The impressive young Belgian, Lucas Coenen has put together an impressive sand performance with a 1-1 result in Finland today. The Red Bull KTM factory rider made some mistakes, even crashed in the second moto, but is just too quick for the opposition at the moment.

Lucas Coenen: I was ambition, I was always getting second, second and in the race I switched on and off, but two moto wins and I had problems with the clutch because it was bent. I saw Romain and I knew I had to push and push and we keep building. Today I turned it on and super happy about that.

Romain Febvre: I worked the most in the weekend. Yesterday a crash and I had to fight and first moto a crash and the second moto I had a bad start and I saw Lucas ahead and I tried something, but for sure, we have to do something on the start, to win a race I need to get the start. I try not to worry about the championship and we know we have to start at the front, or life won't be easy.

Calvin Vlaanderen: It has been months of hard work and so nice to see it pay off, not just for me, but the whole team and it is no secret we have been struggling, so I want to say a big thanks to the team, my girlfriend and my family. It is nice to do this with the Yamaha celebrations this weekend.

Second overall was Kawasaki factory rider, Romain Febvre and third Monster Energy Yamaha rider Calvin Vlaanderen. In the championship points, it is Romain Febvre 627 points, Lucas Coenen 612pts, Glenn Coldenhoff 449pts, Ruben Fernandez 407pts, Calvin Vlaanderen 366pts. Febvre now olds a 15 point lead over Coenen in the championship points.

MXGP Moto Two

Coenen with the lead in the second MXGP moto, with Fernandez second, then Coldenhoff, Sterry, Geerts, Seewer, Febvre, Van Doninck, Forato, Koch and Pancar as a bunch of riders went down early, this included Coldenhoff, Bonacorsi and Fernandez. Sterry quickly lost spots and was back in seventh. Febvre quickly into fourth place.

Lap one the lead by Coenen was already 7.5 seconds over Vlaanderen, with Geerts 11 seconds back in third. Ridiculous speed by the young Belgian rider. Bonacorsi also flying in sixth place, with Fernandez in 15th and Coldenhoff 19th. Top ten on lap two was Coenen with 10 seconds over Vlaanderen, then Geerts, Febvre, Van Doninck, Bonacorsi, Seewer, Forato, Koch and Sterry in 10th.

Lap six and Coenen a mistake and crash as Vlaanderen all over the back wheel of the Dutchman. Third was Febvre, who passed Geerts and then suddenly, was Vlaanderen in the lead. Remaining top ten was Van Doninck, Bonacorsi, Forato, Seewer, Watson and Coldenhoff moving up to 10th after his crash on lap one.

Coenen looking fast again and putting a lof of pressure on Vlaanderen and he regained the lead again on lap seven. Febvre looking to pass Vlaanderen as he is also showing great speed. Top ten on lap eight was Coenen, Vlaanderen, Febvre, Van Doninck, Geerts, Bonacorsi, Forato, Seewer, Coldenhoff and Watson now 10th.

Fernandez out of the race as Febvre moved into second place with a pass on Vlaanderen. Bogers into 10th as he passed Watson. The lead by Coenen on lap 10 was five seconds. Coenen retained his five second lead on lap 12 and Coldenhoff into eight place wth a pass on Seewer.

Coenen continued to extend his lead over Febvre with the gap 7.5 seconds on lap 14 and Febvre some 12 seconds ahead of Vlaanderen. The remaining top ten was Van Doninck, Geerts, Forato, Bonacorsi, Coldenhoff, Seewer and Bogers. Coenen wins the moto and the GP. Febvre second in the moto, but losing valuable points in his MXGP championship lead.

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 2 - Classification

1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 35:03.807; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:08.850; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:24.134; 4. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +0:36.186; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:46.826; 6. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:51.295; 7. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +1:01.767; 8. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Fantic), +1:03.424; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, Fantic), +1:04.076; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Ducati), +1:05.353; 11. Ben Watson (GBR, Beta), +1:21.785; 12. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Ducati), +1:44.879; 13. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +1:50.731; 14. Tom Koch (GER, Beta), -1 lap(s); 15. Mairis Pumpurs (LAT, Husqvarna), -1 lap(s); 16. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), -1 lap(s); 17. Pekka Nissinen (FIN, GASGAS), -2 lap(s); 18. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), -11 lap(s); 19. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), -12 lap(s); 20. Miro Varjonen (FIN, KTM), -17 lap(s); 21. Kasper Kangasniemi (FIN, KTM), -17 lap(s);

MXGP - GP Classification

1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 50 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 38 p.; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 38 p.; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 38 p.; 5. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 33 p.; 6. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 30 p.; 7. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 28 p.; 8. Brian Bogers (NED, FAN), 25 p.; 9. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 21 p.; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 21 p.; 11. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 19 p.; 12. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, DUC), 17 p.; 13. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 17 p.; 14. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 14 p.; 15. Tom Koch (GER, BET), 12 p.; 16. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), 12 p.; 17. Mairis Pumpurs (LAT, HUS), 10 p.; 18. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 9 p.; 19. Pekka Nissinen (FIN, GAS), 7 p.; 20. Kasper Kangasniemi (FIN, KTM), 2 p.; 21. Miro Varjonen (FIN, KTM), 1 p.;

MXGP - World Championship Classification

1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 627 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 612 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 449 p.; 4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 407 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 366 p.; 6. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 353 p.; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 347 p.; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 325 p.; 9. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 p.; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 296 p.; 11. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 243 p.; 12. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 218 p.; 13. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 211 p.; 14. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 201 p.; 15. Brian Bogers (NED, FAN), 198 p.; 16. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 162 p.; 17. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, DUC), 159 p.; 18. Isak Gifting (SWE, YAM), 149 p.; 19. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, KTM), 113 p.; 20. Brent Van doninck (BEL, HON), 107 p.; 21. Adam Sterry (GBR, KTM), 83 p.; 22. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 72 p.; 23. Alberto Forato (ITA, HON), 72 p.; 24. Tom Koch (GER, BET), 69 p.; 25. Kevin Brumann (SUI, HUS), 50 p.; 26. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), 38 p.; 27. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, DUC), 37 p.; 28. Maximilian Spies (GER, KTM), 36 p.; 29. Josh Gilbert (GBR, HON), 27 p.; 30. Cornelius Toendel (NOR, HON), 20 p.; 31. Noah Ludwig (GER, KTM), 19 p.; 32. Mairis Pumpurs (LAT, HUS), 10 p.; 33. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, DUC), 9 p.; 34. Mathys Boisrame (FRA, KTM), 9 p.; 35. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 8 p.; 36. Pekka Nissinen (FIN, GAS), 7 p.; 37. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KAW), 6 p.; 38. Cato Nickel (GER, HUS), 6 p.; 39. Tom Guyon (FRA, TRI), 5 p.; 40. Fabio Aparecido dos Santos (BRA, YAM), 5 p.; 41. Jorgen-Matthias Talviku (EST, YAM), 4 p.; 42. John Adamson (GBR, HON), 3 p.; 43. Romain Pape (FRA, YAM), 3 p.; 44. Victor Alonso (ESP, HON), 2 p.; 45. Kasper Kangasniemi (FIN, KTM), 2 p.; 46. James Carpenter (GBR, HON), 2 p.; 47. Miro Varjonen (FIN, KTM), 1 p.; 48. Mitchell Evans (AUS, HON), 1 p.; 49. Mark Scheu (GER, HUS), 1 p.; 50. Jere Haavisto (FIN, KTM), 1 p.;

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