MX2

UDDEVALLA (Sweden) 16th August 2025 – The Glimminge Motorstadion outside the picturesque town of Uddevalla was bathed in glorious sunshine for the first day of action at the MXGP of Sweden, and packed hillsides of fans made for a stunning atmosphere during the Saturday Qualifying Races for the sixteenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship!  Any travelling French fans would have been particularly delighted as they celebrated a win in both Grand Prix classes!

Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s red plate holder Romain Febvre moved rapidly forward on the opening lap to take the lead and romp away to a win by over twelve seconds, and he had the two five-time World Champions behind him as Jeffrey Herlings claimed second for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, and Tim Gajser took third on his first race back from injury for Honda HRC!

The MX2 class saw its first four-time Qualifying Race winner this season, in the surprise form of Thibault Benistant, who backed up his Time Practice pace with maximum points for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2.  Championship leader Simon Längenfelder took second for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, marginally ahead of his main points rival Kay de Wolf, who claimed second for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.

The dry conditions made the circuit hard-packed and challenging, and more of the same is expected tomorrow for the MXGP elite at Uddevalla!

Jeffrey Herlings set the fastest lap time in both Free and Time Practice on a circuit which was being regularly watered to fight the dust.  Red plate holder Romain Febvre was second in both sessions, while the returning Tim Gajser showed that his pace hasn’t dropped to get the third gate pick for his first race since April. His countryman Jan Pancar also showed his love for hardpack with fourth on his TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team machine, while Lucas Coenen took the fifth gate pick for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

Coenen didn’t get a particularly good jump from the gate, as the Fantic Factory Racing MXGP machine of Glenn Coldenhoff launched into a clear Holeshot ahead of Herlings and Gajser, before Febvre dived around the outside of the Honda on the second corner to take third!  Coenen was down in seventh and fighting with Gajser’s teammate Ruben Fernandez.

On the first lap the big players all made their decisive moves, as Herlings took the lead at the bottom of the first long downhill, and Febvre also got past Coldenhoff at the next corner so as not to let “The Bullet” get away!  On the new section of the circuit that was already deeply rutted, Gajser forced to the inside of Coldenhoff to take third, and Febvre simultaneously passed Herlings on the inside of a downhill dip to hit the front!

While Coenen was able to get past Fernandez into sixth, Gajser made a sweet outside move on Herlings in the corners before the finish line, but the Dutchman returned the favour with a great move back through the split lane at the start of the first full lap!

Calvin Vlaanderen was holding firm in fifth place for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP, with Coenen unable to challenge him.  Fernandez was set in seventh place to the flag, ahead of a solid Pancar, who took his seventh points haul in a Qualifying Race this year in eighth. 

Behind them it was pure conflict, which held the crowd’s attention due to the battle including local hero Isak Gifting, as the JK Racing Yamaha man battled with Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Pauls Jonass.  The pair of them passed the JM Racing Honda of Brent van Doninck, but had to deal with a late charge from the second Monster Energy Yamaha of Maxime Renaux to stay in the points positions! Jonass took ninth on his return from injury, with Gifting a slightly disappointed tenth.

At the front, though, Febvre powered clear to a twelve-second win, while Herlings and Gajser ran close to each other all race without changing positions.  With Coldenhoff and Vlaanderen completing the top five, a frustrated Coenen had to settle for sixth, which sees his gap to Febvre at the top of the Championship stretch out to 14 points before tomorrow’s Grand Prix!

While Febvre will look to have more of the same tomorrow, Coenen and his team will no doubt be working to improve his position, and the other top MXGP stars will also do all they can to get to the front.  It should be a thrilling GP at Uddevalla on Sunday!

Romain Febvre: "I don’t know what Lucas did, but for me it was a really good race. The start was average, but I cut inside and already passed Jeffrey and Coldenhoff on the first lap. I found a really good line straight away and just rode my own pace. It’s been a long time since I enjoyed a race like this so much—the flow was perfect, and I was pulling a gap every lap. The first lap is always the key moment to make passes, and today it worked really well. I’m really happy with it, and now the goal is to do the same tomorrow."

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification:  1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 24:14.979; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:12.171; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:13.568; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:16.961; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:18.391; 6. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:19.806; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:23.500; 8. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:24.177; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Kawasaki), +0:25.847; 10. Isak Gifting (SWE, Yamaha), +0:26.212;

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 744 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 730 p.; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 541 p.; 4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 471 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 442 p.; 6. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 405 p.; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 387 p.; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 362 p.; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 331 p.; 10. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 313 p.

Main Photo: Romain Febvre

Top Photo: MXGP Start Uddevalla

Bottom Photos: 1. Jeffrey Herlings; 2. Tim Gajser

After reigning Champ Kay de Wolf took the quickest time in the morning Free Practice, it was the turn of the hardpack lovers to stake their claim to the top gate picks, as Thibault Benistant claimed the top spot in Time Practice, ahead of red plate holder Simon Längenfelder and the Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 lone warrior Mathis Valin!

Honda HRC’s Valerio Lata and the Monster Energy Triumph Racing pilot Guillem Farres would complete the top five from Time Practice, with De Wolf claiming the sixth gate pick for the Qualifying Race.

The confidence from his Practice performance pushed Benistant into his first Holeshot of any kind for over three months, just forcing Längenfelder to back off the throttle with a lead-keeping wide exit from the first corner. Lata was initially third but shuffled back by Farres and De Wolf through turn two, before the Dutchman muscled past the Spaniard in the twisty sections at the bottom of the first half of the circuit.

Farres then had to deal with the attentions of his Monster Energy Triumph teammate Camden McLellan, who had passed Valin for fifth on the first full lap. The returning Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing star Liam Everts and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Sacha Coenen had also worked past Lata, who had slipped to ninth ahead of the BTS Racing KTM of Jens Walvoort. 

On lap three, Walvoort succumbed to the pressure from the third Red Bull KTM of Andrea Adamo, who had suffered an uncharacteristically poor start and was struggling to make up the ground.

At the front, Längenfelder and De Wolf did all they could to hold onto Benistant, as McLellan attacked Farres, eventually working past his teammate through the new set of corners to take fourth on lap eight of twelve.  Almost simultaneously, Coenen blasted around the outside of Everts to take seventh in the battle of the Belgians!

Adamo had passed Lata for ninth by half-distance, and the two Italians finished in those positions, leaving the frustrated former Champ now 17 points down on De Wolf for second in the Championship, and a significant 56 behind Längenfelder.

Benistant held on to the flag ahead of Längenfelder and De Wolf, the leading three finishing a little over two seconds apart, with McLellan and Farres taking a Triumph 4-5 ahead of Valin.

This leaves Längenfelder with a slightly-increased Championship lead of 39 points, and with tomorrow likely to bring more hardpack and dry conditions, the fight between the title rivals could truly ignite in Sweden on Sunday, with plenty of other players keen to get in the mix!  This should be a Sunday worth tuning in for!

Thibault Benistant: "It’s the fourth win and I hope not the last. I was feeling good, but it wasn’t easy with Simon right behind me. In some sections he was faster, in others I was quicker, so I was trying to find solutions all race long. In the end, it worked out, and it’s nice to see the hard work paying off. I just want to keep building like this throughout the season."

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), 24:15.599; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:01.421; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:02.119; 4. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:19.198; 5. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), +0:21.293; 6. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:22.234; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:23.033; 8. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:24.752; 9. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:24.911; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +0:46.173;

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 713 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 674 p.; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 657 p.; 4. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 563 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 523 p.; 6. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 474 p.; 7. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 467 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 349 p.; 9. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 330 p.; 10. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 314 p.;

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Top Photo: Thibault Benistant

Bottom Photos: 1. Simon Längenfelder; 2. Kay de Wolf

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All the photos from the MXGP of Sweden will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

MXGP OF SWEDEN QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1600m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 20°

Weather conditions: Sunny

TIMETABLE 

SUNDAY: 08:50 BLU CRU 125 Race, 09:50 BLU CRU 85 Race, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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UDDEVALLA (Sweden) 15 August 2025 – The 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships heads back to Scandinavia this weekend for the MXGP of Sweden from the rocky slopes of the Glimminge Motorstadion near Uddevalla, a classic venue that has held World Championship Motocross events since the 1950s and always inspires an incredible atmosphere from some of the most passionate fans on the planet!

The gap at the top of the MXGP World Championship is now just nine points, with French veteran Romain Febvre still leading as they start the final quarter of the season, but teenage Belgian Lucas Coenen has won the last three Grands Prix and was dominant at this track in MX2 last year, so it could be down to the wire between the leading pair in Sweden! 

This weekend will see the early Championship leader Tim Gajser return from injury to see if he can get amongst the front runners, while home hero Isak Gifting raised the roof at Uddevalla by leading last year, and is looking to repeat the feat in 2025!

The MX2 class is still close between three Championship contenders, but reigning Champion Kay de Wolf is now up to second in the points chase behind leader Simon Längenfelder, although the Dutchman has yet to climb the podium at Uddevalla, while his two rivals, including Italian former Champ Andrea Adamo, both have good records here!

As well as the main Grand Prix classes, the MXGP of Sweden will host the return of the EMX250 European Championship, and the Yamaha YZ BLU CRU FIM Europe Cup Superfinale will take place with its three races for junior riders, all live on MXGP-TV, as well as on Yamaha’s YouTube channel absolutely free of charge at https://www.youtube.com/@yamaharacing

Below you can find the full list of TV channels that will air LIVE and delayed action of the MXGP of Sweden, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more.  All of this footage will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix. 

As always, MXGP fans can follow the races LIVE throughout the weekend. All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com on Saturday and Sunday, from wherever you are in the world.  Every round this season will also feature live screening of Saturday’s Time Practice sessions, so be sure to catch every wheel turn from the slopes of Scandinavia in the land of the crazy vikings!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 03 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 14:30 ET – Delayed

Sunday 03 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 ET – LIVE

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico

FOX TUBI

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

MAX

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Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 Finnish timing  – LIVE

FRANCE

LA CHAINE L’EQUIPE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

Eurosport 2

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 4

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 GMT  – LIVE

ITALY

RAI PLAY

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

SKY ITALIA

SKY Sport Arena  (channel 204)

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

LITHUANIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TV Galicia

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

ASIA

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
 

EUROSPORT ASIA

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

VIACOM  - Jio Cinema

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

INDONESIA

CHAMPIONS TV

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE

PACIFIC / AUSTRALIA
 

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 17  August 2025 – MX2 Race 1 – 21:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MXGP Race 1 – 22:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 17 August 2025 – MX2 Race 2 –00:00 AEDT – LIVE

Monday 18 August 2025 – MXGP Race 2 – 01:00 AEDT  – LIVE

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AMERICA

Latin America              Direct TV                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Mexico                        FOX Sports                              Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

USA                             RACER                                     tba

Central America          FOX Tubi                                 tba

EUROPE

Albania                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Austria                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Baltics                          TV3 Sport Open                      Thursday after each MXGP

Belgium                       Play sports                              tba

Bosnia                         GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Croatia                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Finland                        MTV MAX                                Wednesday after each event 18:00                                                               Finnish timing

Hungary                      GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Kosovo                        GP1                                        Thursday after each event at 20:15

Montenegro                GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

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Portugal                      SPORT TV                                Tuesday after the event        

Romania                      Look Sport                               Wednesday after each event

Serbia                          GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Slovenia                      Sport TV                                  Thursday after each event at 20:15 

Turkey             TRT                                          tba

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

VIACOM 18                                                                        Wednesday after the event

INDONESIA                  Champions TV

AUSTRALIA

Australia                      Stan Sport                               Wednesday after each event

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Worldwide                  YouTube – MXGP TV               16 days after the event.

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Saturday’s Time Practice (MXGP/MX2), the Qualifying Races (MXGP/MX2), and Races from all classes will be broadcasted LIVE on MXGP’s streaming service www.MXGP-TV.com, while results throughout the weekend will be available  HERE.

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Uddevalla (Sweden) 12 August 2025 – The 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships starts the final quarter of the season this weekend with round 16, the MXGP of Sweden, which sees a return to the Glimminge Motorstadion venue on the outskirts of the town of Uddevalla, roughly 100km north of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg!  The Uddevalla circuit is one of the oldest active Grand Prix venues on the calendar with a history dating back to the 1950s, in the days when Swedish riders were so dominant, they took eight of the first nine World Championship titles! This will be the 27th GP event held at Uddevalla, which has been on the schedule for all but three seasons since 2001.

The first World Championship level Grand Prix held here was back in 1958, when future double World Champion Sten Lundin won for his home fans, even riding a Swedish Monark machine to enhance the patriotic fervour! After wins in 1961 by another Swedish legend, Bill Nilsson, and in 1977 by Soviet star Vladimir Kavinov, the venue had a long time away from GP Motocross until Stefan Everts won for Kawasaki in 1994.  Everts still jointly holds the record of six GP wins here alongside Antonio Cairoli, who won between 2007 and 2014.  This is one record that is not under threat this year, as the most successful active rider here is current Aruba.it Ducati MX Team pilot, Jeremy Seewer, with overall victories in 2017, 2022, and 2023.  It’s the only venue where the Swiss veteran has won more than one GP.

The battle at the top of the MXGP World Championship continues to be tight as Romain Febvre still holds the red plate for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, but his advantage is now just nine points ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing star Lucas Coenen, who took his third straight GP win at Lommel last time out!  Febvre was fourth overall here last year in MXGP, and won this event in his title year of 2015, but Coenen won both Sunday races in MX2 last year around the Glimminge Motorstadion track, so he has reason to expect another good result this time!

MXGP sees a welcome return to action for last year’s Qualifying Race winner Tim Gajser, who has been on the side lines for Honda HRC since his crash at the MXGP of Switzerland.  Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP will also welcome back Pauls Jonass to the line-up this weekend.  However, most of the fans will be cheering for Isak Gifting, who took an early lead in the GP last year for JK Racing Yamaha and will surely be fired up after a recent run of good results, including top six overall finishes in each of the last two GPs! Anton Gole, Alvin Ostlund, and Albin Gerhardsson will also line up in their home country, although sadly Leopold Ambjörnsson is out for the season with a shoulder injury.

The reigning World Champion in MX2, Kay de Wolf, moved back up to second in the series after the last round at Lommel, where he scored a perfect weekend for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing. This puts him on 666 points, the number of the beast indeed!  He is still 38 points behind red plate holder Simon Längenfelder, and the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team leader will be coming to Sweden in confident mood after finishing on the podium here in each of the last three years, including the overall win in 2023.

Filip Olsson has been the only Swedish points scorer in MX2 this season, and he will be out for more success in front of his home fans on the Young Motion powered by Resa squad!

The EMX250 European Championship resumes this weekend for its 11th round of 13, after over a month off since the last round in Finland.  Team VHR VRT Yamaha Official pilot Janis Reisulis continues with the red plate, enjoying a 28-point advantage over Hungarian Noel Zanocz, although the JM Racing Honda rider has some momentum behind him following his overall victory at the KymiRing.  Venum BUD Racing Kawasaki’s Spaniard Francisco Garcia is 40 points back from Zanocz, but his win at Matterley Basin showed that he can be strong on this weekend’s hardpack surface.

Also at Uddevalla, for the first time in Scandinavia, will be the 2025 YZ bLU cRU FIM Europe Cup Superfinale, with a single race each for 65cc, 85cc, and 125cc riders across the weekend. The young riders will be racing for Yamaha support in 2026, while the 125cc class holds the prize of a ride with a Supported Yamaha team in the 2026 EMX125 Championship!

The MXGP of Sweden is home to some of the most passionate fans in world Motocross, who create a fantastic atmosphere from the cliffs surrounding the circuit.  An underrated jewel of an event, expect Uddevalla to deliver more thrilling racing and crazy noise to kickstart the final quarter of the season!

Romain Febvre continues with the red plate on his factory Kawasaki, as he has done since the eighth round at Lugo in Spain over four months ago.  Febvre has been on the podium three times here before, and like fellow former World Champions Tim Gajser and Jeffrey Herlings, he has had more other podium finishes in Sweden than GP victories. It is the sort of track where the Champions seem to collect points rather than push for the ultimate prize.  However, the situation might force the Frenchman to pull out all the stops for his first victory here since 2015.

For his part, Lucas Coenen has pushed over the edge at Uddevalla before, with a massive crash in practice in 2023 ruling him out of the weekend’s action. However, as he chased after the title in 2024, he was a decisive double winner on Sunday, and he also won a race here in EMX250 three years ago.  With just nine points separating the pair at the top, it could be an enthralling contest, as they seem to be closer to each other’s pace on harder surfaces in 2025.

Glenn Coldenhoff looks more secure for his place in the series than anyone else in the standings, with a 67-point gap over the next rider as he lies third for Fantic Factory Racing MXGP. The Dutchman won the 2019 MXGP of Sweden here and followed that up with third in 2022, but his results over the last two years have been less impressive. Ruben Fernandez is the next rider in the table in fourth, but the Honda HRC rider missed this round last year, and only took eighth overall in 2023. Is it time for some redemption on the sort of surface he usually excels on?

Calvin Vlaanderen took his second podium of the season at Lommel, and in fifth place is now only 29 behind Fernandez as the top man again for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP. Fifth at last year’s event, he actually took a race win here in MX2 back in 2019, on his way to second overall. Behind him is another tall competitor, top Italian Andrea Bonacorsi for Fantic Factory Racing MXGP, and while his hardpack form hasn’t been the best this year, he took second here in EMX250 just two years ago, and could do with a good result as contract negotiations get finalised for 2026!

Maxime Renaux is next for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP, but the rider who took a race win at Uddevalla in 2022 might be looking over his shoulder, as Jeffrey Herlings is back on the gas for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and only 24 behind the Frenchman, although neither rider would have been hoping for seventh in the standings when they started the season. Jeffrey hasn’t won at Uddevalla since his MX2 days in 2013 & ’14, with third last year being his only Swedish podium in the premiere class.

The most successful active rider at Uddevalla, Aruba.it Ducati Factory MX Team rider Jeremy Seewer, got knocked back to ninth in the series after Lommel, but with an MX2 win here in 2017, plus back-to-back MXGP victories in 2022 and ’23, he has to have some hope for a third Ducati podium of the year.

Returning from injury, Tim Gajser will be looking to race himself back into fitness to start building for 2026, but the Slovenian has won two GPs here in the past and taken four other podium finishes, so with a good start he might also be a factor.  Pauls Jonass climbed the podium here both during his MX2 title year and his rookie MXGP season in 2019, so he will feel good to be back on track at a venue he knows well. It’s hoped also that Jago Geerts will be able to race for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP after his big crash at Lommel, and he won the MX2 GP here in 2022.

If Isak Gifting can repeat his feats of last year, when he led from turn two in race one to set the crowd alight, then the noise will be deafening from the flare-waving Viking fans! His starts at Lommel were good with a Holeshot in the Qualifying Race, so maybe the JK Racing Yamaha favourite has something in store for us all this weekend!

For sure the MXGP division, hanging by a thread at the top, is going to throw up some exciting racing in Scandinavia! Do not miss it!

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 734 Points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 725 Pts; 3. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 534 Pts; 4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 467 Pts; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM) 436 Pts; 6. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 405 Pts; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 387 Pts; 8. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 353 Pts; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 331 Pts; 10. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 Pts.

Main Photo: MXGP Starts Uddevalla 2024

Bottom Photos: 1. Tim Gajser; 2. Isak Gifting

The pendulum of momentum in the MX2 class again swung back towards Kay de Wolf with a stunning perfect weekend at Lommel, but Simon Längenfelder still holds a handsome 38-point lead as they head back to some hardpack at Uddevalla!

Längenfelder has taken a trophy from the podium in each of the last three GPs here, with third last year, the overall win in 2023, and third in 2022. He even took second overall in EMX125 here back in 2019!  In contrast, De Wolf’s best GP race here was fourth in race two last year, but he did win the Qualifying Race, so there is hope for the Dutchman who has his home GP just seven days on from the Swedish round!

Andrea Adamo sits third in points now for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, just 11 behind De Wolf, and with two podium finishes and a race win at this track in the last two years, he certainly will hope to strike back at his title rivals before the sand of Arnhem.

Sacha Coenen somehow survived multiple crashes to claim a podium at Lommel, and the young Belgian has been more consistent in 2025, which is why he sits fourth in the standings for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.  Outside the top ten last year in Sweden, however, his best was sixth in 2023 around the rocky cliffs of Uddevalla.

Thibault Benistant moved up to fifth for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2, but he hasn’t raced here for two years, and was only seventh overall back in 2022. Camden McLellan took that position here last year for Monster Energy Triumph Racing, and now up to sixth in the Championship, the South African must start to show some form on hardpack if he is to advance further.

The chasing pack of Honda HRC’s Valerio Lata, McLellan’s teammate Guillem Farres, Van Venrooy KTM’s Cas Valk, and the Kawasaki Racing Team MX2 rookie Mathis Valin could all prove to be potent contenders on the rock-hard surface, so you can truly expect some fireworks to stir up the atmosphere at Uddevalla!

The pressure is on for the top three title chasers, and the latest developments in this enthralling Championship chase is right here ahead of us! Get yourself tuned in!

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 704 Points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 666 Pts; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 655 Pts; 4. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 559 Pts; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 513 Pts; 6. Camden McLellan (RSA, TRI), 467 Pts; 7. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 464 Pts; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 348 Pts; 9. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 324 Pts; 10. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 314 Pts.

Top Photo: MX2 Start Uddevalla 2024

Bottom Photos: 1. Kay de Wolf; 2. Simon Laengenfelder

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TIMETABLE 

SATURDAY: 07:30 EMX250 Group 1 Free practice, 08:00 EMX250 Group 2 Free practice, 08:30 bLU cRU 125 Free practice/Timed Practice, 09:10 bLU cRU 85 Free practice/Timed Practice, 09:50 bLU cRU 65 Free practice/Timed Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX250 Group 1 Qualifying practice, 13:00 EMX250 Group 2 Qualifying practice, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:05 bLU cRU 65 Race, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY: 08:50 bLU cRU 125 Race, 09:50 bLU cRU 85 Race, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

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