Van Horebeek suffers setback in Latvia

CLS Kawasaki Racer, Jeremy Van Horebeek has suffered a setback  in his 2010 MX2 GP campaign after a crash in the first moto of the Latvian GP held in Kegums over the weekend.

‘The Jerre’  qualified fourth in the Saturday qualification race and looked set to back up his podium finish in last week’s German GP however  as the gate dropped for the first MX2 moto on Sunday, Van Horebeek was caught up in a first turn tangle.  He was down in mid pack but quickly fought into the top ten and was making great progress.  With ten minutes left on the clock Van Horebeek took a heavy tumble and was taken to hospital with a suspected neck injury.

On further examination no broken bones were diagnosed however due to swelling Van Horebeek will return to Belgium for further scans and another medical opinion. Only then will a decision be made whether the 20-year-old can take part in round 10 next week in Sweden.

Race results:

MX2 Race 1
1 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM
2 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki
3 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM
4 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
5 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM
6 Kullas, Harri FIN Yamaha
7 Paulin, Gautier FRA Yamaha
8 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM
9 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM
10 Charlier, Christophe FRA Yamaha
11 Vongsana, Khounsith FRA KTM
12 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Suzuki
13 Nicholls, Jake GBR KTM
14 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki
15 Triest, Nick BEL KTM

25 van Horebeek, Jeremy BEL Kawasaki

MX2 Race 2
1 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM
2 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki
3 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki
4 Paulin, Gautier FRA Yamaha
5 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha
6 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM
7 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM
8 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Suzuki
9 Charlier, Christophe FRA Yamaha
10 Nicholls, Jake GBR KTM
11 Leib, Michael USA Kawasaki
12 Kullas, Harri FIN Yamaha
13 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM
14 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM
15 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki

GP Overall:
1 Herlings, Jeffrey NED KTM 45
2 Roczen, Ken GER Suzuki 42
3 Frossard, Steven FRA Kawasaki 40
4 Musquin, Marvin FRA KTM 39
5 Paulin, Gautier FRA Yamaha 32
6 Roelants, Joel BEL KTM 31
7 Kullas, Harri FIN Yamaha 24
8 Charlier, Christophe FRA Yamaha 23
9 Tonus, Arnaud SUI Suzuki 22
10 Simpson, Shaun GBR KTM 21
11 Nicholls, Jake GBR KTM 19
12 Teillet, Valentin FRA KTM 19
13 Osborne, Zach USA Yamaha 16
14 Karro, Matiss LAT Suzuki 13
15 Triest, Nick BEL KTM 11

MX2 World championship standings:
1 Musquin, M. FRA 404
2 Roczen, Ken GER 330
3 Frossard, S. FRA 308
4 Herlings, J. NED 286
5 Osborne, Zach USA 249
6 Simpson, Shaun GBR 246
7 Tonus, Arnaud SUI 236
8 Roelants, Joel BEL 214
9 van Horebeek, J. BEL 209
10 Kullas, Harri FIN 182
11 Nicholls, Jake GBR 177
12 Charlier, C. FRA 153
13 Paulin, G. FRA 132
14 Verbruggen, D. BEL 127
15 Lupino, A. ITA 111