Team HRC focused on MXGP of France points-scoring races

2022-06-09 12:55
After a torrential down-pour midway through the afternoon, the beautifully prepared Ernee circuit in France, turned into a treacherous, muddy facility with riders struggling to complete laps on the steep banked terrain. As a result, Team HRC’s Tim Gajser and Mitch Evans will both start from outside gate positions in tomorrow’s point-scoring motos.

The day started off really well as the sun-drenched track provided the French crowd with some great entertainment, none more so than when Gajser ripped around the facility onboard his Honda CRF450R, in a time that none of the riders got anywhere near in the timed practice. His lap was 1.7 seconds quicker than anyone else managed in that session and over 35 seconds quicker than anyone managed in the chaotic qualifying race.

Teammate Evans was ninth after timed practice and looking forward to his first gate-drop at this iconic venue in the north-west of France. However, in between that practice session and their qualifying race, a massive storm hammered the track and the surface became extremely tricky, especially in the first turn where numerous riders had suffered serious consequences from difficult conditions.

The hope is that the weather isn’t as bad tomorrow and that both motos (14:15 and 17:10) of this 10th round of the 2022 MXGP World Championship will go off without any problems and that Gajser can try and extend his 66-point lead at the top of the table.





Marcus Pereira de Freitas
HRC General Manager - MXGP

Due to concerns about the safety of the track, from the conditions that previous riders had raced in after the torrential rain earlier in the day, neither Tim nor Mitch lined up for the qualifying race. We supported their decision and now we will concentrate on making sure both riders are prepared for the motos tomorrow from their outside gate picks. It is a shame because Tim had showed in practice that he was the best rider, posting a laptime 1.7 seconds quicker than anyone else when the track was in rideable conditions, and we hope that there will be no more rain and we’ll have a similarly dry circuit tomorrow.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas




Qualifying Race
Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1 Jacobi Henry 29 GER JM Honda Racing 26:44.373
2 Van Horebeek Jeremy 89 BEL Beta SDM Corse MX Team 0:16.425
3 van Doninck Brent 32 BEL Riley Racing 0:20.259
4 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:26.112
5 Paturel Benoit 16 FRA Honda SR Motoblouz 0:38.044
6 Lapucci Nicholas 211 ITA Steels - Dr. Jack Racing 0:40.677
7 Bogers Brian 189 NDL Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory Racing Team 1:02.353
8 Tropepe Giuseppe 223 ITA Wildcard Rider 1:05.718
9 Beaton Jed 14 AUS F&H Racing Team

Source: Honda Racing Corporation

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