Jeffrey Herlings was the absolute winner of the MXGP of Lombok, part of the MXGP World Championship. The three-time champion of the premier class won both races on Sunday in Indonesia in clear fashion.
The battle from yesterday’s qualifying race continued in the first race, pitting Herlings (Red Bull KTM) against Tim Gajser (Team HRC). The Slovenian made the holeshot and led for the first 12 laps. However, the Dutchman never gave up, even when he had more than an eight-second deficit.
Gradually, Herlings closed the gap, overtaking Gajser on the 13th lap. From there, he never lost the lead and even pulled away, finishing with a 7.436s advantage. Gajser secured second place without major struggles. Calvin Vlaanderen (Monster Energy Yamaha) fought with Jorge Prado (Red Bull GasGas) until the end, overtaking him on the penultimate lap to take third place. Jeremy Seewer (Kawasaki) was fifth.
In the second race, Gajser repeated the holeshot, but Herlings took the lead shortly after. This time, it was the Dutchman putting the rival in a chasing position, with Vlaanderen in third.
With three laps to go, Herlings had more than an 11-second lead over Gajser, maintaining a very strong pace. However, he slowed down and ended up winning with a 6.087-s gap over Gajser. Vlaanderen secured third place, while Valentin Guillod (Team Ship to Cycle Honda) surprised by finishing fourth ahead of Prado.
In the overall standings for MXGP of Lombok, the calculations are straightforward: Herlings was the winner with the maximum 50 points, Gajser was second with 44 points, and Vlaanderen rounded out the podium with 40 points. Prado was fourth with 34 points, and Guillod (32 points) completed the top five.
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