Vantaa hosted the Motocross World Series competition, which was originally supposed to be held in Hyvinkää. Romain Febvre of Kawasaki’s IceOne factory team gassed to victory in the MXGP class.
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On Sunday, Vantaa hosted the Motocross World Championship for the first time since 1995.
Kimi Räikkönen Kawasaki’s IceOne factory stable Romain Febvre won the MXGP series race. Ferbvre won the first heat and was second in the second heat, which was enough for the overall win.
The best Finn in the MXGP class had finished 13th in the second round Jere Haavisto.
He took the MX2 class to his name Andrea Adamowhich was the fastest of both batches. Emil Weckman was the best Finn. Weckam’s first round ended with a fall and suspension. He also crashed at the start of the second heat, but moved up to 12th.
About 5,000 people watched the event, and tickets sold out.
Räikkönen himself was on the spot at the games. He has been interested in the sport for a long time and drove motocross as a training goal during his F1 days. At the beginning of last year, Räikkönen moved together as team manager of the IceOne team Antti Pyrhönen with.
According to Räikkönen, the end of his F1 career has not affected the time available to run the cross team.
– It has always been the same amount of time, Räikkönen told Urheilu.
According to Räikkönen, it is a good thing for Finnish motocross that the domestic team won the local World Championship competition.
– Unfortunately, the track is perhaps a bit small for them. But it’s better that the race was here than not at all, Räikkönen said.
The MM points were originally supposed to be run on the last weekend of July in Hyvinkää, but the event company that acted as the local promoter withdrew from the project unexpectedly at the beginning of summer.
The Finnish competition was already threatened with cancellation, but as a last resort, the promoter managing the MXGP or World Championship inquired about the possibilities of the Vantaa Motor Club to organize the competition. The background was last year’s Junior World Championship successfully organized in Vantaa.