Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has scored his 104th Grand Prix victory with a 1-3 performance at the MXGP of Latvia, although while he gets the GP win, Tim Gajser finished with 2-2 results for second overall, so very few points gained for the Dutchman. Jorge Prado finished with 7-1 for third overall. Gajser takes the red plate to Maggiora next week.
Championship points are now Tim Gajser 454 points, Jorge Prado 450pts, Jeffrey Herlings 386pts. So, Gajser with a four points lead over Prado and Herlings some 68 points back. Had he not had that mechanical issue in a round, he would be a lot closer.
Jeffrey Herlings: “It was last time I was here, 103 here and now 104 here. Twice with good starts and I could follow them until the end. Good riding, 1-3 and lets keep building from here, lets go. I mean, after yesterday I was driving to the hotel and asked myself what I am doing, but I wanted to show people I can still ride a bit. I didn’t have the pace early in that second moto, but I did catch them, just didn’t have the speed to pass them.”