Monster Energy Yamaha factory rider, Thibault Benistant has won the MX2 qualifier today as the Cozar circuit had pretty much dried out and was becoming a very good circuit. Second was Sasha Coenen of the Red Bull KTM team and Liam Everts of the Nestaan Husqvarna factory team in third place.

Thibault Benistant: I was struggling a lot in the first round, I didn't feel myself and one of my worst races ever. We didn't lose the control and continue in that way and I tried to relax and we won. I didn't win so much qualification races, so it is nice to win like this.

MX2 Qualifier - The Race

Valin led the MX2 qualifier from Benistant, Adamo, Coenen, Zanchi, Farres, Everts, Braceras, de Wolf, Oliver and Prugnieres. Valin went down and couldn’t get going again and dropped back in the pack as Valk was also around 20th. Valin crashed and dropped to 16th and Valk was in 15th place. Reisulis also crashed and dropped to 18th place.

Farres moved past Zanchi, and de Wolf moved into seventh with a pass on Braceras. On lap two the lead by Benistant was 2.9 seconds, with Coenen in third four seconds off the leader. Everts was just ahead of his team-mate de Wolf as they held sixth and seventh. Everts then passed Zanchi to move into fifth.

Langenfelder moved into 10th place as he passed Braceras and de Wolf did the big triple to pass Zanchi and sat right behind Everts. Coenen passed Adamo and on lap four the top ten was Benistant, Coenen, Adamo, Farres, Everts, de Wolf, Zanchi, Oliver, Prugnieres and Braceras and Langenfelder made a mistake and was back in 13th place.

Langenfelder battling with Valin for 13th place as they two try and move closer to the top ten. Everts passed Farres and moved into fourth place and Valk moved into 10th place as he passed Mikula. On lap six the lead by Benistant was 4.6 seconds, with Adamo in third 14 seconds off the leader. Valin another mistake and he dropped to 16th place.

Lap eight and it was still Benistant, Coenen, Adamo, Everts, Farres, de Wolf, Zanchi, Oliver, Prugnieres and Valk 10th. Langenfelder was 11th and Valin 15th. Lata after being nearly last was up to 18t place. Farres crashed and lost a bunch of places, but it was Benistant who won from Coenen and Everts. Coenen gains the red plate for tomorrows two MX2 motos.

MX2 - Qualifying Race - Classification

1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), 26:41.124; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:05.954; 3. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:10.162; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:22.030; 5. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:29.110; 6. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:30.894; 7. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +0:32.593; 8. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, KTM), +0:42.198; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), +0:42.968; 10. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:45.063; 11. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:50.743; 12. Julius Mikula (CZE, TM), +1:02.870; 13. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:06.197; 14. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +1:11.630; 15. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:13.520; 16. David Braceras (ESP, Honda), +1:47.171; 17. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +1:57.233; 18. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +2:21.479; 19. Saad Soulimani (MAR, TM), -1 lap(s); 20. Samuel Nilsson (ESP, Triumph), -1 lap(s); 21. Nicolas Vennekens (BEL, KTM), -1 lap(s);

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