Round 16 of the FIM Motocross World Championship faced the Qualification day at the long time Motocross GP circuit of Uddevalla where, under a warm sunshine and in front of thousands of Swedish fans with Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prato taking the qualification race wins.
Around the undulating circuit of Uddevalla, Herlings, the 2018 MXGP champion showed why many call him the fastest man on the planet, with a near perfect performance. Herlings won ahead of fellow Dutchman Standing Construct's
Glenn Coldenhoff and 2019 MXGP World Champion Team HRC's
Tim Gajser.
When the MXGP gate dropped Herlings quickly got into the lead after starting around fourth, but a sweeping move in the first corner put him ahead of his countryman Coldenhoff, followed by Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team‰Ûªs
Romain Febvre, Gajser and
Pauls Jonass who was in fifth. After two laps the lead was more than two seconds, as the top five remained the same.
The lead got to six seconds on lap four, but then Coldenhoff and Febvre started closing up on the leader. On the fifth lap Coldenhoff was all over Herlings but Herlings continued to hold the front spot while Gajser also started to close in the top three as the Top 5 was just 5 seconds apart.
