HERLINGS, JONASS TOP
MATTERLEY BASIN MXGP
I
t was another KTM benefit
race at round nine of the 2018
Monster Energy FIM Motocross
World Championship at Great
Britain's Matterley Basin Circuit,
May 3. The orange brand went
1-2 in both the MXGP and MX2
classes.
In MXGP, Red Bull KTM team-
mates Jeffrey Herlings and Anto-
nio Cairoli again went at it for the
moto and GP overall victories.
Both times, Cairoli was leading
late in the race when Herlings
attacked. In the first moto,
Herlings came up through the
pack and started challenging the
defending champ with a couple
laps to go. The teammates
went back and forth a couple of
times, the final time leaving Cai-
roli on the ground when the two
slammed into each other exiting
a turn. Cairoli was no match for
the larger-framed Herlings who
stayed upright and went on to
win the race. Cairoli quickly got
up and salvaged second place
ahead of former champ Tim
Gajser (Honda HRC), Clement
Desalle (Monster Energy Kawa-
saki) and Romain Febvre (Mon-
ster Energy Yamaha).
Race two was another heart-
breaker for Cairoli who led every
lap except the all-important last
lap, which is when Herlings, who
chased in second from lap one,
attacked and successfully com-
pleted a pass on Cairoli and took
the checkered flag 1.1 seconds
ahead of the Italian moments later.
The two KTMs were well clear
of the next bike ridden by Febvre
in third place. Febvre crossed
IN
THE
WIND
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Jeffrey Herlings ran
down his teammate
and defending MXGP
champ Antonio Cairoli
in both motos to take
the overall win at
Matterley Basin.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RAY
ARCHER
