News Report

Rubini maintains his MX2 Championship position

27 Sep 2020

GP of Lombardia (ITA)

Mantova, Italy

MX2 2020, Round 9

Honda Racing Assomotor’s Stephen Rubini led home the CRF250Rs in Mantova with seventh overall and a continued improvement in the smaller capacity class.

Race one saw Rubini lead the Honda charge, posting 12th on lap one, followed very closely by Honda 114 Motorsport’s Bailey Malkiewicz finding form on this rough and sandy track. The two CRF250R racers battled together for the whole moto, with Rubini coming home in eighth and Malkiewicz in 10th.

Race two saw Honda Racing Assomotor’s Alvin Östlund battling in fourth position until mid race. He finished the moto in a very credible seventh place, with 13th overall – his best single race result in 2020. Meanwhile Alvin’s teammate Stephen Rubini had a tough race, pushing through from fourteenth on lap one to ninth at the finish, giving him 7th overall and continued improvement in the MX2 class.

Honda 114 Motorsport’s Bailey Malkiewicz struggled to find his race one performance with a poor start and eventually finish the moto in 23rd place. Bailey’s teammate Nathan Crawford had a tough day with poor starts and will be hoping for improvement at the next Mantova race this Wednesday.

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Stephen Rubini ¹¹⁸

I have mixed feelings about the day. My qualifying wasn’t so bad and the final timings between the riders was very tight. I had two good starts in both races but made mistakes on the early laps in both motos, so I had to work from the mid-pack to eight and ninth for seventh overall. I had two good motos and was riding as fast as the leaders but just need to improve on my early laps and try to get to the front of the GP results very soon.

Honda Racing Assomotor

Alvin Ostlund ¹⁶¹

Timed practice wasn’t the best. I struggled a little with arm-pump and ended up in 18th place. In the first race I was in 15th place, but crashed with another rider and after that I was riding without tear-offs so it was difficult to make passes. I had a good start in race two, I was in fifth place and then moved into fourth. I finished the race in seventh overall and I’m very happy about that race. I’m looking forward to the next race on Wednesday.

Honda Racing Assomotor

Gordon Crockard

Honda Off Road Racing Manager

A season best MX2 result for Alvin Ostlund on the CRF250R also and a career best race finish for Bailey Malkiewicz. Stephen Rubini also continues to produce a hot-pace and top ten placings. Promising to also see Nathan Crawford score points today.

Overall, I think the track had many one-line sections with lots of tight turns early in the lap after the start. This made it hard to climb up the ranks from a low place and the pack could become very stretched out quickly.

I'm happy that our guys are healthy as some other unfortunate riders suffered some damage.
The next race is only two days away, so a quick recovery and regroup for Wednesday's race is the plan.

Let's hope for dry conditions overhead, the mud of the 2019 race is not welcome to be experienced again.

Honda Motor

27 Sep 2020

GP of Lombardia (ITA)

Mantova, Italy

MX2 2020, Round 9

Cloudy / 14

Sunday 27 Sep 2020, 13:50 UTC

Track Condition: Sandy
Air Temp: 14°C

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Jed Beaton	14	AUS	25	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	35:28.853
2	Ben Watson	919	GBR	22	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:01.071
3	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	20	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	+0:09.445
4	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	18	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+0:18.919
5	Maxime Renaux	959	FRA	16	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	+0:24.786
6	Roan Van De Moosdijk	39	NDL	15	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:25.755
7	Alvin Ostlund	161	SWE	14	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+0:26.934
8	Jago Geerts	193	BEL	13	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:27.753
9	Stephen Rubini	118	FRA	12	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+0:30.432
10	Isak Gifting	517	SWE	11	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas	+0:34.383
11	Alberto Forato	303	ITA	10	Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna	Husqvarna	+0:46.047
12	Mikkel Haarup	11	DEN	9	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:53.437
13	Kevin Horgmo	240	NOR	8	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	+0:58.211
14	Tom Vialle	28	FRA	7	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+1:04.877
15	Bas Vaessen	98	NDL	6	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	+1:09.352
16	Nathan Crawford	199	AUS	5	Team Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	+1:16.863
17	Josh Gilbert	326	GBR	4	PAR Homes RFX Husqvarna	Husqvarna	+1:19.880
18	Cyril Genot	105	BEL	3	iXS MXGP Team	Yamaha	+1:22.791
19	Nathan Renkens	83	BEL	2	NR83	KTM	+1:29.941
20	Filippo Zonta	200	ITA	1	Maggiora Park Racing Team	KTM	+1:44.022

Sunny / 15

Sunday 27 Sep 2020, 11:06 UTC

Track Condition: Sandy
Air Temp: 15°C

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Tom Vialle	28	FRA	25	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	35:59.768
2	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	22	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+0:06.233
3	Maxime Renaux	959	FRA	20	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	+0:09.380
4	Roan Van De Moosdijk	39	NDL	18	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:12.507
5	Mathys Boisrame	172	FRA	16	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:25.703
6	Ben Watson	919	GBR	15	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:26.477
7	Jed Beaton	14	AUS	14	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+0:27.061
8	Stephen Rubini	118	FRA	13	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+0:29.091
9	Isak Gifting	517	SWE	12	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas	+0:37.015
10	Bailey Malkiewicz	47	AUS	11	Team Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda	+0:43.304
11	Jago Geerts	193	BEL	10	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:51.342
12	Alberto Forato	303	ITA	9	Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna	Husqvarna	+0:53.050
13	Ruben Fernandez	70	SPA	8	SDM Racing	Yamaha	+0:54.409
14	Nathan Renkens	83	BEL	7	NR83	KTM	+1:05.395
15	Mikkel Haarup	11	DEN	6	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+1:07.739
16	Michael Sandner	766	AUT	5	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas	+1:10.203
17	Mikkel Haarup	11	DEN	4	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+1:10.566
18	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	3	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	+1:17.857
19	Filippo Zonta	200	ITA	2	Maggiora Park Racing Team	KTM	+1:19.600
20	Alvin Ostlund	161	SWE	1	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+1:35.621

Sunny / 15

Sunday 27 Sep 2020, 11:00 UTC

Track Condition: Sandy
Air Temp: 15°C

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Team	Constructor Constr.	Time/Gap
1	Maxime Renaux	959	FRA	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha	1:54.223
2	Roan Van De Moosdijk	39	NDL	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:00.059
3	Thomas Kjer Olsen	19	DEN	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+0:00.194
4	Jed Beaton	14	AUS	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+0:00.302
5	Kevin Horgmo	240	NOR	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	+0:00.694
6	Jago Geerts	193	BEL	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:00.702
7	Alberto Forato	303	ITA	Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna	Husqvarna	+0:00.704
8	Tom Vialle	28	FRA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+0:00.771
9	Conrad Mewse	426	GBR	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	+0:00.775
10	Isak Gifting	517	SWE	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas	+0:01.077
11	Mathys Boisrame	172	FRA	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:01.121
12	Mikkel Haarup	11	DEN	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki	+0:01.219
13	Ben Watson	919	GBR	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+0:01.288
14	Ruben Fernandez	70	SPA	SDM Racing	Yamaha	+0:01.410
15	Stephen Rubini	118	FRA	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+0:01.642
16	Michael Sandner	766	AUT	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas	+0:01.746
17	Cyril Genot	105	BEL	iXS MXGP Team	Yamaha	+0:01.814
18	Alvin Ostlund	161	SWE	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda	+0:02.274
19	Bas Vaessen	98	NDL	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM	+0:02.564
20	Nathan Renkens	83	BEL	NR83	KTM	+0:02.846

Rider Standings

Sunday, 27 Sep 2020 - Open world standings grid

#	Rider	Num	Nationality Nat.	Points Pts.	Team	Constructor Constr.
1	Tom VIALLE	28	FRA	386	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
2	Jago GEERTS	193	BEL	356	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha
3	Maxime RENAUX	959	FRA	295	Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori	Yamaha
4	Jed BEATON	14	AUS	286	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
5	Roan VAN DE MOOSDIJK	39	NDL	243	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
6	Thomas KJER OLSEN	19	DEN	228	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna
7	Ben WATSON	919	GBR	228	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha
8	Mathys BOISRAME	172	FRA	198	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
9	Conrad MEWSE	426	GBR	185	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
10	Ruben FERNANDEZ	70	SPA	164	SDM Racing	Yamaha
11	Stephen RUBINI	118	FRA	143	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda
12	Alvin OSTLUND	161	SWE	127	Honda Racing Assomotor	Honda
13	Mikkel HAARUP	11	DEN	124	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
14	Nathan CRAWFORD	199	AUS	94	Team Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
15	Alberto FORATO	303	ITA	85	Team Maddii Racing Husqvarna	Husqvarna
16	Rene HOFER	711	AUT	73	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
17	Josh GILBERT	326	GBR	72	PAR Homes RFX Husqvarna	Husqvarna
18	Jan PANCAR	253	SLO	62	KTM Racestore MX2 Max Bart	KTM
19	Mattia GUADAGNINI	101	ITA	62	Wildcard rider	Husqvarna
20	Simon LAENGENFELDER	516	GER	59	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas
21	Bailey MALKIEWICZ	47	AUS	54	Team Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
22	Richard SIKYNA	102	SLK	52	JD Gunnex KTM Racing Team	KTM
23	Morgan LESIARDO	44	ITA	46	Ghidinelli Racing Team	KTM
24	Cyril GENOT	105	BEL	46	iXS MXGP Team	Yamaha
25	Bas VAESSEN	98	NDL	41	Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee	KTM
26	Kevin HORGMO	240	NOR	40	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM
27	Jeremy SYDOW	104	GER	35	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas
28	Hardi ROOSIORG	75	EST	33	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM
29	Nathan RENKENS	83	BEL	28	NR83	KTM
30	Isak GIFTING	517	SWE	23	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas
31	Mitchell HARRISON	12	USA	22	BUD Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki
32	GIanmarco CENERELLI	209	ITA	21	Wildcard rider	Husqvarna
33	Petr POLAK	313	CZE	16	iXS MXGP Team	Yamaha
34	Enzo TORIANI	783	FRA	11	E2T Racing Team	Husqvarna
35	Jakub TERESAK	224	CZE	8	Privateer	KTM
36	Wilson TODD	20	AUS	8	DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki
37	Michael SANDNER	766	AUT	5	Diga Procross GasGas Factory Juniors	Gas Gas
38	Roland EDELBACHER	109	AUT	5	A1M Husqvarna	Husqvarna
39	Filippo ZONTA	200	ITA	3	Maggiora Park Racing Team	KTM
40	Johannes NERMAN	258	EST	3	Wildcard rider	Husqvarna
41	Joakin FURBETTA	275	ITA	3	KTM Beddini MX2	KTM
42	Jere HAAVISTO	142	FIN	2	JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha
43	Maximilian SPIES	707	GER	2	Wildcard rider	Husqvarna