The ‘Jerre’ fast in Italian GP

After a solid start to his 2010 MX2 World Championship campaign in Bulgaria last weekend, CLS Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider Jeremy Van Horebeek travelled to Italy this past weekend to contest the 2^nd round in the series. Held at the notoriously rough and rutted circuit of Mantova, the ‘Jerre’ looked forward to battling it out once again.

In the short Saturday qualifier, Van Horebeek looked very comfortable on the bike as he crossed the line in 5^th position behind team mate Frossard.

Sunday morning began with a little rain, but the sandy circuit soon soaked it up as the MX2 riders lined up on the line. The gate dropped and heading through the first turn in 6^th position the ‘Jerre’ was on the gas and pushing hard as ever. Scrubbing every jump and railing every corner Van Horebeek screamed his Kawasaki up to 4^th position by the chequered flag, racking up the points.

Moto 2 was another good start for the ‘Jerre’ rounding out lap one in 7^th place. Once again Van Horebeek was taking no prisoners as he set chase on the leading pack, but on lap 3 disaster struck, whilst making a pass for 5^th the ‘Jerre’ whipped his bike out and it caught Simpson’s KTM mid-air throwing the number 89 machine to the floor very hard and bending the front end f the bike. Re-mounting and having to head into the pits to repair the bike put the Belgian right back down in the field of riders, but a gutsy performance saw Van Horebeek ultimately cross the line in 18^th position, awarding him 9^th overall for the day.

‘I was satisfied with my fourth position in the opening race even though I suffered a little with arm pump. My start was not so good in the second race, but I felt much more comfortable and charged back to 5th position behind Simpson after a few laps; I was looking to pass him over a jump but my rear wheel slipped out just before the take-off and I crashed when I landed. I had to stop at the pits to straighten my front wheel, and then I just concentrated on captured a few points. It was a frustrating mistake, and I will be looking forward to making up for it at the GP in Valkenswaard in two weeks time.’ Commented Van Horebeek after the event.

Results

Moto 1
1  MUSQUIN, Marvin
2  ROCZEN, Ken
3  FROSSARD, Steven
4  VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy
5  OSBORNE, Zach
6  HERLINGS, Jeffrey
7  SIMPSON, Shaun
8  ROELANTS, Joel
9  KULLAS, Harri
10  SCHIFFER, Marcus

Moto 2
1  MUSQUIN, Marvin
2  HERLINGS, Jeffrey
3  ROCZEN, Ken
4  TONUS, Arnaud
5  OSBORNE, Zach
6  NICHOLLS, Jake
7  CHARLIER, Christophe
8  SIMPSON, Shaun
9  VERBRUGGEN, Dennis
10  FROSSARD, Steven
18  VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy

GP Overall
1  MUSQUIN, Marvin
2  ROCZEN, Ken
3  HERLINGS, Jeffrey
4  OSBORNE, Zach
5  FROSSARD, Steven
6  TONUS, Arnaud
7  SIMPSON, Shaun
8  NICHOLLS, Jake
9  VAN HOREBEEK, Jeremy
10  KULLAS, Harri

World Championship Standings