Fourth place finish for Gajser in USA GP

In the second race, they both had varied fortunes. Bobryshev pulled an excellent start out of the gate, going wide around the pack but his early success was short lived. A collision with Desalle caused him pain in his shoulder and left him unable to push for further positions in the race. Gajser wasn’t able to reciprocate the same start as his first and was left mid-pack. After making headway in the first lap he then fell in a corner undoing all his early hard work. He remounted his CRF450RW and restarted his assault on the pack then in the last few minutes of the race, Gajser pulled back to seventh position for fourth overall.

In MX2 Michele Cervellin and his new CRF250RW didn’t achieve the overall today he had hoped for in the MXGP of the USA.

With the track proving difficult for the riders yesterday, it was a blessing today that the rain held off and enabled the track to dry. After struggling yesterday and making some small changes overnight, Cervellin was optimistic for a better day today. The first race he had a good start and was running mid-pack but a technical problem halted his progression in the race and he was forced to retire. As the second race got underway, although unable to get a good start still managed to finish in twelve place.

MXGP heads back to Europe again next weekend to Assen for the penultimate round of the 2017 championship.

Tim Gajser:
The feeling overall was better today, I felt a lot more comfortable then I did yesterday but it was very humid today. In the first race, I had a good start, my riding wasn’t so bad but I made many mistakes and ended up finishing fourth overall which I was satisfied with. The second race I didn’t have a good start but I managed to come through the pack in the first lap. Then, I fell in a corner on the second lap which made me lose many places. The last few minutes of the race I saw the riders in front of me which helped me focus and then when I started picking them off, I saw some lines which helped me make some good passes to finish seventh for fourth overall. So overall today the feeling was good, the rhythm was good but I just made a costly early mistake.

Evgeny Bobryshev:
It was a tough one for me today as it was good and bad. In the first race, I didn’t get a good start as I was around 12th but then I managed to get back through the pack to take eighth place. I was riding good, I had good lines and good rhythm and I wasn’t tired it was just in the last few laps I over heated a bit. The second race I had a much better start and I was in seventh. In the second lap, I collided into Desalle and his clutch went into my bad collarbone which hurt my muscle and then I started dropping back. I enjoyed the track and staying over here so now we head back to Europe to get work done for the next few races.