august 29, 2016 - Suzuki Racing

Jasikonis sets best result at tough Assen MXGP

The revered TT Circuit #assen staged #mxgp for just the second time with the 2016 Grand Prix of the Netherlands forming round 16 of 18 in the current FIM World Championship campaign and Team Suzuki World MXGP’s #arminasjasikonis parted the Dutch sand to take his works RM-Z450 to 13th position overall in front of a 32,000 attendance. The eighteen year old did manage seventh place in the second #moto to record a personal best finish to-date.

The shallow and bumpy sand of the temporary course laid over the famous final chicane at #assen was a tight and difficult test; the surface soft in places and hard and slick in others and required commitment and confidence to consistently forge fast lap-times. A hot and sunny Saturday changed to spectacular thunderstorms and rain during the evening and through raceday morning; the effect of the downpours was to create a slower and more restrictive test.

Saturday was a tricky day for the Suzuki duo; Kevin Strijbos struggled to find traction and confidence through the sand while Jasikonis crashed in the Qualification Heat and entered the start gate down in 27th position.

Hoping for a better feeling in the first #moto and after reverting back to some base settings on the RM-Z450 that he used in the initial practice session, Strijbos got out of the gate from 11th position and hovered around mid-pack until getting held-up through the second turn and then had to find a race strategy to come through the field. He soldiered up to 12th and then had a run-in with his team-mate which pushed the big 18 year old down to 18th and halted Strijbos’ charge to the top 10. The ‘22’ eventually took 15th. Strijbos gated badly and tried to fight in the second #moto on what a drier and faster surface but was off the pace and rolled home for another 15th and a final ranking of 16th for the day. With a total of 291 points he is currently 11th in the #mxgp World Championship standings.

Jasikonis – now fully settled into the team for what was his fourth Grand Prix with the Lommel-based set-up – used his strength and technique in the sand to furrow a path in the first #moto but the collision entering a hairpin turn with Strijbos cost him time and energy. In the second #moto the Lithuanian took profit of his best start of the weekend and ran in the top seven, almost closing to the back of Jeremy Van Horebeek to enter the first six. His classification was one slot better than he managed at the Grand Prix of Belgium.

MXGP goes back under the floodlights next week and all the way to the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina for the penultimate fixture of the season and the first of two back-to-back races in the USA.

Arminas Jasikonis:

“Overall it is not the best but the second #moto was great. I could fight with the top guys and finished seventh. It could have been sixth but little mistakes stopped me. My riding was OK in the first #moto but there were more mistakes and then I crashed. It was hard to make a [good] start from that outside position but I fought all the way in the second race and we are improving.”

Kevin Strijbos:

“A really bad day and I didn't feel good all weekend on the track. I was struggling so much and I’m not happy with the result, my riding, my feeling on the bike. There is not much more to say.”

MXGP Moto1: 1. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 34:23.278; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:08.511; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:15.649; 4. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), +0:16.595; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:32.529; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:35.717; 7. Rui Goncalves (POR, Husqvarna), +0:42.884; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:49.112; 9. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:56.148; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +1:00.466. 15. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +1:25.457;18. #arminasjasikonis (LTU, Suzuki World MXGP), -1 lap(s).

MXGP Moto2: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 34:18.739; 2. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:02.106; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:03.267; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:05.370; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:24.762; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:34.969; 7. #arminasjasikonis (LTU, Suzuki World MXGP), +0:37.170; 8. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), +0:57.508; 9. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:59.272; 10. Jordi Tixier (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:05.532; 15. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki World MXGP), +1:26.910.

MXGP Overall result: 1. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 44 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 33 p.; 5. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 31 p.; 6. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 30 p.; 7. Tanel Leok (EST, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KAW), 24 p.; 9. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 23 p.; 10. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 22 p.; 13. #arminasjasikonis (LTU, Suzuki World MXGP), 17 p.; 16. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki World MXGP), 12 p.

MXGP World Championship Standings (after 16 of 18 rounds): 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 653 points; 2. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 588 p.; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 542 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 522 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 494 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 477 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 347 p.; 8. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 342 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 326 p.; 10. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 307 p.; 11. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki World MXGP), 291 p.; 18. Ben Townley (NZL, Suzuki World MXGP), 128 p. 24. #arminasjasikonis (LTU, Suzuki World MXGP), 47 p.

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