GAJSER, HERLINGS STAR IN SPAIN
A
fter a relatively unsuccess-
ful showing in front of his
"home" crowd in Italy, Slovenian
rookie Tim Gajser was back
to his best at the hard pack
Talavera de la Reina circuit in
Spain, May 29, winning both
races in convincing style and
making passes that others just
couldn't seem to make. While
there were plenty of ruts, there
only seemed to be one good
line and once inside the top 10,
getting past any other rider was
proving extremely difficult. Not
for the red-plate holder, Honda
rider Gajser, though, as his first
couple of laps in both races
saw him make move after move
to work his way into the lead,
passing Max Nagl both times on
his way to maximum points. The
German rider tried his best and
with this 2-2 performance he
isn't completely out of the title
hunt and it did see him make
up good ground on both Red
Bull KTM's Antonio Cairoli and
Yamaha's Romain Febvre.
In fact, it was these two rid-
ers who provided the biggest
controversy of the weekend in
the MXGP Qualifying race when
Cairoli ran over a grounded
Febvre, severely damaging the
reigning champ's arm. Despite
being in a lot of pain, the Febvre
was able to gut out 9-4 results,
which keeps Gajser just about
within sight in the championship.
For the Italian, after Trentino
where he won, this was a major
step backwards as he actually
scored two less points than his
injured rival, only good enough
for seventh overall and dropping
him to 47 points back.
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