![]() Geerts, full of confidence quickly increased the gap to 7 seconds while Horgmo showed his speed by setting the fastest lap. F&H MX2 Kawasaki Racing Team’s Kevin Horgmo In race two, F&H MX2 Kawasaki Racing Team’s Kevin Horgmo took the Fox Holeshot after an excellent start although it was Geerts who quickly took the lead. It definitely wasn’t the way I wanted to start the season, but we will build from here. ![]() I had a headache from that but finished 14th. At the halfway point, I started finding my rhythm again, but then had a big crash. ![]() In the second moto, I took the holeshot, but was passed pretty much straight away. The first moto was okay, I was behind Pauls Jonass all of the race, but didn’t find that little bit extra to make a pass, but the speed was okay. Saturday I was running a good pace with good lap times, also in the Qualifying Race even though I was perhaps a little bit too stiff. I am pretty happy with the first weekend of the season.” Mattia Guadagnini Glenn Coldenhoff – P10 My lap times were good! I had a better start in the second moto, but I was not riding at my best. I had to fight back from almost last place, but I made good passes and finished tenth. “Finishing second in the qualification race was really good! I did not have the best start in the first moto, but I was around sixth and then I made a mistake. Now we fly home we have some more testing planned before Sardinia.” Anyway I’m happy to show I have the speed and to race both motos with a good rhythm… and with the new points rule I’m third in the championship. In the second race my start was not so good and in the first few laps you can lose a lot of time passing riders as nobody want to give way at the start of the race fifth is a decent result, but for sure with a better start the podium would have been possible. My first start was good and I stayed calm as the track was slippery with the rain a no-risk second was a good start to the season. “Of course it’s a little frustrating to miss the podium on the day by two points, but honestly I wasn’t expecting such a good result so soon after three weeks off the bike following my arm surgery. I just want to keep on building up my race rhythm now.” Jeffrey Herlings Romain Febvre – P3 If I had this option beforehand then I would have taken it. Every session was getting a little easier and I don’t think it is bad to 2nd. I have done hundreds and thousands of laps in training but you cannot replicate the intensity of racing here. I haven’t raced these guys for sixteen months and that amount of time means you should not underestimate the class. Winning the GP is a special feeling and I am really just so happy.” Ruben Fernandez Jeffrey Herlings – P2 It has been great working with all of Team HRC and it feels like a family already and to get all their support throughout means a lot to me. It has been a long journey to get here, and I couldn’t be happier with how things have gone. When they told me I had won the GP, it was crazy, especially after the crash in race one when I was in second. “It is unbelievable to have won this race and overall. ![]() He never put Fernandez in too much pressure but Herlings was exactly where he wanted to be as he showed a calm, experienced and fast racing. We saw Herlings growing in confidence throughout the weekend and particularly in this Race 2 where he came off the gate drop on very fast to find himself third on the first lap and quickly made the move on Jonass, who displayed a strong weekend too, to get to second. The comeback of Herlings was one that everyone was waiting for, and “the bullet” did not disappointed. While it was his first race win of his career on top of being checked out by Herlings in second position for the large majority of the race, the young Spaniard never lost his cool, and had a comfortable 8 seconds lead for the second part of the race. Them followed the start of a dominant display from Fernandez who took the lead in the first lap to never give it up. Race two saw Coldenhoff take the FOX Holeshot although the Dutchman quickly moved down to seventh.
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