Complicated day for Dylan Walsh in Spain
The 12th round of the MXGP world championship was a complicated one for JM Honda Racing. The team’s lead rider Dylan Walsh had a tough day in Arroyomolinos and DNF’d in both motos. Team mate Artem Guryev achieved his personal best scoring two world championship points at the brand new Intu Xanadu race track.
The MXGP fraternity was entering unchartered territory today as no one had ever raced the rutted hard pack clay track before. With limited track time before both motos the riders had an entirely new kind of challenge on their hand. Walsh eventually qualified 18, while Guryev rode more carefully and ended up 22nd.
Although we’ve become used to Walsh getting strong starts on his JM Honda Racing CRF450R the talented Kiwi once again got out of the gate impressively. Third going into the second corner Dylan circulated inside the top-10 for the first 10 minutes. Unfortunately the British MX2 champ hit a rock in one of the ruts which damaged his rear sprocket and caused the chain to come undone.
After a decent start around P15 Guryev went down early on. The #555 JM Honda Racing was relegated to a comeback race from that point on, nevertheless he picked up his first point of the season. Race two started promising again for Dylan. From just outside the top-10 he pushed on to eighth but crashed out of the race on the wave section. Starting from the outside Artem showed the power of the HGS Exhausts equipped bike too! Guryev was just inside the top-10 however the resolved Russian got caught up behind two fallen riders. Although he lost much ground Artem kept pushing and crossed the line 20th for the second time.
JM Honda Racing will race at home for the next three rounds as the FIM Motocross World Championship heads to Lommel, Belgium.
Dylan Walsh: “Not so much to say after today I’m afraid! Although I have to say I enjoyed racing on that track. Moto one was going quite well until I had this issue with my chain. Early on in the second moto I was just behind Desalle gunning for 7th when the drama happened… Not how I wanted to end my day here, but luckily nothing too serious either.”
Artem Guryev: “Finally my first points! Let’s hope we can turn this into a habit from now on. Not the easiest day as the track was quite tricky and very different from the previous races. It was a pity I got caught behind these two riders who ran into trouble early in the second moto, I lost a lot of time but my start was really good. This has been a step in the right direction but I would even be more happy if we can score points at every round!”
MXGP Race 1
1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 34:13.277; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:07.125; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:09.513; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:16.409; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, GASGAS), +0:17.950; 6. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:31.813; 7. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:37.419; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:41.385; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Honda), +0:49.693; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:54.604; 11. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:02.054; 12. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:08.880; 13. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GASGAS), +1:12.314; 14. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +1:14.588; 15. Henry Jacobi (GER, Yamaha), +1:24.840; 16. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:26.025; 17. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), +1:27.955; 18. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), +1:36.785; 19. Ander Valentin (ESP, Husqvarna), +1:42.226; 20. Artem Guryev (RUS, JM Honda Racing), -1 lap(s); 21. Dylan Walsh (GBR, JM Honda Racing), -5 lap(s); 22. Mitchell Evans (AUS, Honda), -14 lap(s);
MXGP Race 2
1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 34:32.685; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:04.455; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:17.405; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, GASGAS), +0:21.940; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:27.027; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:29.646; 7. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:35.318; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:40.176; 9. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Honda), +0:43.221; 10. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:46.577; 11. Henry Jacobi (GER, Yamaha), +0:55.400; 12. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GASGAS), +0:58.732; 13. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +1:09.113; 14. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +1:15.908; 15. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), +1:35.848; 16. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:38.742; 17. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), +1:40.679; 18. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +1:48.468; 19. Ander Valentin (ESP, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 20. Artem Guryev (RUS, JM Honda Racing), -1 lap(s); 21. Dylan Walsh (GBR, JM Honda Racing), -15 lap(s);
GP of Spain classification
1. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 42 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 42 p.; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, GAS), 34 p.; 5. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 32 p.; 6. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 26 p.; 10. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 24 p.; 11. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 18 p.; 12. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GAS), 17 p.; 13. Henry Jacobi (GER, YAM), 16 p.; 14. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 14 p.; 15. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 14 p.; 16. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), 9 p.; 17. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), 8 p.; 18. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 8 p.; 19. Ander Valentin (ESP, HUS), 4 p.; 20. Artem Guryev (RUS, JM HONDA Racing), 2 p.; 21. Dylan Walsh (GBR, JM HONDA Racing), 0 p.; 22. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 0 p.;
MXGP standings after 12 rounds
1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 441 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 417 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 396 p.; 4. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 391 p.; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, GAS), 375 p.; 6. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 346 p.; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 311 p.; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 294 p.; 9. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 263 p.; 10. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HUS), 248 p.; 11. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 228 p.; 12. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 221 p.; 13. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 151 p.; 14. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 145 p.; 15. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 142 p.; 16. Henry Jacobi (GER, YAM), 134 p.; 17. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, GAS), 122 p.; 18. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, YAM), 82 p.; 19. Michele Cervellin (ITA, YAM), 73 p.; 20. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 71 p.; 21. Benoit Paturel (FRA, HON), 45 p.; 22. Dylan Walsh (GBR, HON), 41 p.; 23. Tanel Leok (EST, HUS), 41 p.; 24. Petar Petrov (BUL, KTM), 39 p.; 25. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), 34 p.; 26. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HUS), 33 p.; 27. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 31 p.; 28. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 29 p.; 29. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 26 p.; 30. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 21 p.; 31. Pascal Rauchenecker (AUT, KTM), 19 p.; 32. Karlis Sabulis (LAT, KTM), 18 p.; 33. Nicholas Lapucci (ITA, KTM), 15 p.; 34. Thomas Covington (USA, YAM), 15 p.; 35. Harri Kullas (EST, HON), 11 p.; 36. Lars van Berkel (NED, HUS), 9 p.; 37. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, YAM), 9 p.; 38. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HUS), 5 p.; 39. Ander Valentin (ESP, HUS), 4 p.; 40. Zachary Pichon (FRA, HON), 2 p.; 41. Artem Guryev (RUS, HON), 2 p.; 42. Tom Koch (GER, KTM), 2 p.; 43. Anton Gole (SWE, HON), 2 p.;
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