Dominant Gajser wins Latvian GP with another one-one performance

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Dominant Gajser wins Latvian GP with another one-one performance

Team HRC’s #timgajser won both motos at the #mxgp of #latvia, to extend his #moto win-streak to five and increase his points gap at the top of the championship to an impressive 66 points.

On what was a miserably wet day at the Kegums circuit, 50km south of Riga, Gajser took control of both races in what was another impressive display of riding, in what were not very easy conditions. The rain had slowed the track down, providing more ruts and bumps to challenge the best motocross riders on the planet, but after winning the second #moto in Portugal and both races in Trentino, the #243 proved he can handle any conditions with a perfect display in the wet sand in #latvia.

He swept around the first turn well inside the top five in motos one and two, and by the end of lap one, was in third and second place respectively. With every rider at their strongest, and the track at its flattest, the Slovenian rider took his time to figure out where to make his move, but when he did put the hammer down, he was into the lead after passes on two consecutive laps.

Race two went even better, as he swept around the first turn in second place, once again putting himself in perfect position to stalk his prey and make the move at exactly the right time. With the track conditions getting harder, this came earlier in the race as others struggled to maintain their speed and he moved into the lead on lap six. From there he controlled the race, taking the win, the overall and further extending his championship lead, to give himself more than a two-moto buffer to those behind.

Unfortunately, teammate #mitchevans didn’t enjoy such a successful day, as issues in the second and first corner gave himself an uphill battle to get inside the top 10. In race one, he was involved with another rider that left him on the deck and while he was able to move through the field to 17^thmidday through the race, another mistake dropped him back again and he had to settle for crossing the line in 19^th.

Things went slightly better in race two as he crossed the first lap in 16^th place, despite a stall in the first corner. This gave him an improved platform to try and break into the top 10, and while he was able to get as high as 10^th, he couldn’t quite hold on and eventually finished in 12^th.

Both riders now have another weekend away from the MXGPs, before they head to Italy for the prestigious challenge of Maggiora on May 7/8. Last year saw rain affect the motos, but everyone will be hoping for better weather as Gajser attempts to keep his win-streak alive, and maintain his stranglehold on this 2022 World Motocross Championship.

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Tim Gajser

I am really happy with how this weekend went, it wasn’t easy today as the track was a lot sketchier due to the rain, but I stayed patient in both races and made the passes when I needed to. I was also able to get two good starts on my Honda CRF450R, which I knew would be important, so that was good and that allowed me to not have to fight through the field. Everything is going really well right now and I’d like to thank all of Team HRC and all the fans online, and who come out to the races to cheer me on. It is great riding in front of passionate supporters and I really appreciate the atmosphere everyone creates for us riders to perform in.

Mitch Evans

Unfortunately, the first couple of corners let me down in both races as I was involved in a crash in race one, and then I stalled the bike in race two. This meant I was starting the races from right at the back of the field and it made things extremely difficult. However, I was pleased with my laptimes in race one early on, matching the guys at the front of the race and in then in race two I made a lot of passes as well to get near the top 10. They aren’t the overall scores I want, but I’m trying to take the positives from the weekend and I hope that I’ll be able to put in better results next round in Maggiora.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager - MXGP

It is so good to see Tim riding this confidently, and just really looking in command of the race. Even in third, it looked like he knew exactly when he wanted to make the passes and within a couple of laps he was in the lead. He had the fastest lap of both races and after his two #moto wins, is now 66 points ahead in the championship, after just six rounds. Obviously there is a lot of #racing to go, but we are very happy with how he is approaching everything and look forward to going to Maggiora.
Mitch is still showing positive signs, and we feel he is close to being able to put it all together, however it just isn’t happening for him right now. We know he will keep working hard though and with another weekend off, we are confident he can take the next step to getting back where he belongs.

Race Round 6 MXGP of Latvia
Race 1
RAIN
Air Temp
8°C
Track Cond
Wet Sand

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	GAJSER Tim	243	SLO	25	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	35:04.928
2	JONASS Pauls	41	LAT	22	Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team	GasGas	0:04.327
3	FERNANDEZ Ruben	70	SPA	20	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	0:06.506
4	FORATO Alberto	303	ITA	18	SM Action #racing Team Yuasa Battery	GasGas	0:10.820
5	COLDENHOFF Glenn	259	NDL	16	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:13.984
6	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	15	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:16.967
7	SEEWER Jeremy	91	SWI	14	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:18.623
8	BOGERS Brian	189	NDL	13	Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory #racing Team	Husqvarna	0:26.359
9	VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy	89	BEL	12	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta	0:33.651
10	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	11	JM Honda Racing	Honda	0:35.938
11	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	10	Riley Racing	Yamaha	0:37.029
12	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	9	Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas	0:41.282
13	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	8	Kawasaki #racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki	0:52.153
14	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	7	Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing	Yamaha	1:16.904
15	ROOSIORG Hardi	75	EST	6	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM	1:26.278
16	TIXIER Jordi	911	FRA	5	JT911 KTM #racing Team	KTM	1:30.501
17	MONTICELLI Ivo	128	ITA	4	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki	1:43.892
18	SIHVONEN Miro	147	FIN	3	JWR Honda Racing	Honda	1:44.574
19	EVANS Mitch	43	AUS	2	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	2:16.554
20	LEOK Tanel	7	EST	1	A1M Husqvarna	Husqvarna	1 Lap

MXGP 2022 Sunday, April 24th 2022
Race Round 6 MXGP of Latvia
Race 2
CLOUDY
Air Temp
8°C
Track Cond
Wet Sand

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	GAJSER Tim	243	SLO	25	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	36:22.500
2	JONASS Pauls	41	LAT	22	Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team	GasGas	0:05.744
3	COLDENHOFF Glenn	259	NDL	20	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:11.680
4	FERNANDEZ Ruben	70	SPA	18	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	0:11.769
5	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	16	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:16.016
6	BOGERS Brian	189	NDL	15	Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory #racing Team	Husqvarna	0:18.485
7	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	14	Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing	Yamaha	0:35.200
8	SEEWER Jeremy	91	SWI	13	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha	0:47.049
9	FORATO Alberto	303	ITA	12	SM Action #racing Team Yuasa Battery	GasGas	0:50.160
10	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	11	Kawasaki #racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki	0:51.649
11	TIXIER Jordi	911	FRA	10	JT911 KTM #racing Team	KTM	1:11.265
12	EVANS Mitch	43	AUS	9	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	1:15.694
13	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	8	Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas	1:23.208
14	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	7	JM Honda Racing	Honda	1:23.731
15	ROOSIORG Hardi	75	EST	6	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM	1:56.036
16	LEOK Tanel	7	EST	5	A1M Husqvarna	Husqvarna	1:58.416
17	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	4	Riley Racing	Yamaha	1 Lap
18	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	3	JK #racing Yamaha Active	Yamaha	1 Lap
19	VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy	89	BEL	2	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta	2 Laps
20	SIHVONEN Miro	147	FIN	1	JWR Honda Racing	Honda	11 Laps

MXGP 2022 Sunday, April 24th 2022

Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	GAJSER Tim	243	SLO	286	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda
2	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	220	Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas
3	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	215	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha
4	SEEWER Jeremy	91	SWI	187	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha
5	COLDENHOFF Glenn	259	NDL	177	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team	Yamaha
6	FERNANDEZ Ruben	70	SPA	163	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
7	BOGERS Brian	189	NDL	154	Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory #racing Team	Husqvarna
8	VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy	89	BEL	140	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta
9	FORATO Alberto	303	ITA	124	SM Action #racing Team Yuasa Battery	GasGas
10	JONASS Pauls	41	LAT	120	Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team	GasGas
11	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	101	Kawasaki #racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki
12	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	96	Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing	Yamaha
13	EVANS Mitch	43	AUS	91	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda
14	TIXIER Jordi	911	FRA	90	JT911 KTM #racing Team	KTM
15	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	82	F&H #racing Team	Kawasaki
16	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	77	JM Honda Racing	Honda
17	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	73	Team Diga-Procross	KTM
18	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	61	Riley Racing	Yamaha
19	KOCH Tom	226	GER	41	KTM Kozak Team	KTM
20	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	33	JK #racing Yamaha Active	Yamaha
21	ROOSIORG Hardi	75	EST	20	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM
22	LUPINO Alessandro	77	ITA	11	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta
23	ROLANDO Nicolas	144	URU	10	Wildcard Rider	Suzuki
24	GUILLOD Valentin	92	SWI	10	iXS #mxgp Team	Yamaha
25	SIHVONEN Miro	147	FIN	8	JWR Honda Racing	Honda
26	MONTICELLI Ivo	128	ITA	7	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki
27	VILLARONGA Sergio	276	CHI	6	Wildcard Rider	Honda
28	ARCO Dario	40	ARG	6	Wildcard Rider	Suzuki
29	LEOK Tanel	7	EST	6	A1M Husqvarna	Husqvarna
30	MARTIN Humberto	101	VEN	5	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha

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