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Good race day for KTM's Max Nagl at Hawkstone Park
8 March 2010, 7:49 am

    From  KTM

Red  Bull KTM MX1 factory rider Max Nagl of Germany put in a successful day on the  track at Hawkstone Park in the U.K. on Sunday finishing second overall in the  MX1 class in this pre-season international.

Nagl said  it was the first time in the pre-season races that he went out with the  intention of pushing and he was more than happy with the results.

"I  had three very good starts, including two holeshots. We changed the settings a  little bit and this made a big difference for the starts. It was for sure a  good weekend for me and this is a good track" Max said after the race.

The German  racer is well known for his blitz action out of the start gates and last season  notched up an impressive amount of holeshots in the collective MX1 World  Championship motos. He was the only member of the MX1 factory team to race at  Hawkstone Park this weekend and he will continue his preparation for the season  opener in Bulgaria with another race in Germany next weekend.

After a  great start to the pre-season events in Mantova, Italy, Nagl's MX2 Red Bull KTM  factory teammate Shaun Simpson has had his share of bad luck including a crash  on Sunday at Hawkstone Park. Shaun was faster than Ken Roczen in the morning  session to snatch pole position but early in the first race he crashed heavily  into a rocky bank that left him bruised and battered with a cut under his eye  and another deep cut to his ring finger. As a precaution he received treatment  and x-rays at the local hospital, which did not indicate any other problems. He  is being held under observation overnight to receive intravenous antibiotics.

This left  Dennis Verbruggen and Joel Roelants of JM Racing KTM and Jake Nichols of Red  Bull KTM UK keeping the flag flying for the Orange family in the MX2. They  succeeded in finishing second, sixth and third respectively.

Meanwhile  the youngest member of the Red Bull KTM Racing Team, Jeffrey Herlings of the  Netherlands raced in the French National Championship this weekend at  Sommières. Jeffrey told KTM Racing that he was well satisfied with his racing,  making steady improvements in both his starts and finishes in Sunday's three  motos to wrap up the weekend in second place overall in the MX2 class.

MX 1  Results Hawkstone Park

1. Steve  Ramon, Belgium, Suzuki 15-20 - 35

2. Max  Nagl, Germany, Red Bull KTM Factory 13-17—30

3. Tanel  Leok, Estonia, 20-10---30

4. Clement  Desaille, France, Suzuki, 11-15—25

5. Gareth  Swanepoel, Honda, 10-13—23

MX2  Results Hawkstone Park

1. Ken  Roczen, Germany, Suzuki, 20-20—40

2. Dennis  Verbruggen, JM Racing KTM, 15-17—32

3. Jake  Nicholls, Red Bull KTM UK11-15—26

4. Ceriel  Klein Kromhof, Yamaha, 10-9—19

5. Nick  Triest, Honda, 7-10—17

6. Joel  Roelants, JM Racing KTM





Source: Inside MotoX and Off Road