#9: MXGP of Italy

its a shame Herlings already had so many DNF this season , could have been a lot closer 

116th GP win for Herlings 🏆

Nice race by Gajser, bummer he had wheel issue moto 1.

MX2 moto 2 

+0.000 = Camden Mc Lellan 
+1.910 = Sacha Coenen 
+3.607 = Liam Everts 
+10.818 = Mathis Valin
+36.870 = Guillem Farres 
+40.882 = Valerio Lata
+43.234 = Maxime Grau 
+46.866 = Julius Mikula
+50.725 = Janis Reisulis 
+54.818 = Karlis Reisulis 

overall 

2/2 = Sacha Coenen 
1/5 = Guillem Farres 
7/1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
4/3 = Liam Everts
5/4 = Mathis Valin
3/12 = Simon Längenfelder 
6/8 = Julius Mikula 
9/7 = Maxime Grau
11/6 = Valerio Lata 
8/9 = Janis Reisulis 

Championship 

431 = Sacha Coenen 
390 = Guillem Farres 
373 = Camden Mc Lellan 
372 = Simon Längenfelder 
354 = Liam Everts 
352 = Mathis Valin 
310 = Janis Reisulis 
244 = Karlis Reisulis 
241 = Valerio Lata 
181 = Kay Karssemakers

His uncle is Neil Hudson. 

MX2 season stats  

GP wins  

3 = Simon Längenfelder 
3 = Sacha Coenen 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Mathis Valin 

GP podiums  

6 = Sacha Coenen 
6 = Camden Mc Lellan 
5 = Guillem Farres 
4 = Simon Längenfelder 
4 = Mathis Valin 
2 = Liam Everts  

Race wins  

6 = Sacha Coenen 
5 = Guillem Farres 
4 = Simon Längenfelder 
2 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Mathis Valin 

Race top 3  

13 = Sacha Coenen 
11 = Simon Längenfelder 
10 = Camden Mc Lellan 
8 = Guillem Farres 
6 = Mathis Valin 
5 = Liam Everts 
1 = Karlis Reisulis 

Laps lead  

131 = Sacha Coenen 
71 = Guillem Farres 
49 = Simon Längenfelder 
22 = Janis Reisulis 
22 = Mathis Valin 
15 = Camden Mc Lellan 
9 = Liam Everts  

Fastest lap of the race  

9 = Sacha Coenen 
4 = Simon Längenfelder 
2 = Liam Everts 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Mathis Valin 

Qualifying race wins  

6 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Mathis Valin 
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 

Qualifying race top 3  

6 = Sacha Coenen 
5 = Guillem Farres 
4 = Camden Mc Lellan 
3 = Janis Reisulis 
3 = Simon Längenfelder 
3 = Mathis Valin
2 = Valerio Lata 
1 = Liam Everts 

Laps lead in Qualifying races  

59 = Sacha Coenen 
25 = Mathis Valin 
11 = Camden Mc Lellan 
9 = Janis Reisulis 
9 = Valerio Lata 
1 = Guillem Farres 

Fastest lap in practice  

3 = Sacha Coenen 
2 = Valerio Lata
1 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1 = Janis Reisulis 
1 = Guillem Farres 
1 = Simon Längenfelder 
 

MXGP moto 2 

+0.000 = Tim Gajser 
+6.941 = Jeffrey Herlings 
+13.334 = Lucas Coenen 
+23.352 = Andrea Adamo 
+26.296 = Romain Febvre 
+27.649 = Maxime Renaux 
+28.358 = Jan Pancar 
+29.119 = Pauls Jonass
+44.442 = Tom Vialle 
+45.696 = Calvin Vlaanderen 

Overall 

1/2 = Jeffrey Herlings
3/3 = Lucas Coenen 
2/6 = Maxime Renaux 
7/4 = Andrea Adamo 
6/5 = Romain Febvre 
4/10 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
5/9 = Tom Vialle 
8/7 = Jan Pancar 
21/1 = Tim Gajser 
10/8 = Pauls Jonass 

Championship 

449 = Lucas Coenen 
393 = Jeffrey Herlings 
347 = Romain Febvre 
329 = Tim Gajser 
305 = Maxime Renaux 
281 = Andrea Adamo 
273 = Kay De Wolf 
264 = Ruben Fernandez 
249 = Tom Vialle 
200 = Pauls Jonass

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

4 = Lucas Coenen 
4 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Tom Vialle 

GP podiums 

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

Race wins 

10 = Lucas Coenen 
5 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Tim Gajser 
1 = Tom Vialle 

Race top 3 

15 = Jeffrey Herlings 
14 = Lucas Coenen 
7 = Romain Febvre 
7 = Tim Gajser 
3 = Kay De Wolf 
2 = Tom Vialle
2 = Maxime Renaux 
1 = Andrea Adamo 
1 = Ruben Fernandez 

Laps lead 

183 = Lucas Coenen 
56 = Jeffrey Herlings 
29 = Tom Vialle 
27 = Romain Febvre 
22 = Tim Gajser 
4 = Andrea Adamo 
3 = Kay De Wolf 

Fastest lap of the race 

10 = Lucas Coenen 
4 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Tom Vialle 
2 = Romain Febvre 

Qualifying race wins 

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

Qualifying race top 3 

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

Laps lead in Qualifying races 

40 = Jeffrey Herlings 
35 = Lucas Coenen 
13 = Romain Febvre 
12 = Tom Vialle 
10 = Tim Gajser 
3 = Andrea Adamo
3 = Jan Pancar 

Fastest lap in practice 

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

Great and under rated rider. BTW do you know what happened to Pete Mathia?

If anyone else was curious, the Dunlop 250 guys were on Mx14s (Valin and Triumphs anyway). 

Had a bit of an off. Bit banged up but ok. 

Thanks for the correction Rob 👍🏻

Fastest laps of sunday races 

EMX250 moto 2 

1.53.691 = Francisco Garcia 
1.55.180 = Francesco Bellei 
1.55.206 = Bernardo Tiburcio 
1.55.459 = Brando Rispoli 
1.55.651 = Jake Cannon 
1.55.830 = Alexis Fueri
1.55.943 = Manuel Carreras 
1.56.121 = Andrea Roberti
1.56.573 = Mads Fredsoe 
1.56.735 = Nicolai Skovbjerg 

MX2 moto 1 

1.50.463 = Sacha Coenen 
1.52.330 = Guillem Farres 
1.52.332 = Liam Everts 
1.52.447 = Mathis Valin 
1.52.507 = Maxime Grau
1.52.676 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1.52.779 = Simon Längenfelder 
1.53.299 = Janis Reisulis 
1.53.478 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1.53.632 = Julius Mikula 

MXGP moto 1 

1.48.706 = Lucas Coenen 
1.49.203 = Tim Gajser 
1.49.757 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.49.771 = Maxime Renaux 
1.50.132 = Andrea Adamo 
1.50.471 = Calvin Vlaanderen 
1.50.601 = Romain Febvre 
1.50.811 = Tom Vialle
1.51.188 = Jan Pancar 
1.52.259 = Alberto Forato 

MX2 moto 2 

1.52.761 = Liam Everts 
1.52.906 = Camden Mc Lellan 
1.53.113 = Sacha Coenen 
1.53.786 = Mathis Valin
1.54.090 = Guillem Farres 
1.54.689 = Maxime Grau
1.54.855 = Janis Reisulis 
1.54.890 = Ferruccio Zanchi 
1.55.265 = Julius Mikula 
1.55.534 = Valerio Lata 

MXGP moto 2 

1.50.245 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1.50.744 = Lucas Coenen 
1.50.832 = Tim Gajser 
1.51.532 = Andrea Adamo 
1.51.646 = Maxime Renaux 
1.51.716 = Tom Vialle 
1.51.842 = Romain Febvre 
1.52.094 = Pauls Jonass 
1.52.174 = Jan Pancar 
1.52.890 = Calvin Vlaanderen

It would be more like 12 to 9 points without the DNFs but the season is still long!

You know what the track was kind of cool. Formed some nice ruts and the big hills looked cool on tv. Good racing too.

A few riders weren't fans of it though.

Man that Garcia is dominating emx250. Its going to be an issue for the other emx250 hopefulls looking for an mx2 ride for next year. 

Except for Cannon (if he stays in Europe...).

Just finished watching all the motos.  Did it rain between the first and second motos?  Track looked way better for moto 2 in both classes.

Yup. Nature's watering system, did a good job too.

That track was as close to old school 80s and some 90s racing we are going to get.

Natural terrain, hills. No water. Blue groove hard packed. No big jumps, no ruts.

Don't want to ever hear people saying it was better before again about tracks 😂

I agree, I enjoyed watching the best riders tackling an old skool track, blue groove, hard edges, on a hill, off cambers, through the trees, really unique (to today’s standards).

I enjoyed the races. I had questions about the fences, but the track prep and layout was refreshing. Some great passes due to riders being able to work around the track and be creative. 

No video about Kay de Wolf crash?

Some of the tight 180 degree corners, where they were literally sliding into it, made it really fun to watch. Also the chicanes in the tree/woods section were nice to see these guys go from left to right behind each other. Gajser rubbing Adamo into the barriers also was a nice corner. The right hander after that one made up for several passes too. Febvre madea lot of passes. McLellan too, he rode absolutely amazing moto 2.

It was a good GP, nice to see the riders having to work for grip , and make line choices instead of Rut-O-Cross. 

Typical Italian track,  can we go to Cingoli next? 

Slower track = better racing. 

To me, this GP was one of the greatest examples of the USP that MXGP has. The variety of tracks and track surfaces. As a rider in this series, you and your team has to be able to race every single track style and condition.

What is the name of the Italian track where Roczen rode a 125 after winning the title? If I remember correctly Michael Leib had a stand out ride there. 

I think that might have been Fermo.   Can picture it in my head now.  Leib was on Steve Dixon's Yamaha for a few races wasnt he? 

The Fences:

Yup, they do look a bit 'scary'.

However ( to me ), more scary is with tracks  like that, being without some approach to Not having riders spear off into / onto other sections, and the other racers. 

Tracks, due to the terrain available - in this case, on the top of a Height / Mountain,  that are set at different levels, with straights parallel to each other, well , there's the distinct possibility of a prang, where a rider goes off the side, down, onto the other section of track. Or, in the case of a corner that has a drop to the track below / after it.

So, I see Fences like those, as somewhat, well, Bloody Well Necessary. 

The Chain Link / Wire link, I think needs to be used as against say, snow fencing type, for strength, and, well, less propensity  of  a bike / body parts getting caught in it. I noted that it is a fair bit smaller in the 'diamonds' created by the links than more common Chain / Wire link  - so,  not as likely as to 'catch / hook' things.

And, the Wooden Posts : Perhaps strong enough to give support , but of the type of wood that can break / bend controllably / less catastrophically? Certainly more forgiving than steel posts. 

That track has been around for a Long time - and is a Permanent Facility - note the Concrete Grand Stands.

So, I think / expect / hope, the club has gone through a Lot of evolutions / experimentation for it to operate ( relatively) safely.

I think it was a Great Track - something thankfully, different to the ever present Ripped Deep, Rut Fest / attempt to 'Chocolate Cake' thing that we see. That just seem to reward 'pinning it'. Awkward jumps that even some of the very best riders can't clear, due to either the section before them, or what is coming afterward : it's something different  , that has it's difficulties. 

And, Difficult,  should be within the  sport.

"Sketchy". Having to work out how not to lose the front, or rear, on hard pack / slippery surfaces, and Not having a Rut / Berm to hold you up - well, Riders need to deal with it. Throttle and Brake Control is a skill . Most of we riders here, ride in far from perfect conditions - these Great Riders, should have it hard / tricky, too.

It was a fantastic GP, I loved every second of it, and would love to ride such a demanding circuit, even at my Puttering Pace. That those riders can do it at their Stellar Speeds, is Magnifcent to see.  

Hey Kaidodragon, thank you for taking the time to post all those results and awesome stats for us Vitards. 

Many of us here appreciate it.