Preview Report

New face for HRC MX2 heading into Valkenswaard

Team HRC – MX2

19 Apr 2017

GP of Trentino

Pietramurata, Italy

MX2 2017, Round 5

Joining Michele Cervellin in HRC MX2, riding the CRF250RW, is 22-year-old Dutchman Lars Van Berkel who will be filling in for the injured Chihiro Notsuka.

Coming just one week after the MXGP of Trentino as the European season starts to come thick and fast, the MXGP of Europe represents the first real sand race of the year. Located just over the Dutch / Belgian border, Valkenswaard is old-school motocross and equally popular with the fans as it is challenging for the riders.

Fresh from his MX2 debut with Honda Europe team Vamo Racing in Argentina and Trentino, Van Berkel is graduating to HRC for the next two rounds of the MX2 Category in Valkenswaard and Latvia. As a good sand rider, these two races should suit him well, and he is no stranger to Honda having won the Dutch championship on the Honda CRF150R in 2009. Vamo Racing have released Van Berkel to HRC to give the Dutchman the opportunity to showcase his talent as the Honda Racing Family continues to search for and promote new talent. This will be his last year in MX2 before moving up to the MXGP class next season.

Following a Grand Prix career-best qualifying in Trentino despite nursing a hand injury, Michele Cervellin will be looking to continue the form he showed in Italy and climb back up the championship table this weekend in Valkenswaard. He is familiar with the popular Belgian sand track having raced there in the European rounds last year.

The MX2 qualifying race starts at 16:25 local time on Saturday 22nd April.

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Michele Cervellin ⁷⁴⁷

I rode at Valkenswaard for the first-time last year when I was racing in the Europeans and I got seventh overall so I know I can do ok here. My focus is getting a top 10 finish and I don’t mind the tough sandy conditions here. My goal is to get a good start and ride smoothly and consistently as the track is very rough and will get worse throughout the day.

Team HRC – MX2

Lars Van Berkel ¹⁰⁷

It is a dream come true to ride for the Honda Racing Corporation Factory team for the next two rounds. I am going to make the best of it and try to show that I deserve the ride. I was riding for Vamo Honda this year and I am grateful that they have allowed me to take this opportunity. I have ridden Hondas for many years so I know the bike well and it is a bike that I feel good on. Valkensward is a track I know fairly well as it is a home race so I am going to go there with my ‘A’ game. The most important thing for me is that I ride like I know I can.

Team HRC – MX2

Roger Harvey

HRC General Manager - MXGP

We are pleased to have Lars on-board with HRC for the next two rounds.He has been a loyal Honda rider for many years and as a Dutchman, he is looking forward to riding in the sand in Latvia and Valkenswaard.
Michele proved in Arco that he has grown as a rider and is starting to show what he is capable of. Although he will still be riding with a small hand injury this weekend his consistent riding and strength should pay off this weekend in the difficult Dutch sand track.

Team HRC – MXGP

19 Apr 2017

GP of Trentino

Pietramurata, Italy

MX2 2017, Round 5

Cloudy/Dry / 19

Sunday 16 Apr 2017, 23:44 UTC

Track Condition: Hard
Air Temp: 19°C
Humidity: 37%

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Jorge Prado Garcia	61	SPA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	33:41.859
2	Pauls Jonass	41	LAT	22	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+2.010
3	Thomas Covington	64	USA	20	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+3.078
4	Jeremy Seewer	91	SWI	18	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki	+3.503
5	Julien Lieber	33	BEL	16	LRT KTM	KTM	+13.092
6	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	15	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+23.082
7	Brian Bogers	189	NDL	14	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM	+43.966
8	Samuele Bernardini	321	ITA	13	TM Racing Factory Team	TM	+46.843
9	Brent Van Doninck	172	BEL	12	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+49.002
10	Vsevolod Brylyakov	18	RUS	11	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+49.844
11	Hunter Lawrence	96	AUS	10	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki	+52.485
12	Ivo Monticelli	128	ITA	9	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	+56.840
13	Benoit Paturel	6	FRA	8	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+59.141
14	Anton Gole	297	SWE	7	CEC Husqvarna Sweden	Husqvarna	+1:02.542
15	Ben Watson	919	GBR	6	Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	Husqvarna	+1:03.913
16	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	5	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+1:08.113
17	Giuseppe Tropepe	223	ITA	4	Jtech Suzuki Valenti	Suzuki	+1:13.133
18	Darian Sanayei	57	USA	3	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+1:17.715
19	Karei Kutsar	152	EST	2	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna	+1:25.189
20	Petar Petrov	152	BUL	1	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	+1:27.683

Cloudy/Dry / 19

Sunday 16 Apr 2017, 23:30 UTC

Track Condition: Hard
Air Temp: 19°C
Humidity: 37%

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Pauls Jonass	41	LAT	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	34:10.629
2	Jorge Prado Garcia	61	SPA	22	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+1.498
3	Julien Lieber	33	BEL	20	LRT KTM	KTM	+2.887
4	Vsevolod Brylyakov	18	RUS	18	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+11.055
5	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	16	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+33.985
6	Michele Cervellin	747	ITA	15	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	+37.855
7	Calvin Vlaanderen	10	NDL	14	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM	+39.695
8	Brian Hsu	81	GER	13	Husqvarna Maurer-gep Racing Team	Husqvarna	+41.316
9	Jeremy Seewer	91	SWI	12	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki	+45.901
10	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	11	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+50.089
11	Thomas Covington	64	USA	10	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+51.655
12	Brent Van Doninck	172	BEL	9	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+52.519
13	Alvin Ostlund	161	SWE	8	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+53.921
14	Anton Gole	297	SWE	7	CEC Husqvarna Sweden	Husqvarna	+54.802
15	Adam Sterry	811	GBR	6	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	+57.829
16	Darian Sanayei	57	USA	5	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+59.667
17	Ben Watson	919	GBR	4	Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	Husqvarna	+1:01.215
18	Giuseppe Tropepe	223	ITA	3	Jtech Suzuki Valenti	Suzuki	+1:08.318
19	Brian Bogers	189	NDL	2	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM	+1:11.302
20	Ivan Petrov	142	BUL	1	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna	+1:12.336

Cloudy/Dry / 16

Saturday 15 Apr 2017, 21:43 UTC

Track Condition: Hard/Sand
Air Temp: 16°C
Humidity: 71%

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	23:39.305
2	Jeremy Seewer	91	SWI	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki	+4.224
3	Jorge Prado Garcia	61	SPA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+6.897
4	Michele Cervellin	747	ITA	Team HRC – MX2	Honda	+11.179
5	Pauls Jonass	41	LAT	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+14.103
6	Brent Van Doninck	172	BEL	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+18.172
7	Thomas Covington	64	USA	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+20.375
8	Julien Lieber	33	BEL	LRT KTM	KTM	+23.795
9	Samuele Bernardini	321	ITA	TM Racing Factory Team	TM	+24.656
10	Darian Sanayei	57	USA	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+26.764
11	Calvin Vlaanderen	10	NDL	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM	+27.219
12	Giuseppe Tropepe	223	ITA	Jtech Suzuki Valenti	Suzuki	+31.712
13	Anton Gole	297	SWE	CEC Husqvarna Sweden	Husqvarna	+32.526
14	Benoit Paturel	6	FRA	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha	+40.420
15	David Herbreteau	338	FRA	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+41.474
16	Vsevolod Brylyakov	18	RUS	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	+46.500
17	Ben Watson	919	GBR	Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	Husqvarna	+47.455
18	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+48.018
19	Brian Hsu	81	GER	Husqvarna Maurer-gep Racing Team	Husqvarna	+48.536
20	Hunter Lawrence	96	AUS	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki	+54.192

Rider Standings

Sunday, 16 Apr 2017 - Open world standings grid

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.
1	Pauls JONASS	41	LAT	192	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
2	Jeremy SEEWER	91	SWI	183	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki
3	Julien LIEBER	33	BEL	175	LRT KTM	KTM
4	Thomas KJER OLSEN	19	DEN	158	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
5	Benoit PATUREL	6	FRA	147	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha
6	Brent VAN DONINCK	172	BEL	123	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha
7	Jorge PRADO GARCIA	61	SPA	117	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
8	Thomas COVINGTON	64	USA	112	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
9	Vsevolod BRYLYAKOV	18	RUS	110	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
10	Michele CERVELLIN	747	ITA	99	Team HRC – MX2	Honda
11	Samuele BERNARDINI	321	ITA	93	TM Racing Factory Team	TM
12	Brian BOGERS	189	NDL	76	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM
13	Darian SANAYEI	57	USA	74	Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
14	Adam STERRY	811	GBR	72	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki
15	Calvin VLAANDEREN	10	NDL	70	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM
16	Hunter LAWRENCE	96	AUS	61	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki
17	Ben WATSON	919	GBR	49	Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	Husqvarna
18	Iker LARRANAGA OLANO	66	SPA	43	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna
19	Davy POOTJES	46	NDL	42	HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM
20	Anton GOLE	297	SWE	38	CEC Husqvarna Sweden	Husqvarna
21	Ivo MONTICELLI	128	ITA	38	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
22	Alvin OSTLUND	161	SWE	27	Kemea Yamaha Yamalube	Yamaha
23	Conrad MEWSE	426	GBR	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
24	Caleb WARD	170	AUS	14	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna
25	Freek VAN DER VLIST	88	NDL	14	Creymert Racing	KTM
26	Brian HSU	81	GER	13	Husqvarna Maurer-gep Racing Team	Husqvarna
27	Magne KLINGSHEIM	67	NOR	11	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
28	Bas VAESSEN	98	NDL	11	Team Suzuki World MX2	Suzuki
29	Stephen RUBINI	118	FRA	11	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki
30	Giuseppe TROPEPE	223	ITA	7	Jtech Suzuki Valenti	Suzuki
31	Karei KUTSAR	152	EST	2	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna
32	Chihiro NOTSUKA	28	JPN	1	Team HRC – MX2	Honda
33	Ivan PETROV	142	BUL	1	Husqvarna 8Biano Racing	Husqvarna
34	Petar PETROV	152	BUL	1	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki
35	Jay WILSON	48	AUS	1	iFly JK Racing	Yamaha
36	Aaron TANTI	218	AUS	1	Wildcard rider	Husqvarna