Pirelli dominates the European Motocross Grand Prix in Valkenswaard

Pirelli – Il European Grand Prix marked the return of FIM Motocross World Championship on European soil after the inaugural race in Argentina. On the cold and snowy Dutch sand ofEuro circuit di Valkenswaard, all the pilots Pirelli they chose tires SCORPION MX32 Mid Soft front. At the rear SCORPION MX SOFT were once again the great protagonists: in MXGP they were used by the rulers of the day, Jeffrey herlings e Antonio Cairolli, by the official pilots Husqvarna e yamaha, and they monopolized the podiums of MXGP e  MX2.

Jeffrey herlings he didn't do anything wrong in his home race and achieved a fantastic one-two in the class MXGP. The Dutchman, despite a crash in qualifying, was very fast and achieved the eighth victory of his career Valkenswaardahead of the best Antonio Cairolli, author of two holeshots and second in the day's standings. herlings e Cairoli they literally made a vacuum behind them while Gautier Paulin he finished in third place. Pirelli placed its drivers in the top six positions of the MXGP thanks to fourth place Glenn Coldenhoff, on the fifth of Romain Febvre and on the sixth of Max Anstie. Like two weeks ago in Argentina, Pauls jonass he won both heats of the MX2 a Valkenswaard ahead of his teammate Jorge Prado. Even the official pilots KTM of the lesser class they relied on SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft front and new SCORPION™ MX SOFT rear. Pirelli dominated the overall ranking of MX2 in Holland with the third position of Thomas Kjer Olsen. Quinto Thomas Covington and sixth Hunter Lawrence. Victories for Pirelli even in the first test of theEMX125, with a clear brace from the Austrian Rene Hofer (KTM), and in the EMX300 which was won by Greg Smets (KTM), son of the four-time world champion Joel Smets. Next weekend the Championship will continue with the third round of the season, the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community which will be hosted on the new layout of “Redsand” in Spain.

Results (Pirelli riders in bold):

MXGP race 1

1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
3. VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy (BEL)
4. ANSTIE Max (GBR)
5. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)

MXGP race 2

1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
3. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
4. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)
5. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)

MX2 race 1

1. JONASS Pauls (LAT)
2. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)
3. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN)
4. GEERTS Jago (BEL)
5. MEWSE Conrad (GBR)

MX2 race 2

1. JONASS Pauls (LAT)
2. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)
3. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN)
4. MEWSE Conrad (GBR)
5. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)

GP rankings:

MXGP

1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED)
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA)
3. PAULIN Gautier (FRA)
4. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED)
5. FEBVRE Romain (FRA)

MX2

1. JONASS Pauls (LAT)
2. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA)
3. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN)
4. MEWSE Conrad (GBR)
5. COVINGTON Thomas (USA)

Championship standings:

MXGP

1. HERLINGS Jeffrey (NED) p.97
2. CAIROLI Antonio (ITA) p.91
3. DESALLE Clement (BEL) p.67
4. FEBVRE Romain (FRA) p.65
5. PAULIN Gautier (FRA) p.64
6. COLDENHOFF Glenn (NED) p.55

MX2

1. JONASS Pauls (LAT) p.100
2. KJER OLSEN Thomas (DEN) p.82
3. LAWRENCE HUNTER (AUS) p.67
4. PRADO GARCIA Jorge (SPA) p. 63
5. WATSON Ben (GBR) p.61
6. MEWSE Conrad (GBR) p.51