EMX85

Bucharest (Romania) 8 July 2023 – That is the first day of the 2023 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship ending with the Qualifying races that took place in Romania near Bucharest.

The best youngsters in the world battled today on the hard sand of TCS Racing Park during the Qualifying sessions which kicked off two days of intense racings. 

Alongside the qualifying practice sessions of the day, a special FIM Ride Green activation was a participation of the national teams during the recycling awareness initiative at the Ecotic Caravan.

In the 125cc class, it was one of the big favourites for the title and current leader of the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing, MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Reisulis who was the fastest of the pack with 1:51.221 placing him in front of JK Racing Yamaha’s Nicola Salvini second and the Hungarian Noel Zanocz third. 

The 85cc category saw Aron Katona topping his group with an excellent lap time of 1:57.876 ahead of Dani Heitik and Nicolo Alvisi . 

Meanwhile in 65cc, Latvian rider Patricks Cirulis claimed the top spot of the qualifying race with 2:07.349 ahead of his brother Martins Cirulis second and the French rider Tim Lopes. 

With this first day of qualification completed, we are now turning to tomorrow and are looking forward for more incredible battles throughout the whole field to finally crown the 125cc and 85cc Junior World Champion as well as the Junior World Cup winner in the 65cc class.

Main Photo: Start of 85cc

Bottom Photos: 1. Start of 125cc 

The MXGP-TV crew will be onsite this weekend in Finland to cover the junior event, with a special feature being aired on www.MXGP-TV.com in the following days after the event. You will also find plenty of video content from the event on MXGP’s YouTube channel.

You can also follow the event via LIVE timing HERE! or general results will be found HERE.

TRACK LENGHTH: 1640m

TYPE OF SOIL: Hard Sand

SUNDAY TIMETABLE (Local Timing GMT+3)

SUNDAY: 09:00 Warm-up 65cc, 09:25 Warm-up 85cc, 09:50 Warm-up 125cc, 11:30 Race 1 65cc, 12:15 Race 1 85cc, 13:10 Race 1 125cc, 14:30 Race 2 65cc, 15:15 Race 2 85cc, 16:10 Race 2 125cc

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Bucharest (Romania) 8 July 2023 – The 2023 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Bucharest, Romania was officially launched yesterday during the Opening Ceremony.

The opening ceremony took place in the Promenáda Mall in Bucharest where 226 riders from 38 nations from all over the world including those making the long trip from Australia, USA, South Africa and Latin America were presented to the large local crowd that came to get a glimpse at the future stars of motocross. 

The ceremony started off with a welcome video to introduce the FIM Junior Motocross Championship which was then followed by speeches from the Organizers Cristian Popescu and Adrian Raduta, Romanian Motorcycling Federation President Cristian Muresan along with FIM Junior Motocross World Championship General Manager Patricia Maskarova and FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela.

Main Photo: Team Great Britain in front of the crowd

Bottom Photos: 1. Team USA; 2. Teams and crowd in front of the Promenáda Mall, Bucharest

The team presentation followed the speeches and everyone present could then admire the impressive traditional folk dancing performance from the Ansamblu Folcloric Gorgota who came from the village next to the TCS Racing Park track. The crowd was then presented with the best and funny moments from the previous junior event that took place in Vantaa, Finland in 2022. Following this came FIM's Ride Greenpresentation, which used the occasion to inform everyone about the campaign's significance as well as the Ride Green Cup, which will be given to one of the national teams that exhibits commitment to the environment at the conclusion of the weekend.

The National Anthem finally closed the opening ceremony and all the young riders could take the measure of the importance of this event with this well-rounded and outstanding ceremony.

The MXGP-TV crew will be onsite this weekend in Finland to cover the junior event, with a special feature being aired on www.MXGP-TV.com in the following days after the event. You will also find plenty of video content from the event on MXGP’s YouTube channel.

You can also follow the event via LIVE timing HERE! or general results will be found HERE.

TRACK LENGHTH: 1640m

TYPE OF SOIL: Hard Sand

WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Timing GMT+3)

SATURDAY: 09:00 Free Practice Group A 125cc, 09:25 Free Practice Group B 125cc, 09:50 Free Practice Group A 85cc, 10:15 Free Practice Group B 85cc, 10:50 Free Practice Group A 65cc, 11:15 Free Practice Group B 65cc, 13:00 Qualifying Practice Group A 125cc, 13:35 Qualifying Practice Group B 125cc, 14:10 Qualifying Practice Group A 85cc, 14:45 Qualifying Practice Group B 85cc, 15:20 Qualifying Practice Group A 65cc, 15:55 Qualifying Practice Group B 65cc, 17:00 Last Chance Race 125cc, 17:30 Last Chance Race 85cc, 18:00 Last Chance Race 65cc. 

SUNDAY: 09:00 Warm-up 65cc, 09:25 Warm-up 85cc, 09:50 Warm-up 125cc, 11:30 Race 1 65cc, 12:15 Race 1 85cc, 13:10 Race 1 125cc, 14:30 Race 2 65cc, 15:15 Race 2 85cc, 16:10 Race 2 125cc

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Bucharest (Romania) 7 July 2023 – The prestigious 2023 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship is taking place this weekend on the 8-9 July at the TCS Racing Park which is located 35 kilometres form the Romanian capital Bucharest. 

The TCS Racing Park is regarded as one of the best motocross tracks in Eastern Europe and is all set up to welcome all the teams and riders. In 2004, the track previously hosted the FIM Motocross World Championship MX3 and European Motocross Championship (85cc). The winner of the 85cc race was Marvin Musquin, who battled with Alessandro Lupino. 

This weekend, the young 125cc, 85cc and 65cc riders will not only compete for their individual glory but also for their country. At the end of the weekend, a Nation will be crowned, which will be determined by taking the best three results of its riders, the best result in the 65cc, the best results in the 85cc class and the best results in the 125cc class. 

Youngsters from all over the world are gathering in Bucharest for the biggest junior motocross event of the season with more than 37 different countries represented, including those making the log trip from USA, Australia, Uganda and South Africa.

Main Photo: 125cc Start 2022 | Top Photo: 125cc Podium 2022

This year the 125cc category is full of talent and especially with the two riders that tops the Championship of the 2023 EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing. MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Janis Martin Reisulis and 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin will be the favourites for the title as they have dominated 100% of the rounds so far this season in their categories with three victory each. The 3rd in the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing is Fantic Factory Team Maddii’s Maximilian Werner who will be also one to watch this weekend after showing consistent good performances this season.  

There will also be the 2022 85cc World Champion WZ Racing Team’s Gyan Doensen that is acclimating himself to the 125cc class. Sturm STC Racing Team’s Mads Fredsoe arrives in Romania on the back of his first 125cc podium in Germany which will give him a confidence boost for this racing weekend. Other names to watch will be those coming from overseas such as the trio from the USA, Klark Robbins, Austin Schafer and Will Canaguier along with Australians riders Jake Cannon and Ky Woods and Jeronimo Damelines from Colombia.

In the 85cc class, one of the contenders will be the Belgian Jarne Bervoets who already finished 3rd last year in the same class. He managed to win the European Champion Central Zone this year and comes to the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship this year for the win. Two young Austrians will be ones to keep an eye on with Ricardo Bauer and Moritz Ernecker who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in 65cc last year. Since then both youngsters moved up to 85cc and will want to reiterate another strong performance. It is a similar trajectory for the Estonian Martens Raud who finished just outside the podium last year in 65cc and is now in 85cc to get his hand on a trophy.

It will be interesting to see the performances of the riders coming from outside Europe with the likes of Carson Wood ad Jonathan Getz from the USA, Blake Frost ad Christian Berrigto-Smith from South Africa, Tabula Bwanjalaga from Uganda and Australians Lachlan Allen and Jack Nunn.

Photos: 1. 85cc Podium 2022 2. 85cc Start 2022

In the 65cc, everything looks quite open with many riders coming from Europe such as the young Dutch Kenzo Jaspers who showed some good speed this season like the Slovak Maxim Zimmerman. There will also be many interesting riders from the USA, Africa, Latin America and Australia which will make for an exciting weekend of racings. The competition will be tough and rivalry will run high in what will be a thrilling moment of motocross

Photos: 1. 65cc Podium 2022 2. 65cc Start 2022

Later today, an Opening Ceremony will officially launch the event with the official riders’ presentations of each nation, who will also compete for the overall standings of their country.
 

The MXGP-TV crew will be onsite this weekend in Romania to cover the junior event, with a special feature being aired on www.MXGP-TV.com in the following days after the event. You will also find plenty of video content from the event on MXGP’s YouTube channel.

You can also follow the event via LIVE timing HERE or general results will be found HERE

WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Timing GMT+3)

SATURDAY: 09:00 Free Practice Group A 125cc, 09:25 Free Practice Group B 125cc, 09:50 Free Practice Group A 85cc, 10:15 Free Practice Group B 85cc, 10:50 Free Practice Group A 65cc, 11:15 Free Practice Group B 65cc, 13:00 Qualifying Practice Group A 125cc, 13:35 Qualifying Practice Group B 125cc, 14:10 Qualifying Practice Group A 85cc, 14:45 Qualifying Practice Group B 85cc, 15:20 Qualifying Practice Group A 65cc, 15:55 Qualifying Practice Group B 65cc, 17:00 Last Chance Race 125cc, 17:30 Last Chance Race 85cc, 18:00 Last Chance Race 65cc. 

SUNDAY: 09:00 Warm-up 65cc, 09:25 Warm-up 85cc, 09:50 Warm-up 125cc, 11:30 Race 1 65cc, 12:15 Race 1 85cc, 13:10 Race 1 125cc, 14:30 Race 2 65cc, 15:15 Race 2 85cc, 16:10 Race 2 125cc

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AFYONKARAHISAR (Turkey) 4^th September 2022 – The annual MXGP Awards celebrated yet another successful season of the FIM Motocross World Championship at the final round at the Bitci MXGP of Turkiye!

Once the chequered flag had fallen for the final time this season and the 2022 World Champions were officially confirmed with gold medals, it was time to begin the festivities with the annual ceremony.

The awards took place in the Moto Festival area at the Afyon circuit, in front of a huge crowd of fans and paddock personnel who joined in on the celebrations, which was the perfect end to a thrilling season of racing.

The MXGP Awards were hosted by the MXGP-TV Commentator Paul Malin and MXGP-TV Presenter Lisa Leyland with the entire event live-streamed worldwide on www.MXGP-TV.com, as well as MXGP’s YouTube channel.

The evening kicked off with a special message from Infront Moto Racing’s CEO David Luongo and FIM President Jorge Viegas who shared a few words about the 2022 season and took the opportunity to congratulate everyone for their efforts.

Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo: “First of all, Thank you all for coming to this fantastic Gran Prix here in Turkiye. Big thanks to the Governor, the Mayor, the Turkish Motorcycling Federation, the Organizer and everybody who made this event possible. This season has been a challenging one, being the first one post-covid. It was amazing to have the overseas back, with Argentina the first one, which was a big symbol and then Indonesia and other events that were missing during the previous two years, like Sweden and Finland. And also having the public back at the races was a very big and important moment. In MXGP, we have a great Champion as Tim Gajser who did not have it easy, with plenty of fast guys behind him pushing to win. And MX2… What can I say? It was incredible. Big Congratulations to Tom but also Jago who pushed hard and gave it his all. This evening it’s great to have all of the Champions with us, including the Junior and European champions, really it’s a full package here to celebrate. Thank you to all of the teams and riders for the support, motocross is a big family and everyone involved works incredibly hard to deliver a great championship like the one we saw again this year. Thank you all, enjoy your evening”.

FIM President Jorge Viegas: “Thank you so much to everyone in Turkiye, my friends, the riders, teams and special thanks to the public. What a better scenery than here, beautiful place and people. We had a wonderful championship which was decided today. We look forward to coming back even better next year. Enjoy your evening with the best riders in the world”.

The Awards ceremony officially began, as the winning teams and manufacturers were presented with their awards. Team HRC and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing received their winners’ plaques for securing the MXGP and MX2 titles, while Yamaha swept the manufacturer titles in MXGP, MX2 and WMX.

This year’s champions received their prizes next, with Timoteï Cez being the first to collect his award for winning the Junior e-Motocross series, followed by Ricardo Bauer the EMX65 Champion, Vitezslav Marek who won the EMX85 title, EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Champion Cas Valk, EMX250 Champion Rick Elzinga, as well as the WMX, EMX2t and EMX Open Champions, Nancy Van de Ven, Toms Macuks and Jose Butron.

We also celebrated the FIM Junior World Champions in 125cc (Ivano Van Erp), 85cc (Gyan Doensen) and Lucas Leok who was the 2022 65cc World Cup Winner.

This year, Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing’s Simon Längenfelder was the recipient of the Jan de Groot Award that honours the most promising young talent. Längenfelder was impressive this season as he ended the year third in the MX2 standings with 2 race wins, five podiums, including his Grand Prix win in Great Britain!

Additionally, Tom Vialle and Jorge Prado were presented with the Fox Holeshot Award, for their incredible starts this season. For Prado, this was his fifth consecutive Fox Holeshot Award, while for Vialle it was his third.

And then it was time to find out which MXGP rider was the winner of the Best Rider of the Year Sponsored by Athena prize! The newly crowned MXGP World Champion Tim Gajser was declared winner, having received the most fans’ votes in total throughout the 2022 season.

The evening then concluded with the awards for the two FIM Motocross World Champions, Tim Gajser and Tom Vialle who each received their championship plates, along with their champions rings as part of their prizes for this season.

Here is the complete list of winners, below:

MXGP Manufacturer World Champion: Yamaha

MXGP Winning Team: Team HRC

MX2 Manufacturer World Champion: Yamaha

MX2 Winning Team: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing

WMX Manufacturer World Champion: Yamaha

WMX Winning Team: Ceres 71 Racing

“Jan De Groot” Award (cheque €5.000): Simon Längenfelder

Junior e-Motocross Series: Timoteï Cez

EMX65 European Champion: Ricardo Bauer

EMX85 European Champion: Vitezslav Marek

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing European Champion: Cas Valk

EMX250 European Champion: Rick Elzinga

EMX2T European Champion: Toms Macuks

EMX Open European Champion: Jose Butron

65cc Junior World Cup Winner: Lucas Leok

85cc Junior World Champion: Gyan Doensen

125cc Junior World Champion: Ivano Van Erp

Women’s Champion: Nancy Van de Ven

MXGP Best Media Opportunity: Indonesia

MXGP Best Promotion: Turkiye

Best Rider of the Year, Sponsored by Athena: Tim Gajser

Fox Holeshot Award MXGP and MX2: Jorge Prado & Tom Vialle

MXGP Best Organizer: France, Ernée

MX2 World Champion: Tom Vialle

MXGP World Champion: Tim Gajser

All the photos from the MXGP Awards will be available HERE.

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LOKET (Czech Republic) 17 July 2022 – The MXGP of Czech Republic hosted the finals of the EMX65, EMX85 and the one-round EMX2T series that saw the fastest riders in Europe go head-to-head for gold, silver and bronze medals!

The old-school venue of Loket provided the perfect surface for some intense racing which ended with home hero Vitezslav Marek (EMX85) defending his title from 2021 along with Ricardo Bauer (EMX65) and Toms Macuks (EMX2T) claiming gold in their respective categories.

EMX85

In the opening EMX85 race of the weekend, the holeshot went to Filippo Mantovani as he led Felix Cardineau, Ryan Oppliger and Mano Faure. Though there were a lot of passes made in the opening lap which saw Gyan Doensen go from seventh and into the lead by the official first lap of the race. Cardineau remained second while Mantovani dropped to third.

Meanwhile local hero and defending champion, Vitezslav Marek started down in ninth, before making his way up to fifth by the end of the first lap.

By the third lap, Marek was already up in third and just over a lap later was second after passing Cardineau and Mantovani.

By that point, Doensen was 11.858 seconds ahead, though Marek was looking fast and was taking time out of the leader.

In the final few laps, we saw a close battle between first and second as Marek worked hard to pass the Dutchman. In the end, Doensen was able to manage under pressure to secure his first EMX win of the season. Marek was second ahead of Mantovani, Cardineau and Faure.

In the second race, Faure was the early leader ahead of Mantovani, Cardineau, Douwe Van Mechgelen and Marek, while race one winner Doensen started in 11^th.

By the end of the first official lap, Mantovani was the leading rider, as Marek moved into third. It took the Czech rider another lap to go from third to first, which sent the local crowd wild. He then opened up a decent four second gap over Mantovani, as Doensen worked his way into fourth. Several laps later, the Dutchman climbed into third and then got by Mantovani with just four laps to go and despite his best efforts to catch the leader, was forced to settle for second.

Marek won the race ahead of Doensen, Mantovani, Freddie Bartlett who fought from eighth into fourth and Niccolo Mannini who rounded out the top five.

A 2-1 result meant that Marek was the winner for the second year in a row as he secured the gold medal and gold plate, while Doensen finished second ahead of Mantovani who took home the bronze medal.

Vitezslav Marek: “In the first race, I took a bad start but managed to pass some riders, but Gyan had a big gap. In the second race I got a better start and then controlled the race. Thanks to all my sponsors that you can see on my jersey and thank you to everybody who was there”.

Main Photo: FIM Europe Delegate Andrea Barbieri, EMX65 and EMX85 Champion, Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo and FIM Board Member Jan Stovicek

Top Photo: EMX85 Start

Bottom Photos: 1. Vitezslav Marek 2. Gyan Doensen

EMX85 - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Gyan Doensen (NED, Husqvarna), 24:54.068; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +0:02.472; 3. Filippo Mantovani (ITA, GASGAS), +0:36.572; 4. Felix Cardineau (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:38.315; 5. Mano Faure (FRA, KTM), +0:38.750; 6. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), +0:44.671; 7. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), +0:52.332; 8. Áron Katona (HUN, KTM), +0:55.742; 9. Miha Vrh (SLO, Husqvarna), +1:00.945; 10. Tristen Mardo (EST, Husqvarna), +1:05.500.

EMX85 - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 25:04.066; 2. Gyan Doensen (NED, Husqvarna), +0:04.167; 3. Filippo Mantovani (ITA, GASGAS), +0:18.737; 4. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), +0:21.910; 5. Niccolo Mannini (ITA, KTM), +0:37.473; 6. Douwe Van Mechgelen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:38.805; 7. Ian Ampoorter (BEL, KTM), +0:39.595; 8. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), +0:41.172; 9. Mano Faure (FRA, KTM), +0:44.929; 10. Dex Kooiker (NED, Husqvarna), +0:51.688.

EMX85 - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 47 points; 2. Gyan Doensen (NED, HUS), 47 p.; 3. Filippo Mantovani (ITA, GAS), 40 p.; 4. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), 28 p.; 6. Mano Faure (FRA, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Ian Ampoorter (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 8. Jarne Bervoets (BEL, KTM), 19 p.; 9. Felix Cardineau (FRA, HUS), 18 p.; 10. Niccolo Mannini (ITA, KTM), 16 p.

EMX85 - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 47 points; 2. Gyan Doensen (NED, HUS), 47 p.; 3. Filippo Mantovani (ITA, GAS), 40 p.; 4. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), 28 p.; 6. Mano Faure (FRA, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Ian Ampoorter (BEL, KTM), 22 p.; 8. Jarne Bervoets (BEL, KTM), 19 p.; 9. Felix Cardineau (FRA, HUS), 18 p.; 10. Niccolo Mannini (ITA, KTM), 16 p.

EMX85 - Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 47 points; 2. Husqvarna, 47 p.; 3. GASGAS, 40 p.;

EMX65

In EMX65 race one, it was Harry Dale who led Francesco Assini, Louis Morette, Jekabs Hudolejs and Jorge Salvador out of the gate. Meanwhile last year’s champion Lucas Leok started down on 17^th.

There was a change in the lead quite quickly, as Alex Novak moved into first ahead of Assini who remained second with Hudolejs also moving up to third.

Leok was making good progress in the first few laps, as he managed to get himself up to 11^th, then eighth and sixth, before dropping back down to 10^th by the end of the race.

Assini then dropped out of second to sixth, meanwhile Ricardo Bauer was making his way up the order and was in second by the fourth lap. Bauer battled closely with Novak in the closing stages of the race, before making the pass with just two laps to go.

Bauer was the race winner ahead of Novak and Salvador who got himself up to third, followed by Pau Ruiz Caudet and Hudolejs.

In the second race, the holeshot went to Dale once again, as Rafael Mennillo followed in second ahead of Enri Lustus, Morette, Bauer and Leok. But the first lap saw a change for the lead as Bauer went from fourth to first.

The Austrian then led Leok, Caudet Ruiz, Mennillo and Salvador, as Leok set the fastest lap of the race and looked to keep close to the leader. Dale dropped to sixth.

Assini then got around Hudolejs for ninth before dropping back to 13^th by the end of the race.

Back in the lead, Bauer was fully in control as Leok followed behind. Bertram Thorius managed to make a good pass with two laps to go on Salvador to take his position.

In the end, Bauer was the race winner and with it secure the gold medal in the EMX65 category, while Caudet Ruiz was given the silver medal and Salvador the bronze.

Ricardo Bauer: “The first race was really good, but not a good start. And in the second race I had a better start and then on lap one or two, I think, I was first which was very nice! Thanks to my mum, my dad and my sponsors”.

Top Photo: EMX65 Podium

Bottom Photos: 1. Ricardo Bauer 2. Pau Caudet Ruiz

EMX65 - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), 18:13.323; 2. Alex Novak (SLO, KTM), +0:02.680; 3. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GASGAS), +0:04.612; 4. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), +0:06.938; 5. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, Yamaha), +0:08.656; 6. Louis Morette (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:39.993; 7. Francesco Assini (ITA, GASGAS), +0:40.407; 8. Bertram Thorius (DEN, Yamaha), +0:40.439; 9. Carlos Martín Jimenez (ESP, KTM), +0:41.497; 10. Lucas Leok (EST, Husqvarna), +0:43.239.

EMX65 - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), 17:44.956; 2. Lucas Leok (EST, Husqvarna), +0:03.381; 3. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), +0:12.497; 4. Bertram Thorius (DEN, Yamaha), +0:22.981; 5. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GASGAS), +0:23.680; 6. Rafael Mennillo (FRA, KTM), +0:36.076; 7. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, Yamaha), +0:36.921; 8. Louis Morette (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:39.125; 9. Carlos Martín Jimenez (ESP, KTM), +0:39.702; 10. Alonso Parejo (ESP, KTM), +0:46.715.

EMX65 - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), 50 points; 2. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GAS), 36 p.; 4. Lucas Leok (EST, HUS), 33 p.; 5. Alex Novak (SLO, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Bertram Thorius (DEN, YAM), 31 p.; 7. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, YAM), 30 p.; 8. Louis Morette (FRA, HUS), 28 p.; 9. Carlos Martín Jimenez (ESP, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Francesco Assini (ITA, GAS), 22 p.

EMX65 - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), 50 points; 2. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GAS), 36 p.; 4. Lucas Leok (EST, HUS), 33 p.; 5. Alex Novak (SLO, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Bertram Thorius (DEN, YAM), 31 p.; 7. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, YAM), 30 p.; 8. Louis Morette (FRA, HUS), 28 p.; 9. Carlos Martín Jimenez (ESP, KTM), 24 p.; 10. Francesco Assini (ITA, GAS), 22 p.

EMX65 – Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 50 points; 2. Husqvarna, 37 p.; 3. GASGAS, 36 p.; 4. Yamaha, 34 p.;

EMX2T

In the opening race, it was Haakon Osterhagen of Fantic Factory Team Maddii who took the holeshot and led the way ahead of Alessio Bonetta, Meico Vettik, Robin Lang of JWR Honda Racing and Toms Macuks.

Bonetta then dropped down to fourth as Vettik and Macuks got around the Italian while Osterhagen was already looking to open up a gap.

Macuks then clocked the fastest lap of the race, as he looked to challenge Vettik for second.

The race leader, Osterhagen, then dropped out of first place as a result of a bike problem, that saw him fall to outside the top 20.

Vettik then led the way with Macuks, Johannes Klein of Sturm STC Racing Team, Mathias Joergensen and JK Yamaha Racing’s Manuel Iacopi behind. At that point Macuks saw his opportunity to pounce as he closed the gap to Vettik and got onto his rear wheel.

The pair battled before the Latvian took over the lead on lap eight and then got comfortable as Vettik began to fade. Though in the final laps the Estonian was looking to fight back, as Macuks started to struggle himself. Though the Latvian managed to keep Vettik at bay and claim the win in race one.

In the second heat, the holeshot went to Osterhagen once again, as he led Florain Hellrigl, Jiri Matejec, Kai Haase and Macuks. Meanwhile Vettik started down in 19^th, which left him with a lot of work to do.

Macuks then made a move into fourth, as Osterhagen set the fastest lap of the race as he got comfortable in the driving seat. Vettik also had a couple of good laps and before he knew it was inside the top 10.

At the halfway stage of the race, Macuks upped his pace as he began to take time out of Hellrigl for second and by the 12^th lap he was able to make the pass stick.

While Vettik continued his fight up the order, he crashed with just a few laps to go. While he managed to get up quickly, an altercation with the rider that he crashed with meant that he was disqualified for un-sportsmanship like behaviour and lost his chance to secure a medal.

In the end, Osterhagen won with an 8.325 second advantage over Macuks and Hellrigl. A win and a second gave Macuks the overall victory, which also mean that he was the 2022 winner and gold medallist. Osterhagen was second ahead of Klein who occupied the third step of the podium.

Toms Macuks: “I’m super happy about this. My wife asked me at home, what is the goal for the weekend and I said, I come for the gold and I did it!”.

Top Photo: Andrea Barbieri, EMX2T Top 3 Podium, Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo

Bottom Photos: 1. Toms Macuks 2. Haakon Osterhagen

EMX2T - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Toms Macuks (LAT, KTM), 30:00.844; 2. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), +0:01.172; 3. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), +0:55.422; 4. Mathias Joergensen (DEN, Yamaha), +1:14.836; 5. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:19.680; 6. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, Fantic), +1:21.790; 7. Jiri Matejec (CZE, KTM), +1:28.498; 8. Paolo Ermini (ITA, Husqvarna), +1:32.935; 9. Florian Hellrigl (AUT, KTM), +1:39.659; 10. Alexandre Marques (POR, Husqvarna), +1:41.566.

EMX2T - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, Fantic), 30:47.796; 2. Toms Macuks (LAT, KTM), +0:08.325; 3. Florian Hellrigl (AUT, KTM), +0:12.293; 4. Jiri Matejec (CZE, KTM), +0:17.469; 5. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), +0:25.426; 6. Mathias Joergensen (DEN, Yamaha), +0:38.227; 7. Morgan Bennati (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:47.621; 8. Paolo Ermini (ITA, Husqvarna), +0:53.556; 9. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, Yamaha), +1:02.524; 10. Nikolaj Skovgaard Christensen (DEN, KTM), +1:04.763.

EMX2T - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Toms Macuks (LAT, KTM), 47 points; 2. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, FAN), 40 p.; 3. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Mathias Joergensen (DEN, YAM), 33 p.; 5. Florian Hellrigl (AUT, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Jiri Matejec (CZE, KTM), 32 p.; 7. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Paolo Ermini (ITA, HUS), 26 p.; 9. Morgan Bennati (ITA, HUS), 24 p.; 10. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), 22 p.

EMX2T - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Toms Macuks (LAT, KTM), 47 points; 2. Haakon Osterhagen (NOR, FAN), 40 p.; 3. Johannes Klein (AUT, KTM), 36 p.; 4. Mathias Joergensen (DEN, YAM), 33 p.; 5. Florian Hellrigl (AUT, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Jiri Matejec (CZE, KTM), 32 p.; 7. Manuel Iacopi (ITA, YAM), 28 p.; 8. Paolo Ermini (ITA, HUS), 26 p.; 9. Morgan Bennati (ITA, HUS), 24 p.; 10. Meico Vettik (EST, KTM), 22 p.

EMX2T - Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 47 points; 2. Fantic, 40 p.; 3. Yamaha, 33 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 27 p.; 5. Suzuki, 14 p.; 6. GASGAS, 9 p.; 7. TM, 7 p.;

MXGP OF CZECH REPUBLIC – QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1586m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 24

Weather conditions: Sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 30,000

All the photos from the MXGP of Czech Republic will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

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