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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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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 16 June 2023 - Infront Moto Racing is pleased to reveal the entry lists for the 2023 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship that will take place in Bucharest, Romania on the 8th and 9th of July.

The event will bring together riders from 35 different nations who will race for their country. There will be three classes taking part in the racing and competing to become Junior World Champion for the 125cc and 85cc classes and World Cup Winner for the 65cc category.

Take a look at the full entry lists below to see who will line-up for the biggest junior motocross race of the year.

125cc Entry List 

85cc Entry List

65cc Entry List

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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 19 September 2022 – Enjoy the best moments from the 2022 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship which took place in Vantaa, Finland with our 44-minute Behind-the-Gate Magazine!

Watch Ivano Van Erp secure the 125cc World title, as Gyan Doensen was crowned as the 85cc World Champion while Lucas Leok was declared the 65cc World Cup Winner after some very close racing.

Take a look at the 44-minute Magazine below;

Here is also a list of TV partners that will air the 44-minute special:

AMERICA

Direct TV            Latin America                          September 15^th at 8:30pm

USA                  CBS Sports Network             September 25^th at 2pm ET

AFRICA

Africa                AXP                                         

EUROPE

Albania              GP1                                        September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Austria               GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Baltics               TV3 Sport Open                     September 15^th  MXGP

Belgium             SPORT TEN                            tba

Bosnia               GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Croatia              GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Finland              MTV                                        During the week from September 15^th

Hungary             GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Kosovo              GP1                                         September 15^th   at 20:15 CET

Montenegro        GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Northern Macedonia        GP1                           September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Portugal             SPORT TV                                September 20   

Romania            Look Sport                               September 21   

Serbia               GP1                                         September 15^th  at 20:15 CET

Slovenia             Sport TV                                  September 20   

Spain                Movistar                                  September 16th at12am

INDIA and Subcontinent (Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives)

VIACOM SPORT 18                                                      TBC

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide                  Motorvision                            During the week from September 15^th

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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.

Missed the MXGP Awards? Watch the replay HERE!

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AFYONKARAHISAR (Turkiye) 3 September 2022 – Following the success of the recent FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, Infront Moto Racing is delighted to confirm that the biggest junior event of the season will head to Romania in 2023.

Following the qualifying races at the Bitci MXGP of Turkiye, a special press conference took place in the media centre at the Afyon circuit where the FIM President Jorge Viegas, FIM Junior Motocross World Championship Manager Patricia Maskarova along with the Organisers of the event Ciprian Popescu and Adrian Raduta shared their excitement about the event.  

Jorge Viegas, FIM President: “This is one of our major motocross events as of course we are really betting in the young riders. I'm very happy that a country like Romania thinks this is a great event. For an event like this, we need a very strong organisation, but I know the Romanian Federation is going to do a great job”.

FIM Junior Motocross World Championship Manager, Patricia Maskarova: “We just had a very successful FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Finland last weekend, with 26 different countries and more than 180 riders. And of course, we are very glad to have signed with the Romanian organisers for next year as together we will do our best to make sure that this will be another great event for the fastest youngsters in the world!”.

Ciprian Popescu and Adrian Raduta shared the importance of the FIM Junior World Championship taking place in Romania and said “We’re very proud to be here as it’s a dream come true. We have been working for many years on this project. In 2003 we started the collaboration with the MX3 World Championship” they explained, adding “we have a team of 40 kids and a school with over 180 kids riding there, so our desire to develop motocross in our country, especially in the Balkans, is really big. This is one of the things that motivates us to organise such a big event in Romania and we are sure the outcome will be very good”.

TCS Racing Park will be the venue to host the prestigious junior race, which was built over 20 years ago due to the passion the Radutä family and Ciprian Popescu. The track is situated 50 km north of Bucharest, the capital city of Romania and has become a central point of the Romanian Motocross Championship. It has hosted different European Championship events, including the Sidecar Motocross World Championship and MX3 Motocross World Championship in 2003.

The track itself is a hardpack track which will be the perfect setting to host the fastest youngsters in the world.

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