2023-06-21 19:34:47
Dutchman Jeffrey Herlings, five-time motocross world champion and 103-time GP winner, crashed while leading the first MXGP race on June 11 at the Motocross GP in Teutschenthal and then dropped back to 20th place. Since he felt pain in his neck, he did not compete in the second run.
Two days later came the devastating diagnosis from the doctors: the Red Bull-KTM factory driver suffered a fracture of the C5 cervical vertebra and, as second in the World Championship, had to take a compulsory break.
Pit Beirer, Motorsport Director of Pierer Mobility AG with the brands KTM, GASGAS and Husqvarna, can now calculate when Herlings can be expected to return to the MXGP World Championship. “Jeffrey will miss Indonesia next weekend, then Loket and Lommel. He will be out for these three Grands Prix. So the dream of the next world title has burst for the time being,” Beirer stated in an interview with SPEEDWEEK.com.
GASGAS works pilot Jorge Prado traveled to Asia with a 67-point lead over Herlings and will continue to expand this lead in June and July.
MXGP World Championship standings after 9 Grands Prix:
1. Jorge Prado (L), GASGAS, 453
2. Jeffrey Herlings (NL), KTM, 386, (-67)
3. Romain Febvre (F), Kawasaki, 347, (-106)
4. Ruben Fernandez (E), Honda, 337, (-116)
5. Jeremy Seewer (CH), Yamaha, 320, (-133)
6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NL), Yamaha, 304, (-149)
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