Hakon Osterhagen of the JM Racing Honda team has picked up an injury while training for the German Grand Prix this week. Osterhagen crashed in his last few laps of the training and injured his neck.
Osterhagen will be out for several weeks and due to this he will miss several rounds of the World Championship MX2.
JM Honda Racing will participate in the German Grand Prix in Teutschenthal with Delvintor Alfarizi in MX2 and Maximilian Werner in EMX250
Max Werner of the JM Honda Racing Team has finished twelfth in the fourth round of the EMX250 Championship in St. Jean d’Angely, France. Werner took this position in the second moto. In the first moto he crashed at the start and just didn’t score.
Werner started the weekend with confidence and felt good on the track during practice. He qualified twelfth and started preparing for the first moto with a lot of motivation.
At the start of the first moto he got away well but because he crashed in the first corner, he had to get back to the front from last place. Giving it his all, he managed to pass one rider after the other but with a twenty-first place he finished just outside the points.
Eager for revenge, he started in the second moto. He was in a good position at the start and came out of the first lap in sixth place. He managed to maintain this in the first ten to fifteen minutes until he suddenly started to change his lines. Because of these changes, he lost his rhythm and started to give up places. Werner kept fighting until the flag and finished in twelfth place.
After the race in France, Werner occupies the fourteenth place in the standings and is motivated to improve on this in the coming races.
Hakon Osterhagen and Delvintor Alfarizi struggled in the MX2 class in France. Osterhagen couldn’t get the right feeling on the track. He also had wheelspin at the start of the first moto but got a better start in the second moto. Unfortunately, he couldn’t get into his rhythm and didn’t score more than one point.
Alfarizi is making progress and his speed is improving. He will have to work on his starts and the first few laps in the coming races to be able to sit even further forward. Alfarizi managed to finish twenty-sixth in both motos and is looking forward to the next races!
In the weekend of 1 and 2 June, the championship continues in Teutschenthal, Germany.
Hakon Osterhagen of JM Racing Honda finished inside of the top fifteen in the sixth round of the MX2 World Championship in Lugo, Spain. Osterhagen managed to start inside of the top five in both heats. However, a mistake in the first heat and a difficult beginning in the second heat cost him many places and due to this he finished in sixteenth and thirteenth position.
On Saturday the team suffered a setback as Tim Edberg crashed on a triple and came in contact with a tree. Because he briefly lost consciousness, he went to the hospital for a scan and will have to rest for the time being. For Edberg, this means that his role as a fill in rider is over and the entire team wishes him all the best for the future.
In the qualifying heat of the MX2 class, Hakon Osterhagen managed to get a very good start and started the race in fifth place. However, a crash dropped him all the way back to thirty-fifth place. During the race he came back to the front and finished twenty-fourth. Delvintor Alfarizi started to get into a better rhythm during the day and was looking forward to Sunday.
In the first moto Hakon managed to get another start in the top five. Unfortunately things went wrong in the first lap and he lost many places due to a mistake. He came back into the race in fifteenth place and eventually finished sixteenth. Alfarizi finished the heat in thirty-fourth place.
In the second moto Osterhagen was also in the top 5 after the start, but again struggled in the first three laps. When he gets this better under control, he can take a big step. He eventually finished thirteenth and Alfarizi finished the heat in thirtieth place.
This weekend the seventh race of the world championship is scheduled for JM Racing Honda in St. Jean d’Angely, France.
Hakon Osterhagen of the JM Honda Racing team has left a strong impression in the fifth round of the MX2 World Championship in Agueda, Portugal. Osterhagen was in the running for a podium position for a long time but then ran into problems and saw his chances go up in smoke.
Osterhagen had a good feeling on the track right from the start. The circuit became more and more difficult due to the heavy rainfall and Osterhagen did this well. He qualified on Saturday in a strong third place.
In both motos on Sunday he got a very good start. In the first moto he managed to finish a strong seventh. In the second moto he was in even better shape. In the early stages he was in second place and later in third position. At that moment he had a podium place in his hands but unfortunately he slipped in the muddy conditions and crashed. Later in the moto he crashed again, which meant that a top ten place was lost and he was classified nineteenth. Due to the setback in the second moto, he had to settle for fourteenth place in the day’s classification and in the world championship standings he sits in eighteenth place.
Delvintor Alfarizi struggled in the tough conditions in Portugal. In the first moto he couldn’t get into his rhythm and the riding didn’t go according to plan. In the second moto he started strong and came out of the start in twentieth place. He then worked his way up to the top fifteen. Unfortunately, Alfarizi also crashed once and couldn’t get back into his rhythm after that. Unfortunately, Alfarizi didn’t score in Portugal, but he is motivated to do better in Spain.
Tim Edberg managed to take seven points in the first moto of the MXGP class with a fourteenth place. This did not go without a struggle. In the moto he came back from eighteenth place to fourteenth position but then he got a stone on his eye. Edberg came home in fourteenth and scored seven points. With less visibility and dizzy in his head, Edberg started in the second moto. By riding in a controlled manner and making as few mistakes as possible, Edberg managed to finish seventeenth.
Max Werner showed good speed in the EMX250 class. At the start of the first moto he had wheelspin but by gaining many places in the first few corners, he moved up to seventh place. He then worked his way up to third place and almost took over second place. However, shortly afterwards, a back marker lost control when entering a jump, forcing Werner to change lines and crashing hard.
A lot of time was lost and I crossed the finish line in seventh place.
In the second moto his start was better and he was able to start the race in the top five. Unfortunately, after a few laps, he got a block pass from another rider that caused him to crash on a hill. From sixteenth place, he came back to thirteenth position, but unfortunately he then suffered mechanical problems that forced him to retire the race.
This weekend, the next Grand Prix will be held in Lugo, Spain.
Brent van Doninck of JM Honda Racing visited his doctor for a check-up on Monday. During this check, new photos were taken of his leg and foot and everything looks good.
Van Doninck can start walking without crutches and this will also make training easier. Everything is currently well on schedule and Van Doninck must return to his doctor in four weeks.
After these four weeks, Van Doninck hopes to be able to start his motortraining again.
