Lotte van Drunen took the holeshot this morning ahead of Lynn Valk, Kiara Fontanesi, Larissa Papenmeier, and Daniela Guillen. There were no crashes at the start for the 40 drivers. Martine Hughes took advantage of the first few corners to move ahead of Guillen in fifth place. The leading trio quickly widened their gap on the other drivers. Larissa Papenmeier led Martin Hughes and Daniela Guillen ahead of a third group led by Amandine Verstappen ahead of April Franzoni, Malou Jakobsen, Shana van der Vlist, and Danée Gelissen. On the third lap, Martine Hughes crashed and dropped outside the top 10. On a circuit resurfaced overnight, only one line was available for a good part of the race, resulting in few overtaking attempts. Lynn Valk lost contact with the leading duo lap after lap.
As Malou Jakobsen crashed, April Franzoni got the better of Amandine Verstappen, but the Belgian stayed in the Frenchwoman’s wheelhouse. Shan van der Vlist couldn’t keep up with the two women in front of her and had to hold off Danée Gelissen. In the battle for fourth place, Daniela Guillen couldn’t overtake Papenmeier. Up front, nothing changed, even though ruts appeared as the laps progressed, and the laps didn’t allow for different trajectories. Lotte van Drunen took advantage of the situation to open up a small gap over Kiara Fontanesi to win. Lynn Valk finished third in the race. Daniela Guillen managed to overtake Larissa Papenmeier to gain fourth place with four laps to go. Amandine Verstappen also took advantage of the situation to regain sixth place ahead of April Franzoni. Danée Gelissen regained eighth position after a mistake by Shana van der Vlist on the final lap. Martine Hughes also benefited. Lucy Barker completed the top 10 with a strong race.
Kiara Fontanesi (MX Fonta Racing) achieved a comeback victory in Teutschenthal after her success in Spain. Lotte van Drunen (De Baets MX Team) finished second with this victory in the second race. She remains in the championship lead even though her lead is shrinking. Daniela Guillen (Mequitec Racing) completed the day’s podium. The Spaniard was disappointed at the finish.
Lynn Valk (Van Venrooy Racing) finished fourth with a very consistent performance. She scored good points for the championship, but the KTM rider wants to return to the podium. Last year’s winner, Larissa Papenmeier (SYE Racing Team 423), was unable to repeat her performance. In front of her home crowd, she achieved a good top-five finish. Amandine Verstappen (Team Newbike Yamaha) had a great weekend with this sixth place. The Belgian rider breaks into the championship’s top five.
April Franzoni (Honda SR) had a good weekend. The Frenchwoman demonstrated her skills in all conditions with this seventh position. Danée Gelissen (De Baets Mx Team) once again finished eighth overall. Good things. Martine Hughes (Kawsaki Sveridge) was ninth in the GP. The Norwegian, battling with Guillen and Papenmeier at the start of the second race, has the level to fight for the top five in every race. Shana van der Vlist (Yamaha) completed the weekend’s top 10. Less comfortable than on some tracks, the Dutch rider didn’t find the answers and lost points with this crash. She remains in the fight for the championship’s top five.
Malou Jakobsen (KL Racing Team) took eleventh place for the weekend. The Dane has improved this winter but hasn’t been able to repeat the same race on Saturday and Sunday. Mathea Selebø (Fantic) took twelfth place this weekend, demonstrating consistency once again. The Norwegian made few mistakes. Lucy Barker (KTM) finished thirteenth. The 2024 EMX Women’s European Champion suffered a major crash on Sunday. Although not at 100% fitness, she secured a good top ten finish this Sunday. Nellie Fransson (Yamaha JK Racing) took fourteenth place. Injured in Sardinia, the Swede had a good second race. Elena Kapsamer (GasGas) finished fifteenth. The Austrian has good speed and can do better with good starts.
Alexandra Massury (KTM) finished sixteenth, finishing in the points twice in front of her home crowd. Tyra Bäckström (GasGas) had a mixed weekend with a mistake in the second race. Jana Sanchez (Mequitec Racing) had two strong races to take 18th place overall ahead of Adrija Skudutyte (KTM) who had a good second race. Tanja Schlosser (Triumph) was 20th overall. She was back in the points early in the second race, but was forced to stop due to a bike issue. Mara Benecke (KTM) edged Laura Raunkjaer (SYE Racing Team 423) for 21st place thanks to a better second race.
This GP was marked by Kim Irmgartz’s final WMX World Championship race in front of her home crowd. See you in the Netherlands for the rest of the championship at the end of August.
