Max Nagl Earns Second MXGP Win Of Season In Argentina
By Andrea Wilson | 3/29/2015 2:22 PM
PHOTOGRAPHY BY J.P. ACEVEDO
Red Bull Ice One Husqvarna’s Max Nagl put on an impressive performance in moto two to take the win and the overall victory at the MXGP of Patagonia Argentina.
At first it looked as though moto-one winner Clement Desalle was going to be unbeatable. The Rockstar Energy Suzuki rider led moto one rather convincingly and held off a persistent Tony Cairoli on the Red Bull KTM to hold on to the win. In that battle, Cairoli ended up on the ground. Despite feeling poorly after hitting his head pretty hard, the Italian was able to hold onto second ahead of Nagl.
The second moto looked to be déjà vu all over again as Desalle once again got to the lead early. But hole-shot winner Nagl took advantage of a slight mistake by Desalle to take the lead before the halfway mark and never looked back. Desalle could’ve kept the overall win if he held onto second, but Cairoli got by Desalle this time around to earn another second place finish.
It turned out to be a big surprise for Nagl as well, as he earned his second Grand Prix win this season.
“We’re all surprised actually, because nobody expected that it’s going like this,” Nagl said. “The prepartion is going so good with the setup of the bike. I’m so happy the bike is so strong. The team is doing so good effort. They prepare everything so well—my mechanics. I’m just so proud about myself also for the riding.”
Although it wasn’t a win, Desalle was satisfied with second and happy to leave Argentina still in the points lead.
“It’s true I wanted to have the victory, but same time it’s good that I could keep it on two wheels and save to the end,” Desalle said. “So I’m happy about it. Yes it’s true I want to win, but if it be like this at the end of the championship it’s okay for me.”
In the second moto, Cairoli was hurting a bit from the crash, but didn’t let it get in the way of trying to get that win. Unfortunately for the multi-time World champ, Nagl was just too strong and he had to settle for another second-place finish; third overall.
“Max was actually riding really well,” Cairoli said. “He deserved this GP because he was riding really good. We have to work a little bit still. I’m not in completely good shape, but we will get there soon. Everything is going to plan at the moment.”
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Ryan Villopoto ended the day fourth overall with a pair of fourth-place finishes. In moto one, Villopoto worked his way up from sixth to third, but was overtaken by the hard-charging Nagl. Villopoto had a worse start to moto two in 11th. The multi-time AMA was able to work his way up to fourth and although nipping at the heels of third place—first Cairoli, then Desalle—he once again had to settle for fourth.
In fifth was Team HRC Honda’s Gauthier Paulin who struggled on a track that was a bit slick, finishing sixth in moto one and seventh in moto two. Behind Paulin was the Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube teammates—Jeremy van Horebeek (9-5) and rookie Romain Febvre (8-6).
In eighth was Paulin’s teammate Evgeny Bobryshev. The Russian had a much better first moto in fifth, and overcame an early crash in the second moto to finish 10th. Nagl’s teammate Todd Waters was ninth overall, finishing 11th in moto one and ninth in moto two. Rounding out the top 10 was MXGP rookie Glenn Coldenhoff on the other Rockstar Energy Suzuki with a 14-8 tally.
2015 MXGP Of Patagonia Argentina Results
1. Max Nagl (Husqvarna) 3-1
2. Clement Desalle (Suzuki) 1-3
3. Tony Cairoli (KTM) 2-2
4. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki) 4-4
5. Gautier Paulin (Honda) 6-7
6. Jeremy van Horebeek (Yamaha) 9-5
7. Romain Febvre (Yamaha) 8-6
8. Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) 5-10
9. Todd Waters (Husqvarna) 11-9
10. Glenn Coldenhoff (Suzuki) 14-8
this is the overall standings
2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 FIM Motocross World Championship FIM Women's Snowcross World Cup FIM Women's Motocross World Championship Losail MX FIM Snowcross World Championship MXGP MX2 Round 3-Patagonia Argentina Round 2-Thailand Round 1-Qatar Race 2 Race 1 Warm-up Qualifying Race Time Practice Free Practice Classification Lap Chart Analysis Overall Classification Championship Classification Manufacturers Classification
MXGP - Championship Classification
Pos Nr Rider Nat. Bike
Total QAT THA ARG ITA EUR ESP GBR FRA ITA GER SWE LAT CZE BEL TBA NED MEX USA
1 25 Desalle, C. BEL SUZ
133 22-22 22-22 25-20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2 12 Nagl, M. GER HUS
123 25-25 18-10 20-25 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 222 Cairoli, A. ITA KTM
123 20-18 16-25 22-22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
4 2 Villopoto, R. USA KAW
106 12-13 25-20 18-18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 21 Paulin, G. FRA HON
96 18-20 14-15 15-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6 461 Febvre, Romain FRA YAM
95 15-14 20-18 13-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
7 777 Bobryshev, E. RUS HON
72 13-12 11-9 16-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
8 47 Waters, Todd AUS HUS
62 6-8 12-14 10-12 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 89 Van Horebeek, J. BEL YAM
60 16-16 0-0 12-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
10 22 Strijbos, K. BEL SUZ
55 9-15 15-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 39 Guarneri, D. ITA TM
48 8-9 6-5 11-9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 24 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM
47 14-7 10-7 6-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 259 Coldenhoff, G. NED SUZ
47 3-11 5-8 7-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 28 Rattray, Tyla RSA KAW
40 4-5 13-13 4-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15 19 Philippaerts, D. ITA YAM
38 11-0 9-11 1-6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 183 Frossard, S. FRA KTM
32 10-0 0-6 8-8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
17 17 Butron, Jose ESP KTM
29 7-10 8-0 2-2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
18 9 de Dycker, Ken BEL KTM
27 2-6 0-0 9-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
19 23 Charlier, C. FRA HON
22 1-2 - - 14-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
20 111 Ferris, Dean AUS HUS
21 0-4 1-12 0-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 999 Goncalves, Rui POR HUS
14 0-3 7-4 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
22 991 Watson, Nathan GBR HUS
12 0-0 0-0 5-7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23 177 Coates, Paul GBR YAM
7 0-0 4-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
24 100 Searle, Tommy GBR KTM
5 5-0 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 400 Yamamoto, Kei JPN HON
5 0-0 3-2 0-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
26 11 Bengtsson, F. SWE HON
5 0-1 0-1 3-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
27 123 Hoshino, Y. JPN KTM
2 - - 2-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -