Despite battles throughout the
pack, Jorge Prado and Ruben
Fernandez held on for second
and third.
Prado looked to bounce back
in race two and grabbed the early
lead over Romain Febvre and
Gajser. Prado held the lead for
the first few laps before Gajser
struck with a bold pass around
the outside of an elevated turn.
Gajser controlled the race from
here on out and went on to claim
the overall with perfect 1-1 fin-
ishes. Prado and Febvre duked it
out for much of the race but the
GasGas rider held on for second.
Fernandez came home fourth but
his 3-4 scores edged Febvre for
the overall podium, his second
of the year. Gajser continues to
hold the points lead over Prado
who is now second, Jeremey
Seewer is third.
MX2
After his mechanical debacle
in Germany, Tom Vialle came to
Indonesia second in points but
looking to regain the champi-
onship lead over Jago Geerts.
Vialle took control early on as he
holeshotted MX2 race one and
broke away with the lead. Geerts
started a bit further back but
quickly moved his way to sec-
ond. He didn't have enough to
catch Vialle, though, and the run-
ning order finished with Vialle in
front, Geerts second, and Simon
Laengenfelder in third.
Laengenfelder grabbed the
start in race two but Vialle found
his way to the lead after just two
turns. Trouble struck for Geerts
early on lap one as he tangled
and crashed with Kevin Horgmo.
Geerts remounted but fell another
two times during the race before
finishing fifth. Up front, Vialle
made a huge mistake, which he
saved, but allowed Laengenfelder
to take the lead for a few laps.
Laengenfelder then fell on a steep
downhill, putting Vialle back into
the top spot. Vialle went on to
take the race win and the overall,
Laengenfelder finished second,
and Thibault Benistant rounded
out the podium with a third in race
two. With his win, Vialle reclaimed
the points lead to four points over
Geerts.
CN
MXGP
1. Tim Gajser (Hon) 1-1
2. Jorge Prado (GG) 2-2
3. Ruben Fernandez (Hon) 3-4
4. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 5-3
5. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yam) 4-6
MX2
1. Tom Vialle (KTM) 1-1
2. Simon Laengenfelder (GG) 3-2
3. Thibault Benistant (Yam) 4-3
4. Jago Geerts (Yam)2-5
5. Andrea Adamo (GG) 7-4
IN
THE
WIND
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MX2 winner Vialle (center) flanked by
Laengenfelder (left) and Thibault Benistant.
MXGP of Indonesia Highlights
