David Luongo – Editorial – April 2022

Dear MXGP Friends,

Three fantastic Grand Prix took place since our last edition of the MXGP Magazine. Our come back to Argentina has been made with great class. It was a big pleasure to come back to such a beautiful venue. Villa La Angostura-Patagonia was missing on the MXGP calendar since the beginning of the pandemic. In fact, it was the first Grand Prix that suffered the global lock down we had to face. In 2020 we had to cancel the GP just 10 days before it would have taken place. So, it is also a very important symbol to be welcomed over there for our very first overseas Grand Prix since 2019! The Argentinian and South American motocross fans answered the call with a massive and impressive presence, breaking the record of attendance with more than 39.000 spectators onsite during the weekend. The local authorities and the organizer confirmed their will of having the GP back in 2023, which will bring to 7 the number of GP that took place on this amazing track! Gajser in MXGP and Vialle in MX2 won this great GP. 

Another important come back on the calendar was Portugal, on the famous red dirt of Agueda. Here also the public answered the call. We definitely felt the demand of the fans to attend the Grand Prix and enjoy live our sport again. We were missing the sound of the chains for the last 2 years along the track and in front of the podium, and we are definitively on the good way. Regarding the racing, Prado was the fastest in MXGP and Vialle won the MX2 class. 

Pietramurata and the Grand Prix of Trentino gave us some novelties with the modifications brought to the track and the changes of the direction to ride. The Slovenian fans came across the border to support Tim Gajser, their hero, who won the GP and Vialle confirmed his great period with another win and a perfect score of 50 points. He took back the red plate of Geerts. 

The different European championships also started with a great success and an impressive amount of rider’s entries, especially in Trentino which is very well located to travel from across Europe. 

Finally, we announced the renewal of our collaboration with KTM group for the E-Motocross Series, a electric motocross bike series dedicated to the young talents. This year will see 6 rounds taking place during the GP of Spain, France, Germany and Czech Republic. We are sure that it will confirm its great success of last year by giving a fantastic access to the new generations to new technology of racing.

I would like to thank FIM, FIM Europe, all our organizers, the MXGP partners, the teams and the riders, for their collaboration.

See you in Latvia! 

David Luongo

CEO of Infront Moto Racing