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marzo 17, 2022 - Honda Racing

Beautiful Argentina hosts important round three of the MXGP Championship

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For the first time since 2019, the #mxgp World Championship returns to #argentina and to the amazing Villa La Angostura track, nestled in the Patagonian Andes, for what is round three of this intense 2022 campaign.

So far this year Team HRC’s #timgajser has won both overalls, winning two of the four motos and finishing less than 1.5 seconds behind the leader in the other two races. This has given him the red-plate and a 12-point gap at the top of the championship, but with 18 rounds still left to race, he needs to keep this momentum going if he wants to claim his fifth world title. However, having won this #event in both 2016 and 2017, he likes riding this track and is confident that he can make it three wins in a row and stretch his lead even further.

Teammate #mitchevans will also look to keep his forward progression going, after his return from a long injury-absence. The Australian started the season off slowly in the UK at round one, but picked up more points on his way to 12th overall at the Mantova sand track a couple of weeks ago. And with him having had a podium performance at this very track at the 2019 edition, he’ll be hoping to be fighting for top 10 finishes when the gate drops on Sunday 20th March.

With no EMX or WMX races scheduled, the timetable is looking slightly different than usual for the morning sessions, but the Saturday #mxgp qualifying race (16:10) and Sunday motos (13:15 / 16:10) will take place at the same time (local time) as they usually do at European rounds.

Tim Gajser 243

It’s been good to have a couple of days off to relax before this third #mxgp of the season. The first two rounds went really well, but I’ve learnt from last year not to train too much, and not overwork myself, especially at this early stage of the season. I’m in a good place mentally and physically, and with the Honda CRF450R, so I’m just hoping to continue that momentum into #argentina, which is a track I really like. It is a fun circuit and it is important to go to an overseas race again as we have been missing them these past couple of years.

Mitch Evans 43

Mantova was a big step in the right direction for me, to be battling and #racing at a good level with the guys again. My wrist felt a lot better than in England and now I’m hoping that it’ll be a similar story in #argentina this week. I really like the track, and it holds good memories for me as I got my first MX2 podium there in my first world championship race in 2019. Obviously, I’m still a bit away from that happening in #mxgp this year, but the motos in Italy really gave me confidence that I can get back up there and the next task is to continue that improvement on Sunday.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager - MXGP

It is great to be travelling back to #argentina, and making this a true world championship once again. They do a really good job at the venue and the fans always are very enthusiastic about the #racing and the riders, so Team HRC really enjoy travelling there. Both riders are feeling good, after the weekend away from #racing, but now it’s time to focus again and prepare themselves for what should be another tough test.

Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

Pos.

Rider

Num

Nation

Points

Team

Constructor

1

GAJSER Tim

243

SLO

94

Team HRC - MXGP

Honda

2

PRADO GARCIA Jorge

61

SPA

82

Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing

GasGas

3

RENAUX Maxime

959

FRA

77

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team

Yamaha

4

SEEWER Jeremy

91

SWI

74

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team

Yamaha

5

BOGERS Brian

189

NDL

57

Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory #racing Team

Husqvarna

6

KJER OLSEN Thomas

19

DEN

57

Team Diga-Procross

KTM

7

FERNANDEZ Ruben

70

SPA

48

Honda 114 Motorsports

Honda

8

VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy

89

BEL

48

Beta SDM Corse MX Team

Beta

9

COLDENHOFF Glenn

259

NDL

43

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team

Yamaha

10

FORATO Alberto

303

ITA

41

SM Action #racing Team Yuasa Battery

GasGas

11

BEATON Jed

14

AUS

40

F&H #racing Team

Kawasaki

12

WATSON Ben

919

GBR

33

Kawasaki #racing Team MXGP

Kawasaki

13

VLAANDEREN Calvin

10

NDL

32

Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing

Yamaha

14

VAN DONINCK Brent

32

BEL

28

Riley Racing

Yamaha

15

JACOBI Henry

29

GER

26

JM Honda Racing

Honda

16

TIXIER Jordi

911

FRA

23

JT911 KTM #racing Team

KTM

17

EVANS Mitch

43

AUS

18

Team HRC - MXGP

Honda

18

ÖSTLUND Alvin

161

SWE

13

JK #racing Yamaha Active

Yamaha

19

KOCH Tom

226

GER

12

KTM Kozak Team

KTM

20

LUPINO Alessandro

77

ITA

11

Beta SDM Corse MX Team

Beta

21

JONASS Pauls

41

LAT

11

Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team

GasGas

22

GUILLOD Valentin

92

SWI

10

iXS #mxgp Team

Yamaha

23

JASIKONIS Arminas

27

LTU

3

Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing

Yamaha

24

ROOSIORG Hardi

75

EST

2

Sahkar KTM Racing

KTM

25

ZONTA Filippo

200

ITA

1

KTM

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