Motocross

Top Ten Finish for Jed Beaton in Spain

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Monday, March 26th, 2018

9:24 AM

Jed Beaton continues to impress in his first full season the the MX2 World Championship. Photo: Kawasaki

Australia's Jed Beaton has finished the MXGP of Spain in seventh overall after two solid races at the Spanish round of the FIM World MX2 Motocross Championship at the Red Sand MX Track near Valencia.

After qualifying in 8th the previius day, Beaton went on to finish with a consitent eighth and sixth in the two MX2 Motos on race day.

"The weekend started pretty slow on Saturday but I enjoyed racing the long motos," Beaton said. "I didn‰Ûªt really get great start which didn‰Ûªt help me but all in all it was a decent weekend.

"I never gave up and charged hard during the first few laps each time to come back into the leading group; it was pretty easy to pass during the first couple of laps when everyone was close together, but later there was mainly one good line and that make it difficult to make more passes. I‰Ûªm happy to finish once more in the top ten; that‰Ûªs my goal and we‰Ûªll keep on working to be closer to the top five.‰Û

Jed Beaton finished the Spanish MX2 GP with an eighth and sixth for seventh overall.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten:
1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 35:20.628
2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:03.886
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:05.319
4. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:06.553
5. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:07.313
6. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), +0:11.488
7. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:16.544
8. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:23.234
9. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +0:38.655
10. Adam Sterry (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:42.637

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten:
1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 34:59.912
2. Darian Sanayei (USA, Kawasaki), +0:07.775
3. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), +0:12.139
4. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, Husqvarna), +0:12.556
5. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, Honda), +0:22.616
6. Jed Beaton (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:29.097
7. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, Honda), +0:30.329
8. Ben Watson (GBR, Yamaha), +0:33.527
9. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), +0:41.595
10. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:52.751

MX2 Overall Top Ten:
1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 50 points
2. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 42 Points
3. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 38 Points
4. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 37 Points
5. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, HON), 32 Points
6. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 30 Points
7. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 28 Points
8. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 28 Points
9. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 20 Points
10. Bas Vaessen (NED, HON), 20 Points

MX2 Championship Top Ten:
1. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 150 points
2. Thomas Kjer Olsen (DEN, HUS), 120 Points
3. Jorge Prado (ESP, KTM), 105 Points
4. Hunter Lawrence (AUS, HON), 99 Points
5. Conrad Mewse (GBR, KTM), 81 Points
6. Ben Watson (GBR, YAM), 81 Points
7. Jed Beaton (AUS, KAW), 72 Points
8. Darian Sanayei (USA, KAW), 68 Points
9. Calvin Vlaanderen (RSA, HON), 63 Points
10. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, YAM), 54 Points