Simpson and Herlings take wins at Lierop MX GP finale
Difficult and demanding track conditions produced a new MX1 class winner at the final grand prix of the FIM World Motocross Championship at Lierop in the Netherlands.
Shaun Simpson emerged victorious in the MX1 class at Lierop.
Difficult and demanding track conditions produced a new MX1 class winner at the final grand prix of the FIM World Motocross Championship at Lierop in the Netherlands.
A morning downpour made for tough going for the majority of riders, but British rider, JK SKS Gebeen Yamaha’s Shaun Simpson, revelled in the conditions.
Simpson made a good start to the opening race to take a clear 21.348-second win over Belgian Kevin Strijbos and Russian Evgeny Bobryshev.
He placed third in the second race and took 45 points for the grand prix, holding out the consistent Rockstar Energy Suzuki World machine of Strijbos who carded another second in race two, for second overall.
2013 MX1 champion Antonio Cairoli was third overall after a problem with his back wheel in race one caused him to finish an uncharacteristic fourth. He won the second race of the GP in convincing fashion, dominating from the gate drop to the chequered flag.
Fourth overall was Evgeny Bobryshev, the Russian rider holding out Ken De Dycker by two points despite making a number of mistakes which ultimately cost him the lead of the first race.
Belgian Ken De Dycker claimed fifth for the grand prix, and secured overall for 2013. In contrast it was a tough outing for the championship runner-up Clement Desalle, who could only score 24 points for ninth place.
In the MX2 class, Jeffrey Herlings made a surprise return to action at the final round after being sidelined with a shoulder injury.
The 2013 champion revelled in the conditions, taking the first race easily. He crashed in the second race but was able to remount and make back lost ground to take another perfect 1-1 score to round out a stellar season.
Rockstar Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Dylan Ferrandis went 2-3 for second overall at Lierop, while Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jordi Tixier battled through injury for 3-4 finishes, and third overall.
Bulgarian Peta Petrov took fourth, with Frenchman Romain Febvre in fifth. Aussie Dean Ferris placed sixth for the GP and sixth overall for 2013.
FIM World Motocross Championship
Round 17 – Lierop
MX1 overall results:
1. Shaun Simpson 45
2. Kevin Strijbos 44
3. Antonio Cairoli 43
4. Evgeny Bobryshev 36
5. Ken de Dycker 34
6. Tommy Searle 27
7. Gautier Paulin 26
8. Jeremy van Horebeek 26
9. Clement Desalle 24
10. Rick Satink 18
MX1 championship standings (after 17 of 17 rounds):
1. Antonio Cairoli 761
2. Clement Desalle 671
3. Ken de Dycker 607
4. Kevin Strijbos 553
5. Gautier Paulin 539
6. Tommy Searle 487
7. Jeremy van Horebeek 431
8. Evgeny Bobryshev 348
9. Shaun Simpson 316
10. Maximilian Nagl 314
MX2 overall results:
1. Jeffrey Herlings 50
2. Dylan Ferrandis 42
3. Jordi Tixier 38
4. Petar Petrov 34
5. Romain Febvre 29
6. Dean Ferris 29
7. Christophe Charlier 23
8. Aleksandr Tonkov 23
9. Glenn Coldenhoff 22
10. Jake Nicholls 17
MX2 championship standings (after 17 of 17 rounds):
1. Jeffrey Herlings 742
2. Jordi Tixier 607
3. Jose Butron 518
4. Christophe Charlier 490
5. Glenn Coldenhoff 472
6. Dean Ferris 463
7. Jake Nicholls 424
8. Alessandro Lupino 330
9. Dylan Ferrandis 329
10. Max Anstie 320
Recent
