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The Coenen brothers world tour continued over the weekend as the FIM World Motocross Championship was back in action at Foxhills for the MXGP of Great Britain.
The brothers entered the weekend still in the lead in their respective championships, but were coming off crashes in a guest appearance at Southwick.
Sacha, fresh off a plated collarbone, rode through the pain to salvage points with 10-5 motos for eighth overall. But he is now second in points, as the red-hot Guillem Farres—you may remember that name from his time with Star Racing and Husqvarna in the US—went 1-1 again to claim his third straight Grand Prix win and now leads the championship by 11 over Sacha.
“Crazy weekend, let’s say,” said Sacha. “Coming in with an injury I did not know what to expect or if I could race, but we made it happen and it wasn’t too bad. I was feeling OK out there; if not the best. In the first moto I had a really bad jump out of the gate and I tried to make my way. I had a small crash; lost the front. Second moto I started 2nd and stayed 3rd for 20 minutes and then I didn’t want to take any risks. Some good points, and we’ll get ready for next weekend.”
Meanwhile, Lucas was involved in a heavy crash in the qualifying race on Saturday and retired early from both motos on Sunday. The ageless Jeffrey Herlings went 1-1 on the weekend to close the points gap to just one heading into next weekend in the Czech Republic.
“Not much to say about the weekend,” said Lucas in a team press release. “I got unlucky with the collision with Maxime [Renaux] on Saturday and then found a fence where I wanted to go with a high bank. I hurt my leg and it was pretty impossible for me after that. Not much we can do but we’ll try again in Loket.”
