The opening round of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championships season kicked off with a thrilling MXGP of Patagonia, in Argentina, at the weekend.

Dutchman Jeffery Herlings and Italian Antonio Cairoli may be KTM team-mates, but there’s no love lost when these two are racing on the track.

They shared the MXGP wins and now head to round two on Herlings’ home turf in the Netherlands for round two in Valkenswaard, in just two weeks.

Meanwhile, in the MX2 class, in was the perfect start to his title defence for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass. The defending MX2 World Champion ran his red No.1 plate with pride and did it justice as he won every race of the weekend from qualifying, and right through both championship races.

RESULTS:

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten:

1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:23.907; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:01.075; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:30.101; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:32.081; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:34.491; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:39.338; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:44.786; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:51.977; 9. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:55.538; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:56.248.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten:

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:56.319; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:02.051; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:23.027; 4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:26.080; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:34.539; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:45.838; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:58.958; 8. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), +1:01.409; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Suzuki), +1:15.786; 10. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +1:17.858.

MXGP Overall Top Ten:

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 47 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 47 p.; 3. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 40 p.; 4. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 34 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, HUS), 30 p.; 7. Shaun Simpson (GBR, YAM), 24 p.; 8. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 22 p.; 9. Maximilian Nagl (GER, TM), 21 p.; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 21 p.

 MX2 Race 1 Top Ten:

1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 34:44.373; 2. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:01.993; 3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:12.509; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:21.540; 5. Henry Jacobi (GER, Husqvarna), +0:39.686; 6. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:40.184; 7. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:41.891; 8. Michele Cervellin (ITA, Honda), +0:43.238; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:44.951; ; 10. Thomas Covington (USA, Husqvarna), +0:52.725.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten:

1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 34:00.087; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:05.260; 3. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), +0:10.726; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:13.864; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:13.993; 6. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:14.909; 7. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:33.086; 8. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:34.461; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:40.040; 10. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.654.

MX2 Overall Top Ten:

1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 50 points; 2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 42 p.; 3. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, HON), 37 p.; 4. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 36 p.; 5. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 27 p.; 6. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 24 p.; 7. Henry Jacobi (GER, HUS), 21 p.; 8. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 20 p.; 9. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 20 p.; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 19 p.