Geerts ended up taking his fourth pole of 2022, winning 13.044 seconds ahead of Gifting and Vialle.
Haarup then looked like he was going to make a move on Horgmo before going down with just two laps to go and eventually came back to 19 th. Throughout the race he was chipping away at Vialle’s lead ahead of him in second and with two laps to go was able to make a pass stick on the championship leader.Īll while, Haarup urged Horgmo onto the back of Längenfelder and after a couple of failed attempts, both Horgmo and Haarup were able to get past the German who dropped to seventh. Gifting was looking fast as he went purple in sector one a couple of times and was setting lap times fast enough to run with the front-runners. At the same time, Gifting made the pass on Sydow for third. Though a rider to watch was F&H Kawasaki Racing’s Kevin Horgmo who, together with Haarup, made some good passes before catching onto the rear wheel of Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing’s Simon Längenfelder by the second lap. After a slow beginning, he was able to find a good rhythm to finish the heat in 8 th, giving him a decent starting position for tomorrow. Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf didn’t get the best start and had to come through the back of the field. In MX2, it was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jago Geerts who was the leading rider in and out of the first corner, with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s fill-in rider Jeremy Sydow and Isak Gifting of Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee also getting a good start.īig Van World MTX Kawasaki’s Mikkel Haarup got a good jump out of the gate, after going fastest in timed practice, though slipped back to around 9 th on the opening lap and had to work his way up the order. Though bringing the excitement for the Latvian fans here in Kegums, was Standing Construct Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass who put on an impressive performance, keeping the championship leader, Tim Gajser of Team HRC at bay to finish second, which gave his home crowd something to cheer about!
The first day of racing has concluded with Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jago Geerts dominated the MXGP and MX2 qualifying races, to secure pole positions for tomorrow’s main action. INSTAGRAM | | | OUT OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE 2022 MXGP OF LATVIA
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