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<\/p>\nMonster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team\u2019s Thibault Benistant and Karlis Reisulis have finished seventh and ninth overall, respectively, at round 14 of the 2025 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship. Racing in the Czech Republic, the duo fought for every position throughout both races to secure their top-10 results.<\/p>\n
Following the deep sand of Finland two weeks ago, the season continued at the rugged, hardpack circuit of Loket. While Saturday\u2019s Qualifying Race took place on a rain-lashed race track, warm and sunny weather on Sunday created perfect conditions for the Grand Prix races.<\/p>\n
Benistant took advantage of his strong start in the opening race to run in fifth position. A small mistake dropped him to sixth, and then a minor collision with a rival dropped him to seventh at the finish. Race Two was a similar affair for the Frenchman. From ninth on lap one, Benistant was soon part of a four-rider battle for fourth. However, a frustrating fall in the closing stages cost him valuable time, although he was able to rejoin the race and cross the line in seventh. With his consistent 7-7 result, the Yamaha YZ250FM rider claimed seventh on the day and moves up to fifth in the series standings.<\/p>\n
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Following his eighth-place finish at the previous round in Finland, Reisulis carried the same speed into the Czech Republic. A hard charge through the field in Race One rewarded him with ninth, and the Latvian replicated the result in Race Two for ninth overall. Leaving Loket, Reisulis is building momentum as he maintains 12th in the MX2 World Championship standings.<\/p>\n
Rick Elzinga was unfortunately absent from racing in the Czech Republic, as a mid-week training incident resulted in a finger injury.<\/p>\n
Up next for the team is a trip to Belgium for the MXGP of Flanders. Taking place at the bottomless sand circuit of Lommel next weekend, the event marks round 15 of the current campaign.<\/p>\n
Thibault Benistant<\/strong> Karlis Reisulis<\/strong> Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team\u2019s Thibault Benistant and Karlis Reisulis have finished seventh and ninth overall, respectively, at round 14 of the 2025 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship. Racing in the Czech Republic, the duo fought for every position throughout both races to secure their top-10 results. Following the deep sand of Finland two […]\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mx2-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17342,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17341\/revisions\/17342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huttenmetaalracing.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n7th MXGP of Czech Republic, 28-points
\n5th MX2 Championship Standings, 492-points
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not been an easy weekend for me. Fifth in the Qualifying Race was good and I was able to bring this speed into Race One. I had a good start, around fifth, and I was riding well until I made a small mistake. I then clipped another rider\u2019s wheel later in the race and dropped to seventh. My start in Race Two wasn\u2019t as good, but I made a lot of passes early on. It was tough to make more passes as I got closer to the front, and then I had a small crash. I finished the race with a good charge, although it wasn\u2019t enough to move any higher than seventh, unfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n9th MXGP of Czech Republic, 24-points
\n12th MX2 Championship Standings, 259-points
\n\u201cToday was a good day overall. I felt good on the bike in Warm-up and felt confident for a good result. I didn\u2019t have the best start in Race One, but pushed hard all race to finish ninth. My start was much better in Race Two, however it took a while to find my rhythm and I slipped to ninth at the finish. Overall, two consistent results for ninth, and now it\u2019s onto Lommel next weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"