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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

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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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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 29 August 2022 – The Fox Holeshot competition took place at the 2022 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship in Vantaa, Finland on the 27^th and 28^th of August where 180 of the fastest youngsters in the world competed to become this year’s champions and getting a good start was a crucial part of their success!

Six Fox Holeshot’s were up for grabs across the 125cc, 85cc and 65cc categories and here are the winners:

125cc Junior Motocross World Championship

Race 1: Ivano Van Erp

Race 2: Janis Martins Reisulis

85cc Junior Motocross World Championship

Race 1: Mano Faure

Race 2: Filippo Mantovani

65cc Junior Motocross World Cup

Race 1: Enri Lusts

Race 2: Enri Lusts

Watch the Fox Holeshot videos from the 2022 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship.

VANTAA (Finland) 28 August 2022 – The 2022 FIM Junior Motocross World Champions and World Cup Winner have been crowned in Vantaa, Finland after some close racing that saw Ivano Van Erp crowned this year’s 125cc Junior World Champion, while Gyan Doensen became the 85cc Junior World Champion and Lucas Leok won the 65cc World Cup.

In the Nations standings, it was Team USA who were victorious, finishing on top ahead of Finland and Team Netherlands.

In 125cc race one, Ivano Van Erp led the way after getting the Fox Holeshot ahead of Casey Cochran and Cas Valk. There were a few riders that went down in the first corner, this also included Edgar Canet. By lap three, Valk and Janis Martins Reisulis overtook Cochran. Valk continued his charge and caught onto the rear wheel of Van Erp by the end of the race, though Van Erp was able to keep the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Champion at bay, to win the race while Valk settled for second ahead of J. Reisulis who was third.

In race two, the Fox Holeshot went to J. Reisulis as he led the way ahead of Mathias Valin, Alexis Fueri, Van Erp and Valk. As the race progressed, Van Erp and Valk got around Valin with Cochran and Ferruccio Zanchi just behind. In the end, J. Reisulis won the race 6.995 seconds ahead of Van Erp and Valk who was a further 13 seconds behind.

A race win in the opening heat and second in race two meant that Ivano Van Erp was officially crowned the 125cc FIM Junior World Championship and secured the gold medal, while race two winner Janis Martins Reisulis secured silver and Cas Valk took home the bronze medal.

Main Photo: 125cc FIM Junior Motocross World Championship Start

Bottom Photos: 1. 125cc FIM Junior Motocross World Championship Top 3 Pictured with FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela 2. Ivano Van Erp 

125cc Junior World Champion, Ivano Van Erp: “I feel really good in this moment! I had a big crash on Wednesday, so I could not train on my bike. This weekend was my first time on it after the crash and I was struggling a little bit with the feeling on the bike. In the first race, I took a holeshot and controlled the race by myself. In the second race, I started sixth or seventh and then made a small mistake in the first corner. Then I took second and was faster than Janis [Reisulis] at the end, but I just took it easy, didn’t push, stayed second and became World Champion”.

125cc Junior World Championship - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), 29:26.078; 2. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), +0:07.920; 3. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, KTM), +0:14.934; 4. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +0:22.807; 5. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:29.625; 6. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), +0:31.922; 7. Casey Cochran (USA, Husqvarna), +0:32.880; 8. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +0:33.688; 9. Kayden Minear (AUS, KTM), +0:40.505; 10. Saku Mansikkamäki (FIN, Husqvarna), +0:52.767;

125cc Junior World Championship - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, KTM), 29:15.458; 2. Ivano Van Erp (NED, Yamaha), +0:06.995; 3. Cas Valk (NED, Fantic), +0:19.521; 4. Casey Cochran (USA, Husqvarna), +0:32.389; 5. Alexis Fueri (FRA, Fantic), +0:34.934; 6. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:42.066; 7. Laban Alm (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:43.661; 8. Kayden Minear (AUS, KTM), +0:45.954; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +0:49.380; 10. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +0:54.831;

125cc Junior World Championship Top 10 Overall Classifications: 1. Ivano Van Erp (NED, YAM), 47 points; 2. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, KTM), 45 p.; 3. Cas Valk (NED, FAN), 42 p.; 4. Casey Cochran (USA, HUS), 32 p.; 5. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 30 p.; 6. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, YAM), 25 p.; 7. Kayden Minear (AUS, KTM), 25 p.; 8. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 24 p.; 9. Alexis Fueri (FRA, FAN), 23 p.; 10. Laban Alm (SWE, HUS), 23 p.;

In the first 85cc race, the Fox Holeshot went to Mano Faure, while Gyan Doensen had a decent start as he worked his way up the order and into second. Jarné Bervoets was the leader for five laps until he made a mistake which allowed Doensen into the lead. Bervoets then crashed which also allowed Vitezslav Marek into third. Marek had to fight back from seventh after a mid-field start.

In the second race, the Fox Holeshot was won by Filippo Mantovani, but his time in the lead was cut short as Doensen was quick to take over first place in the second corner. Marek was right there too, following the Dutchman as the two battled closely. Marek pushed hard, searching for any opportunity to pass, and after 11 minutes of the race, he was able to finally get around Doensen and take over the lead. Marek looked in control until the penultimate lap where he crashed, which handed the race win and the title to Doensen. Bervoets finished third.

A 1-1 result meant that Gyan Doensen was crowned the 85cc FIM Junior Motocross World Champion of 2022 ahead of Vitezslav Marek who placed second and Jarné Bervoets who placed third overall and secured the bronze medal.

Top Photo: 85cc FIM Junior World Championship Podium

Bottom Photos: 1. Gyan Doensen 2. Vitezslav Marek

85cc Junior World Champion, Gyan Doensen: “Yes, you know, I’m speechless. I worked super hard for this and this year it needed to happen, and it happened, so I’m super happy! I got second in the European Championship and now first in the World Championship, so yeah, I am really happy. I want to thank my team for all the effort and my family and of course friends, everyone”.

85cc FIM Junior World Championship - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Gyan Doensen (NED, Husqvarna), 25:21.453; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +0:15.814; 3. Jarne Bervoets (BEL, KTM), +0:19.217; 4. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), +0:37.805; 5. Dani Heitink (NED, Husqvarna), +0:38.550; 6. Tristen Mardo (EST, Husqvarna), +0:45.750; 7. Erik Frisagård (SWE, KTM), +0:49.881; 8. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), +0:50.243; 9. Douwe Van Mechgelen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:55.634; 10. Landon Gibson (USA, KTM), +0:57.898;

85cc FIM Junior World Championship - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Gyan Doensen (NED, Husqvarna), 25:00.890; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +0:31.165; 3. Jarne Bervoets (BEL, KTM), +0:34.745; 4. Seth Dennis (USA, KTM), +0:40.355; 5. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), +0:41.959; 6. Heath Fisher (AUS, Husqvarna), +0:43.816; 7. Josh Vail (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:45.492; 8. Ian Ampoorter (BEL, KTM), +0:49.916; 9. Matias Miettinen (FIN, KTM), +0:50.911; 10. Tristen Mardo (EST, Husqvarna), +0:52.259;

85cc Junior World Championship Top 10 Overall Classification: 1. Gyan Doensen (NED, HUS), 50 points; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 44 p.; 3. Jarne Bervoets (BEL, KTM), 40 p.; 4. Freddie Bartlett (SWE, KTM), 29 p.; 5. Tristen Mardo (EST, HUS), 26 p.; 6. Seth Dennis (USA, KTM), 25 p.; 7. Heath Fisher (AUS, HUS), 25 p.; 8. Dani Heitink (NED, HUS), 24 p.; 9. Matias Miettinen (FIN, KTM), 20 p.; 10. Amaury Maindru (FRA, KTM), 18 p.;

In the first 65cc race, it was Enri Lusts who took the Fox Holeshot though by the second corner was passed by Lucas Leok, who led the entire seven laps of the race. Lusts dropped back to 12^th, while crossing the line second was Viktor Leppälä and Moritz Ernecker who finished third.

Race two saw Lusts take the Fox Holeshot once again, though was quickly passed by Andrea Uccellini. Uccellini made a mistake which allowed Eeka Laaksonen to move into first place, but at this point Aston Allas and Leok were also closing in. By lap three Allas and Leok were able to pass the leader. Two corners later Allas crashed and Leok was the new race leader. The young Estonian was able to open up a nice gap to the rest of the field. Meanwhile Ricardo Bauer was fourth and was on a charge. The Austrian managed to catch and pass Jorge Salvador and Pau Ruiz Caudet to finish second as Leok won the race again.

A perfect score with two race wins meant that Lucas Leok was crowned the 2022 65cc World Cup Winner with Ricardo Bauer securing the silver medal while Moritz Ernecker claimed the bronze.

Top Photo: 65cc FIM World Cup Podium 

Bottom Photos: 1. Lucas Leok 2. Ricardo Bauer

65cc Junior World Cup Winner, Lucas Leok: “I’m very happy and I really wanted to win here. we worked hard for this with the whole team. This was my first start in the World Cup so it means a lot for me. The second race, I struggled a bit and the track was not easy anymore”.

65cc Junior World Cup - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Leok (EST, Husqvarna), 17:04.411; 2. Viktor Leppälä (FIN, KTM), +0:33.405; 3. Moritz Ernecker (AUT, Husqvarna), +1:00.808; 4. Marten Raud (EST, Husqvarna), +1:07.731; 5. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, Yamaha), +1:11.296; 6. Aston Allas (EST, Husqvarna), +1:13.338; 7. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), +1:24.697; 8. Casey Karstrom (DEN, Yamaha), +1:27.020; 9. Torre Van Mechgelen (BEL, KTM), +1:30.263; 10. Severi Hytönen (FIN, KTM), +1:32.592;

65cc Junior World Cup - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Leok (EST, Husqvarna), 16:50.217; 2. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), +0:37.325; 3. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GASGAS), +0:42.734; 4. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), +0:44.148; 5. Tayce Morgan (USA, KTM), +0:48.233; 6. Eeka Laaksonen (FIN, GASGAS), +0:50.071; 7. Marten Raud (EST, Husqvarna), +0:52.627; 8. Moritz Ernecker (AUT, Husqvarna), +0:53.310; 9. Francesco Assini (ITA, GASGAS), +1:04.402; 10. Mauno Keskikallio (FIN, KTM), +1:05.802;

65cc Junior World Cup Top 10 Overall Classifications: 1. Lucas Leok (EST, HUS), 50 points; 2. Ricardo Bauer (AUT, KTM), 36 p.; 3. Moritz Ernecker (AUT, HUS), 33 p.; 4. Marten Raud (EST, HUS), 32 p.; 5. Viktor Leppälä (FIN, KTM), 32 p.; 6. Jorge Salvador (ESP, GAS), 26 p.; 7. Tayce Morgan (USA, KTM), 24 p.; 8. Aston Allas (EST, HUS), 24 p.; 9. Pau Caudet Ruiz (ESP, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Jekabs Hudolejs (LAT, YAM), 16 p.;

NATIONS CLASSIFICATIONS AND RIDE GREEN CUP

In the nations’ classifications, Team USA were the overall winners with 17 points, while second with 25 points were Finland, followed by Team Netherlands in third with 26 points.

Meanwhile, Team South Africa were declared the winners of the Ride Green Cup for showing their dedication to caring for their environment.

2022 Junior World Championship Nations Top 5 Classifications: 1. USA 17p.; 2. Finland 25p.; 3. Netherlands 26p.; 4. France 31p.; 5. Estonia 32p.

Photos: 1. Team's Overall Podium 2. Ride Green Winners Team South Africa

All the photos from the 2022 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship will be available HERE. And results from the event are available HERE!

FIM JUNIOR MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, VANTAA – QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Sand

Temperature: 27

Weather conditions: Sunny

Weekend Attendance: 2,952

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