Just after the MXGP of Spain we headed to France for the 10th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship on the legendary venue of Ernee. Last time we visited the “Circuit Raymond DEMY” was in 2017 when Jerre ended 5th overall in the GP, in 2015 Jeremy was 3rd in the Motocross of nations with team Belgium. We had heavy rain on saturday what made the track very muddy and tricky. Despite the extremely track conditions our Belgian rider decide to start in the qualifying race, while many other riders who had been adversely affected did not. The Jerre put in a great performance ending in excellent second position in the qualifying race.
It stayed dry during the night from Saturday to Sunday, and thanks to the hard work of the organisers to fix the track, the Sunday races could be held as normal.
Thanks to the 2nd place in the qualifying race he had an excellent position at the start of the first race. In the first corner he could avoid a crash that involved many riders what brought him in the top 5. Immediately he found the right pace on his factory Beta RX 450 and thanks to his determination he ended the race in a great 6th position.
By the start of the second race he couldn’t find a gap and went in the first lap in 10th position. Riding simular lap times as the top 5 brought him in a 7th position but in the last lap he was overtake bij Jonass and end the second race in 8th position what was good for a 7th overall and still 9th in the World Championship standings. Now we moves on to Germany, for the next GP to be held on 11 and 12 June in Teutschenthal.
MXGP Race 1: 1. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), 34:57.531; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:05.336; 3. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:14.105; 4. Henry Jacobi (GER, Honda), +0:20.293; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:23.459; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +0:29.766; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:37.291; 8. Ben Watson (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:40.679; 9. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:46.524; 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:48.357; 11. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Husqvarna), +0:53.819; 12. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:58.748; 13. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:04.270; 14. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Honda), +1:17.071; 15. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +1:19.496; 16. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Yamaha), +1:46.115; 17. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, Honda), +1:49.013; 18. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, Honda), +1:54.667; 19. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), +1:56.267; 20. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, Fantic), +2:01.413; 21. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), -1 lap(s); 22. Mitchell Evans (AUS, Honda), -1 lap(s); 23. Brad Todd (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 24. Pierre Moine (FRA, Honda), -2 lap(s); 25. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), -3 lap(s); 26. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), -6 lap(s); 27. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, Husqvarna), -10 lap(s); 28. Alberto Forato (ITA, GASGAS), -16 lap(s);
MXGP Race 2: 1. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), 34:11.133; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:01.786; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:06.128; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:07.313; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:19.403; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:21.686; 7. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Husqvarna), +0:31.538; 8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Beta), +0:34.791; 9. Ben Watson (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:36.742; 10. Mitchell Evans (AUS, Honda), +1:00.231; 11. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:02.625; 12. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +1:04.484; 13. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:05.835; 14. Alvin Östlund (SWE, Yamaha), +1:20.736; 15. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, Honda), +1:29.770; 16. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, Fantic), +1:39.148; 17. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Yamaha), +1:50.438; 18. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), +1:57.382; 19. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), -1 lap(s); 20. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 21. Brad Todd (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 22. Henry Jacobi (GER, Honda), -2 lap(s); 23. Pierre Moine (FRA, Honda), -2 lap(s); 24. Petar Petrov (BUL, Kawasaki), -8 lap(s); 25. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), -10 lap(s); 26. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Honda), -15 lap(s);
MXGP Overall: 1. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 47 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 42 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 34 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 34 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 30 p.; 6. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 29 p.; 7. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, BET), 28 p.; 8. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 9. Ben Watson (GBR, KAW), 25 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 24 p.; 11. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 21 p.; 12. Henry Jacobi (GER, HON), 18 p.; 13. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 16 p.; 14. Alvin Östlund (SWE, YAM), 12 p.; 15. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 11 p.; 16. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, HON), 9 p.; 17. Benoit Paturel (FRA, HON), 7 p.; 18. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, FAN), 6 p.; 19. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 6 p.; 20. Christophe Charlier (FRA, YAM), 4 p.; 21. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), 4 p.; 22. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, HON), 4 p.; 23. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 3 p.; 24. Giuseppe Tropepe (ITA, HUS), 1 p.; 25. Brad Todd (GBR, KTM), 0 p.; 26. Pierre Moine (FRA, HON), 0 p.; 27. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 0 p.; 28. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 0 p.;
World Championship Standings: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 438 points; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 365 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 339 p.; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 332 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 306 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 272 p.; 7. Brian Bogers (NED, HUS), 243 p.; 8. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 220 p.; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, BET), 217 p.; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 200 p.; 11. Alberto Forato (ITA, GAS), 172 p.; 12. Ben Watson (GBR, KAW), 162 p.; 13. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 147 p.; 14. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 144 p.; 15. Henry Jacobi (GER, HON), 132 p.; 16. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 128 p.; 17. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 109 p.; 18. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, KTM), 73 p.; 19. Alvin Östlund (SWE, YAM), 71 p.; 20. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 52 p.; 21. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 44 p.; 22. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 32 p.; 23. Hardi Roosiorg (EST, KTM), 32 p.; 24. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, HON), 27 p.; 25. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, BET), 18 p.; 26. Benoit Paturel (FRA, HON), 18 p.; 27. Miro Sihvonen (FIN, HON), 18 p.; 28. Christophe Charlier (FRA, YAM), 17 p.; 29. Jorge Zaragoza (ESP, HON), 12 p.; 30. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, FAN), 11 p.
Text Smeys G. Photo by Messora D.
