Wilson Todd has raced to his fourth top-ten GP finish of the season in the eighth round of this year’s FIM World MX2 Motocross Championship at Afyonkarahisar in Turkey.
On his first visit to the facility one thousand metres above sea level, the Australian spent Qualifying learning the track as he posted the twelfth-fastest lap time.
Twelfth on lap one of the opening moto he advanced to eleventh after fifteen minutes in a tightly-knit leaderboard with few passing moves as all of the leading riders were posting similar lap times throughout the thirty-five-minute moto.
After a better start in race two, he immediately established a hold on ninth and moved forward to eighth on lap two, eventually securing seventh on the final lap of the day to secure ninth overall, his fourth top-ten GP finish in eight rounds.
“The day wasn’t too bad,” Todd reflected. “The track was OK with some good ruts but you needed a good start to run upfront. I spun at the gate the first moto which left me just outside the top ten. The second start was better but I was just a little too far outside from my gate-pick at turn one and got pushed out so had to chase again.”
Todd will be back in action when the series continues on Wednesday with the ninth round at the same facility in Anatolia
2021 Bitci MXGP of Turkey MX2 Results
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification:
1 Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 34:00.016
2 Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0:05.988
3 Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:07.359
4 Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:16.158
5 Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0:27.478
6 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:31.297
7 Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:34.174
8 Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:35.151
9 Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:43.644
10 Mathys Boisrame (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:50.403
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification:
1 Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), 35:20.827
2 Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), +0:01.638
3 Jed Beaton (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:11.439
4 Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +0:12.624
5 Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0:28.479
6 Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:37.230
7 Wilson Todd (AUS, Kawasaki), +0:45.210
8 Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Kawasaki), +0:54.046
9 Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:56.764
10 Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:58.882
MX2 – GP Top 10 Classification:
1 Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 47 Points
2 Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 43 Points
3 Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 40 Points
4 Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 40 Points
5 Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 32 Points
6 Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 27 Points
7 Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 26 Points
8 Wilson Todd (AUS, KAW), 24 Points
9 Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 24 Points
10 Isak Gifting (SWE, GAS), 18 Points
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1 Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 314 Points
2 Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 277 Points
3 Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 262 Points
4 Jed Beaton (AUS, HUS), 237 Points
5 Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 229 Points
6 Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 228 Points
7 Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 216 Points
8 Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 210 Points
9 Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KAW), 204 Points
10 Tom Vialle (FRA, KTM), 180 Points
