In the shadows of the 12th century Gothic Castle of Loket, the MXGP of Czech Republic had a spectacular start with Romain Febvre and Jorge Prado wrapping up the pole positions in MXGP and MX2 respectively in front of thousands of a passionate motocross crowd. At the start of the MXGP qualifying race Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP‰Ûªs
Jeremy Seewer took the holeshot, with Team HRC‰Ûªs
Tim Gajser right behind him and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP‰Ûªs
Romain Febvre.
Max Anstie was down in the first corner.
Glenn Coldenhoff was fourth and Monster Energy Wilvo Yamaha Official MXGP‰Ûªs
Arnaud Tonus fifth. Febvre moved past Gajser for second in the opening lap while Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team‰Ûªs Tommy Searle rode smooth in sixth place before Team Honda SR‰Ûªs
Jeremy Van Horebeek passed him forcing the British to lose a position.
Seewer and Febvre were really working hard on the insides and outsides until Febvre, who scored the fastest lap of the race, moved into the lead on lap three.
Gajser went down and dropped back to fifth position as he slipped over in a corner, letting Coldenhoff and Tonus past. Febvre had made a gap between himself and Seewer and on lap five held more than three seconds over Seewer, who was six seconds ahead of Coldenhoff.
Febvre continued to extend his lead over Seewer, making it nearly nine seconds on lap nine, and Tonus was all over Coldenhoff for third place, with Gajser fifth.
Shaun Simpson, who was back from injury this weekend,moved into 10th place and his fellow countryman
Tommy Searle was riding well in seventh spot.
