2013 MXGP World Championship Round 15 & 16

MX1

Tony Cairoli was crowned the 2013 MX1 World Champion at the weekend at the GP of Matterley Basin, winning the first race in style ahead of main championship rival Clement Desalle who was second. Cairoli had a bike problem in the second race and scored a DNF which meant Desalle took the overall win, his second in a row for the Factory Rockstar Suzuki team after a 1-1 result in MX1 at the GP of Belgium the previous weekend.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Jeremy Van Horebeek of the Factory Kawasaki Racing Team was second in the qualifying race but missed out on a race day medal with a crash in race one that put him right at the back with no hope of clawing back the deficit and ruining his chances of a podium even though he took a brilliant second in race two. His speed has improved tremendously over the course of 2013 and it is great to have him on Raptor Titanium footpegs. Van Horebeek's team-mate Gautier Paulin is still recovering from injury he sustained in Germany and so managed an excellent sixth overall at Matterley Basin as he now looks to prepare for 2014 after the GP of the Netherlands at Lierop in two weeks time.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Gautier Paulin 

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Jeremy Van Horebeek

MX2

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Dean Ferris has certainly clicked in the last two rounds, with a 1-1 result at Bastogne at the GP of Belgium last weekend and a victory in the first race at the British GP he is firing on all cylinders, he was unlucky not to take an overall podium at Matterley as a crash in race two prevented him from continuing his race win streak.

Glen Coldenhoff of the Raptor Titanium sponsored Standing Construct KTM team took the overall victory in MX2 at the GP of Great Britain, his 3-4 result being good enough with Charlier winning the second race, and Ferris's crash making the points fall for him.

The series heads back to the continent for the final GP of the 2013 season to the impregnable sand-fortress of Lierop, see you there!

Loket Results: 2013 MXGP World Championship Round 14

Changeable conditions challenged the World Championship MXGP contenders this weekend with red hot temperatures and thunder showers to keep them on their toes.

Jeff Herlings clinched the 2013 MX2 World Championship title with three rounds to go, keeping his unbeaten overall win streak going for the whole season.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Alessandro Lupino of CLS Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki had an excellent weekend taking a second in the first race and overall fourth for the day.

Dylan Ferrandis aboard the Raptor Titanium equipped Bud Racing Rockstar Kawaskai scored an excellent overall sixth place, with Petr Petrov rounding out our MX2 finishers with overall eighth.

MX2 Overall Results

1. Jeffrey Herlings – KTM – 1/1 WORLD CHAMPION
2. Christophe Charlier – YAM – 4/2
3.Alexander Tonkov – HON – 3/4
4. Alessandro Lupino – KAW – 2/8
5. Jordi Tixier – KTM – 5/5
6. Dylan Ferrandis – KAW – 7/7
7. Jake Nicholls – KTM
8. Petar Petrov – YAM
9. Jose Butron – KTM
10. Romain Febvre – KTM

MX2 Championship Points

Jeffrey Herlings – 692
Jordi Tixier – 515
Jose Butron – 436
Christophe Charlier – 405
Glenn Coldenhoff – 377
Dean Ferris – 359
Jake Nicholls – 345
Alessandro Lupino – 294
Max Anstie – 282
Petar Petrov – 262
Dylan Ferrandis – 249
Mel Pocock – 234
Aleksander Tonkov – 233
Romain Febvre – 199
Harri Kullas – 182
Maxime Desprey – 157



Rockstar Energy Factory Suzuki rider Clement Desalle was the man-on-form in MX1 taking both race wins and the overall win ahead his team-mate Kevin Strijbos who was second overall.

Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Jeremy Van Horebeek chalked up his best result of the season so far with a brilliant second place in race two, suffering bad luck in the second race with a brake problem after a crash but still grabbed overall eighth and a good confidence booster with three rounds remaining.

Tommy Searle on the Raptor Titanium sponsored CLS Pro Circuit Monster Energy Kawasaki kept it consistent with an overall sixth place, with fellow Brit and Raptor Titanium sponsored rider Shaun Simpson on the Factory TM in overall ninth and MVR-D Honda's Tanel Leok in overall tenth.

MX1 Results

1. Clement Desalle – SUZ – 1/1
2. Kevin Strijbos – SUZ – 2/4
3. Evgeny Bobryshev – HON – 5/3
4. Ken de Dycker – KTM – 3/6
5. Tony Cairoli – KTM – 4/7
6. Tommy Searle – KAW – 8/4
7. David Philippaerts – HON
8. Jeremy van Horebeek – KAW
9. Shaun Simpson – TM
10. Tanel Leok – HON

MXGP Championship Points

Tony Cairoli – 643
Clement Desalle – 553
Ken de Dycker – 514
Gautier Paulin – 465
Kevin Strijbos – 437
Tommy Searle – 404
Jeremy van Horebeek – 351
Max Nagl – 314
David Philippaerts – 245
Evgeny Bobryshev – 238
Rui Goncalves – 230
Shaun Simpson – 221
Joel Roelants – 220
Davide Guarneri – 195
Tanel Leok – 176