Herlings on Top in Lombok

Jeffrey Herlings was the king of MXGP of Lombok with an absolute victory

 

Jeffrey Herlings was the king of MXGP of Lombok with an absolute victory

Jeffrey Herlings was the absolute winner of the MXGP of Lombok, part of the MXGP World Championship. The three-time champion of the premier class won both races on Sunday in Indonesia in clear fashion.

The battle from yesterday’s qualifying race continued in the first race, pitting Herlings (Red Bull KTM) against Tim Gajser (Team HRC). The Slovenian made the holeshot and led for the first 12 laps. However, the Dutchman never gave up, even when he had more than an eight-second deficit.

Gradually, Herlings closed the gap, overtaking Gajser on the 13th lap. From there, he never lost the lead and even pulled away, finishing with a 7.436s advantage. Gajser secured second place without major struggles. Calvin Vlaanderen (Monster Energy Yamaha) fought with Jorge Prado (Red Bull GasGas) until the end, overtaking him on the penultimate lap to take third place. Jeremy Seewer (Kawasaki) was fifth.

In the second race, Gajser repeated the holeshot, but Herlings took the lead shortly after. This time, it was the Dutchman putting the rival in a chasing position, with Vlaanderen in third.

With three laps to go, Herlings had more than an 11-second lead over Gajser, maintaining a very strong pace. However, he slowed down and ended up winning with a 6.087-s gap over Gajser. Vlaanderen secured third place, while Valentin Guillod (Team Ship to Cycle Honda) surprised by finishing fourth ahead of Prado.

In the overall standings for MXGP of Lombok, the calculations are straightforward: Herlings was the winner with the maximum 50 points, Gajser was second with 44 points, and Vlaanderen rounded out the podium with 40 points. Prado was fourth with 34 points, and Guillod (32 points) completed the top five.

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First career overall victory for Hymas at RedBud

Another moto win results in breakthrough performance for the Honda rider.

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Team Honda HRC’s Chance Hymas claimed his second career moto win and first career overall victory with a 4-1 day to win the RedBud National. A chaotic day saw Hymas just hold off his teammate Jo Shimoda to win the second moto and narrowly claim the overall.

Unfortunately, Hymas did have a penalty in the first moto for jumping on a red cross flag and was penalized five points. That didn’t impact the overall score on the day as he kept his P4 finishing position in the first moto, but it did prevent him from gaining in the championship as he scored the exact same amount of points as Haiden Deegan on the day.

The overall fight came down to Hymas versus Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Ty Masterpool. Masterpool won the first moto and was in third place in the second moto, which would have won him the overall, before he faded back to P5. Shimoda then could have won the overall as well if he passed Hymas as he would have gone 5-1 to Masterpool’s 1-5, but he wasn’t quite able to get it down. Masterpool then would go 1-5 for P2 on the day ahead of Shimoda’s 5-2 for P3.

Red Bull KTM’s Tom Vialle would end up fourth place on the day going 3-4. He crashed while leading the first moto and then struggled with a bad start in the second moto. Championship leader Haiden Deegan put his Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing machine P5 overall after a 2-6 day that featured a few moments in the second moto. It wasn’t an ideal day for the #38, but thanks to Hymas’ penalty, Deegan still leads the championship by 42 points.

Behind them, it was Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Levi Kitchen in sixth, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Casey Cochran in seventh, Troy Lee Designs Red Bull GasGas’ Ryder DiFrancesco in eighth, Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Max Anstie in ninth, and Muc-Off FXR ClubMX’s Mark Fineis rounded out the top 10.

There have now been three different winners through six rounds of the series, but Deegan continues to be the spearhead as he remains the only rider to win more than one overall. With five rounds left to go, Deegan’s championship lead remains large as the rest of the field starts to focus on collecting race wins.

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Lawrence considering an MRI scan on troublesome shoulder

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Extent of issue yet to be fully determined for 450MX national champion.

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Defending 450MX champion Jett Lawrence is considering undergoing an MRI scan on his troublesome shoulder that has been affecting him since crashing heavily in the opening moto at Hangtown, still yet to reach 100 percent fitness.

The Team Honda HRC rider has managed to win three-straight overalls at Thunder Valley, High Point, and Southwick, despite any ongoing issues, but is looking to find out the extent of any potential injury.

“We’ve kind of been discussing what it actually is, because at first we just thought it might be bruising or something like that, or maybe pulled the muscle,” Lawrence explained. “For how long and slow it’s taken to heal, we might get a MRI or something, because the muscle could be torn or something like that.

“We’re not really 100 percent on what it is, so we’re gonna use one of these breaks to go and get a MRI, or even after this one… Just because we’re not 100 percent sure what it is, we thought this break might help it, and get it back to 100 percent.

“But each time I’d go train and ride, and use it, it just kind of go back to that same spot that it would heal up and then drop a bit. It’s been a bit annoying in this break because I thought it would go a lot more, but no excuses, we still got an overall win, so definitely make it a lot easier if we’re at 100 percent.”

With elder brother and factory Honda teammate Hunter Lawrence maintaining the Pro Motocross Championship points lead, Jett Lawrence is three points back, currently tied with Chase Sexton