Seventh overall at the MXGP of Indonesia for returning Vlaanderen

After missing the previous five MX2 races, Team HRC’s Calvin Vlaanderen returned to action and scored a solid seventh overall in hot, tough conditions of Palembang, Indonesia which hosted the 11^th round of the 2019 world motocross championship.

The day started really well for Vlaanderen with a good start in race one that left him in fourth place after the first lap. Riding a consistent speed and keeping up with those in front, Vlaanderen remained in fourth until the chequered flag, which was a really good comeback considering his lengthy layoff. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to replicate this in race two as he got pushed down the field in the first few bends. Then, as he set about charging through the pack, a crash on lap five left him right at the back of the field and with a lot of work ahead of him. Knowing that any chance of a podium has gone, Vlaanderen put his head down and worked his way up the leader board, picking off riders who were struggling around him, eventually finishing in 13^th place. Despite the second race, he knows that his fitness is still improving and that he gets better every time the gate drops.

Vlaanderen now has a few days to get ready for the 12^th round of the MX2 series which takes place in Semarang, Indonesia where he was third overall last year, narrowly missing out on a second moto victory.

Calvin Vlaanderen ¹⁰

It’s really good to be back at the GPs and I’ve missed it a lot to be honest. I’m still physically not 100% and it shows in my racing but I’m really happy to be back racing and to be here with the whole team. Today I had quite a positive day and even though I wasn’t able to end on a good note, I’m still taking it as a good overall performance. In the first race I got off to a good start and was immediately in fourth place, I found my own groove, riding good laptimes the whole race and I finished fourth which was very good. In the second race I also got a good jump but I was pushed wide in the first corner and was way back in the pack. I made some good passes the first couple of laps and was coming through well but then I made a mistake at the end of the pitlane and hit my ribs with the handlebars as I went off the track. After that I couldn’t even see the guys in front so I just wanted to put in some consistent laps for my own fitness, and I ended up in 13th.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager – MXGP

As I said before the weekend, we weren’t really putting any expectations on Calvin for this weekend. We knew it had been a long layoff and we knew conditions would be tough with the heat and humidity. However we were really impressed to see him running in fourth for the whole of the first race, making no mistakes and just riding a solid pace. Things didn’t quite go as well in race two but overall we are happy with his comeback and we know he has much more to give in the coming few rounds.

MX2 2019 Sunday, July 7th 2019RaceRound 11 MX2 of Indonesia

Race 1

SUNNYAir Temp34°CTrack CondRutted

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	6.767
2	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	22	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	33:40.277
3	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	20	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	14.306
4	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	18	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	20.497
5	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	16	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	25.275
6	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	15	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	35.933
7	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	14	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	43.472
8	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	13	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	48.482
9	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	12	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	50.722
10	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	11	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	50.761
11	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	10	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	55.709
12	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	9	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	58.658
13	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	8	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	1:06.360
14	PICHON Zachary	101	FRA	7	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	1:12.611
15	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	6	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM	1:18.671
16	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	5	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1 Lap
17	DELVINTOR ALFARIZI Muhammad	325	IDN	4	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna	1 Lap
18	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	3	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	12 Laps
19	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	2	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	13 Laps

MX2 2019 Sunday, July 7th 2019RaceRound 11 MX2 of Indonesia

Race 2

SUNNYAir Temp31°CTrack CondRutted

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	25	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	33:51.534
2	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	22	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	3.587
3	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	20	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	7.156
4	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	18	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha	13.464
5	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	16	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	16.017
6	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	15	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	21.456
7	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	14	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	25.820
8	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	13	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	35.899
9	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	12	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	37.093
10	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	11	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	38.253
11	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	10	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	44.589
12	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	9	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	51.847
13	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	8	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	59.231
14	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	7	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM	1:11.743
15	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	6	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	1 Lap
16	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	5	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1 Lap
17	DELVINTOR ALFARIZI Muhammad	325	IDN	4	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna	2 Laps
18	PICHON Zachary	101	FRA	3	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	18 Laps

MX2 2019 Sunday, July 7th 2019

Rider Standings

Limited to top 30 results

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	PRADO GARCIA Jorge	61	SPA	494	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
2	KJER OLSEN Thomas	19	DEN	443	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
3	GEERTS Jago	193	BEL	334	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
4	VIALLE Tom	28	FRA	326	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
5	JACOBI Henry	29	GER	307	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
6	WATSON Ben	919	GBR	246	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team	Yamaha
7	EVANS Mitchell	43	AUS	226	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
8	STERRY Adam	811	GBR	224	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
9	VAESSEN Bas	98	NDL	209	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
10	RENAUX Maxime	959	FRA	193	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
11	BEATON Jed	14	AUS	192	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
12	CERVELLIN Michele	747	ITA	179	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
13	BOISRAME Mathys	172	FRA	169	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
14	POOTJES Davy	46	NDL	157	Team Diga-Procross	Husqvarna
15	VLAANDEREN Calvin	10	NDL	148	Team HRC – MX2	Honda
16	VAN DONINCK Brent	32	BEL	120	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda
17	ÖSTLUND Alvin	161	SWE	104	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
18	LARRANAGA OLANO Iker	66	SPA	95	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
19	WALSH Dylan	53	NZL	95	REVO Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna
20	HARRISON Mitchell	35	USA	94	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki
21	SANAYEI Darian	57	USA	79	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
22	SIKYNA Richard	102	SLK	68	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM
23	STRUBHART MOREAU Brian	225	FRA	58	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki
24	LESIARDO Morgan	44	ITA	52	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
25	PICHON Zachary	101	FRA	41	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
26	MEWSE Conrad	426	GBR	40	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
27	VAN DE MOOSDIJK Roan	39	NDL	23	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
28	FORATO Alberto	303	ITA	23	Wildcard Rider	Husqvarna
29	PESSOA Gustavo	57	BRA	20	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
30	SANDNER Michael	766	AUT	18	Wildcard Rider	KTM