Mixed fortunes for Standing Construct GasGas Factory Racing in MXGP of Trentino

For MXGP class racer Pauls Jonass, the Standing Construct GASGAS Factory Racing rider began the MXGP of Trentino with a solid ride in race one. Starting inside the top 10, the Latvian worked his way forwards throughout the moto, moving into sixth place on the penultimate lap before chasing Glenn Coldenhoff across the finish line.

Jonass was fired up for another strong race in the second moto but it wasn’t to be as a pretty big crash on lap one left him with a ton of work to do. Rolling up his sleeves, the 24-year-old remounted and battled hard for his 12th-place finish to ultimately end the day in seventh overall.

After placing 20th in moto one, Brian Bogers was fortunate to escape serious injury in a first turn crash at the start of race two which involved a handful of other riders. Rejoining the race last, Brian was then able to latch onto Pauls Jonass, who had also just picked himself up after crashing on the opening lap, and follow his teammate for the entire moto. Impressively, Bogers would match the pace of his teammate, chase him home, and cross the finish line right behind him in 13th place.

Pauls Jonass: “After making some good progress in recent weeks I was a little disappointed with my riding today. Having said that, race one was ok and I moved into sixth with two laps to go so that was a good result despite not feeling my best. Then in race two I had a pretty big crash all on my own on the first lap so I was way down the field. It’s not an easy track to make passes on but I managed to salvage 12th so that wasn’t too bad. I need to work on a few things before Wednesday and my aim is to be back up front again.”

Brian Bogers: “That was a tough day today. I had a pretty good race going in the first one. I didn’t get the best of starts but I felt good and worked my way up to 14th, but then I had an issue with my rear wheel and had to slow down in order to finish. I was hoping to make up for that result in race two but then I was involved in a big first turn crash, which left me with a lot of work to do. I felt really good on the bike and my riding was good so despite finishing 13th, I can take my speed as a positive into Wednesday and hopefully stay out of trouble.”

Standing Construct GasGas Factory Racing will focus themselves now on the next round on Wednesday!

Results – 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship, Round 14

MXGP – Overall
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 50pts
2. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yamaha) 38
3. Tim Gajser (Honda) 38
7. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS) 24
16. Brian Bogers (GASGAS) 9

MXGP – Race 1
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2. Jeremy Seewer (Yamaha)
3. Romain Febvre (Kawasaki)
6. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS)
20. Brian Bogers (GASGAS)

MXGP – Race 2
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM)
2. Glenn Coldenhoff (Yamaha).
3. Tim Gajser (Honda)
12. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS)
13. Brian Bogers (GASGAS)

MXGP World Championship standing
1. Jeffrey Herlings (KTM) 555pts;
2. Romain Febvre (Kawasaki) 531;
3. Tim Gajser (Honda) 528
7. Pauls Jonass (GASGAS) 376
11. Brian Bogers (GASGAS) 218