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'Monsoons are caused by land heating up and cooling down faster than the sea,' we learn from Wikipedia. MXGP riders suffered above all from the consequences of that phenomenon during the Indonesian round of the championship. On 4 and 5 March heavy rainfall transformed their 'playground' into an ocean of mud. The free practice was finally declared qualifying owing to the conditions and, in the top category, the riders even had to content themselves with a single race to establish the Grand Prix standings. The teams partnered technically by Motul nevertheless gave their utmost and Suzuki was rewarded with a first win in MX2 for Jeremy Seewer!
'In mud, bagging the best times is not the most important thing, you must survive first', commented Seewer. This feat in the Indonesian hell on Earth propels the Swiss to 2nd rank in the race to the title. Team Suzuki World MXGP got by rather well in MXGP with a 6th place for Belgian Kevin Strijbos, just ahead of the best placed of the Honda Racing Corporation riders, defending World champion, Tim Gajser. Ranked 9th, his team-mate Evgeny Bobryshev will not keep an indelible memory of this Grand Prix: 'I had trouble with the food, heat and all the rest... I think I'd never seen anything quite like it in all my career!'
MXGP standings :
01 Antonio Cairoli (KTM), 66 pts
03 Clément Desalle (Kawasaki), 60 pts
03 Tim Gajser (Honda), 56 pts
04 Evgeny Bobryshev (Honda) 44 pts
Sourse:
http://www.mxgp.com
