on, he crashed. I knew Jeffrey
was behind me and I knew he
would push in the last laps; I was
waiting for him on my back wheel
and those laps were so long in
the end, but I got the race win
and I am happy."
Herlings' small mistake in the
second moto cost him big—the
overall win and even a chance for
second overall. Instead, he had to
settle for third overall with a 1-4.
"I was looking to make a pass
but with two laps to go I was just
thinking to take home the overall
and I didn't want to take any risk,"
Herlings said. "But then I jumped
into the turn, and I tipped over,
got up to go, my bike wouldn't
start which is normal when the
bikes get hot and that was the
overall gone."
Febvre was fourth overall with
a 5-3 and Cairoli fifth overall with
a 3-6.
Gajser grabbed a few points
back after a few weeks of losing
ground in the championship. He
now leads Febvre, 270-257, in
the MXGP Championship. Prado
is third with 255 and Cairoli sits
fourth with 252. Herlings rounds
out the top five with 227 points.
In MX2, Monster Energy
Yamaha's Maxime Renaux
recorded his first career
double win. He came from
behind in both motos and
took the checkers six sec-
onds ahead of Red Bull
KTM's Mattia Guadagnini
in the first moto and four
seconds ahead of Yamaha
teammate Jago Geerts in
the second moto.
"I got some special
motivation for this race,"
Renaux said. "I really
wanted to get some good points
in the championship before the
break. I didn't have the best start
in both races, but then I could
turn really good, try to make my
passes as quick as possible and
come back. Mattia made two
really good starts. I just found my
pace and found some spaces to
pass him in both races and make
a really good gap to be not under
pressure, then just cruise to the
finish line. So that was really a
perfect day."
Geerts finished out the week-
end second overall with a 3-2
and Guadagnini third overall with
a 3-3.
With the double wins, Renaux
extends his points lead over Gua-
dagnini, 271-237. Geerts is third
with 235.
CN
MXGP
1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 2-2
2. Jorge Prado (KTM) 4-1
3. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 1-4
4. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 5-3
5. Antonio Cairoli (KTM) 3-6
MX2
1. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 1-1
2. Jago Geerts (Yam) 3-2
3. Mattia Guadagnini (KTM) 2-3
4. Tom Vialle (KTM) 6-4
5. Thibault Benistant (Yam) 5-7
VOLUME 58 ISSUE 32 AUGUST 10, 2021 P29
Maxime Renaux
enjoyed his first career
double victory in the
MX2 class, which
extended his lead in the
championship.
