track, irrespective of how exciting the racing appeared. 

Hoping for a good outcome for Benistant. 

They said Gajser went back to the pits. I think maybe he is allowed, but the bike is not allowed to leave?

It's up now. Emailed them, didn't even acknowledge they did anything wrong. "Reboot" phone 🤦