Henry Jacobi finishes inside of the top ten in the deep sand of Lommel

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Henry Jacobi of JM Racing Honda finished inside of the top ten in the deep sand of Lommel. The circumstances were really tough because of the heavy sand track in combination with the warm weather. Jacobi fought his way through this and finished in 11th and 9th position in the motos, which gave him tenth position overall.

Jacobi qualified himself in fourteenth position on Saturday and was confident for the races on Sunday. He took a good start in the opening moto and was riding in tenth position till the midway point of the race. Then he lost a position and finished the race in eleventh position.

In the second moto he was struggling to find his rhythm in the beginning of the race. But things started to go better after a few laps and after a strong second part of the race he finished in ninth position. With these results he finished in tenth position overall and has moved up to thirteenth position in the world championship standings.

Ivo Monticelli was riding around fifteenth position in the first moto but a mistake dropped him out of the points. After the crash he was struggling to find his rhythm and didn’t made it back into the points. In the second moto he took his revenge. After a good start he was riding inside of the top ten in the first half of the race. After that he lost this position and finished the race in a strong eleventh position.

Petr Polak had a set back in the first moto and was forced to retire from the race. He came back strong in the second moto. He started the race inside of the top fifteen and was riding around this position for the entire distance of the race to finally finish in sixteenth place.

The JM Racing Honda team has a weekend off now and after that they will travel to Uddevalla in Sweden for the next round of the world championship.

Overall MXGP Lommel:
1 Brian Bogers 45 Pnt
2 Calvin Vlaanderen 44 Pnt
3 Glenn Coldenhoff 43 Pnt
4 Romain Febvre 38 Pnt
5 Jeremy Seewer 31 Pnt
10 Henry Jacobi 22 Pnt
15 Ivo Monticelli 10 Pnt

World Championship Standings MXGP:
1 Tim Gajser 605 Pnt
2 Jeremy Seewer 483 Pnt
3 Jorge Prado 465 Pnt
4 Glenn Coldenhoff 442 Pnt
5 Maxime Renaux 441 Pnt
13 Henry Jacobi 187 Pnt
24 Ivo Monticelli 48 Pnt

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Lommel:
1 Jago Geerts 47 Pnt
2 Kay de Wolf 47 Pnt
3 Tom Vialle 32 Pnt
4 Simon Laengenfelder 32 Pnt
5 Roan van de Moosdijk 31 Pnt
22 Petr Polak 5 Pnt

World Championship Standings MX2:
1 Jago Geerts 590 Pnt
2 Tom Vialle 567 Pnt
3 Simon Laengenfelder 469 Pnt
4 Kevin Horgmo 410 Pnt
5 Thibault Benistant 378 Pnt
20 Petr Polak 84 Pnt

JM Racing Honda inside of the top fifteen at the MXGP of the Czech Republic

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JM Racing Honda has scored top fifteen positions at round 13 of the world championship in Loket, Czech Republic. Both Ivo Monticelli and Henry Jacobi managed to finish a moto inside of the top fifteen and Jacobi finished in fourteenth position overall. Petr Polak scored three world championship points in front of his home fans.

After a break of five weeks in the calendar, the series continued this weekend at Loket in the Czech Republic. For Polak this was his home Grand Prix and he was motivated to do well.

He qualified himself in 21st position on Saturday and started the first moto inside of the top fifteen. He was riding in seventeenth position for a long time and finally finished in eighteenth position. In the second moto he crashed in the opening lap and was too far back to score points in the second race. Overall he finished in 20th position and this is his position in the championship as well.

In the MXGP class it was Jacobi who took a really good start in the opening moto and started the race in tenth position. The organization had watered the track and due to this it was slippery in places. Jacobi slid out after four laps and dropped back to twentieth position. In the rest of the race he gave everything he had and finished the race in sixteenth place. Monticelli had his problems in the opening moto as well and finished in the race in 25th position.

Both riders started the second moto inside of the top fifteen. Jacobi was riding in thirteenth position till after the middle of the race. He wasn’t able to held on this position and finished the race in fifteenth spot. Monticelli was riding a consistent race and after a strong end of the moto he came home in fourteenth position.

Jacobi finished in fourteenth position overall and Monticelli ended the weekend in seventeenth place. After thirteen rounds it is Jacobi who sits in fifteenth position in the world championship standings while Monticelli is in 21st position. This weekend the JM Racing Honda team has their home Grand Prix at Lommel.

Overall MXGP Loket:
1 Jeremy Seewer 47 Pnt
2 Maxime Renaux 45 Pnt
3 Tim Gajser 42 Pnt
4 Glenn Coldenhoff 36 Pnt
5 Jorge Prado 32 Pnt
14 Henry Jacobi 11 Pnt
17 Ivo Monticelli 7 Pnt

World Championship Standings MXGP:
1 Tim Gajser 577 Pnt
2 Jeremy Seewer 452 Pnt
3 Jorge Prado 442 Pnt
4 Maxime Renaux 410 Pnt
5 Glenn Coldenhoff 399 Pnt
15 Henry Jacobi 165 Pnt
24 Ivo Monticelli 38 Pnt

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Loket:
1 Jago Geerts 45 Pnt
2 Thibault Benistant 43 Pnt
3 Simon Laengenfelder 42 Put
4 Kevin Horgmo 34 Pnt
5 Tom Vialle 33 Pnt
20 Petr Polak 3 Pnt

World Championship Standings MX2:
1 Jago Geerts 543 Pnt
2 Tom Vialle 535 Pnt
3 Simon Laengenfelder 437 Put
4 Kevin Horgmo 390 Pnt
5 Mikkel Haarup 358 Pnt
20 Petr Polak 79 Pnt