In overcast conditions which kept the temperatures low for the area, the MXGP of Türkiye took place today at the Afyon Motor Sport Center with vital World Championship points on the line at round 18, the first of the three-week run-in to the end of the series! There was more joy for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, who won all of the races today with four different riders, but it was their most successful racer ever that took overall victory in MXGP.
Jeffrey Herlings was second to Lucas Coenen in race one, but fought back to take the second race win and claim his 111th Grand Prix winner’s trophy in the process, and his second on the bounce! Behind him, title rivals Coenen and Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s series leader Romain Febvre fought a close duel in the closing stages of race two, with the young Belgian taking second overall ahead of the Frenchman, despite losing out in that second race.
The MX2 class was again full of wild racing with the cream rising to the top, as Simon Längenfelder fought his way forward to take overall victory ahead of his title rival Kay de Wolf after a late charge from the Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing star just fell short in race two! Längenfelder’s teammate Sacha Coenen took third overall after winning race one and sealing the Fox Holeshot award for the season with lightning starts in both races.
As always, there was so much more action than the results can tell at a tense and intriguing MXGP of Türkiye!
