David Luongo, MXGP Mag Editorial – April 2023

Dear MXGP Friends,

As we are finalizing the preparation of the Grand Prix of Portugal it is also the time for the April edition of the MXGP Magazine.

During this month, we finally went back to Switzerland, on the typical and historical track of Frauenfeld. It was definitely a great success with more than 30.000 fans that attended the event during the weekend. It was also the occasion for MXGP to reconnect with the Swiss fans, as it was some years that a GP didn’t take place there. Monday racing program was live on the Swiss National television and the President of the Swiss congress of the States honored us with her presence. On the racing side, it brought a new GP winner in the Premier class with Maxime Renaux and in MX2 Thibault Benistant won the Grand Prix.

The week after Easter, the MXGP moved to a classic Grand Prix, one of the most breathtaking places in the calendar, Pietramurata, next to the Lake of Garda. Here again the public answered the call despite the absence of Tim Gajser and all the Slovenian fans that usually come for this race. In the MXGP class, Jorge Prado won his first GP of the season and brought a fourth different overall winner in four Grand Prix! It shows how the MXGP class is open this year and how the general level has risen the last couple of seasons. On the other hand, Romain Febvre is getting his pace race after race, and with Jeffrey Herlings, Maxime Renaux and Jorge Prado, we have four riders in 40 points. In MX2, Andrea Adamo made the Italian fans go crazy with his first ever Grand Prix victory, on his home soil. Here again, with Jago Geerts leading the championship but having only 30 points ahead of the top 5, the season will continue to rise new highs!

It is also very good to see the different starting grids full of participants from the beginning of the season in all the classes. The new system of qualification for the MXGP class with the wildcard riders is working great and the adjustments on the age limit for the EMX250 from 23 to 21 years old improved also the participation in MX2. We continue to improve and fine tune the pyramid system of the talents, which was put in place more than a decade ago to facilitate the road to the MXGP class.

Finally, Agueda will bring a lot of novelties, as the track has been completely rebuilt and we will race the opposite way this weekend of what we were used to race in the past. This weekend will also host the EMX125 and EMX250 series. All the Grand Prix will be broadcasted on MXGP-TV.com as usual and you can stay connected on our different Social Media platforms to stay close to the action!

See you in Portugal.

David Luongo, CEO of Infront Moto Racing