After a torrential down-pour midway through the afternoon, the beautifully prepared Ernee circuit in France, turned into a treacherous, muddy facility with riders struggling to complete laps on the steep banked terrain. As a result, Team HRC’s Tim Gajser and Mitch Evans will both start from outside gate positions in tomorrow’s point-scoring motos.

The day started off really well as the sun-drenched track provided the French crowd with some great entertainment, none more so than when Gajser ripped around the facility onboard his Honda CRF450R, in a time that none of the riders got anywhere near in the timed practice. His lap was 1.7 seconds quicker than anyone else managed in that session and over 35 seconds quicker than anyone managed in the chaotic qualifying race.

Teammate Evans was ninth after timed practice and looking forward to his first gate-drop at this iconic venue in the north-west of France. However, in between that practice session and their qualifying race, a massive storm hammered the track and the surface became extremely tricky, especially in the first turn where numerous riders had suffered serious consequences from difficult conditions.

The hope is that the weather isn’t as bad tomorrow and that both motos (14:15 and 17:10) of this 10th round of the 2022 MXGP World Championship will go off without any problems and that Gajser can try and extend his 66-point lead at the top of the table.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager - MXGP

Due to concerns about the safety of the track, from the conditions that previous riders had raced in after the torrential rain earlier in the day, neither Tim nor Mitch lined up for the qualifying race. We supported their decision and now we will concentrate on making sure both riders are prepared for the motos tomorrow from their outside gate picks. It is a shame because Tim had showed in practice that he was the best rider, posting a laptime 1.7 seconds quicker than anyone else when the track was in rideable conditions, and we hope that there will be no more rain and we’ll have a similarly dry circuit tomorrow.

MXGP 2022
Qualifying Round 10   France

Qualifying Race

Cloudy
Air Temp
18°C
Track Cond
Mud
Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap
1 Jacobi Henry 29 GER JM Honda Racing Honda 26:44.373
2 Van Horebeek Jeremy 89 BEL Beta SDM Corse MX Team Beta 0:16.425
3 van Doninck Brent 32 BEL Riley Racing Yamaha 0:20.259
4 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha 0:26.112
5 Paturel Benoit FRA 0:38.044
6 Lapucci Nicholas ITA 0:40.677
7 Bogers Brian 189 NDL Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory Racing Team Husqvarna 1:02.353
8 Tropepe Giuseppe ITA 1:05.718
9 Beaton Jed 14 AUS F&H Racing Team Kawasaki 1:09.219
10 Östlund Alvin 161 SWE JK Racing Yamaha Active Yamaha 1:11.277
11 Charlier Christophe 23 FRA Wildcard Rider Yamaha 1:25.491
12 Tixier Jordi 911 FRA JT911 KTM Racing Team KTM 1:42.308
13 Sihvonen Miro FIN 2:20.426
14 Koch Tom 226 GER KTM Kozak Team KTM 1 lap
15 Monticelli Ivo ITA 1 lap
16 Moine Pierre 238 FRA Wildcard Rider Honda 1 lap
17 Petrov Petar BUL 1 lap
18 Todd Brad 714 GBR Wildcard Rider KTM 1 lap
19 Roosiorg Hardi 75 EST Sahkar KTM Racing KTM 1 lap
20 Watson Ben 919 GBR Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP Kawasaki 1 lap
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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Gajser Tim 243 SLO 404 Team HRC - MXGP Honda
2 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA 338 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
3 Seewer Jeremy 91 SWI 292 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
4 Prado Garcia Jorge 61 SPA 290 Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing GasGas
5 Coldenhoff Glenn 259 NDL 272 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
6 Bogers Brian 189 NDL 243 Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory Racing Team Husqvarna
7 Fernandez Ruben 70 SPA 242 Honda 114 Motorsports Honda
8 Jonass Pauls LAT 196
9 Vlaanderen Calvin 10 NDL 194 Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha
10 Van Horebeek Jeremy 89 BEL 189 Beta SDM Corse MX Team Beta
11 Forato Alberto 303 ITA 172 SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery GasGas
12 Watson Ben 919 GBR 137 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP Kawasaki
13 Evans Mitch 43 AUS 136 Team HRC - MXGP Honda
14 Tixier Jordi 911 FRA 123 JT911 KTM Racing Team KTM
15 Jacobi Henry 29 GER 114 JM Honda Racing Honda
16 van Doninck Brent 32 BEL 99 Riley Racing Yamaha
17 Beaton Jed 14 AUS 93 F&H Racing Team Kawasaki
18 Kjer Olsen Thomas 19 DEN 73 Team Diga-Procross KTM
19 Östlund Alvin 161 SWE 59 JK Racing Yamaha Active Yamaha
20 Guadagnini Mattia ITA 52
21 Koch Tom 226 GER 41 KTM Kozak Team KTM
22 Guillod Valentin 92 SWI 32 iXS MXGP Team Yamaha
23 Roosiorg Hardi 75 EST 28 Sahkar KTM Racing KTM
24 Lupino Alessandro 77 ITA 18 Beta SDM Corse MX Team Beta
25 Monticelli Ivo ITA 18
26 Sihvonen Miro FIN 14
27 Charlier Christophe 23 FRA 13 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
28 Zaragoza Jorge 99 SPA 12 Wildcard Rider Honda
29 Paturel Benoit FRA 11
30 Rolando Nicolas 144 URU 10 Wildcard Rider Suzuki
31 Philippaerts David 15 ITA 6 Wildcard Rider Kawasaki
32 Villaronga Sergio CHI 6
33 Leok Tanel EST 6
34 Arco Dario ARG 6
35 Jasikonis Arminas 27 LTU 6 Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha
36 Martin Humberto VEN 5
37 Lapucci Nicholas ITA 5
38 Toro Lautaro ARG 4
39 Trossero Marcos Gabriel ARG 4
40 Carrasco Agustin ARG 4
41 Zonta Filippo 200 ITA 4 Wildcard Rider GasGas
42 Galletta Pablo 117 ARG 3 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
43 Cabarcos Francisco 112 ARG 1 Wildcard Rider Suzuki
Location Information

Ernée, France - View in Google Maps