There was no doubting Jordi Tixier's championship aspirations in the ADAC MX Masters short season finale here at Tensfeld where he won all three races. The Frenchman from KTM Sarholz Racing had the ADAC MX Masters short season championship in the bag after the second race.
"Winning the ADAC MX Masters championship was one of my goals this season, and I'm pleased to say that I've achieved my objective with KTM Sarholz," said Tixier. "The track here at Tensfeld was really tough in the end. I've already had one or two discussions with the team about riding for them again next year."
The fight between Karlis Sabulis and Tom Koch for the position of runner-up remained exciting to the very end. While Koch won the Red Bull Holeshot in the first moto of the day and even led for a few laps, he had to ultimately admit defeat to the Latvian rider from WZ-Racing KTM, Sabulis, who managed to finish ahead of the German in both races.
"Nevertheless, I'm satisfied," said Koch. "A place in the Top Three was my goal this season, and I've achieved that. Karlis was the better rider today. I ran out of steam a little in the middle of each race, which cost me vital seconds."
Tixier won through against the Belgian Nathan Renkens and the Austrian Pascal Rauchenecker in the standings on the day. "It took me some time to adjust from the MX2 machine to the 450, with which I was unfamiliar, but still, it went very well here," said Renkens. Rauchenecker too was satisfied with his podium after a difficult race in Grevenbroich: "The track was extremely demanding, but I've had fun. Even though the season has been short, it's still great that we were able to race at all."
ADAC MX Youngster Cup
The title fight in the ADAC MX Youngster Cup was the closest of the day. In the run-up to the last two races in the class, the two Germans at the top of the standings, Maxmilian Spies and Lion Florian, were separated by just two points. 16-year-old Spies laid the foundations for his eventual success by winning the first moto of the day. With another victory in the third race, the Husqvarna Junior Maddii Racing rider clinched the championship in the ADAC MX Youngster Cup.
"Today went really well," said Spies with obvious pleasure. "After a mediocre start in the last round, I was able to push hard in the first turn and move into P1. I quickly found my race pace and was able to get into my stride out in front. Everything went well after that. Winning the championship is just great and was my goal before Grevenbroich. I'm going to switch to the ADAC MX Masters next year and ride a 350 cc machine."
To a large extent, championship runner-up Lion Florian was able to match Spies for pace in both races but was unable to find a way past his rival. "It took me too long to really get going initially,"said the WZ-Racing-KTM rider. "But by then, it was too late to launch an attack on Maximilian."
In the daily standings, Nico Koch secured third place on the podium behind Spies and Florian after defending himself against Noah Ludwig's attacks in the last moto. "It was a tough fight, but I really wanted to finish on the podium," said the SHR Motorsports rider. "And what a great way to finish with a win yesterday and my success overall in class today!" Ludwig secured third place in the championship for himself and his outfit, Becker Racing, so as a result, the Top Three riders in the standings are from Germany.
ADAC MX Junior Cup 125
Just like Tixier, Czech rider Martin Venhoda made it clear who was going to win the championship in the ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 by sweeping the board with three race wins over the weekend. Riding for Team NR83, he too managed to secure the championship in the new ADAC MX Junior Cup 125 series after the second of three rounds. Not even a fall in Race 2 that was his own fault could prevent him from winning.
"The fall while in the lead was stupid of me," said Venhoda. "I briefly lost focus and hit a bad rut in the track, but luckily, I was able to fight my way back and win the championship. The season was short, but I've enjoyed it."
In the battle for second place, Estonia's Romeo Karu on the VKJ-Racing-Mefo-Sport Husqvarna beat off competition from the German Cato Nickel, riding for WZ-Racing KTM. Nickel made too many mistakes today, and so, was beaten by Venhoda and Karu in the daily standings and even by team mate Rasmus Pedersen.
ADAC MX Junior Cup 85
In the only race of the day in the ADAC MX Junior Cup 85, yesterday's winner, Sacha Coenen, caused himself to fall after winning the Red Bull Holeshot, thus leaving the door open for Bradley Mesters to triumph. The Dutch F&H Racing Shop rider went into the lead on his Kawasaki, controlled the race from the front and achieved victory even though Coenen was still lurking dangerously close towards the end of the race. Thanks to his win, Mesters also clinched the ADAC MX Junior Cup 85 championship, taking the title from Kosak Racing's Maximilian Werner and Becker Racing rider, Nicolai Skovbjerg.
"I knew that second place would be enough to secure the title, but I really wanted to win," said Mesters. "I've really enjoyed racing on the two ADAC MX Masters short season tracks and am really pleased to have won the championship."
"I would have liked to have finished higher up the field in the standings today and in the championship," said Maxmilian Werner. "But I'm pleased nevertheless, because I can still feel the after-effects of the bad fall I had during the Grevenbroich quali."
Race recordings
See below for links to our livestream feeds from the races on Saturday and Sunday:
Click here for Saturday's recording: https://sportdeutschland.tv/motocross/re-live-adac-mx-masters-tensfeld-2020-tag-1
Click here for Sunday's recording: https://sportdeutschland.tv/motocross/re-live-adac-mx-masters-tensfeld-2020-tag-2
We would like to express a big 'thank you' to all of the following for making it possible to successfully hold race meetings in spite of difficult circumstances - to ADAC Schleswig-Holstein eV and MCE Tensfeld eV for their terrific support during this short season, to our strong partners and ADAC MX Masters sponsors, 24MX, Motul, Red Bull, Öhlins , Allianz, Racing Policy, KTM, Husqvarna, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Ortema, Magura, LS2, Bridgestone, Motocross Enduro, Cross Magazin, Dirtbiker, Goldfren, Leatt Corporation, PBIT (Projektbetreuungsgesellschaft für Informationstechnik mbH), plus Mefo Sport and their partners, Acerbis and Mefo Mousse.