Mixed start for Team HRC in Argentina

The opening day of the MXGP of Argentina was a mixed affair for Team HRC, as the promise of Evgeny Bobryshev finishing Timed Practice second fastest ultimately was the highlight of the day, with the Qualifying Race being less fruitful.

Both Bobryshev and Gautier Paulin gave it their best shot on the CRF450RW, and Bobby was running third for the first quarter distance but ultimately the package didn’t have the pace to stay at the front. On the hard yet sandy surface the duo crossed the line in 8^th and 7^th respectively.

MXGP’s latest brand new track proved a shining example on its debut, with thousands of fans lining the trees that surround the track and many more expected tomorrow for the two races.

Roger Harvey

HRC General Manager - MXGP

“The result for qualifying isn’t where we want to be, that’s for certain, and we should be much better than that. But there’s a number of considerations like altitude that are coming into play, so we just need to work on different things overnight to improve the situation for tomorrow. Tomorrow is race day so that’s when it really counts.”

Gautier Paulin ²¹

7th

“The track’s really nice – technical with a lot of rhythm and the surface is hard pack and sandy so it’s tricky but it’s fun to ride. The start wasn’t the best but then I had good rhythm. I had some problems with lapped riders, and I made a few mistakes, but we’re not where we want to be here so we need to see what we can do for tomorrow.”

Evgeny Bobryshev ⁷⁷⁷

8th

“From the start my rear wheel hit a hole on my start gate so it jumped and I lost a bit of drive so everyone else got in front, but then I got through the first corner really well and was third. We have to think what to do with the tyre tomorrow because I'm losing some grip on the straight, and we’re just losing too much time over the other riders. Overall it was ok but we’ll have to see what strategy we can take tomorrow morning.”

MXGP 2015 Saturday, March 28th 2015

Qualifying Round 3 GP of Argentina Argentina

Results Session

Sunny

Air Temp

24°C

Track Cond

Loose

Pos.	Rider	Num	Nation	Team	Constructor	Time/Gap
1	Cairoli Antonio	222	ITA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25:10.966
2	Villopoto Ryan	2	USA	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki	+1.596
3	Nagl Max	12	GER	Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+7.567
4	Desalle Clement	25	BEL	Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MXGP	Suzuki	+16.819
5	Van Horebeek Jeremy	89	BEL	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	+17.981
6	Febvre Romain	461	FRA	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	+18.994
7	Paulin Gautier	21	FRA	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	+24.378
8	Bobryshev Evgeny	777	RUS	Team HRC - MXGP	Honda	+37.733
9	Waters Todd	47	AUS	Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+43.773
10	Simpson Shaun	24	GBR	Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	KTM	+45.716
11	Watson Ben	919	GBR	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team	Yamaha	+46.338
12	Rattray Tyla	28	RSA	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing	Kawasaki	+51.953
13	Frossard Steven	183	FRA	Wilvo Forkrent KTM	KTM	+55.838
14	Guarneri Davide	39	ITA	TM Racing Factory Team	TM	+1:00.335
15	Philippaerts David	19	ITA	DP19 Racing	Yamaha	+1:10.041
16	Charlier Christophe	23	FRA	24MX Lucas Oil Honda	Honda	+1:11.083
17	Coldenhoff Glenn	259	NDL	Team Suzuki Europe Motocross	Suzuki	+1:14.380
18	Butron Jose	17	SPA	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	KTM	+1:16.553
19	Bengtsson Filip	11	SWE	24MX Lucas Oil Honda	Honda	+1:20.103
20	Goncalves Rui	999	POR	MX Racing Team	Husqvarna	+1:20.740
21	Ferris Dean	111	AUS	Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	+1:34.872
22	De Dycker Ken	9	BEL	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	+1:43.062
23	Yamamoto Kei	400	JPN	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	+1:44.861
24	Lupino Alessandro	77	ITA	Team Honda Red Moto Assomotor	Honda	-1 lap