Nestaan Husqvarna factory rider, Kay De Wolf has won the opening MX2 moto of the MXGP of Finland. The Dutchman, seemingly over some of his minor injuries looked very strong from the gate drop around the sandy circuit. Second in the moto was Red Bull KTM factory rider Andrea Adamo and third Thibault Benistant of the Monster Energy Yamaha team.

Kay De Wolf: I definately needed these points, but a consistent moto, took the lead and did my own thing. Saved some energy for the second moto, so ready do go for the second one.

Championship points are now Simon Längenfelder 597 points, Andrea Adamo 550pts, Kay de Wolf 540pts, Liam Everts 464pts and Sacha Coenen 460pts.

MX2 Moto One

Adamo led early with Langenfelder seconds, but he made a mistake and dropped well back, then came Mikula, Lata, Walvoort, de Wolf, Elzinga, Reisulis, McLellan and Langenfelder. De Wolf into the lead and Langenfelder down in 10th place and losing valuable points at this point.

On lap three it was de Wolf, Adfamo, Benistant, McLellan, Reisulis, Farres, Coenen, Prugnieres, Elzinga and Langenfelder 10th. On lap five, the lead by de Wolf over Adamo was 3.1 seconds, with Benistant 8.6 seconds behind in third, then came McLellan, Coenen, Farres, Reisulis, Langenfelder into eight, Elzinga and Prugnieres in 10th. Lata 11th, Valin 12th and Valk 13th.

Lap seven and de Wolf in command as the lead went to 5.3 seconds, with Adamo three seconds ahead of Benistant, then McLellan, Coenen, Farres, Langenfelder, Reisulis, Elzinga and Prugnieres.

De Wolf continued to extend his lead as it was seven seconds on lap 11 but not changes in positions in the top order of the top ten, but Valin into ninth place with passes on Elzinga and Prugenieres. Langenfelder a mistake and lost ground and McLellan also a crash and he dropped back on the guys in front.

Adamo making ground on the leader de Wolf, with the gap now just 3.3 seconds and on lap 13 the top ten was De Wolf, Adamo, Benistant, McLellan, Coenen, Langenfelder, Farres, Valin, Reiuslis and Elzinga 10th. De Wolf wins from Adamo and Benistant.

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 1 - Classification

1. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 35:13.030; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:03.703; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:10.113; 4. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:25.788; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:34.540; 6. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:48.976; 7. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +1:00.675; 8. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:04.121; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:19.338; 10. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +1:21.535; 11. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), +1:46.995; 12. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KTM), -1 lap(s); 13. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), -1 lap(s); 14. Kasimir Hindersson (FIN, KTM), -1 lap(s); 15. Jens Walvoort (NED, KTM), -2 lap(s); 16. Nicolas Vennekens (BEL, KTM), -2 lap(s); 17. Julius Mikula (CZE, TM), -17 lap(s); 18. Maxime Grau (FRA, KTM), -19 lap(s);

MX2 - World Championship Classification

1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 597 points; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 550 p.; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 540 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 464 p.; 5. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 460 p.; 6. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 440 p.; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 378 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 289 p.; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 279 p.; 10. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 263 p.; 11. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 246 p.; 12. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 222 p.; 13. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 220 p.; 14. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KTM), 209 p.; 15. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 208 p.; 16. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 181 p.; 17. David Braceras (ESP, HON), 167 p.; 18. Julius Mikula (CZE, TM), 151 p.; 19. Maxime Grau (FRA, KTM), 86 p.; 20. Magnus Smith (DEN, KTM), 56 p.; 21. Mike Gwerder (SUI, KTM), 32 p.; 22. Nicolas Vennekens (BEL, KTM), 29 p.; 23. Scott Smulders (NED, TRI), 23 p.; 24. Saad Soulimani (MAR, TM), 19 p.; 25. Jens Walvoort (NED, KTM), 15 p.; 26. Nicolai Skovbjerg (DEN, YAM), 14 p.; 27. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KAW), 13 p.; 28. Filip Olsson (SWE, KTM), 13 p.; 29. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, HUS), 11 p.; 30. Samuel Nilsson (ESP, TRI), 10 p.; 31. Kasimir Hindersson (FIN, KTM), 7 p.; 32. Roan Tolsma (NED, GAS), 7 p.; 33. Marc-Antoine Rossi (FRA, KTM), 6 p.; 34. Marcello Silva (BRA, YAM), 4 p.; 35. Ivano Van Erp (NED, YAM), 4 p.; 36. Liam Owens (AUS, HUS), 4 p.; 37. Collin Wohnhas (GER, HUS), 3 p.; 38. Bence Pergel (HUN, KTM), 3 p.; 39. Jules Pietre (FRA, YAM), 2 p.; 40. Manuel Carreras (ESP, HON), 2 p.; 41. Benjamin Pascual (ARG, HON), 2 p.; 42. Rodolfo Bicalho (BRA, KTM), 1 p.; 43. Pietro Piroli (BRA, YAM), 1 p.;

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