CAIROLI CLOSE TO HIS FIFTH TITLE AFTER DOMINATING IN ENGLAND!

And it was Cairoli’s show once again!! Tony Cairoli, wearing the super cool AXO Frequency gear in the blue version, fully capitalized on a second chance in the second MX1 moto of the British GP and converted a holeshot to moto victory to add enough points to his third place from the first race to take the day’s honors at Matterley Basin.

The Italian is now close to retaining his world championship title in his second season with the KTM factory team with a commanding 82-point lead and 100 only up for grabs.

Race 1 was not going to be Cairoli’s luckiest one, as he got bumped at the start of the race, then after several laps he made a mistake, went off the track and almost picked up some of the notorious green fencing that lines the course. He then came back from 11^th to be third at the flag.

Race 2 was red flagged after a nasty crash between Billy Mackenzie and Tanel Leok and, according to FIM rules, was completely re-started after a 30-minute break. This time Tony got away cleanly, grabbed the holeshot and charged into the lead. From that point on he was not challenged for the top spot as he took full advantage of his second chance to pick up the most points possible.

Cairoli now has the possibility of securing the title for AXO in the next round in Gaildorf, Germany in the second last GP of the season. 

Tony Cairoli: “This was a good weekend for me as I managed to win the GP. It was quite a different track because it is wide and there were a lot of lines. Everyone likes it here and so do I. It’s one of my favorites this season so far. I am just happy to win this GP. Now we only need a few more points to take the title in Gaildorf so I am very happy, things are going so well for us...dont’ miss it!!”

With Steve Ramon and Ken De Dycker both out due to injury, it was up to Max Nagl and Davide Guarneri to ride the AXO flag: the rough and rutted conditions made it a hard day’s ride for Nagl ,who has been carrying a back injury, but the German rider still managed to finish overall fourth with a 5-5 result and is now in fourth place overall in the season’s standings and is still in with a chance to finish on the podium at the season’s end. Good job also for Davide Guarneri, who has just been selected to represent Italy at the Motocross of Nations together with Cairoli (and Lupino), who was eighth at the end of the day.