
The Lommel sand has swallowed hope, hearts, destroyed engines, minds and energy reserves but arguably the toughest and most technical of surfaces in MXGP and the FIM Motocross World Championship has also created heroes. The Fiat Professional Grand Prix of Belgium slithered into the myriad of bumps, holes and ruts that is the Limburg terrain for the third year in a row and showcased motocross at its most extreme and brutal; they don't come much harder than this.
In front of 25,000 spectators who relished the sand acumen and stamina of the world’s best and took delight in seeing the ebbs-and-fros of the different rhythms and pace among the leaders, it was Monster Energy’s Petar Petrov who ended up spraying champagne by sealing third position in the MX2 class for what was the fourteenth stop on the eighteen round 2016 trail. Also catching the eye was Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser with a blazing second race victory in the premier class of MXGP.