JM Honda Racing close to the top ten in Grand Prix MX2 in Indonesia

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JM Honda Racing came close to the top ten at round ten of the world championship MX2 in Sumbawa, Indonesia! Camden McLellan had the speed for the top ten but made a few mistakes in the races on Sunday and had to be satisfied with 15th and 11th position respectively. Delvintor Alfarizi was riding a strong home Grand Prix and ended up in 17th and 16th position in the motos.

It was hot and humid in Sumbawa and this made it physically demanding for the riders. McLellan was riding a strong qualifying heat on Saturday. He took a good start and was fighting around fifth position in the first fifteen minutes. After that he dropped back to seventh after a few mistakes. He held on to this position till the last lap. He wasn’t able to make a jump and lost a position to Jago Geerts. Camden finished the race in eighth position and scored three world championship points. Alfarizi took a decent start and was riding just outside of the top ten. He was able to make a few passes in the beginning and was following the group for around ten minutes. After that he had to let them go and finally finished in sixteenth position.

After his strong performance on Saturday, McLellan had a difficult first moto. Due to some mistakes he finished the race in fifteenth place. Alfarizi made a crash in the second corner after the start. In the rest of the race he was struggling to find his rhythm and finished the race in seventeenth position.

McLellan took his revenge in the second moto. Despite the fact that he still made a few mistakes he finished the race in a strong eleventh position. Alfarizi was riding a better second moto as well. He took a decent start and came out of the first lap in thirteenth position. He was able to follow the group for around fifteen a twenty minutes but due to a small mistake he started to lose some ground. Despite this he crossed the finish line in sixteenth position.

McLellan finished in thirteenth position in the Grand Prix and Alfarizi ended up in sixteenth. Next weekend the series continues in Lombok, Indonesia.

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Indonesia:
1 Lucas Coenen 50 Pnt
2 Liam Everts 44 Pnt
3 Jago Geerts 36 Pnt
4 Andrea Adamo 34 Pnt
5 Thibault Benistant 33 Pnt
13 Camden McLellan 16 Pnt
16 Delvintor Alfarizi 9 Pnt

Camden McLellan in the top 15 at the Grand Prix of Germany

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Camden McLellan of JM Racing Honda finished inside of the top fifteen at round nine of the World Championship MX2 in Teutschenthal in Germany. McLellan came home in 14th and 12th position in the motos respectively and finished in fourteenth position overall. Delvintor Alfarizi was riding his first full Grand Prix for the team and made good progression during the weekend.

McLellan was feeling himself at home on the track of Teutschenthal but wasn’t able to put a complete lap together in time practice. He finished the session in eighteenth and was determined to do better in the qualifying heat. He didn’t took a good start in the heat but was riding a strong race. He was closing down the gap to a group of riders till he made a big mistake which cost him a lot of time. McLellan crossed the finish line in fifteenth and was ready to go for it on Sunday. For Alvarizi it was a great experience. It was the first time in his life that he saw ruts because at home in Indonesia they don’t have this. In every session he booked progression and this was the main focus for this weekend.

McLellan had to come back through the field in both motos. He gave everything he had and finished in fourteenth and twelfth position respectively and this gave him fourteenth position overall. Delvintor was feeling himself better and better as the weekend progressed. This gives him a boost for his home Grand Prix’s which are in two weeks from now.

In the World Championship Standings, McLellan has moved up to eighteenth position. JM Racing Honda has a weekend off from MXGP and will prepare themselves for both Indonesion Grand Prix’s.

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Germany:
1 Liam Everts 47 Pnt
2 Andrea Adamo 42 Pnt
3 Thibault Benistant 38 Pnt
4 Roan van de Moosdijk 32 Pnt
5 Mikkel Haarup 31 Pnt
14 Camden McLellan 16 Pnt
27 Delvintor Alfarizi

World Championship Standings MX2:
1 Andrea Adamo 405 Pnt
2 Thibault Benistant 392 Pnt
3 Kay de Wolf 388 Pnt
4 Roan van de Moosdijk 345 Pnt
5 Jago Geerts 341 Pnt
18 Camden McLellan 46 Pnt

Brent van Doninck injured in MXGP of Latvia, McLellan 11th

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JM Racing Honda has had mixed fortunes at the MXGP of Latvia last weekend. Camden McLellan is coming closer to his good form and finished in eleventh position in both motos of the MX2 class but Brent van Doninck crashed in the opening moto of the MXGP class and dislocated his hip.

Van Doninck finished in tenth position in the qualifying heat on Saturday. He took a poor start and had some difficulties by passing the riders in front of him. After that things started to go better and he managed to finish the race in tenth position. Van Doninck wasn’t satisfied with this and was fired up for the first moto on Sunday. Unfortunately things went wrong for him in the beginning of the race. Brent crashed and dislocated his hip. He was transported to the hospital to put the hip back in position. Due to this, Brent will be out for the next few races!

Camden McLellan improved himself in each session on Saturday. He took a decent start in the qualifying heat and managed to finish the race in tenth position. In both motos he took a good start but unfortunately he wasn’t able to stay there. Camden gave everything he had and finished in eleventh position in both races.

The world championship will continue in Teutschenthal, Germany, next weekend.

Overall MXGP Latvia:
1 Jeffrey Herlings 50 Pnt
2 Jorge Prado 42 Pnt
3 Romain Febvre 37 Pnt
4 Glenn Coldenhoff 36 Pnt
5 Jeremy Seewer 30 Pnt
DNF Brent van Doninck 0 Pnt

World Championship standings MXGP:
1 Jorge Prado 351 Pnt
2 Jeffrey Herlings 328 Pnt
3 Ruben Fernandez 271 Pnt
4 Romain Febvre 269 Pnt
5 Jeremy Seewer 243 Pnt
12 Brent van Doninck 114 Pnt

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Latvia:
1 Kay de Wolf 50 Pnt
2 Roan van de Moosdijk 40 Pnt
3 Thibault Benistant 37 Pnt
4 Andrea Adamo 34 Pnt
5 Kevin Horgmo 31 Pnt
11 Camden McLellan 22 Pnt

World Championship Standings MX2:
1 Kay de Wolf 367 Pnt
2 Andrea Adamo 355 Pnt
3 Thibault Benistant 348 Pnt
4 Jago Geerts 319 Pnt
5 Roan van de Moosdijk 303 Pnt
23 Camden McLellan 30 Pnt