In his first FIM World Motocross Championship race since the 2001 season, Chad Reed qualified fifteenth today at the MXGP of Great Britain.
Reed, who will also race the MXGP of Italy next weekend, finished 0:56.060 behind MXGP points leader, and qualification winner, Tim Gajser. Max Nagl and Evgeny Bobryshev rounded out the podium.
According to OTOR, defending MXGP champion Romain Febvre crashed hard in the session and was taken off on a stretch. He was taken to the local hospital due to a concussion.
Contact between Ben Townley & Romain Febvre saw the World Champ go down hard. 461 was taken to hospital with concussion...
— OTOR (@OntrackOffroad) June 18, 2016
In MX2, Max Anstie won the qualifying race over Dylan Ferrandis and Jeremy Seewer. Current MX2 points leader Jeffrey Herlings, who has yet to lose an overall in 2016, finished fifth.
MXGP Qualifying Results
1. Tim Gajser
2. Max Nagl
3. Evgeny Bobryshev
4. Valentin Guillod
5. Jeremy Van Horebeek
6. Antonio Cairoli
7. Clement Desalle
8. Tommy Searle
9. Ben Townley
10. Glenn Coldenhoff
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15. Chad Reed
MX2 Qualifying Results
1. Max Anstie
2. Dylan Ferrandis
3. Jeremy Seewer
4. Aleksandr Tonkov
5. Jeffrey Herlings
6. Benoit Paturel
7. Petar Petrov
8. Conrad Mewse
9. Thomas Covington
10. Brian Bogers
