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april 18, 2016 - Yamaha Racing
MXGP - Yamaha Racing, Febvre Shows Confidence in Mexico
Monster Energy #yamaha Factory #racing rider #romainfebvre showed championship patience on Sunday at #mxgp León, winning the early #moto in confidence-boosting style and then holding on to his World Championship lead in the late race. Teammate Jeremy Van Horebeek rode strongly over the day on an ever-changing track, while Kemea Yamaha's #valentinguillod found his speed in #mexico and landed his first-ever double Top-10 GP finish.
Febvre pushed his YZ450FM out on the morning race to a clear lead after qualifying conservatively on Saturday under much cooler weather conditions. Sunday's 30-degree heat meant water spread by organizers on the high-altitude, hard-pack track pooled in some corners and evaporated in others, leaving the track in a highly variable state that challenged riders and provided for dramatic race action as the day wore on.
When Russia's Evgeny Bobryshev bobbled his 2nd place after five laps, Febvre pounced from 3rd and set off after race leader Tim Gajser, keeping the Slovenian within 2-3 seconds until lap 14 when the race leader made a mistake and Yamaha's 2015 World Champion sailed through to victory in #moto one. Van Horebeek started in 10th and found himself caught in a quartet of unpassable riders through most of the morning race, passing Tommy Searle of of Great Britain and then being passed by Glenn Coldenhoff of the Netherlands before finishing 11th.
Guillod regained some of the start speed he had in Thailand, where he scored his first #mxgp holeshot, and then showed off phenomenal corner speed on Sunday against Searle and Italy's Antonio Cairoli for a mid-moto game of cat and mouse before crossing the line 9th in the morning race.
For #moto two Febvre and Gajser quickly slipped away from the rest of the pack and set themselves up for a challenging duel on the deeply-rutted track that had turned loose and marbley under a blazing Mexican sun. The French World Championship points leader regularly showed the fastest lap times as he chose to leave Gajser in front of him by less than two seconds through uncrossable lines and jumps that turned hard and slick but provided excellent traction.
But Gajser proved the elusive in the late race, and when Febvre bobbled his rear end on the unforgiving track the gap became unbreachable, with Gajser soon easing out to a 10-second advantage until the finish. With a 1-2 finish in the motos and 2nd overall in #mexico, Febvre keeps his 2016 World Championship red plate by a secure but slim 3-point margin ahead of #mxgp Latvia at the end of April.
Van Horebeek rose steadily in #moto two, passing through the same tough quartet of challengers he faced in #moto one and then stamping his authority on 7th as gaps in front and behind stretched to nearly 10 seconds in both directions. Overall the Belgian rider finished #mxgp León 9th, but slipped to 6th in the 2016 World Championship.
Van Horebeek's chief mechanic Luigi Rossino showed heroic effort at #mxgp León, working full-speed to support the Belgian rider and his #yz450fm despite catching a flu virus in the week between Argentina and #mexico.
Guillod caught Cairoli again after lunch and gave the 5-time World Champion a tough race to finish in 8th, his first ever double-moto GP Top-10, and a morale-boosting 7th overall in #mexico. the Swiss rider moves up to 11th in the 2016 World Championship and helps #yamaha secure valuable points to keep its lead in the Manufacturer's Cup over Honda by two points.
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