Cairoli sweeps, Waters seventh in Brazilian MXGP
Styke races to 13th overall in MX2 as Tonus takes over red plate.
Image: Ray Archer.
Italian legend Antonio Cairoli has won the MXGP Grand Prix of Brazil at Beto Carrero with a stunning 1-1 performance from Clement Desalle and third place Jeremy Van Horebeek.
In winning the GP Cairoli extended his points lead to 30 points over Gautier Paulin and Van Horebeek who are equal second.
In the opening MXGP moto the final finishing positions were Cairoli by 15 seconds from Van Horebeek, Desalle, while Australian Todd Waters was a solid seventh after charging in the latter stages.
In the second moto it was more of the same as Cairoli dominated his rivals to win the moto and the GP. Paulin led the opening five laps to finally finish second to Cairoli, and third in the moto was Desalle.
Waters this time surged to 10th in his third GP appearance, resulting in seventh overall and eighth in the world championship classification.
Monster Energy CLS Kawasaki rider Arnaud Tonus won the Grand Prix of Brazil in the MX2 class, going 1-2 for the overall victory and in doing so also took over the control of the red plate. Second overall was moto two winner Glenn Coldenhoff and third Max Anstie.
Tonus is now 15 points ahead of former red plate owner Jeffrey Herlings and just two ahead of Coldenhoff. Herlings sat out the weekend after injuring his shoulder in an incident a week prior.
Australian champion Luke Styke raced to a pair of 14th placings in Brazil, crediting him 1th overall in his best showing of the season to date.
2014 MXGP World Championship
Round three – Beto Carrero, Brazil
MXGP overall results:
1. Antonio Cairoli 50
2. Clemant Desalle 40
3. Jeremy Van Horebeek 40
4. Gautier Paulin 37
5. Max Nagl 34
6. Rui Goncalves 25
7. Todd Waters (AUS) 25
8. Kevin Strijbos 23
9. Joel Roelants 23
10. Steven Frossard 19
MXGP championship standings:
1. Antonio Cairoli 142
2. Gautier Paulin 112
3. Jeremy Van Horebeek 112
4. Clemant Desalle 111
5. Max Nagl 110
6. Kevin Strijbos 73
7. Steven Frossard 68
8. Todd Waters (AUS) 68
9. Eugene Bobryshev 67
10. Joel Roelants 61
MX2 overall results:
1. Arnaud Tonus 47
2. Glenn Coldenhoff 41
3. Max Anstie 36
4. Dylan Ferrandis 33
5. Tim Gajser 30
6. Valentin Guillod 30
7. Romain Febvre 30
8. Aleksandr Tonkov 29
9. Jeremy Seewer 26
10. Jose Butron 24
13. Luke Styke (AUS) 14
MX2 championship standings:
1. Arnaud Tonus 112
2. Glenn Coldenhoff 110
3. Dylan Ferrandis 107
4. Jeffrey Herlings 97
5. Romain Febvre 96
6. Aleksandr Tonkov 87
7. Max Anstie 77
8. Jordi Tixier 77
9. Jose Butron 74
10. Tim Gajser 63
22. Luke Styke (AUS) 14
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