Camden McLellan fights his way to a top 15 finish in the Grand Prix of Lommel

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Camden McLellan of JM Honda Racing finished inside of the top fifteen at round 13 of the World Championship in Lommel, Belgium. Due to a set back on Saturday he had to start from the outside in both motos and had to come back through the field. In the first moto he came back to a thirteenth place and in the second moto he crossed the finish line in fourteenth position.

In time practice his riding went well but he wasn’t able to put a decent lap together. In the qualifying heat things went well with McLellan. He was fighting for a top seven finish till he got a mechanical problem, which forced him to retire from the race. Due to this he had to start from the outside in both motos on Sunday. In the first moto he took a bad start but he charged all the way back to thirteenth position. In the second moto he got arm pump and was on survival mode for the rest of the moto. Despite this he still finished in fourteenth position.

It was the first time in his life that Delvintor Alfarizi saw such a heavy sand track. In every session it started to go better. Unfortunately he had to retire from the first moto after five laps due to a mechanical problem. In the second moto his riding went well and he managed to finish the race in 27th position.

McLellan ended in fourteenth position overall and Alfarizi finished in 29th place in the overall standings. The team will now travel to Finland four round fourteen of the world championship, which will be held in Vantaa next weekend.

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Lommel:
1 Jago Geerts 50 Pnt
2 Lucas Coenen 44 Pnt
3 Simon Laengenfelder 40 Pnt
4 Liam Everts 34 Pnt
5 Kevin Horgmo 29 Pnt
14 Camden McLellan 15 Pnt
29 Delvintor Alfarizi 0 Pnt

Strong performance from Camden McLellan in Grand Prix MX2 in Loket

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Camden McLellan of JM Honda Racing had a strong showing at round twelve of the world championship MX2 in Loket, Czech Republic. McLellan finished sixth overall with a 6-5 in the motos.

McLellan found his rhythm immediately on the technical track of Loket. After a good start in the qualifying heat he had a hard battle during the race. Everything went really well for him and he finished the race in ninth position. Delvintor Alfarizi was struggling to find his rhythm on the track of Loket. He had another set back because in the opening lap of the qualifying heat he lost all his tear offs. He wasn’t able to ride the way he wanted to because he had poor vision. He kept pushing and finished the race in 35th position.

McLellan managed to take a good start in both motos on Sunday. In both motos he gave everything he had and finished the races in a sixth and fifth position respectively. These results gave him sixth position overall, which is his best performance in his career.

Alfarizi had a difficult Sunday. In the opening moto he collided with another rider at the start and after that he was struggling to find the flow. In the second moto things went much better for him till he collided with another in front of the pitlane. Alfarizi had nowhere to go then to enter pitlane area. He decided to go out at the end of the pitlane but due to this he got disqualified because he had to enter the track where he went out.

With these strong results he finished in sixth position overall and has climbed up to seventeenth position in the championship standings. The team will now prepare themselves for their home Grand Prix in Lommel.

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Loket:
1 Jago Geerts 45 Pnt
2 Simon Laengenfelder 40 Pnt
3 Kay de Wolf 38 Pnt
4 Kevin Horgmo 34 Pnt
5 Andrea Adamo 33 Pnt
6 Camden McLellan 31 Pnt
33 Delvintor Alfarizi 0 Pnt

McLellan and Alfarizi in the top 15 in Grand Prix of Lombok

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Camden McLellan and Delvintor Alfarizi of JM Honda Racing both finished inside of the top 15 at round 11 of the world championship MX2 in Lombok, Indonesia. McLellan finished thirteenth overall with a 11-13 in the motos while Alfarizi ended up in fifteenth with a 16-15 in the motos.

The weekend started not that well for Alfarizi because he made a crash in the free practice session. Luckily he didn’t injured himself and was able to continue. Before time practice the team changed some things on the set up of the bike and this felt better. The qualifying heat started with a set back for both Alfarizi and McLellan. Both riders ran into the gate and had to come back from the back of the field. McLellan was struggling to find the right rhythm and had to be satisfied with thirteenth position while Alfarizi was following the group in the first ten minutes. After that he lost his rhythm a bit but he regroup himself and finally finished the race in fifteenth place.

Things were going better for McLellan on Sunday. He managed to finish in 11th and 13th position in the motos. In the second moto he also made a small crash which cost him some important time. With these results he ended up in thirteenth position overall.

Alfarizi was riding around fifteenth position in both motos. He was following the group for around ten to fifteen minutes and finished in 16th and 15th position in the motos. He is still missing some intensity and fitness but he will work on this in the coming weeks.

In two weeks from now the series continues in Loket, Czech Republic.

Overall Grand Prix MX2 Lombok:
1 Jago Geerts 50 Pnt
2 Andrea Adamo 42 Pnt
3 Simon Laengenfelder 38 Pnt
4 Roan van de Moosdijk 35 Pnt
5 Liam Everts 33 Pnt
13 Camden McLellan 18 Pnt
15 Delvintor Alfarizi 11 Pnt