Van Horebeek impressive in Kester

Jeremy Van Horebeek was impressive this past weekend as he switched to the 450cc Kawasaki for Round 2 of the Belgian Championship held in Kester. A regular front runner in the MX2 World Championship, Van Horebeek  quickly adjusted to the more powerful machine and surprised many as he posted the 2^nd fastest time in timed practice, a mere 0.13 of a second off championship leader Ramon.

In the first moto of the day the ‘Jerre’ suffered a poor start, but before long was cutting his way through the traffic. Lap after lap Van Horebeek clawed his way through, passing many MX1 GP regulars on his way to a well deserved 4^th place.

Moto two was a better start for the young Belgian, but a lap one collision with Pourcel left Van Horebeek back in 11. With the track getting a little rougher and slightly one lined in this moto the ‘Jerre’ was not able to come through the field as easily as he did in moto one. At the end of anther high paced race the ‘Jerre’ powered his 450 across the finish line to take 6^th in the race, and 6^th position overall for the day.

“I really enjoyed the 450, this is my first ever race on the bigger bike so I am very happy with how it went. I am not used to the power and especially off the starts I didn’t even know how much gas to give as the gate dropped. In both races I came through the pack quickly so that gives me a positive feeling heading into the German GP.” Commented Van Horebeek.

This week Van Horebeek will make his final preparations for Round 8 of the MX2 World Championship, due to take place in Teutschental, Germany, next weekend.

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Results

Moto 1
1 GUARNERI Davide
2 RAMON Steve
3 LEOK Tanel
4 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy
5 SIMPSON Shaun
6 POURCEL Sébastien
7 STRIJBOS Kevin
8 COPPINS Joshua
9 FERRIS Dean
10 ROELANTS Joel
11 VAN DAELE Marvin
12 KLEIN KROMHOFF Ceriel
13 VERBRUGGEN Dennis
14 DE REUVER Marc
15 LAEREMANS Bengt

Moto 2
1 RAMON Steve
2 STRIJBOS Kevin
3 GUARNERI Davide
4 SIMPSON Shaun
5 LEOK Tanel
6 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy
7 DE DYCKER Ken
8 POURCEL Sébastien
9 VAN DAELE Marvin
10 DE REUVER Marc
11 ROELANTS Joel
12 COPPINS Joshua
13 PRIEM Manuel
14 FERRIS Dean
15 VAN NOOTEN Jurgen

Overall
1 RAMON Steve 47
2 GUARNERI Davide 45
3 STRIJBOS Kevin 36
4 LEOK Tanel 36
5 SIMPSON Shaun 34
6 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 33
7 POURCEL Sébastien 28
8 VAN DAELE Marvin 22
9 COPPINS Joshua 22
10 ROELANTS Joel 21
11 FERRIS Dean 19
12 DE REUVER Marc 18
13 DE DYCKER Ken 14
14 MARTENS Yentel 9
15 KLEIN KROMHOFF Ceriel 9

Championship Standings
1 RAMON Steve 97
2 GUARNERI Davide 85
3 LEOK Tanel 74
4 STRIJBOS Kevin 61
5 POURCEL Sébastien 61
6 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy 60
7 DE DYCKER Ken 52
8 DE REUVER Marc 51
9 VAN DAELE Marvin 43
10 ROELANTS Joel 35