Antonio Cairoli stretched his MX1 lead for Red Bull KTM in Brazil. Image: Ray Archer.

Red Bull KTM teammates Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings continued their dominance at the head of the FIM Motocross World Championship, picking up the MX1 and MX2 victories respectively in Brazil on Sunday.

Cairoli won the Super Final, as well as the MX1 grand prix and he dedicated his 58th GP victory to his friend Marco Simoncelli who passed away in 2011.

“I was looking forward to racing this GP,” Cairoli commented. “I like the track and the people really cheer for you. Its very special to win here and to put on a show for these people.”

Clement Desalle was third in the Super Final and second overall in the grand prix, whereas his teammate Kevin Strijbos obtained the third overall position thanks to his second place in the Super Final.

Herlings won the first race but he was the second best MX2 rider in the Super Final behind Jose Butrón. Herlings won the grand prix, Butrón was second and Jordi Tixier completed the MX2 top three.

“Now I will make it my goal to win every GP,” Herlings said after his perfect streak was snapped in moto two. “It’s very tough to race the Super Final. With 40 riders on the track from both MX1 and MX2 anything can happen, especially at the start.”

Australia’s Dean Ferris finished seventh in the standalone MX2 moto before finishing as fifth best MX2 rider in the Super Final, sealing him fifth overall for the weekend.

“All day I struggled a bit with my intensity,” Ferris said. “In the first moto I just seemed to be riding around at the start but eventually warmed up and got going. My lap-times were good and I made ground but it was a case of too little, too late.

“Moto two, man, it was chaos. I was second in the class but then some 450s starting coming through, cutting me up and roosting everywhere. They’d overtake but then hold me up and ruin my momentum. Once I was in a group of 250s I started finding the speed again but then crashed.

“There is not much else to say. Now I’ll go home and train hard and try to find that little bit that’s missing. I need to close down the points in the championship. I need to make it happen.”

Cairoli continues to runaway with the MX1 title, as does Herlings in MX2, while Ferris sits sixth in the standings.

The Grand Prix of France at Ernee will be the next fixture for the GP series and will take place on 9 June.

2013 FIM Motocross World Championship
Round seven – Beto Carreiro MX Park, Brazil

MX1 Overall Results:
1. Antonio Cairoli 50
2. Clement Desalle 40
3. Kevin Strijbos 37
4. Maximilian Nagl 37
5. Gautier Paulin 36
6. Jeremy van Horebeek 29
7. Ken de Dycker 28
8. Tommy Searle 25
9. Joel Roelants 20
10. Shaun Simpson 19

MX2 Overall Results:
1. Jeffrey Herlings 47
2. Jose Butron 40
3. Jordi Tixier 38
4. Glenn Coldenhoff 31
5. Dean Ferris 30
6. Christophe Charlier 27
7. Mel Pocock 26
8. Alessandro Lupino 25
9. Alexander Tonkov 25
10. Dylan Ferrandis 25

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