Often as fast starter in the season opening, having finished on the podium in 2017, 2018, 20, but this year that big crash cost him big time. On a circuit that suits the French he had some messy moments, a crash and some wild riding, but a podium in round one is probably right where he wants to be going into round two, a circuit that he likes, despite his big crash there a handful of years ago.ħ Points – Antonio Cairoli: I know he didn’t finish fourth, but WOW, I mean at one point he was leading the GP and looking solid, and after pulling out of the pre-season race in Italy a week ago, you felt he wasn’t going to be strong enough, but as always, Tony proved us all wrong and looks brilliant. The Frenchman has the potential to beat anyone in the MXGP class and if he can build some confidence with a few top three finishes, then he might just join Gajser and Herlings at the front and become a GP winner again.
I imagine we see a very different Dutchmen in England next week.ħ Points – Romain Febvre: Always near the front, but not close enough to have a shot at the GP victory. He did get a holeshot in the second race, but he crashed in the first race and then made a mistake in the second and he had no answer for the red bullet of the Slovenian.
He was quickest in morning qualification, despite not looking the quickest, and as is often the case when “The Bullet” is starting a season, he is building confidence and speed. I think we all had an inkling that he is struggling a little after his less than dominant pre-season victories. He wasn’t the quickest in qualification, but his smooth, silky riding in the two motos made sure we don’t forget this performance in a long time.Ĩ Points – Jeffrey Herlings: 4-2 and second placed man Jeffrey Herlings wasn’t his normal impressive self, but he has had these types of performances in the past and the bad news for many of his competition, you know he is burning up inside and the motivation and drive to win again is probably stronger than ever. A first moto control job, where he jumped into the lead after starting around fourth and won easily, and then that second race charge, that reminded me a lot of the Antonio Cairoli performance in Trentino a few years ago, but I still think this Gajser performance is one of the best race chargers I have EVER seen. We decided to do something a little different this year, and have a regular ranking feature, something to give you an idea how the competitors size up throughout the year and then add those ranking points up after each round and see who wins the MXLarge Rankings of 2021. So here goes, the first MXGP rankings of 2021.ġ0 Points - Tim Gajser: You have to give him a 10, because the way he put his Sunday together was massively impressive and you know his competition are now working even harder to get to the level of the champion.
A 1-1 performance and as many legends do, had a ride for the ages in that second moto, when he came from near dead last to win the moto easily. The 2021 MXGP championship is up and running and defending champion Tim Gajser wrote another chapter in his already impressive career.
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