Benoit Paturel of the De Baets MX team has taken seventeen points in the twelfth round of the MXGP World Championship in Lombok, Indonesia.
The second Grand Prix on the island of Lombok was again held at the Selaparang circuit and was held in the opposite direction. It was again oppressively hot, which made it hard for the riders and mechanics.
On Saturday, Paturel was close to the top ten in time practice and eventually ended up with an eleventh time. Later in the day, he qualified thirteenth in the qualifying heat.
On Saturday, Paturel was close to the top ten in time practice and eventually ended up with an eleventh time. Later in the day, he qualified thirteenth in the qualifying heat.
In the first moto on Sunday, Paturel was riding just outside the top ten for the entire moto. He started in twelfth place, worked his way up to eleventh place and finished in twelfth place.
In the second moto, Paturel again started just outside the top ten, but from the middle of the race he struggled to keep his rhythm and dropped from eleventh place to twelfth and later to thirteenth position.
With a 12-13 in the motos, Paturel finished in thirteenth place in the day’s classification and is now sixteenth in the world championship standings. In the weekend of July 20 and 21, the world championship will continue in Loket, Czech Republic.
Overall MXGP Lombok:
1 Jeffrey Herlings 50 Pnt
2 Tim Gajser 44 Pnt
3 Calvin Vlaanderen 40 Pnt
4 Jorge Prado 34 Pnt
5 Valentin Guillod 32 Pnt
13 Benoit Paturel 17 Pnt
World Championship MXGP Standings:
1 Tim Gajser 608 Pnt
2 Jorge Prado 574 Pnt
3 Jeffrey Herlings 557 Pnt
4 Calvin Vlaanderen 429 Pnt
5 Jeremy Seewer 411 Pnt
16 Benoit Paturel 146 Pnt
