The 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship got underway this weekend at Orlyonok, Russia. Defending World Champion’s Tim Gajser (HRC Honda) and Tom Vialle (Red Bull KTM) both went 1-1 on the day laying down a marker to their respective competitors.
The series now heads to Matterley Basin in the United Kingdom for round two on the 27th June.
MXGP Overall Results – Orlyonok, Russia
POS RIDER NAT MANUFACTURER RACE 1 RACE 2 TOTAL 1 Tim Gajser SLO Honda 25 25 50 2 Jeffrey Herlings NED KTM 18 22 40 3 Romain Febvre FRA Kawasaki 22 15 37 4 Alessandro Lupino ITA KTM 16 18 34 5 Jeremy Seewer SUI Yamaha 15 16 31 6 Thomas Kjer Olsen DEN Husqvarna 13 14 27 7 Jorge Prado ESP KTM 12 13 25 8 Pauls Jonass LAT GASGAS 0 20 20 9 Jeremy Van Horebeek BEL Beta 10 10 20 10 Antonio Cairoli ITA KTM 20 0 20 11 Jordi Tixier FRA KTM 8 11 19 12 Arnaud Tonus SUI Yamaha 6 12 18 13 Brent Van Doninck BEL Yamaha 14 4 18 14 Calvin Vlaanderen NED Yamaha 9 6 15 15 Kevin Strijbos BEL Yamaha 5 9 14 16 Alvin Östlund SWE Yamaha 7 7 14 17 Glenn Coldenhoff NED Yamaha 11 3 14 18 Shaun Simpson GBR KTM 4 5 9 19 Adam Sterry GBR KTM 0 0 8 20 Nathan Watson GBR Honda 3 1 4 21 Vsevelod Brylyakov MFR Honda 0 2 2 22 Lorenzo Locurcio VEN KTM 2 0 2 23 Ben Watson GBR Yamaha 1 0 1
MX2 Overall Results – Orlyonok, Russia
POS RIDER NAT MANUFACTURER RACE 1 RACE 2 TOTAL 1 Tom Vialle FRA KTM 25 25 50 2 Ruben Fernandez ESP Honda 22 20 42 3 Mathys Boisrame FRA Kawasaki 18 22 40 4 Roan Van De Moosdijk NED Kawasaki 20 16 36 5 Rene Hofer AUT KTM 16 18 34 6 Maxime Renaux FRA Yamaha 15 12 27 7 Jed Beaton AUS Husqvarna 14 10 24 8 Mattia Guadagnini ITA KTM 12 11 23 9 Simon Laengenfelder GER GASGAS 9 13 22 10 Jan Pancar SLO KTM 13 9 22 11 Thibault Benistant FRA Yamaha 6 14 20 12 Jago Geerts BEL Yamaha 4 15 19 13 Andrea Adamo ITA GASGAS 7 8 15 14 Wilson Todd AUS Kawasaki 5 7 12 15 Mikkel Haarup DEN Kawasaki 8 4 12 16 Kay de Wolf NED Husqvarna 11 0 11 17 Stephen Rubini FRA Honda 10 0 10 18 Lion Florian GER KTM 2 6 8 19 Jakub Teresak CZE KTM 0 5 5 20 Bastian Boegh Damm DEN KTM 3 2 5 21 Kevin Brumann SUI Yamaha 0 3 3 22 Timur Petrashin MFR KTM 0 1 1 23 Isak Gifting SWE GASGAS 1 0 1
Words: Daniel Blackham Lead Image: Bavo Swijgers
