Team HRC looking to keep the momentum going in Loket

After an outstanding MXGP of Indonesia, where the Team HRC duo of Tim Gajser and Mitch Evans put in two great motos each, the world championship series returns to Europe for the next stretch of rounds that sees them race five times in six weeks. First up is the hilly Loket track near Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic which has been a fixture on the MXGP calendar for many years.

For Gajser, the aim will be to extend his championship lead even further and win, what would be his first ever Czech GP crown. It is a strange statistic given that the #243 is known for being such a good hard-pack rider, but victory has always just eluded him, but having just won in Indonesia and won eight of the first 12 rounds so far in 2022, he will head to Loket a strong favourite to add to that figure and increase his points gap at the top of the table even further than its current impressive number of 125.

Teammate Evans also put in a great showing at the amazing Sumbawa race-track last time out, going six-five for sixth overall, which was a further improvement over his season-best performance that he had only just set at the proceeding round in Germany. Although Evans hasn’t actually had a moto gate-drop in Loket, he knows what he’ll be facing and should be fully recovered from the stomach issues that affected him in Indonesia.

With the weather forecast looking promising for the weekend, all preparations are full steam ahead for this 13^th round of the series with Team HRC looking to assert themselves at the front of this competitive MXGP class once again.

Tim Gajser ²⁴³

It’s been good to have these two weekends off, to just recharge the batteries before this next set of rounds which should really provide a bunch of different challenges. First up is Loket, which is a very hard-pack hilly track in the Czech Republic and is always a tough track to find traction on. Usually there are lot of fans from Slovenia who make the trip and I’m looking forward to having them cheer me on around the race track. Obviously, Indonesia went really well and I want to thank all those fans who came out and see us there, it was a super-cool experience but I’m excited for these next European rounds and continuing the push for this 2022 world championship.

Mitch Evans ⁴³

Despite feeling sick on race-day, Indonesia was my best result of the season and I’m excited to know that there is even more to come. I’ve been getting better and better and these past couple of weeks of training have gone really well and its going to be cool to get back to the MXGPs and show everyone that my hard-working is paying off. I haven’t had a raceday in Loket, and I haven’t even ridden in Lommel which is the week after, so it’ll be fun to go to these places and try to keep on improving my results.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager - MXGP

Indonesia was really good for Team HRC with Tim winning and Mitch putting in his best results of the season, so it was a bit of a shame to have a big break and lose that bit of momentum. However, the break does allow everyone to just solidify their position and get back to 100% and just reset before the final push of these last seven rounds in nine weeks. Overall, we’re in a good position and looking forward to getting to the Czech Republic.

MXGP 2022 Wednesday, July 13th 2022

Rider standings

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Points	Team	Constructor
1	Gajser Tim	243	SLO	535	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda
2	Prado Garcia Jorge	61	SPA	410	Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing	GasGas
3	Seewer Jeremy	91	SWI	405	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Yamaha
4	Renaux Maxime	959	FRA	365	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Yamaha
5	Coldenhoff Glenn	259	NDL	363	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Yamaha
6	Fernandez Ruben	70	SPA	342	Honda 114 Motorsports	Honda
7	Jonass Pauls		LAT	278
8	Bogers Brian	189	NDL	263	Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory Racing Team	Husqvarna
9	Vlaanderen Calvin	10	NDL	238	Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing	Yamaha
10	Van Horebeek Jeremy	89	BEL	229	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta
11	Evans Mitch	43	AUS	206	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda
12	Watson Ben	919	GBR	189	Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki
13	Tixier Jordi	911	FRA	186	JT911 KTM Racing Team	KTM
14	Forato Alberto	303	ITA	172	SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery	GasGas
15	Jacobi Henry	29	GER	154	JM Honda Racing	Honda
16	van Doninck Brent	32	BEL	143	Riley Racing	Yamaha
17	Beaton Jed	14	AUS	141	F&H Racing Team	Kawasaki
18	Guadagnini Mattia		ITA	95
19	Östlund Alvin	161	SWE	86	JK Racing Yamaha Active	Yamaha
20	Kjer Olsen Thomas	19	DEN	73	Team Diga-Procross	KTM
21	Febvre Romain		FRA	68
22	Koch Tom	226	GER	53	KTM Kozak Team	KTM
23	Guillod Valentin	92	SWI	32	iXS MXGP Team	Yamaha
24	Roosiorg Hardi	75	EST	32	Sahkar KTM Racing	KTM
25	Lapucci Nicholas		ITA	31
26	Monticelli Ivo		ITA	31
27	Paturel Benoit		FRA	23
28	Lupino Alessandro	77	ITA	18	Beta SDM Corse MX Team	Beta
29	Sihvonen Miro		FIN	18
30	Charlier Christophe	23	FRA	17	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha
31	Zaragoza Jorge	99	SPA	12	Wildcard Rider	Honda
32	Rolando Nicolas	144	URU	10	Wildcard Rider	Suzuki
33	Philippaerts David	15	ITA	6	Wildcard Rider	Kawasaki
34	Villaronga Sergio		CHI	6
35	Arco Dario		ARG	6
36	Leok Tanel		EST	6
37	Jasikonis Arminas	27	LTU	6	Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing	Yamaha
38	Martin Humberto		VEN	5
39	Trossero Marcos Gabriel		ARG	4
40	Toro Lautaro		ARG	4
41	Carrasco Agustin		ARG	4
42	Zonta Filippo	200	ITA	4	Wildcard Rider	GasGas
43	Galletta Pablo	117	ARG	3	Wildcard Rider	Yamaha
44	Locurcio Lorenzo		VEN	2
45	Cabarcos Francisco	112	ARG	1	Wildcard Rider	Suzuki
46	Tropepe Giuseppe		ITA	1