Mitch Evans continues to improve after returning from injury with another top ten performance at the MXGP Of Sumbawa
Evans carded a top-three off the start in race one but periodically surrendered places through the early laps to rivals who have been racing at the sharp end all summer but still looked secure in seventh after twenty minutes before the heat started to take its toll and his lap-times, in common with most of the field, increased significantly and he was pushed back to ninth at the finish.
A solid opening lap to race two found the Australian eighth and he found a consistent rhythm to take over his eventual seventh on the eleventh of seventeen laps for eighth overall on the day.
The solid scoreline sees him move up to eighteenth in the series standings despite missing the opening four rounds and further significant advances are on the cards in coming weeks with just thirty-one points to twelfth.
“My start was really good in moto one but I just struggled a little in the heat towards the end. I had a better feeling physically in race two and could make a couple of good passes for seventh. We keep making steps every week so that’s good,” Evans said.
Evans will be back in action next weekend as MXGP will remain in Indonesia this week for the Grand Prix of Lombok.
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:
1 Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), 35:18.962
2 Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:03.627
3 Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:04.956
4 Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:15.790
5 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:23.998
6 Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:32.073
7 Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +0:37.236
8 Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:44.659
9 Mitchell Evans (AUS, Kawasaki), +1:00.621
10 Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:04.957
MXGP – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification:
1 Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 35:57.623
2 Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:02.463
3 Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:14.192
4 Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:18.102
5 Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:32.890
6 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:45.801
7 Mitchell Evans (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:57.181
8 Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +1:03.972
9 Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +1:07.599
10 Alvin Östlund (SWE, Honda), +1:11.338
MXGP – Grand Prix Top 10 Classification:
1 Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 Points
2 Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 45 Points
3 Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 42 Points
4 Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 34 Points
5 Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 33 Points
6 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 31 Points
7 Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 27 Points
8 Mitchell Evans (AUS, KAW), 26 Points
9 Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 23 Points
10 Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 23 Points
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1 Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 505 Points
2 Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 404 Points
3 Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 386 Points
4 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 374 Points
5 Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 371 Points
6 Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 346 Points
7 Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 324 Points
8 Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 256 Points
9 Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 229 Points
10 Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 203 Points
