Fifth overall for Vlaanderen at the MXGP of Italy

Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen took a solid fifth place overall at Imola circuit after eight-three results weren’t quite good enough to see him finish on the podium for the second consecutive race.

Unfortunately his chances of backing up his second place in Lommel at the last round where thwarted almost straight away when another rider crashed right in front of the Honda CRF250RW rider in the second turn. By the time Vlaanderen had freed himself from the carnage, he was well outside the top 20 and in damage limitation mode. Once he found his rhythm, he quickly passed a number of riders and was inside the top 10 after just six laps. He made a couple more passes before the end of the moto but was unable to get close to the top five, which would have given him that outside shot of a podium.

Race two went a lot better as he started around the top five, quickly moving into third place where he remained for the rest of the moto, despite a late tip-over with a couple of laps left. This left him with eight-three results which were five shy of third place, which would have been a fairer reflection of the speed he showed over the weekend.

Next weekend gives Vlaanderen the perfect chance to get back on the box as the series heads to Sweden for what will be round 16 of the 2019 world motocross championship.

Calvin Vlaanderen ¹⁰

It wasn’t my best day today. I got a decent start in the first moto but got stuck behind a crashed rider in the second turn and that put me outside the top 20. I think I came from around 22nd to 8th which took a lot of effort on this hot day and I was quite tired after the race with all the energy I expended passing those guys. The second race went a lot better and I was around fourth, quickly passed into third and then I rode there the rest of the race. Unfortunately I crashed in the last two last laps but I was still able to finish third. So I went eight-three for fifth overall which is solid, but not what I’m after as I hope to be on the podium.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager – MXGP

After his podium in Lommel, we were really hoping that Calvin could get up on the box again here in Imola. Unfortunately another rider crashing really ruined his chances on the very first lap because he wasn’t able to get back to a high enough position after that. He still rode well though and in the second moto he showed his true position with a third and that is a real reflection on how he was riding this weekend.

MX2 2019 Sunday, August 18th 2019RaceRound 15 MX2 of Italy

Race 1

SUNNYAir Temp32°CTrack CondHard Pack

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	34:05.826
2	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	8.238
3	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	20	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	20.216
4	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	18	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	26.794
5	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	16	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	40.810
6	HOFER Rene	711	AUT	15	Wildcard Rider	KTM	42.678
7	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	14	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	44.149
8	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	13	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	44.985
9	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	12	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	1:01.497
10	PANCAR Jan	253	SLO	11	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha	1:06.519
11	LAPUCCI Nicholas	211	ITA	10	Italian Factory	KTM	1:09.408
12	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	9	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	1:11.216
13	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	8	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:18.825
14	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	7	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:29.828
15	PICHON Zachary	101	FRA	6	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	1:36.622
16	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	5	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	1:42.801
17	SYDOW Jeremy	104	ARG	4	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna	1 Lap
18	SANDNER Michael	766	AUT	3	Wildcard Rider	KTM	1 Lap
19	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	2	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1 Lap

MX2 2019 Sunday, August 18th 2019RaceRound 15 MX2 of Italy

Race 2

SUNNYAir Temp32°CTrack CondHard Pack

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	33:33.346
2	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	5.383
3	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	20	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	9.582
4	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	18	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	11.834
5	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	16	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	15.620
6	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	15	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	43.287
7	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	14	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	49.076
8	SANAYEI Darian	57	USA	13	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	53.416
9	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	12	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	58.749
10	SYDOW Jeremy	104	ARG	11	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna	1:02.282
11	HOFER Rene	711	AUT	10	Wildcard Rider	KTM	1:06.101
12	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	9	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	1:08.450
13	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	8	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	1:11.765
14	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	7	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM	1:14.703
15	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	6	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	1:20.061
16	LAPUCCI Nicholas	211	ITA	5	Italian Factory	KTM	1:20.815
17	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	4	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1:22.569
18	POLAK Petr	313	CZE	3	JD 191 KTM Racing Team	KTM	1:39.175
19	PESSOA Gustavo	57	BRA	2	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1:42.235
20	PANCAR Jan	253	SLO	1	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha	1 Lap

MX2 2019 Sunday, August 18th 2019

Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	694	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
2	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	564	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
3	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	447	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
4	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	422	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
5	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	416	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
6	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	321	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
7	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	310	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
8	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	282	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
9	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	281	Team HRC – MX2	Honda
10	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	255	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
11	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	250	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
12	EVANS Mitchell	43	AUS	226	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
13	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	219	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
14	CERVELLIN Michele	747	ITA	179	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
15	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	172	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
16	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	165	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
17	POOTJES Davy	46	NDL	157	Team Diga-Procross	Husqvarna
18	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	152	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
19	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	146	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki
20	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	115	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
21	SANAYEI Darian	57	USA	107	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
22	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	106	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM
23	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	94	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki
24	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	91	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
25	PICHON Zachary	101	FRA	64	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
26	HOFER Rene	711	AUT	42	Wildcard Rider	KTM
27	MEWSE Conrad	426	GBR	40	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
28	PANCAR Jan	253	SLO	34	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha
29	SANDNER Michael	766	AUT	32	Wildcard Rider	KTM
30	PESSOA Gustavo	57	BRA	24	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki