Both reigning #mxgp world champion #timgajser and exciting Honda CRF450RW rookie #mitchevans are looking forward to this third triple header, which is taking place at the sandy #mantova circuit in northern Italy.
With races on Sunday 27th and Wednesday 30th September and then finally on October 4th, the format is becoming familiar for Team HRC but everyone is approaching these events with increasing optimism after the results in Faenza last time out.
For Gajser, his six race wins head the class, and he now sits just seven points away from a deserved championship lead. His aim in #mantova will be to continue to show the speed which has seen dominate large portions of the 2020 season races, but to do so over both motos. If he is able to do that, then he’ll be hopeful of leaving the Italy, after the 11th round of the series with the red plate.
Before we returned to #mxgp #racing in Latvia, Evans’ aim was to improve at every #event, and over the course of the past six rounds, he has done exactly that. He left Faenza having gone eighth, seventh and then sixth overall and he heads into #mantova with buoyed confidence, as well as with the knowledge that he is extremely good on this sandy terrain. In the Internazionali D’Italia race in February, the Australian rider won the super-final at this very track and while the weather should be a lot different, the circuit won’t have changed too much. He is now back to full fitness after his shoulder injury and having placed fourth in a couple of races in Faenza, he’ll be looking to place even higher in the six motos spread over seven days.
Like the rounds since the restart, all the #mxgp action will take place all on one day with a 20 minute free practice leading straight into 25 minutes of timed practice. These results will then decide the gate pick for the races that take place the same afternoon.
Tim Gajser
From Faenza I went straight home to Slovenia, where I’ve been for about 10 days now. I’ve been training and getting ready for #mantova and another triple header race which I’m going to approach the same way as the previous events in Latvia and Faenza. We have three races in a week and I just want to give my best, try to be consistent and get good starts and that’s what I’ve been working on a lot in my training sessions. As a track, I like #mantova and I’ve had some good and bad memories from that place but I focus on the positive times and I want to create more of those good memories this week.
Mitch Evans
After Faenza we went down to Rome and did a bit of riding in that area, before taking a few days off last weekend, relaxing a bit and recovering. I’m feeling good and looking forward to #mantova now though and I want to continue my improvement by starting a bit more aggressively and riding up the front with the top guys right from the first race. I’m feeling confident as last time I was there, I won the preseason race and I feel like the track suits me well and every time I’ve gone there, I’ve had good rides so looking forward to carrying on from where I left off #racing. Should be a good week and I can’t wait to get started.
Marcus Pereira de Freitas-HRC General Manager – MXGP
It’s strange to have six races in a row in Italy but it does allow us to work well because Mitch has been able to stay with us and Tim isn’t too far away either. Travelling around Europe can still be difficult so it is good that we don’t have to worry about those problems for these next three races. As a team, we are excited to start the #racing as we are confident that both riders can go out there and get on the podium and win races. Tim has shown the speed to win throughout this season, he just needs to put it together in both motos and Mitch is getting better and better, and we know how well he rode in the #event in February. These are exciting times for Team HRC.
MXGP 2020 Wednesday, September 23rd 2020Rider Standings
Limited to top 30 results
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team
1 CAIROLI Antonio 222 ITA 285 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
2 GAJSER Tim 243 SLO 278 Team HRC – MXGP Honda
3 HERLINGS Jeffrey 84 NDL 263 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
4 SEEWER Jeremy 91 SWI 255 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team Yamaha
5 PRADO GARCIA Jorge 61 SPA 237 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
6 COLDENHOFF Glenn 259 NDL 233 Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team GasGas
7 JASIKONIS Arminas 27 LTU 233 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna
8 FEBVRE Romain 3 FRA 203 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki
9 PAULIN Gautier 21 FRA 201 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team Yamaha
10 DESALLE Clement 25 BEL 194 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki
11 EVANS Mitch 43 AUS 153 Team HRC – MXGP Honda
12 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 89 BEL 141 Honda SR Motoblouz Honda
13 TIXIER Jordi 911 FRA 91 Team VHR KTM Racing KTM
14 VLAANDEREN Calvin 10 NDL 80 Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha
15 CERVELLIN Michele 747 ITA 73 SDMCORSE Yamaha Yamaha
16 LUPINO Alessandro 77 ITA 72 Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha
17 TONUS Arnaud 4 SWI 71 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory #mxgp Team Yamaha
18 BOGERS Brian 189 NDL 65 Marchetti #racing Team KTM KTM
19 JACOBI Henry 29 GER 64 Yamaha SM Action – M.C. Migliori Yamaha
20 MONTICELLI Ivo 128 ITA 62 Standing Construct GasGas Factory #racing Team GasGas
21 PATUREL Benoit 6 FRA 45 JM Honda Racing Honda
22 SIMPSON Shaun 24 GBR 31 SS24 KTM MXGP KTM
23 JONASS Pauls 41 LAT 26 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna
24 BOBRYSHEV Evgeny 777 RUS 26 PAR Homes RFX Husqvarna Husqvarna
25 RAUCHENECKER Pascal 281 AUT 19 Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna
26 WALSH Dylan 53 NZL 17 JM Honda Racing Honda
27 PETROV Petar 152 BUL 17 Team VRT Nordpesca Holland KTM
28 SABULIS Karlis 116 LAT 16 Wildcard Rider KTM
29 COVINGTON Thomas 64 USA 15 Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha
30 LEOK Tanel 7 EST 12 A1M Husqvarna Husqvarna
