Goncalves closes gap on missing Musquin

Taking his fourth Grand Prix win of the season Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Goncalves is now the rider with the most wins in his account though the Portuguese could not improve on his third place in the Championship this weekend.

Goncalves took two good starts but in the first heat he lost a dogfight with Roczen and handed the win to the German youngster. Goncalves conquered the overall by winning the final moto.

Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2’s Roczen was second on the podium despite this being his first ever visit to the Swedish track. The 15 year old, who had already won a GP this year at Teutschenthal, managed to win his first career moto in heat one, though a difficult start at moto two saw him recover to an eventual seventh place.

Paulin completed the podium for the second consecutive time after Latvia. The Kawasaki Bud Racing PSM man was aiming higher but a crash in heat one ruined a possible top three finish, as it happened when Paulin was recovering from the bottom of the top five. Finishing seventh in heat one, the Frenchman stormed to second in the final moto but he lost vital time to move past Bobryshev and could not give chase to Goncalves.

Yamaha Monster Energy Ricci Motocross’ Guarneri, who hurt his shoulder in a crash yesterday, struggled through the moto’s but got an eventual fourth overall ahead of Roelants.

Monni was a strong sixth ahead of Karro and Nicholls. Bobryshev and Schiffer completed the top ten overall.

After a strong third place in moto one, Frossard pulled out of heat two due to severe pain to his right ankle, which he injured recently.

Despite not racing due to issues linked to his manufacturer switch from Honda to KTM, Musquin remained at the lead of the Championship.

MX2 Race 1 top ten: 1. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 39:13.731; ; 2. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), +0:06.358; 3. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:14.886; 4. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), +0:15.737; 5. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:17.328; 6. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:17.961; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:18.318; 8. Matiss Karro (LAT, Suzuki), +0:38.142; 9. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:43.848; 10. Nick Triest (BEL, KTM), +0:47.549;

MX2 Race 2 top ten: 1. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 39:58.707; ; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:06.783; 3. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), +0:08.291; 4. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), +0:23.305; 5. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), +0:26.256; 6. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Yamaha), +0:32.772; 7. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), +0:35.382; 8. Matiss Karro (LAT, Suzuki), +0:40.653; 9. Marcus Schiffer (GER, KTM), +0:42.685; 10. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), +0:45.835;

MX2 Overall top ten: 1. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 47 points; 2. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 39 p.; 3. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 36 p.; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 35 p.; 5. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 34 p.; 7. Matiss Karro (LAT, Suzuki), 26 p.; 8. Jake Nicholls (GBR, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Yamaha), 22 p.; 10. Marcus Schiffer (GER, KTM), 21 p.;

MX2 Championship top ten: 1. Marvin Musquin (FRA, KTM), 371 points; 2. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Kawasaki), 358 p.; 3. Rui Goncalves (POR, KTM), 348 p.; 4. Davide Guarneri (ITA, Yamaha), 331 p.; 5. Steven Frossard (FRA, Kawasaki), 284 p.; 6. Ken Roczen (GER, Suzuki), 239 p.; 7. Nicolas Aubin (FRA, Yamaha), 203 p.; 8. Manuel Monni (ITA, Yamaha), 199 p.; 9. Xavier Boog (FRA, Suzuki), 197 p.; 10. Joel Roelants (BEL, KTM), 180 p.;

MX2 Manufacturers: 1. KTM, 467 points; 2. Kawasaki, 427 p.; 3. Yamaha, 382 p.; 4. Suzuki, 345 p.; 5. Honda, 277 p.; 6. TM, 9 p.;

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