Max Anstie took a double win in the MX1 class at the Hawkstone International on Sunday as a rash of crashes ruined the chances of fellow quick Brits.
Brad Anderson, Tommy Searle, Shaun Simpson, Ben Watson and Conrad Mewse were among the top men whose day was ruined by spills on the fast yet roughening track.
Brad Anderson wiped out in the opening MX2 race and was airlifted to hospital with facial injuries. A scan later showed he had no major breaks but his face was a mess. The race – led by ex-British champ Adam Sterry – was red flagged and the delay meant the following races were shortened.
Sterry was in incredible form, winning the re-started race with ease. He took control right from the start and never looked uncomfortable as he pulled away to an easy win from Yamaha’s Jago Geerts, Henry Jacobi, Alvin Ostland, Thomas Kjer-Olsen and Conrad Mewse. Ben Watson crashed and failed to finish.
Sterry was also holding a commanding lead on the penultimate lap of race two, then fell on the exit of the bombhole. He couldn’t get his bike back on track as he’d fallen down the side of the jump, but eventually remounted and finished sixth as British-based Dylan Walsh took the moto win on his Revo Husqvarna.
Walsh, who had been 21st in the first moto, beat Husky’s Mikkel Haarup, KTM’s Bas Vaessen and Jago Geerts. Mewse, who fell, got back on to take ninth from Watson.
Geerts finished the day level on points with Sterry, but snatched the overall due to his second moto finish. Haarup took third.
In the MX1 class, it looked like Briton Shaun Simpson was going to emulate Sterry’s runaway win. In the early stages of the race, Tommy Searle had Simpson in his sights until factory Husky man Arminas Jasikonis wiped out the Brit in spectacular style. Both men retired, but Jasikonis had done enough laps to be credited with 18th.
Simpson held a commanding lead, but with a handful of laps left, lost the front end and went down. He was quickly back on the bike, but in third place as it had allowed KTM duo of Max Anstie and Max Nagl to get by.
The German tailed the Brit right until the end of the moto, with Anstie just taking the win from Nagl with Simpson third from Harri Kullas, Ivo Monticelli, Evgeny Bobryshev, Petar Petrov and Mel Pocock.
In the second moto, Simpson once again had a great start and led from Nagl and Anstie, but then fell. He remounted quickly but then went down again, this time hard. He dislocated his shoulder, yet still managed to go back on the track and pull his stricken bike out of the racing line as it was on the blind side of a jump.
Simpson had his shoulder popped back in at the trackside but took no further part in the action.
At the front, it was a three-way battle between the Standing Construct KTM team-mates Anstie and Monticelli, and Sarholz KYM man Nagl.
Monticelli led for the first half of the moto, but Anstie got by pulled away to win by 9.9secs from Monticelli who had a similar gap over Nagl at the flag. Jasikonis took fourth from Searle, who must have been worse for wear after his first moto tumble. The Kawasaki man also had a small crash in the race.
Ryan Houghton took a strong eighth, with Todd Kellett tenth – a place in front of Bobryshev.
So Anstie’s double gave him the overall from Nagl and Monticelli in a KTM clean-sweep.
In the combined MX2 and MX1 Superfinal, the 250s were outclassed by the big bikes. It was Monticelli who was the surprise package as he took the holeshot and just pulled away at the front for an unchallenged victory from Nagl and Jasikonis.
Thomas-Kjer Olsen was the star of the 250s as he put his Husky into fourth, one spot in front of Max Anstie. Sterry, the fastest 250 man by far all day, retired from the race.
Superfinal:
1 128 Ivo Monticelli 11 2:22.377 26:21.433 2:13.916
2 12 Max Nagl 11 2:23.157 10.738 10.738 26:32.171 2:14.713
3 27 Arminas Jasikonis 11 2:23.864 15.222 4.484 26:36.655 2:14.133
4 19 Thomas-Kjer Olsen 11 2:25.857 30.091 14.869 26:51.524 2:15.419
5 99 Max Anstie 11 2:26.739 43.419 13.328 27:04.852 2:15.802
6 193 Jago Geerts 11 2:24.699 46.182 2.763 27:07.615 2:17.368
7 151 Harri Kullas 11 2:25.893 53.039 6.857 27:14.472 2:17.968
8 777 Evgeny Bobryshev 11 2:25.195 1:02.075 9.036 27:23.508 2:18.304
9 11 Mikkel Haarup 11 2:24.217 1:03.835 1.760 27:25.268 2:18.054
10 39 Roan Van-De-Moosdijk 11 2:27.388 1:16.450 12.615 27:37.883 2:19.042
11 29 Henry Jacobi 11 2:21.163 1:22.156 5.706 27:43.589 2:18.833
12 107 Lars Van-Berkel 11 2:23.880 1:31.738 9.582 27:53.171 2:21.647
13 98 Bas Vaessen 11 2:24.638 1:33.641 1.903 27:55.074 2:21.816
14 161 Alvin Ostlund 11 2:25.523 1:35.001 1.360 27:56.434 2:21.901
15 14 Jed Beaton 11 2:26.778 1:40.142 5.141 28:01.575 2:21.263
16 291 Matiss Karro 11 2:50.383 1:52.614 12.472 28:14.047 2:21.006
17 98 Todd Kellett 11 2:29.841 1:55.557 2.943 28:16.990 2:22.185
18 46 Davy Pootjes 11 2:33.830 2:03.120 7.563 28:24.553 2:21.464
19 9 Mel Pocock 11 2:28.365 2:05.385 2.265 28:26.818 2:23.247
20 297 Anton Gole 11 2:26.708 2:05.913 0.528 28:27.346 2:24.205
21 37 Gert Krestinov 11 2:25.837 2:07.601 1.688 28:29.034 2:24.467
22 25 Jamie Law 11 2:27.436 2:10.619 3.018 28:32.052 2:23.899
23 119 Ryan Houghton 11 2:30.544 2:15.302 4.683 28:36.735 2:23.686
24 24 Kevin Horgmo 11 2:34.967 2:30.199 14.897 28:51.632 2:20.554
25 49 John Adamson 10 2:36.640 1 Lap 1 Lap 26:56.517 2:26.202
26 184 James Carpenter 10 2:38.866 1 Lap 13.196 27:09.713 2:28.303
27 57 Tony Craig 10 2:43.173 1 Lap 9.788 27:19.501 2:29.677
28 162 Stuart Edmonds 6 2:59.001 5 Laps 4 Laps 17:08.239 2:27.012
MX1 overall
1. Max Anstie (KTM) 50pts; 2. Max Nagl (KTM) 42; 3. Ivo Monticelli (KTM) 38
MX1 race one:
1 99 Max Anstie 10 2:16.438 23:36.640 2:11.134
2 12 Max Nagl 10 2:17.259 1.837 1.837 23:38.477 2:10.952
3 24 Shaun Simpson 10 2:20.871 12.490 10.653 23:49.130 2:12.093
4 151 Harri Kullas 10 2:21.140 30.529 18.039 24:07.169 2:12.409
5 128 Ivo Monticelli 10 2:23.265 48.562 18.033 24:25.202 2:14.712
6 777 Evgeny Bobryshev 10 2:27.866 56.747 8.185 24:33.387 2:14.769
7 152 Petar Petrov 9 2:22.081 1 Lap 1 Lap 22:21.128 2:15.245
8 9 Mel Pocock 9 2:22.311 1 Lap 4.964 22:26.092 2:16.519
9 119 Ryan Houghton 9 2:22.403 1 Lap 6.266 22:32.358 2:17.911
10 297 Anton Gole 9 2:30.867 1 Lap 5.214 22:37.572 2:17.326
11 98 Todd Kellett 9 2:22.874 1 Lap 1.677 22:39.249 2:19.321
12 291 Matiss Karro 9 2:26.996 1 Lap 3.075 22:42.324 2:17.396
13 25 Jamie Law 9 2:23.841 1 Lap 9.986 22:52.310 2:19.564
14 49 John Adamson 9 2:26.430 1 Lap 0.788 22:53.098 2:18.676
15 37 Gert Krestinov 9 2:24.865 1 Lap 1.152 22:54.250 2:18.792
16 107 Lars Van-Berkel 9 2:24.687 1 Lap 14.198 23:08.448 2:19.154
17 731 Jake Shipton 9 2:30.629 1 Lap 0.714 23:09.162 2:18.946
18 27 Arminas Jasikonis 9 2:33.552 1 Lap 4.970 23:14.132 2:11.473
19 57 Tony Craig 9 2:27.905 1 Lap 28.571 23:42.703 2:23.126
20 199 Howard Wainwright 9 2:32.467 1 Lap 1.702 23:44.405 2:22.823
21 68 Josh Bentley 9 2:38.100 1 Lap 7.767 23:52.172 2:23.889
22 28 John Robson 9 2:35.409 1 Lap 22.839 24:15.011 2:26.257
23 300 Charlie Hamlet 9 2:36.521 1 Lap 6.424 24:21.435 2:28.337
24 91 Charlie Putnam 9 2:34.679 1 Lap 3.098 24:24.533 2:28.152
25 162 Stuart Edmonds 9 2:34.830 1 Lap 10.627 24:35.160 2:26.253
26 11 Ashley Thomas 9 2:38.493 1 Lap 2.578 24:37.738 2:29.857
27 7 Luke Smith 8 2:47.252 2 Laps 1 Lap 22:45.793 2:27.784
28 301 Ben Hunt 8 2:42.519 2 Laps 1.227 22:47.020 2:32.309
29 114 Harry Bradley 8 2:48.346 2 Laps 13.133 23:00.153 2:34.396
30 65 Jacob Joyce 8 2:50.086 2 Laps 35.999 23:36.152 2:27.514
31 361 Pip Davies 8 3:01.094 2 Laps 22.895 23:59.047 2:38.151
32 1 Barry Turnbull 8 2:59.570 2 Laps 6.458 24:05.505 2:33.378
33 303 Jake Millward 7 2:55.023 3 Laps 1 Lap 18:33.795 2:18.727
34 691 Aidan Wigger 7 3:06.840 3 Laps 2:58.583 21:32.378 2:33.929
35 17 Seth Green 7 3:00.439 3 Laps 28.899 22:01.277 2:37.356
36 10 Ryan Nock 7 3:17.529 3 Laps 19.711 22:20.988 2:43.720
37 115 Angel 7 4:48.854 3 Laps 3.230 22:24.218 2:36.323
38 100 Tommy Searle 5 3:33.490 5 Laps 2 Laps 13:43.052 2:12.030
39 54 James Smith 5 3:00.810 5 Laps 2:08.741 15:51.793 2:43.131
MX1 race two
1 99 Max Anstie 1 2:14.650 5.238 1.244 3:39.103 2:14.650
2 128 Ivo Monticelli 1 2:12.976 3:33.865 2:12.976
3 12 Max Nagl 1 2:15.396 7.270 2.032 3:41.135 2:15.396
4 27 Arminas Jasikonis 1 2:18.771 13.513 0.602 3:47.378 2:18.771
5 100 Tommy Searle 1 2:18.978 16.288 2.775 3:50.153 2:18.978
6 151 Harri Kullas 1 2:15.177 3.994 2.974 3:37.859 2:15.177
7 152 Petar Petrov 1 2:19.480 12.230 4.960 3:46.095 2:19.480
8 119 Ryan Houghton 1 2:23.894 17.660 1.372 3:51.525 2:23.894
9 107 Lars Van-Berkel 1 2:24.004 19.906 0.838 3:53.771 2:24.004
10 98 Todd Kellett 1 2:24.815 23.219 3.313 3:57.084 2:24.815
11 777 Evgeny Bobryshev 1 2:22.989 19.068 1.408 3:52.933 2:22.989
12 49 John Adamson 1 2:26.858 26.799 3.580 4:00.664 2:26.858
13 Anton Gole 1 2:28.639 33.680 1.348 4:07.545 2:28.639
14 25 Jamie Law 1 2:30.632 29.233 0.513 4:03.098 2:30.632
15 37 Gert Krestinov 1 2:32.679 38.095 1.255 4:11.960 2:32.679
16 162 Stuart Edmonds 1 2:29.566 35.830 1.284 4:09.695 2:29.566
17 57 Tony Craig 1 2:26.963 28.720 0.992 4:02.585 2:26.963
18 9 Mel Pocock 1 2:57.670 52.907 1.134 4:26.772 2:57.670
19 Matiss Karro 1 2:19.105 12.911 0.681 3:46.776 2:19.105
20 68 Josh Bentley 1 2:27.799 32.332 3.099 4:06.197 2:27.799
21 731 Jake Shipton 1 2:28.322 27.728 0.929 4:01.593 2:28.322
22 28 John Robson 1 2:31.525 34.141 0.461 4:08.006 2:31.525
23 65 Jacob Joyce 1 2:33.288 34.546 0.405 4:08.411 2:33.288
24 199 Howard Wainwright 1 2:33.535 36.840 1.010 4:10.705 2:33.535
25 91 Charlie Putnam 1 2:32.315 41.834 1.562 4:15.699 2:32.315
26 11 Ashley Thomas 1 2:33.283 40.272 1.428 4:14.137 2:33.283
27 7 Luke Smith 1 2:34.718 38.844 0.749 4:12.709 2:34.718
28 301 Ben Hunt 1 2:38.986 47.167 5.333 4:21.032 2:38.986
29 114 Harry Bradley 1 2:40.175 51.773 1.220 4:25.638 2:40.175
30 17 Seth Green 1 2:43.354 55.423 2.516 4:29.288 2:43.354
31 691 Aidan Wigger 1 2:44.786 1:11.069 1.754 4:44.934 2:44.786
32 10 Ryan Nock 1 2:53.871 1:09.315 6.164 4:43.180 2:53.871
33 Pip Davies 1 2:42.827 56.790 1.367 4:30.655 2:42.827
34 115 Angel 1 2:53.970 1:03.151 6.361 4:37.016 2:53.970
MX2 overall:
1. Jago Geerts (Yamaha) 40pts; 2. Adam Sterry (Kawasaki) 40; 3. Mikkel Haarup (Husqvarna) 36…
MX2 race one
1 811 Adam Sterry 8 2:19.411 18:58.837 2:08.826
2 193 Jago Geerts 8 2:17.309 6.246 6.246 19:05.083 2:09.831
3 29 Henry Jacobi 8 2:20.635 15.114 8.868 19:13.951 2:11.252
4 161 Alvin Ostlund 8 2:13.944 18.606 3.492 19:17.443 2:12.065
5 19 Thomas-Kjer Olsen 8 2:11.588 19.143 0.537 19:17.980 2:11.588
6 426 Conrad Mewse 8 2:12.194 21.969 2.826 19:20.806 2:12.194
7 11 Mikkel Haarup 8 2:15.324 33.633 11.664 19:32.470 2:11.122
8 46 Davy Pootjes 8 2:22.893 40.237 6.604 19:39.074 2:13.292
9 98 Bas Vaessen 8 2:17.272 49.513 9.276 19:48.350 2:14.808
10 14 Jed Beaton 8 2:19.624 56.358 6.845 19:55.195 2:15.764
11 39 Roan Van-De-Moosdijk 8 2:17.566 58.563 2.205 19:57.400 2:13.726
12 134 Liam Knight 8 2:19.663 1:09.530 10.967 20:08.367 2:18.155
13 77 Jay Hague 8 2:18.953 1:10.564 1.034 20:09.401 2:18.435
14 24 Kevin Horgmo 8 2:16.188 1:11.332 0.768 20:10.169 2:16.188
15 28 Tom Vialle 8 2:21.252 1:18.006 6.674 20:16.843 2:16.701
16 184 James Carpenter 8 2:23.031 1:19.020 1.014 20:17.857 2:18.861
17 65 James Mackrel 8 2:24.950 1:29.914 10.894 20:28.751 2:18.926
18 50 Martin Barr 8 2:20.782 1:30.757 0.843 20:29.594 2:14.727
19 575 Taylor Hammal 8 2:24.152 1:32.465 1.708 20:31.302 2:19.650
20 40 Jamie Wainwright 8 2:24.453 1:34.323 1.858 20:33.160 2:20.993
21 53 Dylan Walsh 8 2:22.713 1:36.530 2.207 20:35.367 2:15.495
22 719 Tom Neal 8 2:27.318 1:42.856 6.326 20:41.693 2:17.863
23 122 Jake Sheridan 8 2:26.160 1:49.942 7.086 20:48.779 2:22.319
24 32 Calum Mitchell 8 2:25.658 1:50.765 0.823 20:49.602 2:21.927
25 9 Lewis Hall 8 2:26.488 1:52.464 1.699 20:51.301 2:20.317
26 199 Lars Griekspoor 8 2:27.542 1:55.190 2.726 20:54.027 2:22.179
27 115 Ashton Dickinson 8 2:26.275 1:59.017 3.827 20:57.854 2:16.591
28 180 Josh Spinks 8 2:23.103 2:02.736 3.719 21:01.573 2:20.216
29 61 Tom Grimshaw 8 2:28.677 2:10.076 7.340 21:08.913 2:24.621
30 172 Rob Holyoake 8 2:29.505 2:18.501 8.425 21:17.338 2:25.300
31 13 Aaron-Lee Hanson 8 2:31.445 2:27.383 8.882 21:26.220 2:26.672
32 54 Corey Hockey 8 2:37.691 2:36.721 9.338 21:35.558 2:28.056
33 44 Corie Southwood 7 2:31.393 1 Lap 1 Lap 19:02.811 2:27.931
34 63 Oliver Benton 7 2:35.137 1 Lap 4.953 19:07.764 2:25.888
35 601 Kelton Gwyther 7 2:43.978 1 Lap 45.808 19:53.572 2:31.404
36 111 Richard Roberts 7 2:51.679 1 Lap 1:08.779 21:02.351 2:36.552
MX2 race two:
1 53 Dylan Walsh 10 2:20.316 24:06.941 2:14.119
2 11 Mikkel Haarup 10 2:20.043 2.777 2.777 24:09.718 2:14.523
3 98 Bas Vaessen 10 2:21.571 8.057 5.280 24:14.998 2:15.423
4 193 Jago Geerts 10 2:20.343 9.194 1.137 24:16.135 2:15.652
5 39 Roan Van-De-Moosdijk 10 2:22.679 12.391 3.197 24:19.332 2:15.593
6 811 Adam Sterry 10 2:26.148 18.030 5.639 24:24.971 2:13.492
7 19 Thomas-Kjer Olsen 10 2:32.497 20.601 2.571 24:27.542 2:14.555
8 46 Davy Pootjes 10 2:24.331 26.643 6.042 24:33.584 2:15.727
9 426 Conrad Mewse 10 2:20.100 30.329 3.686 24:37.270 2:14.627
10 919 Ben Watson 10 2:20.214 38.886 8.557 24:45.827 2:14.759
11 24 Kevin Horgmo 9 2:21.388 1 Lap 1 Lap 22:26.854 2:17.544
12 161 Alvin Ostlund 9 2:21.461 1 Lap 0.777 22:27.631 2:17.208
13 28 Tom Vialle 9 2:20.600 1 Lap 2.136 22:29.767 2:19.127
14 14 Jed Beaton 9 2:22.158 1 Lap 19.721 22:49.488 2:18.259
15 77 Jay Hague 9 2:27.275 1 Lap 3.214 22:52.702 2:16.761
16 115 Ashton Dickinson 9 2:25.702 1 Lap 5.201 22:57.903 2:20.930
17 180 Josh Spinks 9 2:24.767 1 Lap 9.390 23:07.293 2:19.845
18 65 James Mackrel 9 2:29.189 1 Lap 12.275 23:19.568 2:21.285
19 719 Tom Neal 9 2:29.027 1 Lap 15.321 23:34.889 2:23.032
20 9 Lewis Hall 9 2:33.408 1 Lap 7.318 23:42.207 2:22.645
21 184 James Carpenter 9 2:28.584 1 Lap 3.716 23:45.923 2:25.514
22 575 Taylor Hammal 9 2:24.993 1 Lap 4.669 23:50.592 2:24.993
23 199 Lars Griekspoor 9 2:30.947 1 Lap 2.277 23:52.869 2:25.158
24 40 Jamie Wainwright 9 2:31.256 1 Lap 2.745 23:55.614 2:26.121
25 61 Tom Grimshaw 9 2:30.222 1 Lap 22.833 24:18.447 2:28.314
26 32 Calum Mitchell 9 2:34.155 1 Lap 4.734 24:23.181 2:26.028
27 54 Corey Hockey 9 2:40.844 1 Lap 15.220 24:38.401 2:28.355
28 122 Jake Sheridan 8 2:32.732 2 Laps 1 Lap 21:46.415 2:27.189
29 13 Aaron-Lee Hanson 8 2:33.711 2 Laps 34.848 22:21.263 2:28.739
30 134 Liam Knight 8 2:29.897 2 Laps 1.332 22:22.595 2:24.926
31 44 Corie Southwood 8 2:37.930 2 Laps 0.635 22:23.230 2:30.968
32 601 Kelton Gwyther 8 2:54.650 2 Laps 1:34.908 23:58.138 2:37.874
33 29 Henry Jacobi 5 2:20.423 5 Laps 3 Laps
