In race two, it was Geerts who led the way as he secured his first Fox Holeshot of the season with Guadagnini and Rene Hofer just behind. Benistant was the race winner with Guadagnini almost 10 seconds behind in P2 and Fernandez 3rd. Fernandez was eventually able to pass the Husqvarna rider on lap 11.īenistant extended his lead to 6.092 seconds at one stage over Guadagnini, as Geerts was coming under fire from a group of riders behind him, including Beaton, Fernandez, De Wolf and Renaux.įernandez was eventually able to get Beaton on lap 15 and then just a lap later he also passed Geerts for third. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle did go out in the first race but failed finish and did not start race two either.īeaton was able to get past his teammate to get himself into 4th, while further down the field the Championship leader (at the time) Ruben Fernandez of Honda 114 Motorsports was getting closer to the top 5 after passing Stephen Rubini of Honda Racing Assomotor for 7th.įernandez then started to close in on De Wolf for 5th as Mathys Boisrame of F&H Kawasaki Racing was also looking to get involved in the battle. In race one, it was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Thibault Benistant who took the Fox Holeshot as he led Guadagnini, Geerts and Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay De Wolf and Jed Beaton. As Maxime Renaux of Monster Energy Yamaha Racing made it two podiums in a row following a win in Great Britain, while his teammate Jago Geerts made a strong comeback after two tough GP’s and injury. In MX2 the racing was nail-biting as Mattia Guadagnini secured his first overall GP victory and did so on home soil and in front of his home crowd.

The Monster Energy MXGP of Italy has concluded in Maggiora with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing victorious in MXGP and MX2, as Jeffrey Herlings and Mattia Guadagnini secured overall victories in their respective categories. Round two is in Oss, Netherlands on 18th July.INSTAGRAM | | | MXGP OF ITALY | COMPLETE COVERAGE Weckman now sits in fourth place in the championship. The young Finnish racer had a better start in race two and dropped into fourth place on lap one, but pushed hard and moved up to third position on lap two where he remained comfortably for the rest of the race. Race one saw Honda’s 2016 150 European Champion progress from a 10th place start to push forward through the pack to finish the moto in a well-earned 7th.

Matterley Basin also hosted round one of the 2021 FIM European EMX250 Championship and Team Honda Racing Assomotor’s Finnish EMX250 racer Emil Weckman had a great day on his CRF250R. The tall Spaniard now leads the MX2 World Championship by five points. The 250cc MX2 class also witnessed Honda success as Team Honda 114 Motorsport’s Ruben Fernandez backed up his fantastic first race second place with sixth in race two to secure third overall. Gajser retains the World Championship lead by 15 points as the MXGP World Championship heads to Maggiora, Italy next weekend. His tenacity and speed on the CRF450RW paid off on lap 12, bursting into the lead and winning the moto by almost 1.5 seconds.

Gajser started race one in fifth place and battled hard through the moto to make progress, eventually moving up one position at the halfway point into fourth place where he finished the race.Īs heavy rain began to fall, the gate dropped for race two and ‘Tiga’ dropped into an early third position, but on lap two pushed hard into second place and began to slowly close the gap to the leader. The friendly Slovenian finished Timed Qualifying session in seventh place, but felt confident that the races would bring some strong results. Team HRC’s Tim Gajser started the day with a challenging qualify session, struggling a little to adjust to Matterley Basin’s loose terrain. Today the FIM World Motocross Championship stopped off at the natural amphitheater of Matterley Basin, close to the historic Hampshire town of Winchester - and in all classes Honda riders posted promising podium results.

Mxgp 2021 results