The first round of the 2016 FIM World Motocross Championship begins this weekend at Losail in Qatar. We previewed the 2016 season earlier this week, which you can check on here.
On Friday, the first qualifying races of the season (to determine gate picks for tomorrow’s race) were run. In MX2, Red Bull KTM’s Jeffrey Herlings returned after missing most of last season to secure the win over Dylan Ferrandis and Pauls Jonass—last year’s MX2 runner-up. American Thomas Covington had a reported mechanical problem and finished twenty-fourth.
In MXGP, Evgeny Bobryshev topped 2015 MX2 world champion Tim Gajser, with defending MXGP champion Romain Febvre in third. Eight-time world champion Antonio Cairoli finished fourth.
Clement Desalle, who broke his arm last week, only put in two laps before pulling out of the race. He finished twenty-first.
Live coverage of tomorrow’s race can be seen on MXGP-TV.com beginning at 8:10 a.m. EST.
MXGP Qualifying Results
1. Evgeny Bobryshev
2. Tim Gajser
3. Romain Febvre
4. Antonio Cairoli
5. Glenn Goldenhoff
6. Gautier Paulin
7. Max Nagl
8. Shaun Simpson
9. Tommy Searle
10. Kevin Strijbos
11. Jeremy Van Horebeek
12. Valentin Guillod
13. Jose Butron
14. Alessandro Lupino
15. Tanel Leok
16. Miko Potisek
17. Ben Townley
18. Christophe Charlier
19. Alex Snow
20. Kei Yamamoto
21. Clement Desalle
MX2 Qualifying Results
1. Jeffrey Herlings
2. Dylan Ferrandis
3. Pauls Jonass
4. Jeremy Seewer
5. Benoit Paturel
6. Petar Petrov
7. Aleksandr Tonkov
8. Vsevolod Brylyakov
9. Max Anstie
10. Davy Pootjes
11. Jens Getteman
12. Samuele Bernardini
13. Brent Van doninck
14. Ben Watson
15. Brian Bogers
16. Henry Jacobi
17. Karel Kutar
18. Jorge Zaragoza
19. Damon Graulus
20. Alvin Ostlund
21. Maykai Grisha Ivanov
22. Freek van der Vlist
23. Calvin Vlaanderen
24. Thomas Covington
25. Alfie Smith
