MXGP
GERMANY
The technical circuit of Teutschenthal played
host to the MXGP of Germany with Red
Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio
Cairoli and Kemea Yamaha MX Official Team’s
Benoit Paturel lead the field and each won
their respective qualifying races on Saturday.
Antonio Cairoli’s fight back to
the top of MXGP is one he
is winning, scoring his 80th
victory of his career, Cairoli
extended his championship
lead to 44 points. To start
both races Cairoli took the
FOX Holeshot but in the first
half of race 1 he lost the lead
after struggling to find the fast
lines and he finished second.
Cairoli knew coming into race
2 that if he won the race then
the overall was his and that is
exactly what he did, finishing
nearly six seconds ahead of
2nd place. Cairoli in the press
conference said, “I got really
good starts today and this is
what we have been working
on. I’m really happy with the
GP win and also extending the
points lead this is very good.
It’s a very special track for
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Words - Youthstream
Images - Ray Archer - KTM and Suzuki
Juan Pablo Acevado - Husqvarna
me I’m very happy to race here in Germany
and Teutschenthal is one of my favorite hard
pack tracks, it is similar soil to the track I train
on… I’m already looking forward to the next
GP in France there is always so many fans
and it’s a nice track.”