The Beursfoon Rockstar Suzuki Team has done a great job at the final round of the Dutch Open Championship Series MX2 in Harfsen. Mike Kras finished second in the second moto and finished fourth overall. Micha Boy de Waal was riding his best ever Dutch Open in Harfsen. De Waal finished fifth in the first moto and came home in eight position in the second moto which gave him sixth position overall.

The circuit in Harfsen was well prepared and the Beursfoon Rockstar Suzuki riders were motivated to do well. Mike found himself at home on the track and set the second fastest time in practice. Micha Boy had some bad luck in practice. He made a big crash and injured his neck. Despite this crash he jumped back on the bike and finally set the eight fastest time.

In the first moto Mike took a good start and came out of the first corner in fourth position. In the beginning of the race he dropped back to fifth position for a moment but this wasn’t for long because soon after he moved up to fourth position again. Unfortunately Mike got some arm pump and made a big crash because of this. He dropped back to twelfth position. It took him some time to find his rhythm again but in the second part of the race things started to go better and he finally finished the race in ninth position. Micha Boy took a good start as well and came out of the first corner in sixth position. He found his rhythm straight away and worked himself up to fourth position. He held on to this position for a long time but with still ten minutes to go he got a lot of pain in his neck. He had to lower the pace a little bit and this cost him a position to Jake Nicholls. Micha Boy stayed calm and finished the race in fifth position.

Mike was motivated to do better in the second moto. He took a good start and came out of the first corner in sixth position. In the beginning of the race he moved up to fourth position and in lap 3 he took over third position. Mike wasn’t satisfied about this and kept the pace as high as he could. Two laps later he took over second position and managed to make a gap over himself and the third place rider. In the second part of the race he took no unnecessary risks anymore and finished the moto in second position. Micha Boy took a poor start in the second moto and started the race around twentieth position. During the first lap he passed a lot of riders and worked himself up to eleventh position. From there he started charged back to sixth position. Unfortunately he crashed in the middle of the race and dropped back to tenth position. In the rest of the race Micha Boy was doing a great job and worked his way back up to eight position.

Mike finished fourth overall and Micha Boy ended the day in sixth position. In the final championship standings Mike finished in sixth position and Micha Boy is really satisfied with eight position in the championship. In two weeks time the Beursfoon Rockstar Suzuki Team will participate in the Dutch Supercross in Zuidbroek.

Results Dutch Open MX2 in Harfsen:

First moto:
1 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM
2 Ceriel Klein Kromhof NL Honda
3 Erik Eggens NL Yamaha
4 Jake Nicholls GB KTM
5 Micha Boy de Waal NL Suzuki
6 Donny Bastemeijer NL Honda
7 Kalle Olsson S Honda
8 Brian Bogers NL KTM
9 Mike Kras NL Suzuki
10 Mike van den Bogaert NL Kawasaki

Second moto:
1 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM
2 Mike Kras NL Suzuki
3 Erik Eggens NL Yamaha
4 Ceriel Klein Kromhof NL Honda
5 Jake Nicholls GB KTM
6 Lars van Berkel NL Honda
7 Brian Bogers NL KTM
8 Micha Boy de Waal NL Suzuki
9 Kalle Olsson S Honda
10 Donny Bastemeijer NL Honda

MX2 Overall:
1 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM 50
2 Erik Eggens NL Yamaha 40
3 Ceriel Klein Kromhof NL Honda 40
4 Mike Kras NL Suzuki 34
6 Micha Boy de Waal NL Suzuki 29

Final Standings Dutch Open MX2 2012:
1 Jeffrey Herlings NL KTM 340
2 Jake Nicholls GB KTM 231
3 Erik Eggens NL Yamaha 225
4 Glenn Coldenhoff NL KTM 209
5 Joel Roelants B Kawasaki 167
6 Mike Kras NL Suzuki 167
8 Micha Boy de Waal NL Suzuki 130