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2026 MXGP of Andalucia MXGP Time Practice
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03:19It's Lucas Coonan there getting ready down there as this MX2 start practice comes to a close.
03:25But Lucas Coonan was second in the free practice session and you don't get closer than the time between he
03:31and Jeffrey Hurlings.
03:32Hurlings was fastest on the Honda HRC and Hurlings.
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07:00One thing you one thing you want is consistency.
07:03but not seeming to get too much of that in that first turn.
07:08Sector One coming to an end now.
07:12and it's a 25 778 for roman fevra ben watson immediately behind him though on the dirt store
07:17triumph eclipses that and then so too does maxim renault and then pulls jonas
07:25so jonas sent 25 231 quicker than his teammate through sector one but this is great for ben
07:33watson these two great buddies it's one of those unlikely friendships between them but then they
07:41are both pretty shy and whatever else but they seem to enjoy each other's company they go on track
07:46walks together on fridays and just getting a toe off of his mate how courteous roma but anyway
07:57fastest time in sector two is maxim renault at the moment 22 7 fevra was a 23 09 but then
08:05he uh 28 841
08:07a tenth quicker than ben watson renault has two purples at the moment so renault setting the pace
08:15a couple of riders behind is he going to be the third rider coming into shot there he is there
08:20in
08:20that uh left-hander and then chasing down watson horgmo has gone quickest in sector three
08:27bit too deep in that final turn for fevra his time should be eclipsed at 143 777 145 084 watson
08:35142 236
08:36maxim renault of course those times will likely change 142 941 so they've only gotten sort of six or
08:45seven tenths quicker than they did in the free practice but not a bad place to start for maxim renault
08:49second so the monster is yamaha and the honda motor blues sr motel rider kevin horgmo second fevra third
08:56nico groitman up to fourth groitman former emx 250 rider in the uh last couple of years but when you
09:05see the size of him of course he's uh pretty hefty and when he finished fourth last year in a
09:12championship
09:13in emx 250 but it's maxim renault who sets the pace at the moment there's a number 84 jeffrey hurling
09:20so he's through turn 12 at the minute on his out lap just keeping an eye on what's going on
09:24behind him
09:42so just looking down the leaderboard riders to put in a lap tebow benestan adamo kevin brumman
09:47hurlings jago kitts tom vial guadagnini pancha lucas kunan fernandez and kai de wolf de wolf is on
09:53one at the moment though he's gone green purple purple he's in the final sector probably not a
09:57million miles away and lucas kunan was lurking in the background as hurlings crossed the line
10:01so this is going to be a real challenge here because hurlings is going to want to sprint away
10:05look at the rider in the background in white any moment now well you've got adamo there and just
10:10behind him you've got lucas kunan man down in turn two so uh the riders not able to uh get
10:19through that
10:19turn in the way that they wanted to
10:27so all that pent-up readiness kai de wolf 141 931 goes top so we could see that coming green
10:34purple
10:35purple vallandran eclipses him by less than half a second on the number 10 ducati the red bull ducati
10:42141 455 so there were some riders that were very well positioned they were already on a lap
10:48and didn't get caught in that turn two incident where that rider fell and the wave yellows were
10:54out and he was right in the race line
10:59here's geyser
11:02turn 12 this long back straight look how long it is then you got that triple
11:05you come into land then you got this big floating roller he's jumping long through there
11:11then we've got three corners to go left right left over the finish line jump doubling through that
11:15turn almost folds the front though does the 243
11:20who's green in all of his sectors at the moment expect him to hit the line any moment now goes
11:24second
11:2513 hundredths off of vallandran
11:30orio oliver up to 12th at the moment on the gabriel ss 24 ktm there number 83 home gp
11:38for the rider who was in mx2 last year got on the podium in
11:43algero the first round of those two italian international pre-season races
11:53right another look over the shoulder final turn
11:56number 84 time to beat 141 455 for the bullet
12:03sector one time we're looking at is a 24 457
12:08that's just after the city jump
12:13doubles his way through turn two
12:15ah quickly out of the seat on the pegs down that back straight back end a little bit loose
12:21but that's exactly the way he likes it is he doubling here yes he is
12:25big gain that fastest in uh sector one is he let's have a look
12:33not quite 24 844
12:36lost a little bit of time there then three and a half tenths
12:43sector two on the face of this liquid molly jump time we're looking at 22 4 goes through 22 6
12:50couple tenths lost fevre's gone top again 141 122 for the defending champion three tenths
12:59quicker than philandrin at the moment guys up to third jonas up to fourth the wolf down to six at
13:05the moment
13:06renault down to seventh herlings approaching the end of sector three this next left hand up
13:15target there is a 28 exactly and herlings goes through 28.3
13:21so this one will be a banker unless there's a massive gain in time in this final sector
13:30dancing around oh just picking up the front end
13:33mid-turn big front end high into that corner you tell you what he's burning the clutch up right there
13:41isn't he hanging off of it he's going to move top three somewhere is he goes top wow
13:47140.709 pulls it off the bag pulls it out of the bag by four tenths of a second
13:5224 8 22 6 28 3 24 9 but then lucas kunan
13:59goes through as maxim renault goes down
14:03so kunan 139 921 more than three quarters of a second up on hurlings 0.788
14:11maxim renault down just trying to figure out where that is on the on the track
14:18turn 12 i think just over by the tunnels
14:25where did he uh let's have a look
14:29maxim renault cleared the first sector sector sector yeah it was before
14:35where is that tunnel
14:39he didn't even make it to sector three maxim renault
14:46but lucas kunan 139 921 when you look at 142 941 was the fastest in free practice
14:53here's geyser getting ready to go he's seventh at the moment 1.6 seconds off of that blisteringly fast time
15:01of lucas kunan 139 921 dancing his way into turn two
15:06nicely done through there very smooth very efficient holding a very sweet outside line
15:13he'll launch over this double into turn four we'll get a split 24 2
15:17what is it for geyser 24 4 8 9 he is in contention as you would expect
15:24ripping around this turn turn five down into turn six uphill into turn seven which goes through about 270 degrees
15:32just a long long left hand turn oh i tell you what did he grab his foot pegs there into
15:37that left hander
15:38either way he's still in the hunt 22-3 only a tenth off at sector two
15:49through turn nine over the single fevere looks back
15:52gives him a wide berth lets him have those inside lines
15:56that was a nice flat turn this morning look how it's waved out
16:00turn 11 right here this right hander
16:04couple of goes on the clutch
16:08sector three 28-0 we're looking at
16:11he goes through 28-8 so he's lost too much time in sector three
16:20doubling nicely over some of those holes
16:24having to work hard in this final sector doubles his way through i tell you what he salvaged something
16:29there did he lost a bit of balance but he kept the power down is he going to improve on
16:33seventh tim geyser
16:35yes he moves up to second 0.7 behind lucas kunan
16:40140.684
16:411,000 quicker than kai de wolfe who's moved back in the third
16:45so as it stands right now lucas kunan 139.921 he's 0.763
16:50ahead of that man right there tim geyser
16:53a thousandth of a second back you've got de wolfe and then hurlings two hundredths
16:57of a second further back than februa just under half a second further back
17:00here is tom vial the number 16
17:05he was third in time practice in argentina
17:10honda hrc petronas rider tripling down the back straight he is currently green gray and green
17:1624 so he's about three tenths off in sector one about a second off in sector two 28-2
17:22uh yeah about five five six tenths off in sector three hurlings is just on a fast lap as well
17:27he's
17:28gone green gray purple he's in the final sector probably chasing home his teammate
17:33vial stays six at the moment let's go towards the finish line area because hurlings
17:37is due to come through at a moment now
17:4024 47 is the uh split we're looking at in the final sector for the bullet
17:46and hurlings goes top again 139 706 two tenths quicker than lucas kunan
17:51wow this session is really burst into life and we've still got 12 minutes to go
18:01andrea damo on a lap he's currently down in eighth place at the moment
18:06that corner in the background the left-hander right here's de wolfe
18:09coming here just to have a little bit of fun at the moment he says but
18:12he's entering the final sector out of this next left-hand turn
18:16de wolfe has gone gray green green again so 24 6 it was about four tenths off in sector one
18:23a tenth off in sector two about a half a second off in sector three remember he
18:29damaged those ligaments in his thumb on the left hand a few weeks back in one of
18:34those pre-season races ah easily hops over that little double through the turn
18:40out of the final turn here de wolfe was fourth this goes to third
18:4611 hundredths off of hurling so we've got 139 255
18:50139 706 139819
18:55and then we've got a gap eight tenths of a second
18:57back to geyser who's in fourth then februck
19:00good effort that from kaida wolf
19:06here's adamo
19:09turn 12 just a handful of corners to go for adamo
19:13not threatening any of the uh positions here what is he three tenths off in sector one
19:18second off in sector two second off in sector three pretty much
19:21but the number 80 currently in eighth place
19:26untidy through there though
19:33damo doesn't improve on time 142 078 still 2.4 off the pace
19:38thibault benestan down in 31st place at the moment only cleared two sectors
19:44he's only done three laps he's been down there for a while the number nine
19:47so not sure what has happened down there with the uh number nine
19:58we've got a roman februck currently in fifth at the moment four tenths off in sector one
20:04personal best in sector two with a 22 six and again in sector three
20:10so four tenths off in sector two half a second or thereabouts off in sector three
20:33februck improves his time but not his position so 141 exactly
20:46in fact benestan is back out on track then so uh just going personal best in sector one
20:52so he's taking his time isn't he
20:56to uh put a lap in
21:01here's lucas kunan takes a slightly lower line off of that jump into sector one
21:07and the number five 25 five so uh quite a bit off in sector one
21:12time was 24 2 the target time
21:19but lucas kunan who was second two weeks ago in this time practice session
21:31looking to come away with the fastest time here if he can
21:41four times he was fastest in the time practice session last year lucas kunan
21:50ruben fernandez is up to 17th the home rider for honda hrc
21:53patronis riding number 70 just put his best lap in he's only done three laps
21:58at the moment 143.4 you look at kunan who's done six hurling who's done six
22:03februck has done seven so too has orio oliver
22:11lucas kunan gray in all sectors just building himself up for another go a lap here
22:18got traffic ahead of him that's hurlings will hurling just try to latch on behind him maybe maybe not
22:22seven and a half minutes to go right kunan about to start a lap is he yes he is
22:30so going through the first turn number five down past pit lane lucas kunan
22:35is on a flying lap at the moment
22:41if we can pick him back up
22:48there's geyser there's those fans to the left that's fernandez
22:54fernandez in 18th place at the moment
22:57kunan 25 8 so yeah not uh picking up good pace in the first sector
23:02the number five on the red bull ktm
23:05here's tom vial number 16 currently in sixth place he went through sector one 25 exactly lost about
23:11eight tenths personal best in sector two but again losing about another half a second
23:21tom vial a guest on our mxgp tv studio show earlier today
23:26along with camden mcclellan and rasmus jorgensen
23:32watch that on demand if you want if you are a mxgp tv subscriber
23:38oh fighting the front end through there
23:42time getting away from him doesn't look like he's going to improve on this sixth place
23:48jago kia it's up to 15th on the mrt racing beta
23:51ben watson 16 adam sterri down to 17th place
23:55number eight 11 on the chambers ktm tom vial through the final quarter
24:03141 319 doesn't improve on position it's still lucas kunan with just under six minutes to go
24:11look at that going for a wild ride through there
24:23so as you can see on the leaderboard then lucas kunan
24:26less than half a second clear of hurlings de wolff another 11 hundreds further back then geyser
24:32eight tenths further back then fevra vial volanran adamo jonas and guadalini
24:41ferrato renault 12th and donick orgmo fevra up to fourth he's just gone past geyser
24:47as the boss looks on down there claudio decali
24:52so roman fevra 140.599
25:01right going again then time to beat 139.255 hurlings last lap was at 139.7 less than half a
25:11second
25:11between himself and lucas kunan guys are making some changes down there with the crew
25:18i want to see hurlings time if hurlings puts in a good lap here in sector one he's gone short
25:23this
25:23time held the inside 24.9 seven tenths off in sector one
25:32up on the back wheel through here slightly downhill look at those gnarly braking bumps now
25:36really starting to appear track rougher than it probably was in argentina already because we've
25:41got 125 and 250 european championship here we've already had two sessions on track hurlings in sector
25:48two quickest for him 22.3 only a tenth off looking to claw some time back on this rougher part
25:57of this
25:57racetrack jumps long bangs it down the gear
26:04in and out of that turn ten
26:09can hear the intensity through those corners 27.69 is sector three what does he go through
26:1527.4 sets the fastest time all of a sudden sectors two and three if he can hold it together
26:22here in
26:22the final sector will he topple kunan he's only four tenths behind four and a half tenths behind the
26:30belgian got to stay clean here and he is lands it perfectly is he looking at back-to-back time
26:36practice poles number 84 honda hrc patronus goes top 139.2 and there's hardly anything in it 0.032
26:47oh i tell you what he he knows how to hang it out doesn't he lucas kunan he's now setting
26:54about his
26:55next best lap can he topple hurlings at that time of 139.223 we get the first sector through the
27:01next
27:02left-hander after the city jump coming up any moment now
27:09lucas kunan goes through sector one 25-1
27:17so about six or seven tenths off here's vial
27:24vial 25-5 through that same sector ah kunan's thrown his lap in
27:32ferrato ferrato moves up to seven the 141 3-1-2
27:37and vial in cruise mode he's decided to throw his lap in as well who else is on track jonas
27:43was green in
27:44sector two lost too much time in sector three right de wolff looking for a one last lap effort
27:50that outside line is just about perfect at the moment look how he dances around on that rear wheel
27:58really working it pumping it like he's on a bmx track
28:02what was his sector time
28:0624 999 only six or seven tenths six and a half tenths slightly downhill into turn six here
28:13sector two coming up any moment now on the face of the liquid molly jump we're looking at a 22
28:182-4-8 needs to keep it straight through there 22-2-4-8 and de wolff goes through fastest
28:2422-1-3-4
28:28good elevation through the early part of those waves there
28:33and gets good distance probably more than anybody over that high sort of uh offset
28:41sector three two corners from now we're looking at a 27 4-1-3 the nastanas varner rider 27 4
28:50-1-3 what is it
28:5128-2 he's lost some time
28:55he's currently in third can he still affect what's happening ahead of him though
29:04oh tell you what he had to work through there didn't he and here that was clean through that
29:10right hand up right hanging off the side of this machine does he improve on time or position
29:15no he improves on time but not position despite two purple sectors in sector two and sector four
29:22139 622 three tenths off of kunan nearly four tenths off of hurlings
29:32he'll know where he lost his time as well i'm sure
29:36adam sterry on the chambers ktm down in 17th he's gone through sector one
29:41personal best for him nice stand-up wheelie there for uh de wolff come in here to have some fun
29:49right lucas kunan
29:5325-6 lost too much in sector one so yeah cruising now 23-3 lost more than a second in
29:59sector two
30:00vial i think yeah just alongside him in the middle of the turn
30:08lucas kunan trying to get out of the way as much as possible there
30:12vial 25-2 full second off in sector one 22-6 half a second off in sector two
30:22having to work hard here the number 16 is in that sixth position at the moment
30:29there lost too much time in sector three as well
30:35and so the flag is out no other green sectors that are going to challenge
30:45the uh the top positions and it's going to be back to back time practice polls
30:51for the number 84 honda hrc patronus rider jeffrey hurlings lucas kunan second in argentina
30:56second here de wolff third this weekend on his debut appearance on a 450 in the world championship
31:05roman fever improves on his position uh from a week ago two weeks ago fifth in argentina fourth here
31:13and tim geyser goes to the line fifth
31:17tim geyser was eighth in the time practice session but uh 1.4 second separate the top five then we've
31:23got
31:23vial another six tenths further back then ferrato valandran adamo and jonas
31:40so thibaut benestant just getting word that uh he had a crash in the free practice session and he's
31:45a little bit battered and bruised so he'll try and line up for the poly race and see how he
31:49goes but
31:50not what the frenchman wanted
31:59the mxgp riders then disappeared on track for their time practice that was uh max and renault
32:06going down
32:10early on and max and renault eventually came home in 12th place his teammate tim geyser here rode his
32:16look a couple of times challenged briefly but then ended up down in fifth position
32:26tom vial was another rider looking to impress sixth in the end for the honda hrc petronus rider
32:34two seconds off the pace just over
32:38roma fevra got up to four on his final attempt two or three laps from the end of the session
32:45the
32:45kawasaki racing team mxgp rider about 1.3 off of that lap of jeffrey hurlings the eventual pole man
32:53lucas kunin here he'll go to the line second
32:58the red bull ktm rider 0.032 off the eventual quick lap set by the dutchman this was kyda wolf
33:08he was up and down the leaderboard eventually got himself into third
33:14for nastan has found a factory racing couldn't quite make it a dutch one two
33:20but for the second grand prix in succession number 84 honda hrc petronus jeffrey hurlings on top
33:26in time practice he'll go to the line first for the qualifying race
33:37give you the results then from that time practice session
33:45and jeffrey hurlings the time 139.223 he was just over
33:51just under a tenth quicker wasn't he 0.032 over lucas kunin then kyda wolf three tenths further back
33:57then fevre almost a second further back then tim geisser tom vial albi ferrato and calvin
34:03vallandren ferrato was 12th last time so a nice improvement there we've got andrea adamo paul's
34:09jonas running out your top 10 and guadagnini maximo brent van donick kevin homo iago kietz and ben
34:14watson could see watson back on the grid in mxgp for dirt store triumph adam sterry on the chambers ktm
34:20then ruben fernandez oliver lopes enzo lopes the brazilian in his first mxgp appearance
34:27in groitman brumman panzer and samuel nielsen
34:49so a few hot laps and a lot to talk about there this mxgp
34:55of andalucia in almonte but this racetrack 1700 meters long just over a mile 1.056 miles
35:03you hear the mxgp riders doing their practice starts they do have 30 minute practice start
35:07session on friday on the mesh and uh as you can hear the mxgp riders there we're not going to
35:14go
35:14down to jeffrey hurlings so uh we'll close we'll be back shortly and when we do return it will be
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35:202.55 local time 10 minutes from now and that will be emx 125 presented by fmf racing their first
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35:26race of the season we'll see you then bye for now
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