Romain Febvre continued
his recent string of consis-
tency with second overall
for the Kawasaki Racing
Team. The reigning World
Champion finished third in
both motos after spending
much of the day chasing
Herlings and Gajser at the
front of the field. Although
he was unable to challenge
for the race victories, Feb
-
vre capitalized on Coenen's
misfortune
to strengthen
his own championship posi
-
tion while securing another
podium
finish.
Tim Gajser returned to
the podium for the first
time in three months with
a strong third overall finish
for the Monster Energy
Yamaha Factory team.
The Slovenian pressured
Herlings throughout the
opening moto but let a
second runner-up finish slip
away in race two after suffering
a costly tipover while battling
with Febvre. Despite the mistake,
Gajser still recorded 2-3 moto
finishes and secured his first
overall podium since earlier in
the season.
Ruben Fernandez quietly put
together one of his strongest
weekends of the year with fourth
overall aboard the third Honda
HRC Petronas machine. The Span
-
iard consistently ran inside the
top
five in both motos and took
advantage of Tom Vialle's race-
one crash to secure fourth-place
finishes in each race. The solid
points haul moved Fernandez
ahead of Andrea Adamo for sixth
in the championship standings.
Andrea Adamo completed the
top five overall for Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing after another pair
of consistent rides. The Italian
worked forward through the field
in both motos and finished fifth
each time, narrowly missing the
podium battle but continuing to
collect valuable championship
points.
The biggest story of the week
-
end centered around champion-
ship leader Lucas Coenen. Rac-
ing through a leg injury sustained
earlier on Saturday,
the Red Bull
KTM rider was clearly limited in
his ability and retired from race
one in visible pain. He at-
tempted to line up again for
race
two but was forced to
pull off after only a hand-
ful of laps. After leaving
Foxhills
scoreless, Coenen
now holds just an 11-point
advantage over Herlings as
the championship heads to
Loket.
MX2
Guillem Farres continued
his incredible midseason
run by capturing his third
consecutive Grand Prix
victory for the Triumph
Racing Factory Team. The
Spanish rider backed up
another qualifying race win
with a perfect 1-1 sweep
on Sunday, overcoming
consistent pressure from
Simon Laengenfelder in the
opening moto before con
-
trolling race two from the
front.
Farres has now won seven
of the last eight motos and, com-
bined with Sacha Coenen's injury
struggles,
leaves Great Britain
with the championship lead for
the first time this season.
"It was a nice ride," Farres
said. "He [Laengenfelder] made
a mistake in the opening laps,
and I took advantage, and then
we went back and forth for a bit.
Happy that things are going the
right way—the starts are help
-
ing, and hopefully we keep it that
way."
Simon Laengenfelder enjoyed
one of his strongest weekends
of the year with second overall.
The defending MX2 champion
challenged Farres throughout the
opening moto and briefly inher
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For the first time this season,
Guillem Farres now holds the red
plate in the MX2 division.
