Brent van Doninck close of scoring a top ten position in Spain

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Brent van Doninck of the JM Racing Honda team has come close to a top ten place during the last round of the MXGP World Championship in Cozar, Spain. Van Doninck had a difficult first moto in which he failed to score, but he came back strong in the second moto and then crossed the finish flag in eleventh place.

In the first moto, van Doninck got a good start but was pushed wide in the first corner. To make matters worse, he crashed during the first lap and hurt his hand and thumb. Van Doninck continued on his way but crashed again later in the moto and was then so far behind that scoring points was no longer an option.

In the second moto he got his revenge. He was in a battle with Maxime Renaux for ninth place for a long time. He rode a strong moto but was passed by Jan Pancar in the closing stages and eventually crossed the finish line in eleventh place.

After his zero score in the first moto, Van Doninck still finished in fourteenth place in the day’s classification. Max Werner rode the last race of the EMX250 Championship in Spain. In the first moto it didn’t go well. He struggled with arm pump and couldn’t find his feet on the track. Because he couldn’t hold on to the bike well, there was no more in it than a fourteenth place.

In the second moto it went better. He got a good start and rode the entire race in fourth place. With these results he finished in seventh place in the general classification and in the final standings of the championship he finished eighth.

Brent van Doninck will now prepare for the MX of Nations in Matterley Basin, Great Britain where he will defend the colours of Team Belgium.

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Brent van Doninck moet noodgedwongen afmelden voor MXGP China

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Brent van Doninck van JM Racing Honda zal aankomend weekend niet deelnemen aan de MXGP van China. Bij terug komst in België is vastgesteld dat Van Doninck corona heeft waardoor hij niet mag vliegen.

Voor van Doninck en het JM Racing Honda team is dit een flinke domper omdat het materiaal al in China is en de vluchten en de hotels geboekt zijn.

Het zit van Doninck momenteel niet mee in het wereldkampioenschap. Na een sterke terugkeer in het kampioenschap met goede resultaten moest van Doninck onlangs in Zwitserland de wedstrijd overslaan na een val bij de start in de kwalificatieheat. Het afgelopen weekend kon hij zijn draai niet vinden in Turkije en nu moet hij de wedstrijd in China aan zich voorbij laten gaan. Wanneer van Doninck er weer bovenop is, zal hij zich gaan voorbereiden op de laatste Grand Prix van het seizoen in Spanje!

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Maximilian Werner sixth in EMX250 Turkey

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Maximilian Werner of the JM Racing Honda team finished sixth in the penultimate round of the EMX250 Championship in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Werner crossed the finish line in ninth place in the first moto but did even better in the second moto with a sixth place.

Werner immediately had a good feeling on the track. This ensured that he managed to set a good sixth time in time training, which was his best result in time training so far. Motivated, he started preparing for the first moto. He didn’t get a good start but managed to quickly work his way up to sixth place in the early stages. He then attacked the rider in front of him but couldn’t get by him. He took over the speed of the rider in front of him and this resulted in him starting to make mistakes. Werner lost several positions and eventually finished ninth.

Before the second moto, Werner suffered a major setback. He crashed heavily in the sighting lap and it was unclear whether he would be able to ride. Werner decided to ride anyway and surprisingly managed to take the lead. He was riding a good race and managed to cross the finish line in sixth place.

With a 9-6 in the motos, Werner finished in sixth place in the day’s classification. In the standings of the EMX250 Championship he has climbed to seventh place.

Brent van Doninck had a difficult weekend in the MXGP class. The whole weekend he couldn’t get the right feeling and therefore didn’t get any further than twentieth and fifteenth place.

Overall EMX250 Turkey:
1 Mathis Valin 50 Pnt
2 Ivano van Erp 42 Pnt
3 Valerio Lata 40 Pnt
4 Cas Valk 38 Pnt
5 Gavin Towers 32 Pnt
6 Maximilian Werner 27 Pnt

EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Mathis Valin 420 Pnt
2 Valerio Lata 399 Pnt
3 Cas Valk 389 Pnt
4 Ivano van Erp 313 Pnt
5 Saad Soulimani 223 Pnt
7 Maximilian Werner 176 Pnt

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Max Werner scores third place in EMX250 Switzerland

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JM Racing Honda’s Max Werner finished third in the penultimate round of the EMX250 Championship in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Werner managed to achieve this position in the second moto after he was classified 33rd in the first moto due to dehydration.

It was really hot on Saturday and this made it tough for the riders. The track was dry and fast. After Werner had managed to set a thirteenth time on the clock in time practice, he did not a good start in the first moto. He had to work his way back to the front from around twentieth place. This went well and before the middle of the race he was already in twelfth place. He kept the pace high until he overheated and had to drop the pace. Werner was no longer able to ride normally and lost a lot of positions. He finally was classified in 33rd position.

After the moto, Werner immediately went to the medical post to be treated. Fortunately, he slowly recovered and was able to ride in the second moto on Sunday morning. Due to the heavy rainfall in the night from Saturday to Sunday, the conditions were completely different. The track had become muddy and very treacherous.

Werner took the lead in the second moto and led the field after the start. In the early stages he dropped back to third place but was riding a very strong race and managed to hold on well. Werner crossed the finish line in third and scored a lot of important points.

Due to his zero score in the first moto, he had to settle for eleventh place in the day’s classification. He is now ninth in the EMX250 Championship standings.

Brent van Doninck had a setback in Switzerland. He crashed at the start of the qualifying heat and suffered a concussion. He also suffers a lot from a bolt in his foot, which was put in during his foot fracture earlier this year. Van Doninck will have surgery on in the short term so that he can resume training soon without any problems.

Overall EMX250 Switzerland:
1 Valerio Lata 47 Pnt
2 Mathis Valin 43 Pnt
3 Cas Valk 37 Pnt
4 Nico Greutmann 32 Pnt
5 Benjamin Garib 31 Pnt
11 Max Werner 20 Pnt

EMX250 Championship Standings:
1 Mathis Valin 370 Pnt
2 Valerio Lata 359 Pnt
3 Cas Valk 351 Pnt
4 Ivano van Erp 271 Pnt
5 Saad Soulimani 198 Pnt
9 Max Werner 149 Pnt

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Van Doninck scores another top ten finish in MXGP of Arnhem

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Brent van Doninck of JM Racing Honda has scored another top ten moto finish at the Dutch MXGP in Arnhem. Van Doninck managed to finish eighth in the second moto.

Van Doninck had a good weekend on the tough sand circuit and he showed this already on Saturday. He set a ninth fastest time in time practice and this was also his position in the qualifying heat. Perhaps it could have been a little bit better because in the last five minutes he ran out of tear offs. As a result, he was unable to attack Mattia Guadagnini, who was riding in front of him, and he had to settle for ninth place.

The first moto on Sunday started with a setback as Van Doninck was involved in a crash in the first corner after the start and had to start the race at the back. Giving it his all, he came back to eighteenth place and scored three points.

At the start of the second moto, Van Doninck was boxed in and had to come back to the front from around twentieth place. He did this well and with impressive lap times he managed to come back to eighth place.

With these results, he finished in thirteenth place in the general classification.

To gain experience, Max Werner competed in the MX2 class. Werner set a twentieth fastest time in time practice and managed to get a very good start in the qualifying heat. He had some nice battles and was still in the top fifteen in the middle of the race. Unfortunately, Werner had to deal with a mechanical problem in the closing stages that forced him to abandon the race.

In the first moto on Sunday, Werner rode a good first half of the race and was in seventeenth place for a long time. However, in the closing stages, the tough circuit started to take its toll and Werner left the race with three laps to go.

With the EMX250 race in Switzerland coming up, it was decided not to race in the second moto because this race was to gain experience in the MX2 class.

Overall MXGP Arnhem:
1 Jeffrey Herlings 50 Pnt
2 Jorge Prado 44 Pnt
3 Tim Gajser 38 Pnt
4 Glenn Coldenhoff 38 Pnt
5 Romain Febvre 32 Pnt
13 Brent van Doninck

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Brent van Doninck close to top ten in MXGP of Sweden

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Brent van Doninck of JM Racing Honda came close to the top ten in the fifteenth round of the MXGP world championship in Uddevalla, Sweden. Van Doninck managed to finish eleventh and twelfth in the motos and became eleventh in the overall classification.

Due to the heavy rainfall on Friday, the circuit was slippery on Saturday with treacherous hard ruts. Van Doninck used his time in practice to get used to the circuit and managed to set a twelfth time in time practice. Van Doninck also finished twelfth in the qualifying heat and was looking forward to the motos on Sunday with confidence.

In the first moto, Van Doninck got off to a reasonable start and came out of the first lap just inside the top fifteen. With a good rhythm, he managed to work his way up to eleventh place within a few laps. Van Doninck had his sights on the top ten but failed to gain an extra position and finished eleventh.

The start of the second moto was better and this time he came out of the first lap in eleventh place. He worked his way up to tenth place and managed to hold on for a number of laps. However, in the closing stages he could not hold on to this position and lost two places. Exhausted, Van Doninck crossed the finish line in twelfth place and became eleventh in the overall classification.

Max Werner competed in the EMX250 class in Sweden. Werner managed to take the lead in both motos and was leading for laps in the first moto. He couldn’t hold on to this and dropped back to tenth place during the race. In the second moto things went better for Werner and he was riding a solid race. Werner finished in a good seventh place and became seventh in the day’s classification as well.

In the EMX250 Championship, Werner is in tenth place. This weekend, JM Racing Honda will compete in the Dutch Grand Prix in Arnhem. Brent van Doninck will ride in the MXGP class and Max Werner will compete in the MX2 class.

Overall MXGP Sweden:
1 Jorge Prado 50 Pnt
2 Tim Gajser 42 Pnt
3 Jeffrey Herlings 38 Pnt
4 Romain Febvre 38 Pnt
5 Calvin Vlaanderen 31 Pnt
11 Brent van Doninck 19 Pnt

Overall EMX250 Zweden:
1 Ivano van Erp 44 Pnt
2 Valerio Lata 43 Pnt
3 Mathis Valin 40 Pnt
4 Cas Valk 40 Pnt
5 Benjamin Garib 32 Pnt
7 Max Werner 25 Pnt

Photocredits – Fullspectrum Media