Kevin Strijbos scores best result of the season at the Swedish Grand Prix

Amsterdam
- Beursfoon Suzuki rider Kevin
Strijbos scored his best result of the season at round ten of the
World Championship Series at Uddevalla in Sweden last weekend.
Strijbos rode two strong motos and came home in eight and seventh
position which gave him eight place overall.

Kevin was motivated to do
well in Sweden. The Belgian rider wasn’t happy with his results at
the Latvian Grand Prix so he was determined to do better in Sweden.
The weekend started out really well for Strijbos with a seventh
place in free practice and an eleventh place in the pre qualifying
session. In the qualifying heat he took a decent start and came out
of the first corner just inside of the top fifteen. Strijbos passed
some riders in front of him and moved into thirteenth position. His
charge trough the field ended when he lost his rhythm. Kevin stayed
calm and things started to go better in the closing stages of the
race. He managed to pass some riders and crossed the finish line in
fourteenth position.

In the first moto he took a
good start but because of his bad starting position he had to go
wide in the first corner and this cost him several positions. He
came out of the first corner around fifteenth position. Kevin felt
at home on the circuit in Uddevalla and worked himself up to eight
position in which he finished.

The start of the second moto
was better and this time he started the race in tenth position. In
the beginning of the race he worked himself up to eight position.
Strijbos rode a consistent race and managed to pass another rider in
the closing stages of the race to finish the race in seventh
position.

Kevin finished eight overall
and sits in eleventh position in the World Championship Standings.
The Spaniard Jose Butron failed to score points in the MX2 class.
After his shoulder injury his riding is starting to go better each
week but in Sweden some bad luck kept him out of the points. In the
practice sessions things went well for Jose with a 20^th
and 21^st position in the sessions respectively. In the
qualifying heat he crashed in the opening lap and he had to charge
back trough the field. Because the track was really fast it was
difficult to make up time on the other riders. Jose gave everything
he had and finished the race in 27^th position.

In the first moto he took a
very good start and came out of the first corner in eleventh
position. Despite the fact that his riding went well in the
beginning of the race he lost several positions. Jose kept fighting
but crashed and dropped back to 21^st position. Butron
found his rhythm straight away but another crash ruined his chances
of scoring points. After the crashed he couldn’t restart his bike so
he didn’t score points in the first moto.

In the second moto he came
out of the first lap in eighteenth position. Things weren’t going
well and in the beginning of the race he dropped back to 30^th

position. Jose kept pushing and passed several riders during the
race. Despite his effort he finished in 24^th position
which wasn’t good enough to score World Championship points. Jose
finished in 29^th position overall and sits in 26^th

position in the World Championship Standings.

Round eleven of the series
will be held at Lommel in Belgium in August 1.

Results Grand
Prix of Sweden:

Uitslagen
Grand Prix van Zweden:

MX1 / First moto:

1 Antonio Cairoli I KTM

2 Clement Desalle B Suzuki

3 David Philippaerts I Yamaha

4 Steve Ramon B Suzuki

5 Evgeny Bobrishev Rus Honda

8 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki


MX1 / Second moto:

1 Antonio Cairoli I KTM

2 Clement Desalle B Suzuki

3 Steve Ramon B Suzuki

4 Evgeny Bobrishev Rus Honda

5 Xavier Boog F Kawasaki

7 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki


Overall MX1:

1 Antonio Cairoli I KTM 50

2 Clement Desalle B Suzuki 44

3 Steve Ramon B Suzuki 38

4 Evgeny Bobrishev Rus Honda 34

5 David Philippaerts I Yamaha 33

8 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki 27


World Championship Standings MX1:

1 Antonio Cairoli I KTM 434

2 Clement Desalle B Suzuki 367

3 David Philippaerts I Yamaha 331

4 Steve Ramon B Suzuki 315

5 Maxi Nagl D KTM 306

11 Kevin Strijbos B Suzuki 161

24 Marc de Reuver NL Suzuki 40

MX2 / First moto:

1 Steven Frossard F Kawasaki

2 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM

3 Jeremy Vanhorebeek B Kawasaki

4 Marvin Musquin F KTM

5 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha

DNF Jose Butron ESP Suzuki


MX2 / Second moto:

1 Ken Roczen D Suzuki

2 Steven Frossard F Kawasaki

3 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha

4 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM

5 Marvin Musquin F KTM

24 Jose Butron ESP Suzuki


Overall MX2:

1 Steven Frossard F Kawasaki 47

2 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM 40

3 Gautier Paulin F Yamaha 36

4 Jeremy Vanhorebeek B Kawasaki 35

5 Marvin Musquin F KTM 34

29 Jose Butron ESP Suzuki 0


World Championship Standings MX2:

1 Marvin Musquin F KTM 438

2 Ken Roczen D Suzuki 355

3 Steven Frossard F Kawasaki 355

4 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM 326

5 Zach Osborne USA Yamaha 275

26 Jose Butron ESP Suzuki 19