Anstie denied first GP win by cruel luck

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#Anstie denied first #GP win by cruel luck


@BikeitYamaha Cosworth’s Max Anstie should have been celebrating his first Grand Prix success at the end of the evening at Losail in Qatar for the very first round of the MX2 FIM Motocross World Championship. The Brit was leading both 30 minute and 2 lap motos until a mechanical problem and a stall prevented a superb finale to a maiden outing in Blue.

Anstie was irrepressible on the YZ250F and made good on various claims that he was fitter than ever and in confident form after a positive winter of preparation. He passed Jose Butron and Dylan Ferrandis to lead the first race until the closing stages and was also deep into the second affair until bad luck struck again and he dropped down the order to seventeenth. From disappointment comes encouragement and Anstie already sent a warning shot to the rest of the MX2 field that Yamaha is again ready to front the pack.



In the event standings Christophe Charlier claimed tenth place overall. The Corsican was also at the wrong scale of fortune and was undone by some mediocre starts and barging on the opening laps of the motos. He rode to 12th in the first race after recovering from an early crash and did well in the second for 9th despite a stone breaking his goggles and causing a bloody (and painful) nose.

Petar Petrov was on the pace and the Bulgarian set impressive lap-times in the opening dash despite being forced to the ground by another rider who had fallen in front of him. The Bulgarian had to restart from last place and buried his YZ250F back to 16th. Moto2 saw Petar fighting to pass Glenn Coldenhoff but the rippling bumps and squared-edge holes of the hard-pack limited his overtaking possibilities. He was 11th for 13th overall.

Australian Champion Luke Styke was unable to compete due to the debilitating effects of a viral infection. Si Racha will host the Grand Prix of Thailand next weekend for the second year in a row.




Christophe Charlier
“A hard night. It was so hard to pass on that track and I didn’t give myself much chance with the starts today. Also luck was not with me. In the second moto a rock smashed me in the face and I started bleeding. It took me a while to recover from that. Anyway, the series is very long and for sure we will have many better days.”


Luke Styke
“I’ve been struggling with a viral infection so I knew I was up against it. I did what I could but after ten minutes I was so weak and couldn’t see properly. It wasn’t safe to continue. I’ve seen the doctor and it is one of those things that will take a bit of time to recover from.”


Petar Petrov
“I’m not happy with the result but I managed to show the speed is there. I rode the fourth best lap-time in the first race, so that’s good. In the second race passing was so hard. It took me so long to get by Coldenhoff but by then the race was over. This really shows how the start is important. I hope next week in Thailand the track will be rougher, which will suit me better then these all-out fast races.”



2014 MX2-GP Qatar

Qatar 02/03/2014 18 Laps

race I
1 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA 33'53.328
2 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 0'00.329
3 Glenn Coldenhoff Suzuki NED 0'02.209
4 Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 0'13.569
5 Romain Febvre Husqvarna FRA 0'13.882
6 Aleksandr Tonkov Husqvarna RUS 0'21.091
7 Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 0'26.905
8 Tim Gajser Honda SVN 0'30.193
9 Valentin Guillod KTM CHE 0'32.229
10 Arnaud Tonus Kawasaki CHE 0'36.827
11 Alessandro Lupino Kawasaki ITA 0'36.689
12 Christophe Charlier
Yamaha
FRA 0'40.940
13 Mel Pocock KTM GBR 0'53.373
14 Jeremy Seewer Suzuki CHE 0'53.802
15 Maxime Desprey Honda FRA 1'02.800
16 Petar Petrov
Yamaha
BGR 1'17.030
19 Magne Klingsheim Yamaha NOR 1'28.982
20 Anton Lundgren Yamaha SWE 1'42.714
race II
1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 33'49.169
2 Arnaud Tonus Kawasaki CHE 0'01.204
3 Thomas Covington Kawasaki USA 0'07.646
4 Romain Febvre Husqvarna FRA 0'09.683
5 Aleksandr Tonkov Husqvarna RUS 0'10.437
6 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA 0'12.271
7 Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 0'12.453
8 Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 0'13.740
9 Christophe Charlier
Yamaha
FRA 0'14.739
10 Tim Gajser Honda SVN 0'15.526
11 Petar Petrov
Yamaha
BGR 0'16.126
12 Glenn Coldenhoff Suzuki NED 0'18.414
13 Julien Lieber Suzuki BEL 0'30.613
14 Valentin Guillod KTM CHE 0'31.901
15 Maxime Desprey Honda FRA 0'34.734
17 Max Anstie
Yamaha
GBR 0'52.340


MX2-GP World Standing

Rider Standings After Race 1 of 19

1. Jeffrey Herlings KTM NED 47
2. Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki FRA 40
3. Romain Febvre Husqvarna FRA 34
4. Arnaud Tonus Kawasaki CHE 33
5. Jose Antonio Butron KTM ESP 31
6. Aleksandr Tonkov Husqvarna RUS 31
7. Glenn Coldenhoff Suzuki NED 29
8. Jordi Tixier KTM FRA 28
9. Tim Gajser Honda SVN 24
10. Christophe Charlier
Yamaha
FRA 21
11. Thomas Covington Kawasaki USA 20
12. Valentin Guillod KTM CHE 19
13. Alessandro Lupino Kawasaki ITA 15
14. Petar Petrov
Yamaha
BGR 15
15. Maxime Desprey Honda FRA 12
16. Julien Lieber Suzuki BEL 11
19. Max Anstie
Yamaha
GBR 4
21. Magne Klingsheim Yamaha NOR 2
22. Anton Lundgren Yamaha SWE 1



Circuit Length:
1700
Crowd:
7000
Weather:
Clear Sky


Manufacturer Standings

02/03/2014

1 Kawasaki 47
2 KTM 47
3 Husqvarna 34
4 Suzuki 29
5 Honda 24
6 Yamaha
21