Pauls Jonass took a stunning MX2 double win on the glorious Argentina GP, stealing past his KTM team-mate Jorge Prado in the first few laps of both motos to take a pair of wins. He also took a double win in the opening GP of the season in Qatar, but only a sole 14th place after leading in the mud of the last round in Indonesia.
Prado fought bravely to hold on to the lead in both motos but dropped to third in the opener when Yamaha’s Benoit Paturel demoted him. Prado then took another third in the second moto after he was caught by Suzuki’s Jeremy Seewer. But it was enough to give the talented youngster second overall.
Seewer took third overall and the lead in the championship – the first time he’s had the red plate. Seewer went down in the first moto but pulled back through to fifth, which helped him get on the podium.
Thomas Kjer Olsen had a fourth in the opener but crashed with his team-mate Thomas Covington in race two and finished seventh. American Darien Sanyei, riding for the British Monster Kawasaki team, challenged for the lead in the opening moto until he fell. He got back on and took sixth, then fourth in moto two.
It was a poor day for KTM privateer Julian Lieber who entered the day as the red plate holder. He crashed with Adam Sterry in the opening moto and only finished 16th on a damaged bike. Second time out he was fifth.
Ben Watson was top ten in the opener until he made a mistake then took 19th, backed up with a 17th in the second race. Adam Sterry 23rd then tenth, and Conrad Mewse 27th and 26th.
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 1 – Classification
1 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 35:21.092
2 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 35:25.410
3 61 Prado Garcia, Jorge ESP RFME KTM 35:28.199
4 19 Olsen, Thomas Kjer DEN DMU Husqvarna 35:29.478
5 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 35:31.490
6 57 Sanayei, Darian USA AMA Kawasaki 35:45.329
7 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB Yamaha 35:48.885
8 64 Covington, Thomas USA MUL Husqvarna 35:54.813
9 747 Cervellin, Michele ITA FMI Honda 35:56.572
10 18 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Kawasaki 35:56.626
11 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV KTM 36:11.819
12 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV KTM 36:16.283
13 96 Lawrence, Hunter AUS MA Suzuki 36:18.847
14 321 Bernardini, Samuele ITA FMI TM 36:23.938
15 66 Larranaga Olano, Iker ESP RFME Husqvarna 36:26.240
16 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB KTM 36:28.674
17 128 Monticelli, Ivo ITA FMI KTM 36:35.865
18 46 Pootjes, Davy NED KNMV KTM 36:37.220
19 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU KTM 36:39.024
20 28 Notsuka, Chihiro JPN MFJ Honda 36:50.870
21 48 Wilson, Jay AUS MA Yamaha 36:53.055
22 118 Rubini, Stephen FRA FFM Kawasaki 36:53.864
23 811 Sterry, Adam GBR ACU Kawasaki 37:03.894
24 142 Petrov, Ivan BUL FRM Husqvarna 37:12.043
25 107 van Berkel, Lars NED KNMV Honda 35:22.341
26 297 Gole, Anton SWE SVEMO Husqvarna 35:24.046
27 426 Mewse, Conrad GBR ACU Husqvarna 35:53.462
28 109 Fabre, Yannick FRA FFM Kawasaki 35:57.215
29 611 Kriger, Nahuel ARG CAMOD KTM 36:54.292
30 143 Muñoz, Sebastian CHL FMC Suzuki 37:08.798
31 111 Garrido, Victor ARG CAMOD Kawasaki 37:13.183
32 375 Seibel, Julian ARG CAMOD Honda 35:26.671
33 122 Cassano, Benjamin ARG CAMOD Suzuki 36:06.231
34 155 Mana, Nicolas ARG CAMOD KTM 37:20.362
35 67 Klingsheim, Magne NOR NMF Kawasaki 18:55.397
36 98 Vaessen, Bas NED KNMV Suzuki 5:36.519
MX2 – Grand Prix Race 2 – Classification
1 41 Jonass, Pauls LAT LAMSF KTM 34:04.845
2 91 Seewer, Jeremy SUI FMS Suzuki 34:08.123
3 61 Prado Garcia, Jorge ESP RFME KTM 34:30.738
4 57 Sanayei, Darian USA AMA Kawasaki 34:34.146
5 33 Lieber, Julien BEL FMB KTM 34:38.982
6 172 Van doninck, Brent BEL FMB Yamaha 34:41.070
7 19 Olsen, Thomas Kjer DEN DMU Husqvarna 34:45.834
8 18 Brylyakov, Vsevolod RUS MFR Kawasaki 34:47.710
9 6 Paturel, Benoit FRA FFM Yamaha 34:51.501
10 811 Sterry, Adam GBR ACU Kawasaki 34:53.360
11 747 Cervellin, Michele ITA FMI Honda 34:54.266
12 321 Bernardini, Samuele ITA FMI TM 34:55.887
13 10 Vlaanderen, Calvin NED KNMV KTM 34:57.942
14 128 Monticelli, Ivo ITA FMI KTM 35:02.681
15 66 Larranaga Olano, Iker ESP RFME Husqvarna 35:06.775
16 189 Bogers, Brian NED KNMV KTM 35:12.640
17 919 Watson, Ben GBR ACU KTM 35:22.651
18 96 Lawrence, Hunter AUS MA Suzuki 35:23.017
19 297 Gole, Anton SWE SVEMO Husqvarna 35:25.317
20 64 Covington, Thomas USA MUL Husqvarna 35:36.973
21 118 Rubini, Stephen FRA FFM Kawasaki 35:50.091
22 48 Wilson, Jay AUS MA Yamaha 35:52.531
23 107 van Berkel, Lars NED KNMV Honda 35:54.418
24 109 Fabre, Yannick FRA FFM Kawasaki 34:34.866
25 142 Petrov, Ivan BUL FRM Husqvarna 34:36.055
26 426 Mewse, Conrad GBR ACU Husqvarna 34:37.838
27 143 Muñoz, Sebastian CHL FMC Suzuki 35:18.127
28 611 Kriger, Nahuel ARG CAMOD KTM 35:19.493
29 375 Seibel, Julian ARG CAMOD Honda 34:17.763
30 122 Cassano, Benjamin ARG CAMOD Suzuki 35:49.041
31 67 Klingsheim, Magne NOR NMF Kawasaki 28:16.875
32 111 Garrido, Victor ARG CAMOD Kawasaki 34:08.248
33 46 Pootjes, Davy NED KNMV KTM 9:16.016
34 28 Notsuka, Chihiro JPN MFJ Honda 1:54.880
35 155 Mana, Nicolas ARG CAMOD KTM 0:00.000