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Honda's Tim Gajser wins MX world championship No.4Team Honda’s Tim Gajser made it a perfect day in Trentino, Italy, winning the 2020 MXGP World Motocross Championship after his two-one results, which were good enough to also take the overall victory at the MXGP of Pietramurata.

Coming into the day’s racing, Gajser needed to beat his closest rival, Italian KTM rider and multiple world champion Antonio Cairoli, by two points in the first race, or score 27 points in total in order to secure the championship.

After a bad start, this was looking unlikely but Gajser quickly found his rhythm and posted the fastest lap of the moto as he swept through the field. By the midpoint of the race he was in second place and although he pressured the leader heavily, he wasn’t quite able to make the pass stick.

However, at that stage he knew second place would be good enough to seal his fourth world title, and his second MXGP crown in succession, crossing the line to spark scenes of celebration.

After a difficult year for the whole championship with the five-month break after round two, Gajser once again proved that he was the best rider in this highly competitive MXGP class, winning more races, leading more laps and posting more fastest laps than anyone else. Defending a title is always a big challenge, but Gajser has continually shown speed and control and he managed to wrap up this 2020 championship with three motos still remaining.

Of course, Gajser still wanted to take the overall victory here in Trentino, and he knew a race win would do just that. As has become the norm in recent weeks, the Honda rider ripped another holeshot before leading every moment in what was a tight battle to the chequered flag. This was his fourth overall in just seven rounds and the perfect way to finish his championship-winning day.

After the celebrations, the team will now focus on finishing the season on a high by trying to win the MXGP of Garda-Trentino, the 18th and final round of this 2020 world championship.

“It feels unbelievable to be world champion for a fourth time,” said Gajser.

“Winning one time is amazing, but four times, I’m just speechless.

“It was a weird season with the COVID-19 and then the break between the rounds two and three, but in the end, everything came together and we won another title!

“Racing today was very nice, in the first race, I didn’t have the best start but I was still able to come through the field and finish second and that meant that if I could win race two, I would take the overall. In the second moto I grabbed the holeshot and then had a really good battle with Romain all the way to the chequered flag. We were pushing the whole time so I’m super happy to win this title and the overall on the same day.

“A big thanks to the whole of Team HRC, there are a lot of people who are involved who couldn’t be here today so a big thank you to all of them and to everyone who has supported me all year long. It is a privilege to ride for this team and I appreciate every single person who has helped me. Thank you!”

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RESULTS AND STANDINGS:

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:

  1. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), 34:52.423; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:04.307; 3. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Yamaha), +0:08.634; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:09.794; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:11.484; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:16.094; 7. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:22.055; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:25.167; 9. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:32.658; 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:39.149.

 

MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification:

  1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 34:44.449; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:02.940; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:29.409; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:38.367; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:51.007; 6. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:56.175; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:59.864; 8. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GASGAS), +1:02.902; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +1:07.102; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:14.378.

 

MXGP – GP Top 10 Classification:

  1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 47 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 45 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 38 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 36 p.; 5. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 31 p.; 6. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, YAM), 30 p.; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 26 p.; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 26 p.; 10. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GAS), 20 p.

 

MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification:

  1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 673 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 584 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 580 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 525 p.; 5. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 476 p.; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 467 p.; 7. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 438 p.; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, GAS), 375 p.; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 316 p.; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 282 p.

 

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:

  1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34:52.254; 2. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:05.885; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:09.567; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:10.554; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:15.950; 6. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:23.606; 7. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:29.658; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Yamaha), +0:30.677; 9. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Kawasaki), +0:37.072; 10. Morgan Lesiardo (ITA, Honda), +0:38.674.

 

MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification:

  1. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), 35:10.371; 2. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:01.938; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:05.532; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:06.614; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:25.616; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Yamaha), +0:27.440; 7. Stephen Rubini (FRA, Honda), +0:30.353; 8. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:31.496; 9. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Honda), +0:43.914; 10. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:47.092.

 

MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification:

  1. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 41 points; 2. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 40 p.; 3. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 40 p.; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 36 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, YAM), 28 p.; 7. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 28 p.; 8. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 24 p.; 10. Alvin Östlund (SWE, HON), 20 p.

 

MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification:

  1. Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 718 points; 2. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 661 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 541 p.; 4. Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 528 p.; 5. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 517 p.; 6. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 506 p.; 7. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KAW), 454 p.; 8. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 338 p.; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, YAM), 332 p.; 10. Stephen Rubini (FRA, HON), 259 p.

 

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