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MX2 team mate Hunter Lawrence. Lawrence won here last year in EMX250 and he rode the best ever in his MX2 career on his way to 2nd overall today. 4th in race 1 and 3rd in race 2 he battled throughout both consistently moving forward without error. Lawrence in the press conference stated:“ It is cool to have a 1-2 for Suzuki, that is awesome for the team and also for myself as a refreshment for all the hard work.” Rounding out the MX2 podium was red plate holder and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider Pauls Jonass. Jonass clearly has his starts dialed, he took both Fox Holeshots, but he struggled to find rhythm or comfort on today’ s rutted circuit. Falling off the lead pace both races finishing 2nd and then 5th, the Latvian was surprised he reached the podium. Jonass in the press conference said:“ I was really surprised I was still on the podium after the second race because it didn’ t go as I wanted. It’ s pretty good to get some decent points and the championship still looks pretty good. We will make some improvements this week.” The two Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing riders of Thomas Covington and Thomas Kjer Olsen swapped luck in Germany. In race 1 it was Covington who faced adversity starting 31st and clawing his way through the pack to 14th. In race 2 Olsen would crash and salvage a 12th place. While race 1 was bad for Covington it was good to Olsen as he took third. The yin and yang continued when Covington charged into the lead and won race 2. After the drama was all said and done Covington took fourth overall while Olsen took 5th.
It was also an up and down story for Husqvarna Maurer-GEP Racing’ s Brian Hsu who at his home GP finished 5th in race 1 but 30th in race 2 for 13th overall. HRC MX2’ s Michele Cervellin had one of the best weekends of his career, he qualified fourth yesterday and followed it up with two top five starts and 6-8 finishes today for 7th overall.
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