Team Suzuki Press Office – September 12.
The Grand Prix of USA ended the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship for Team Suzuki World MX2 and Jeremy Seewer took his works RM-Z250 to fifth place overall at a steaming Glen Helen today for what was a curtain-closer roaster in San Bernardino. Making his third consecutive appearance as a wildcard and ahead of a full-time Grand Prix campaign in 2017 Bas Vaessen rode to 17th place.
Scorching temperatures greeted the 18th and final round of the MX2 Grand Prix campaign and at a circuit that mixed hard-pack terrain, loose soil and rough sections along with some big jumps and daunting uphill climbs and drops as 27,000 spectators gathered around a renowned and fantastic stage to bring motocross Grand Prix to a culmination after a long six-month term.
World Championship runner-up Seewer was unlucky in a wretched first moto for the team. Down the first, fast descent of the race, both he and Vaessen were scooped-up by another rider who started a ‘skittle’ effect. Both riders went down and had to come from the rear of the pack. Seewer made it back to 11th while Vaessen was just outside the points after losing time restarting his machine.
In the second moto Seewer aced a much better jump out of the gate and avoided any carnage to slot into a top-four position in the first two laps. From there ‘#91’ passed Max Anstie and gave chase to former AMA Champion Jeremy Martin in second position. The Swiss narrowed the gap to a second but could not make a pass on the American. By finishing third he logged his 16th top-three classification; a 50% ratio for all motos this season. Vaessen also kept out of trouble and rode to a ranking of 13th.
