After showing good speed in every
GP this season Jeremy Van Horebeek travelled to the French GP in St Jean
D’Angely desperately hoping for a pair of good starts and the chance
to race for a podium position, but once again it was not to be.
With a solid qualifying race on
Saturday Van Horebeek crossed the line in 7th securing a good
gate pick for Sunday.
The gate dropped for the MX2 moto 1
on Sunday and as the riders turned right up the first of the wet rutted
hills the number 89 machine of the ‘Jerre’ was outside the top
20. A terrible start had left Van Horebeek with a lot of work to do if he
wanted to get through to the sharp end of the pack. Trying everywhere to
make his move passed the competition the young Belgian was slowly climbing
up the leader board as the laps ticked away. In the end Van Horebeek
finished the 35 minute and 2 lap moto in 9th place.
The second moto was just as bad a
start for Van Horebeek, who was down in 24th position at the end
of lap 1. Pushing too hard Van Hoerbeek went down on lap 2, infuriatingly
leaving the ‘Jerre’ even further back in 32nd place
on lap 2. Getting going Van Horebeek had no choice but to fight for any
points possible and in the end he crossed the line to take 17th
position.
“I am really frustrated with
my results at the moment. We are battling to get good starts and this
is costing me valuable championship points. I have the speed but need
to work on my consistency and focus on my goal of getting on the
podium. The team and I will be working hard on improving on our
starts over the next few weeks and I want to make sure that I am ready to
race up front in Germany at the next round” vowed Van
Horebeek.
Results
Moto 1
1 MUSQUIN, Marvin
2 HERLINGS, Jeffrey
3 OSBORNE, Zach
4 FROSSARD, Steven
5 ROELANTS, Joel
6 CHARLIER, Christophe
7 VONGSANA,
Khounsith
8 TONUS, Arnaud
9 VAN HOREBEEK,
Jeremy
10 VERBRUGGEN, Dennis
11 KULLAS, Harri
12 SIMPSON, Shaun
13 LUPINO, Alessandro
14 PAULIN, Gautier
15 NICHOLLS, Jake
Moto 2
1 MUSQUIN, Marvin
2 SIMPSON, Shaun
3 ROELANTS, Joel
4 PAULIN, Gautier
5 TONUS, Arnaud
6 VERBRUGGEN, Dennis
7 ROCZEN, Ken
8 KULLAS, Harri
9 OSBORNE, Zach
10 LUPINO, Alessandro
11 CHARLIER, Christophe
12 HERLINGS,
Jeffrey
13 NICHOLLS, Jake
14 FROSSARD,
Steven
15 TEILLET, Valentin
16 ALLETRU,
Axel
17 VAN HOREBEEK,
Jeremy
Overall
1 MUSQUIN,
Marvin 25 25 50
2 ROELANTS,
Joel 16 20 36
3 OSBORNE,
Zach 20 12 32
4 SIMPSON,
Shaun 9 22 31
5 HERLINGS,
Jeffrey 22 9 31
6 TONUS,
Arnaud 13 16 29
7 VERBRUGGEN,
Dennis 11 15 26
8 PAULIN,
Gautier 7 18 25
9 CHARLIER,
Christophe 15 10 25
10 FROSSARD,
Steven 18 7 25
11 KULLAS,
Harri 10 13 23
12 ROCZEN,
Ken 5 14 19
13 LUPINO,
Alessandro 8 11 19
14 VAN HOREBEEK,
Jeremy 12 4 16
15 NICHOLLS,
Jake 6 8 14
GP Standings
1 MUSQUIN, Marvin 318
2 ROCZEN, Ken 247
3 FROSSARD, Steven 230
4 HERLINGS, Jeffrey 228
5 SIMPSON, Shaun 201
6 OSBORNE, Zach 195
7 TONUS, Arnaud 183
8 VAN
HOREBEEK, Jeremy 173
9 ROELANTS, Joel 170
10 NICHOLLS, Jake 143
11 KULLAS, Harri 143
12 VERBRUGGEN, Dennis 127
13 CHARLIER,
Christophe 106
14 LUPINO, Alessandro 100
15 PAULIN, Gautier 76
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