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Slovenian Tim Gajser made it two overall victories in row, as he went 1-1 at the MXGP of France at St Jean d’Angely, near Cognac, at the weekend.

The factory Honda rider was made to work for both moto wins, but he proved all weekend that he was the fastest rider on the track and this speed shone through as he won his fourth consecutive race to close the gap at the top of the MXGP championship, Gajser now just 10 points behind KTM’s nine-time former world champion Antonio Cairoli.

Swiss Yamaha rider Arnaud Tonus finished runner-up in France, while French Yamaha rider Romain Febvre completed the MXGP podium at St Jean d’Angely.

Italian hero Cairoli finished an uncharacteristic 2-17 in the two races on Sunday and will be looking to bounce back at round eight of the series, which is set for Orlyonok, Russia, on June 8-9.

New Zealand’s Dylan Walsh (Husqvarna) finished 21st overall in the MX2 class on Sunday. He is now 17th overall in the championship after seven rounds.

With confidence high after his double moto win in Portugal last weekend, Gajser knew that another good performance in France would really get him right back into the championship battle.

With the hard-pack surface suiting his skill set, Gajser was fastest in every session on Saturday and then he backed that up on Sunday with two smooth and controlled race wins.

In the first race, he quickly moved to the front of the field after a top five start, where he then put in a couple of sprint laps to create a gap that he managed until the chequered flag.

For race two, he had to work a bit harder as a bad jump meant he had to work his way through from around 10th place. He moved into fourth place after a lap and then gradually worked his way to the front of the field, with some nice passes and real display of throttle control on this tricky St Jean d’Angely track.

The two wins meant 50 points and that has closed the gap at the top of the MXGP championship to just 10 points, with eleven rounds still remaining.

Orlyonok in Russia is another hillside venue, with the stony surface very similar to the one this weekend in France. This means that as he heads into this short break, it should give Gajser even more confidence that he can extend this current winning run and maintain this high level of performance that has seen him win six of the last eight motos.

Photo courtesy Honda Europe

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RESULTS AND STANDINGS:

MXGP – GP Classification

  1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 50 points; 2. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 40 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 33 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 31 p.; 6. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 27 p.; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HUS), 24 p.; 10. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 21 p.; 11. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 20 p.; 12. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KAW), 18 p.; 13. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 15 p.; 14. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, YAM), 14 p.; 15. Benoit Paturel (FRA, KAW), 13 p.; 16. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 13 p.; 17. Tanel Leok (EST, HUS), 11 p.; 18. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), 9 p.; 19. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 6 p.; 20. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 5 p.; 21. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 2 p.; 22. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, YAM), 1 p.; 23. Anton Gole (SWE, YAM), 1 p.; 24. Maxime Desprey (FRA, HON), 0 p.; 25. Gregory Aranda (FRA, KAW), 0 p.; 26. Dennis Ullrich (GER, HUS), 0 p.; 27. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 0 p.; 28. Artem Guryev (RUS, HUS), 0 p.; 29. Volodymyr Tarasov (UKR, KTM), 0 p.; 30. Klemen Gercar (SLO, HUS), 0 p.; 31. Micha-Boy De Waal (NED, YAM), 0 p.; 32. Maxime Charlier (FRA, HUS), 0 p.; 33. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, YAM), 0 p.; 34. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, KAW), 0 p.; 35. Dan Houzet (FRA, KTM), 0 p.; 36. Jonathan Bengtsson (SWE, KTM), 0 p.; 37. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), 0 p.

 

MXGP – World Championship Classification

  1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 311 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 301 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 218 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 208 p.; 5. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HUS), 190 p.; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 184 p.; 7. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 162 p.; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 156 p.; 9. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 144 p.; 10. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 141 p.; 11. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 139 p.; 12. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 129 p.; 13. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KAW), 103 p.; 14. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), 87 p.; 15. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 86 p.; 16. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 85 p.; 17. Max Anstie (GBR, KTM), 74 p.; 18. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 62 p.; 19. Tanel Leok (EST, HUS), 62 p.; 20. Benoit Paturel (FRA, KAW), 53 p.; 21. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 41 p.; 22. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 31 p.; 23. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, YAM), 29 p.; 24. Harri Kullas (EST, HON), 18 p.; 25. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 16 p.; 26. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, YAM), 14 p.; 27. Anton Gole (SWE, YAM), 14 p.; 28. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), 14 p.; 29. Sven Van der Mierden (NED, YAM), 8 p.; 30. Dean Ferris (AUS, YAM), 6 p.; 31. Joaquin Poli (ARG, HON), 3 p.; 32. Pascal Rauchenecker (AUT, KTM), 2 p.; 33. Juan Pablo Luzzardi (ARG, KTM), 1 p.; 34. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, YAM), 1 p.; 35. Jetro Salazar (PER, HON), 1 p.

 

MX2 – GP Classification

  1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 47 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 47 p.; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 36 p.; 4. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 32 p.; 5. Adam Sterry (GBR, KAW), 30 p.; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Davy Pootjes (NED, HUS), 29 p.; 8. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), 20 p.; 9. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 19 p.; 10. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 18 p.; 11. Henry Jacobi (GER, KAW), 17 p.; 12. Zachary Pichon (FRA, HON), 16 p.; 13. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 12 p.; 14. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, HON), 12 p.; 15. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 11 p.; 16. Michele Cervellin (ITA, YAM), 10 p.; 17. Jan Pancar (SLO, YAM), 10 p.; 18. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), 9 p.; 19. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, KTM), 9 p.; 20. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HUS), 8 p.; 21. Dylan Walsh (NZL, HUS), 8 p.; 22. Mitchell Harrison (USA, KAW), 7 p.; 23. Enzo Toriani (FRA, HUS), 3 p.; 24. Gustavo Pessoa (BRA, KAW), 2 p.; 25. Kim Savaste (FIN, KTM), 1 p.; 26. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 0 p.; 27. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), 0 p.; 28. Rene De Jong (NED, KTM), 0 p.; 29. Loris Freidig (SUI, YAM), 0 p.; 30. Hampus Kahrle (SWE, KTM), 0 p.; 31. Adrien Malaval (FRA, YAM), 0 p.; 32. Michael Sandner (AUT, KTM), 0 p.; 33. Jeremy Hauquier (FRA, KTM), 0 p.

 

MX2 – World Championship Classification

  1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 297 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 283 p.; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 217 p.; 4. Henry Jacobi (GER, KAW), 210 p.; 5. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 187 p.; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 184 p.; 7. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 182 p.; 8. Davy Pootjes (NED, HUS), 157 p.; 9. Adam Sterry (GBR, KAW), 157 p.; 10. Bas Vaessen (NED, KTM), 125 p.; 11. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, HON), 122 p.; 12. Michele Cervellin (ITA, YAM), 102 p.; 13. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, HON), 90 p.; 14. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 87 p.; 15. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 87 p.; 16. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HUS), 71 p.; 17. Dylan Walsh (NZL, HUS), 59 p.; 18. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 55 p.; 19. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 52 p.; 20. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 40 p.; 21. Iker Larranaga Olano (ESP, KTM), 39 p.; 22. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 36 p.; 23. Richard Sikyna (SVK, KTM), 35 p.; 24. Mitchell Harrison (USA, KAW), 29 p.; 25. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, KTM), 26 p.; 26. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 23 p.; 27. Alberto Forato (ITA, HUS), 23 p.; 28. Zachary Pichon (FRA, HON), 23 p.; 29. Gustavo Pessoa (BRA, KAW), 20 p.; 30. Michael Sandner (AUT, KTM), 17 p.; 31. Andrea Zanotti (SMR, KTM), 15 p.; 32. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, HUS), 10 p.; 33. Jan Pancar (SLO, YAM), 10 p.; 34. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), 7 p.; 35. Joakin Furbetta (ITA, HUS), 6 p.; 36. Filippo Zonta (ITA, HON), 5 p.; 37. Enzo Toriani (FRA, HUS), 3 p.; 38. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), 1 p.; 39. Alexander Brown (GBR, KTM), 1 p.; 40. Kim Savaste (FIN, KTM), 1 p.

 

 

 

 

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