2022 FIM MOTOCROSS OF NATIONS – QUALIFYING RESULTS

The 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations has kicked off in Buchanan, MI at the legendary Red Bud MX with practice and qualifying motos going down throughout the day today. With talks of bad weather rolling in throughout the weekend, fans and racers were pleasantly greeted to partly cloudy to clear skies and fair temperatures to kick off the racing action. Here’s how the qualifying motos ended up today, leading into the main three motos for tomorrow: (for extended coverage of the 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, click here.)

MXGP Qualifying Heat

First off the gates today was the MXGP division with Jeremy Seewer getting out to the early lead. Not long into the moto, Seewer found himself on the ground with Mitch Evans and Jago Geerts making their way around to battle it out for the lead. Geerts made his move into the lead and began clicking off the laps from there. Meanwhile, Team USA’s Eli Tomac was fighting through from a mid-pack start where he would get stuck in sixth for much of the moto before continuing hi charge toward the front. Little by little he moved up through the field, eventually making his way into second after a last lap pass on Jeremy Seewer. Jago Geerts carried the lead all the way to the checkered flag, and Seewer rounded out the MXGP qualifying heat podium. Here’s how the rest of the field came across the line:

Eli Tomac came from a mid-pack start to making a last lap pass for second in the MXGP qualifier (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	Geerts, Jago	BEL
2	Tomac, Eli	USA
3	Seewer, Jeremy	SUI
4	Evans, Mitchell	AUS
5	Prado, Jorge	ESP
6	Coldenhoff, Glenn	NED
7	Renaux, Maxime	FRA
8	Wilson, Dean	GBR
9	Cairoli, Antonio	ITA
10	Wright, Dylan	CAN
11	Toendel, Cornelius	NOR
12	Nagl, Maximilian	GER
13	Östlund, Alvin	SWE
14	Bloss, Benjamin	GUM
15	Leok, Tanel	EST
16	Lopez, Felix	MEX
17	Natzke, Josiah	NZL
18	Sabulis, Karlis	LAT
19	Purdon, Tristan	RSA
20	Jazdauskas, Domantas	LTU
21	Cordovez, Miguel	ECU
22	Sihvonen, Miro	FIN
23	Barr, Martin	IRL
24	Okura, Yuki	JPN
25	Antezana, Marco	CLAT
26	Pavez, Matías	CHL
27	Gutierres, Gabriel	BRA
28	Furmanov, Gleb	ISR
29	Karlsson, Gunnlaugur	ISL
30	Mangosong, Rhowell Matias IV	PHI
31	Fernandez, Cristian	HON
32	Hachti, Anwar	MOR
33	Rodriguez, Anthony	VEN

After starting up front early and then tipping over not long after, Jeremy Seewer was still able to manage a third in the MXGP qualifying heat (photo by Brandon Krause)

MX2 Qualifying Heat

Next on the track was the MX2 qualifying heat which saw Justin Cooper and Star Racing Yamaha counterpart Guillem Farres jumping out front off the start with Cooper taking the moto into his command and never looking back. Behind him, Hunter Lawrence made a few hard charges to reel Justin in a little bit, but it was never quite enough. Farres only moved slightly back through the pack, ending the race in fourth just behind Frenchman Marvin Musquin in third. Cooper went on to a wire-to-wire qualifying heat win by more than 18-seconds ahead of Hunter Lawrence in second. Here’s how the rest of the field came across the line:

Hunter Lawrence made several pushes to get up to Cooper in the lead, but to no avail (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	102	Cooper, Justin	USA
2	114	Lawrence, Hunter	AUS
3	14	Musquin, Marvin	FRA
4	47	Farres, Guillem	ESP
5	2	Adamo, Andrea	ITA
6	32	Laengenfelder, Simon	GER
7	17	Everts, Liam	BEL
8	111	Munoz, Hardy	CHL
9	95	Horgmo, Kevin	NOR
10	108	Varize, Joshua	GUM
11	35	Weckman, Emil	FIN
12	98	Shimoda, Jo	JPN
13	59	Mc Lellan, Camden	RSA
14	56	Gerhardsson, Albin	SWE
15	44	Reisulis, Karlis Alberts	LAT
16	41	McNabb, Ryder	CAN
17	65	Meara, John	IRL
18	8	Anstie, Max	GBR
19	5	de Wolf, Kay	NED
20	92	Soulimani, Saad	MOR
21	38	Karka, Dovydas	LTU
22	126	Matamoros, Gerhard	HON
23	68	Trasolini, Raimundo	VEN
24	86	Palmarsson, Eidur Orri	ISL
25	135	Vargas, Yarod	CLAT
26	132	Orland, Stav	ISR
27	117	Francisco, Polini	PHI
28	138	Mikula, Julius	CEUR
29	120	Connolly, Brodie	NZL
30	105	Fierro, Arturo Humberto	MEX
31	23	Guillod, Valentin	SUI
32	123	Suarez Jaramillo, Pedro Jose	ECU

Marvin Musquin rounded out the MX2 podium in third (photo by Brandon Krause)

A bad start and a crash early in the moto led Jo Shimoda to a 12th place finish. Combined with his teammates scores, that unfortunately sends them to the B-Final tomorrow morning (photo by Brandon Krause)

Even with the setback, Ferrandis was still able to charge and capitalize on Sexton’s mistake to take the Open class qualifying heat victory (photo by Brandon Krause)

Open Qualifying Heat

After watching his teammate take a dominating victory over the rest of the MX2 field in the qualifying moto, it was Chase Sexton’s up next, ready to carry that momentum into the third and final qualifying heat of the day with the Open class. Chase was out front off the start and would stay there the entire race, battling with Dylan Ferrandis for the number one spot. In a freak incident, Ferrandis got his foot knocked off the peg and into the back wheel, giving Sexton some breathing room to lead the race. On the last lap, however, Sexton would have a crash that allowed Ferrandis to take over the lead and win the moto just ahead of Chase. Jett Lawrence made an applaudable debut aboard the 450, earning third position for the moto in his first outing. Here’s how the rest of the field came across the line:

Chase Sexton led just about the whole Open class qualifying heat, but a tip over on the final lap kept him and Team USA from a perfect 1-1 qualifying score heading into tomorrow’s racing (photo by Brandon Krause)

1	15	Ferrandis, Dylan	FRA
2	103	Sexton, Chase	USA
3	115	Lawrence, Jett	AUS
4	48	Fernandez, Ruben	ESP
5	6	Vlaanderen, Calvin	NED
6	21	Kullas, Harri	EST
7	57	Noren, Fredrik	SWE
8	3	Guadagnini, Mattia	ITA
9	69	Locurcio, Lorenzo	VEN
10	9	Searle, Tommy	GBR
11	24	Brumann, Kevin	SUI
12	18	Van Horebeek, Jeremy	BEL
13	33	Koch, Tom	GER
14	45	Macuks, Toms	LAT
15	36	Haavisto, Jere	FIN
16	66	Edmonds, Stuart	IRL
17	112	Garib, Benjamin	CHL
18	136	Noguera, Franklin	CLAT
19	130	Alves, Ramyller	BRA
20	121	Carter, Rhys	NZL
21	60	Durow, Cameron Anthony	RSA
22	109	Lipanovich, Sean	GUM
23	99	Toriyabe, Kota	JPN
24	139	Zanocz, Noel	CEUR
25	42	Medaglia, Tyler	CAN
26	106	Rubalcava, Jorge Israel	MEX
27	87	Reynisson, Eythor	ISL
28	124	Vivanco Crespo, Pablo	ECU
29	39	Jasikonis, Arminas	LTU
30	127	Fernandez, Jose	HON
31	133	Ben Dahan, Ilay	ISR
32	93	Gabari, Houmame	MOR
33	96	Osterhagen, Haakon	NOR

Jett Lawrence made a great debut aboard the 450 machine, placing third in the open class qualifying heat (photo by Brandon Krause)

Our very own Sean Lipanovich is representing Team Guam at this year’s Motocross of Nations. He finished 22nd in the Open Class qualifying heat, and with the results of his teammates Benny Bloss and Joshua Varize, Team Guam has made it into the main motos tomorrow afternoon (photo by Brandon Krause)