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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 23 May 2025 – Infront Moto Racing is proud to unveil the latest issue of the MXGP Magazine! Issue #138 brings another dose of thrilling stories and in-depth features from the world of motocross.

This month’s Rider of the Month is none other than Lucas Coenen, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing sensation. With back-to-back Grand Prix wins and a stunning 1-1-1 performance in Portugal, the young Belgian is carving out a legacy and turning the MXGP paddock on its head. Dive into his rising dominance and what makes him one of the most exciting riders to watch in 2025.

In the Racing Catch-Up, we relive all the action from Switzerland, Portugal and Spain, where the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship has taken another thrilling turn. With weather challenges, comeback wins and shifting red plates, the title races in MXGP and MX2 are heating up!

Our Special Feature takes readers off the dirt and into the snow as we recap the 2025 FIM Snowcross World Championship. From icy holeshots to high-speed sled battles, this year’s series delivered some of the coolest moments in motorsports.

In the Vintage Bike section, we rewind to 2001 to spotlight the Honda CR250 of Gordon Crockard—a bike that carried the Irishman to GP glory and remains a fan favourite for its raw power and agility.

Our Hall of Fame tribute this month honours Gautier Paulin, the ever-stylish Frenchman who dazzled fans around the world with his technique, consistency, and charisma, leaving a lasting mark on the sport and Team France’s storied history at the Motocross of Nations.

The Video Podcast puts the spotlight on Daniela Guillen, the homegrown Spanish star making waves in the WMX Championship. Hear her perspective on racing in front of passionate home crowds, handling pressure, and staying grounded as one of the sport’s most promising athletes.

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At just 22 years of age, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team’s Thibault Benistant continued to be something of an enigma in the sport for those who have the talent, can win Grand Prix’s and sometimes come up short.

While he has a handful of GP wins to his name, it has been two years since his last, when he won at his home Grand Prix at Villars sous Ecot in France on the 21st of May. On that day, it was clear, he can beat anyone when his game is on.

Since starting his career in GP back in 2020, he has finished fifth in the World twice and top ten on four occasions. Currently fifth in the MX2 series points and 42pts behind fourth placed man Liam Everts, it would seem he might be headed for another top five in the World, if he can maintain his current form.

In the last round of the MX2 World championship in Lugo, Spain, he showed a lot of that talent and came close to being a podium man. A victory on the Saturday gave him huge confidence and as he has shown in the past, his speed is never in question.

“The weekend (in Lugo) was probably the best weekend of my season so far as I had good results in all three races. It was a shame to miss the overall podium today and it’s partly my fault because I wasn’t always looking at the pit board to know the points situation. If I knew I needed to make a pass, then I’d have taken some risks for sure. But overall, my speed is good and so is my fitness, so I think I’ll have some even better results as the season continues.”

The rider from Avignon in France was spectacular on the Saturday in Spain, winning the MX2 qualification race and was focused on bringing that speed into the two Sunday races. When the start gate fell in Race One, the 22-year-old reacted quickly, claiming the holeshot and leading the way for two laps. After dropping to second, Benistant was pushed back to third around the halfway mark and maintained that position to the finish.

Benistant didn’t get a good start in race two, as he tangled with Kay de Wolf shortly after the gate dropped. Within a couple of laps, however, the Frenchman climbed to fifth, then moved into fourth by lap five. An intense battle for fourth then began, with Benistant on course for third overall until he dropped to fifth in the closing stages. Ultimately, after losing his position, and with the points incredibly close, Benistant placed fifth overall. After eight rounds, he remains fifth in the MX2 World Championship standings.

With Lugo out of the way, and his confidence building, you can be sure that the Yamaha factory rider will want to make the most of the next month, on hard pack tracks like Ernee and Teutschenthal, two tracks that should suit him and hopefully he can get on the box at both rounds. He has already finish top three on the hard pack of Trentino and St Jean d’Angely, so it is very possible to find him on the podium this coming weekend.

Now, as he heads to Ernee, in France and his home Grand Prix, this weekend, the three time Grand Prix winner and with eight race wins to his name, it is clear, he has the talent to win and what a place to do it, in front of that huge hillside spectators area at Ernee, and with his beloved French fans screaming his name.

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ERNÉE (France) 21 May 2025 – The 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship moves to the north-western corner of France as the legendary Circuit Raymond Demy venue of Ernée hosts round nine of the series, the MXGP of France, for its first Grand Prix event since 2022.

The venue has hosted 12 MXGP events going back to 1990, when American Donny Schmit took victory on his 125cc Suzuki, topping an all-USA podium ahead of Mike Healey and Tyson Vohland.  The most successful rider here in terms of GP wins is Stefan Everts with five, helped massively by the 2003 event when he became the only rider ever to win three GPs in a single day! Obviously, this is simply not possible with the revisited two-race format for just two classes, but he also won in 2001 here, and then took his last ever victory, a record 101st at the time, at the end of the 2006 season, the very last GP of his amazing career.

Just three riders lining up this weekend have won GPs at Ernée before. Jeremy Seewer took victory here in 2022 with a 1-2 scorecard. Pauls Jonass won in 2017 on his way to the MX2 world title, and Jeffrey Herlings, the one who would eventually break Stefan Everts’ win record, was victorious here in MX2 back in 2013.

Of course, Ernée is more famous for its amazing Motocross of Nations weekends in 2005, 2015, and in 2023, and it will host a fourth one in 2026 as well. Both Romain Febvre (in the last two MXoNs here) and Maxime Renaux have been part of winning Nations teams, and won their classes individually, in front of their partisan crowds at this venue! Look out for some more Nations news coming your way this weekend!

The French crowd will have a red plate holder to cheer for in MXGP, as Febvre leads the series for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP by a large margin over Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rookie Lucas Coenen, after the pair finished first and second at the last round in Spain.  Renaux is sixth in the Championship after winning the opening round for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP and is looking to return to form in front of his home fans!

The MX2 World Championship is being led by reigning Champion Kay de Wolf for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, but hard pack lovers Simon Laengenfelder and Andrea Adamo are giving chase for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Adamo won the previous round in France, the MXGP of Europe at St Jean d’Angely, but French fans will be urging the Qualifying Race winner on from that round, Thibault Benistant, who has won more on a Saturday than anyone else this season and lies fifth in the series for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2.

The EMX250 European Championship hits the halfway point with round seven of 13, and VHR VRT Yamaha Official EMX250 rider Janis Reisulis holds a solid advantage over JM Racing Honda’s Hungarian star Noel Zanocz. Top French rider in the series is two-stroke Yamaha favourite Adrien Petit, who had his title run hit by injury but should be back in action at Ernée.

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing returns for its seventh round, led by Hungarian Áron Katona for the Racestore KTM Factory Juniors squad, with a 23-point margin over Fantic Factory Racing EMX125’s Francisco Bellei. French hopes lie with Yamaha Europe EMX125 star Mano Faure, who took a dominant win in the most recent race at Portugal and sits fourth in the standings, just six behind Bellei! Last year’s EMX85 Champion Sleny Goyer is also looking forward to his first world class event at this venue!

The fans are bound to pack the hillsides and raise the atmosphere, especially if their riders get out towards the front. Watch for them to go absolutely crazy at Ernée this weekend!

Romain Febvre has taken over the Championship lead from the injured Tim Gajser, and with no clear date yet for the Honda HRC man’s return, the French veteran is pressing on at the top of the series, taking his first ever GP win in Spain last time out at Lugo.  He was unable to race at the most recent GP at Ernée, and only took sixth overall here back in 2017. He did win the opening race of the 2023 Nations, however, as well as going unbeaten all weekend as the new World Champion in 2015, leading Team France to a popular victory.  He has won two GPs in his home country, in 2015 & ’16.

Lucas Coenen won the second race at Lugo to take advantage of a mistake by Febvre, and he did race at Ernée for Belgium in 2023 without much success.  In EMX250 the year before he finished second in race two behind Cornelius Toendel.  The teenage Belgian is currently 49 points behind the series leader with 12 rounds remaining, and won his first race in MXGP on French soil back in March.

Behind the inactive Gajser, and 60 points behind Coenen, is Glenn Coldenhoff, who would definitely like to remember his race victory and overall podium here in 2022 instead of his big crash in Qualifying for the 2023 Nations that put him out for the weekend. He also raced here alongside his current Fantic Factory Racing MXGP teammate Brian Bogers in 2015, helping the Netherlands to sixth overall.

Spaniard Ruben Fernandez has finished third overall in each of the last two GPs for Honda HRC, passing Renaux for fifth in the standings in the process.  Crashes limited his scoring for Spain here in 2023, but he took fifth overall here in 2022, ahead of Renaux who finished eighth.  Renaux had planned to take the two Iberian GPs off due to injury, but has raced through the pain and will hope to re-ignite his Championship challenge with success in front of his home fans!

Another hard-pack lover, Andrea Bonacorsi, is seventh in the standings for Fantic Factory Racing MXGP, and has great memories of finishing third in the Open class on his 450cc debut at the 2023 MXoN, helping Italy score a surprise podium overall!

Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul rider Kevin Horgmo is the top non-factory rider in the series in ninth, and he won the overall in EMX125 here back in 2017! He sits just six points behind Calvin Vlaanderen, who is coming back to some form for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP. Behind them is the leading Aruba.it Ducati Factory MX-Team pilot, Jeremy Seewer, who took that overall victory at the last GP here in 2022 and would dearly love to be at the sharp end again for his new team!

The steep hills and massive jumps allow the big 450s to really uncork their power around the Circuit Raymond Demy, so watch for the MXGP elite to give an awesome spectacle this weekend!

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 386 Points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 337 Points; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 Points; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 277 Pts; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 261 Pts; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 259 Points; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 223 Points; 8. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 201 Pts; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 195 Pts; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 179 Pts.

Main Photo: MXGP Start, Ernée 2022

Bottom Photos: 1. Romain Febvre ; 2. Maxime Renaux

Reigning MX2 World Champion Kay de Wolf pulled away to his biggest points lead of the year so far with his performance in Spain that took his 11th career GP victory while his main title rivals struggled with consistency.  His 15-point lead over Simon Laengenfelder was extended due to a crash for his German rival in race one, while Andrea Adamo had a difficult Qualifying Race to take away no points at all from Saturday. 

Adamo did redeem himself with the second race win at Lugo, and the Italian is still only six points behind Laengenfelder, having taken three GP wins so far this season, more than doubling his career tally before 2025! The 2023 Champion won at St Jean d’Angely earlier this year, so he is fast on French hard pack, and also played his part in the Italian podium here in 2023.

Liam Everts, fourth in the Championship for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, took a great second overall in the Open class here at the 2023 Nations, and was sixth overall behind Laengenfelder here in 2022. The Belgian’s title chances slipped badly in Portugal but he could still be a threat for victory on any weekend in the hyper-competitive MX2 division.

Just like at St. Jean, all French fans will be looking for the #9 Yamaha to get “La Marselleise” playing around Ernée, as Thibault Benistant races for the last time on home soil in MX2.  He took the second race victory, and third overall, in MX2 here in 2022, as well as the win on Saturday at St Jean, so Thibault is able to lift his game, and needs to if he is to challenge for the title, sitting more than 100 points behind De Wolf now, in fifth position.  His most recent overall win was also on French soil, at Villars Sous Ecot in 2023, so he will be very keen to get back up there again!

Not far behind Thibault in the Championship is Sacha Coenen, who had a nightmare at St Jean to derail his season somewhat, but with the speed that he commands, anything is possible for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing ace, and he could again be a threat for race wins.

Other French hopefuls in MX2 include the WZ Racing KTM pairing of Quentin Prugnières and Maxime Grau, while last year’s EMX250 Champion Mathis Valin will be hopeful of a good weekend for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2.

With eight different race winners already this year, including Honda HRC’s Ferruccio Zanchi and Camden McLellan for Monster Energy Triumph Racing, the class is truly wide open and sure to be hectic around the Norman hillsides!  Don’t miss any of the action!

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 380 Points; 2. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, KTM), 365 Points; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 359 Pts; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 313 Pts; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 271 Pts; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 264 Pts; 7. Camden McLellan (RSA, TRI), 241 Pts; 8. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 203 Pts; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 196 Pts; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 182 Pts.

Top Photo: MX2 Start, Ernée 2022

Bottom Photos: 1. Thibault Benistant ; 2. Quentin Prugnieres

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TIMETABLE

SATURDAY: 08:00 EMX125 Group1 Free Practice, 08:30 EMX125 Group 2 Free Practice, 09:00 MXE Time Practice, 09:20 EMX250 Free Practice, 09:50 EMX125 Group 1 Qualifying Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 11:50 EMX125 Group 2 Qualifying Practice, 12:30 EMX250 Qualifying Practice, 13:15 MXE Race 1, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:00 EMX125 Race 1, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race.
 

SUNDAY: 09:40 EMX125 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 Race 2, 12:20 MXE 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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Red Bull KTM factory rider, Sacha Coenen has had a rollercoaster start to the 2025 MX2 World Championship as he continues to show amazing speed, connected with some on track incidents.

Eight rounds into the championship the 18-year-old sits in sixth place in the championship points, on 264pts, and while he has lost ground on the top four riders, he is just seven points off fifth placed Thibault Benistant and 23 ahead of seventh placed Camden Mc Lellan.

A month ago, in Switzerland Coenen scored 6-16 for 11th overall and as expected, he wasn’t excited about his performance. A typical Sacha Coenen start saw him leading, but he dropped back to finish sixth after some issues. The second moto was a disaster, as he had a problem in the start and then made a mistake mid-race.

“I wasn’t feeling so good on the track on the Saturday but had a really good warm-up on Sunday morning. I made a great start and was leading the race for a while, but I was also managing the race and trying to do my best. In the second race my front wheel was blocked in the start, and I lost a lot of positions. I came back to 9th but then hit neutral and lost a lot again! Not a great weekend.”

Two weeks ago, in the mud of Agueda, Portugal it was 19-2 and seventh overall. While his starts remain a consistent, unfortunately, so too do his on course accidents. With some bike changes his first race was special.

“Better than the last GP. We made quite a lot of changes to the set-up of the bike in the last two weeks, and I was feeling good on Saturday. I had a comfortable lead in the first race but just jumped a little off track and got stuck in a mud pile. Anyway, we had good speed. The second race was OK; Andrea was a bit faster today but P2 is more of what we need.”

And last weekend in Lugo, Spain, more mud, but 6-2 was his best finish and overall, so far this season. The consistency is coming and at 18 years of age, mistakes are expected. Despite a poor start in the first race, he worked his way through the field. Then in race two, it was a flying start and a brilliant second in the race.

“I felt pretty good this weekend on the bike and the track, and we showed good speed. I had a bad start in the first race but did well to come through to sixth. Holeshot and leading for most of the second race but then I just lost the front! 2nd…it’s better than in Portugal and we are improving.”

With a small break before the Grand Prix series heads to Ernee in France, you can be sure that Coenen continues to work on his mental game and once he adds some consistency to his blinding starts and good speed, he will be hard to beat.

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LUGO (Spain) 11 May 2025 – After getting through a relatively dry Saturday at the Circuito Municipal Jorge Prado, the rains came today with earnest to lash the Lugo venue with an early downpour that made conditions incredibly difficult for everyone involved at the MXGP of Spain! 

However, the eighth round of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships did see sunshine later in the day, and the two Championship leaders showed why they are holding the red plates with supreme, if hard-fought, overall victories in their respective classes.

Romain Febvre took his first ever GP victory in Spain, at his 11th attempt, with a 1-2 card for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, although a second race crash left him with a lot of work to do as Lucas Coenen won race two and took second overall for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. There was joy for the Spanish fans as Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez bounced back from a rough Saturday to claim third overall on the podium for the second week running!

The MX2 class saw overall victory for Kay de Wolf, in a similar fashion to Febvre’s day with a convincing first race win, then a battling second race to clinch the overall win for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing with a fourth-place finish.  

Andrea Adamo won race two to secure second overall, with fellow Red Bull KTM Factory Racing pilot Sacha Coenen earning his first podium finish since the opening round with 6-2 results.

The dark soil of the popular Lugo circuit delivered a thoroughly entertaining GP weekend and left an impact on the Championship situation in both classes!

As with the two practice sessions on Saturday, Febvre set the best time in the morning Warm-Up ahead of Jeffrey Herlings on the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing machine, and another Dutchman, Glenn Coldenhoff of Fantic Factory Racing MXGP.

Febvre showed his true intent immediately in the opening race, held on a drying circuit as the rain had finally come to a stop during the earlier first MX2 race.  Firing the Kawasaki into the first turn to claim his second Fox Holeshot Award of the season as Coldenhoff ran wide, he had the Aruba.it Ducati Factory MX-Team machine of Jeremy Seewer for close company, with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP teammates Maxime Renaux and Jago Geerts also nudging past Coldenhoff into third and fourth!

Sadly for Saturday’s Qualifying Race winner Geerts, he ran wide into some deep mud at the edge of the track and dropped down the order for an eventual finish of 15th.  Febvre’s teammate Pauls Jonass had already dropped his Kawasaki in the first corner, and had to fight back to an eventual eleventh.

Meanwhile, Fernandez and Coenen were running fourth and fifth until lap three, when Seewer had the first of many crashes that would drop him to 19th at the end of the race with a battered machine!  It was a case of trying to stay upright on the tricky surface that didn’t leave many passing options, but further back Seewer’s teammate Mattia Guadagnini claimed tenth behind a spirited ride from JM Racing Honda’s Brent van Doninck, his first top ten finish of the year.

Herlings was moving forward through the race to take seventh from Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP man Calvin Vlaanderen, while Fantic Factory Racing MXGP teammates Coldenhoff and Andrea Bonacorsi held fifth and sixth from lap six onwards. 

Try as he might, Coenen couldn’t get onto terms with Fernandez for third, and Renaux only closed to within four seconds of Febvre for the lead as the Kawasaki man saw it home safely in the final laps.

With a much drier circuit for race two, it was a case of reset and repeat for the Frenchman as he blasted to another Fox Holeshot Award in race two, this time with Vlaanderen and Seewer disputing second ahead of Fernandez and Coenen. The Belgian teenager then pulled a stunning move around the outside of both Fernandez and Seewer on the opening lap to suddenly fire into third!

Guadagnini and Geerts were also in the mix, then came a bizarre game of falling Frenchmen as first Renaux from sixth, and then Febvre from the lead, made costly mistakes to undo their good starts!  Vlaanderen inherited the lead briefly, but on the final corner of the first full lap it was Coenen who made a forceful, slightly out of control move up the inside of the Yamaha man to take the lead, and at that time a possible Grand Prix winning position.

Febvre remounted in seventh, then passed Geerts and Guadagnini on consecutive laps, before taking four laps to get around former teammate Seewer for fourth on lap seven.  Geerts crashed again to end the race in fifteenth, and Guadagnini, under pressure from Jonass, Bonacorsi, and Herlings, dropped the Ducati in the waves to drop to ninth, but then a lap later had a violent crash exiting the first corner to leave him 18th, without a front fender, at the flag.

Jonass then took his turn to drop the bike from sixth, which was taken up by Herlings to the finish ahead of Bonacorsi, and they would finish sixth and seventh overall as well, ahead of Coldenhoff who struggled to 12th in race two.  Jonass would have to settle for ninth overall, ahead of the consistent Ben Watson, who claimed another top ten overall for MRT Racing Team Beta with 12-11 results.

Team Motul Honda Motoblouz SR rider Kevin Horgmo fought well to get to eighth in race two, and Seewer held on for fifth, but the most attention was on Febvre as he attacked home hero Fernandez for third, getting past on lap eleven, a move that put him back in control for the overall GP victory. A pass on Vlaanderen for second on lap 15 of 17 just limited the Championship damage by a further couple of points, but there was no catching Coenen out front. 

After a great Saturday for Yamaha, they would have to settle for fourth and fifth overall on Sunday for Renaux and Vlaanderen, with Fernandez’s 3-4 finishes enough to secure his second podium in succession, in each of his two closest GPs to home!

Febvre’s 23rd career GP win puts him level with Clement Desalle and Alessandro Puzar in the all-time record books, and gives him a 49-point lead over Coenen in the Championship, as Lucas has now moved past the absent Tim Gajser, who sadly has no date on his return for Honda HRC.

Febvre will continue to proudly wear the red plate to his home GP at Ernée in two weeks’ time!

Romain Febvre: "I was leading in the second race and crashed on lap two after the big tabletop. There was a tricky section with deep mud and bumps. I tried to switch lines mid-air and landed in the wrong spot. It was my mistake. Took me a while to get up and I was pretty far back, but I found good lines and came back to second. At first I didn’t think the overall was possible—I thought Renaux and Lucas (Coenen) were ahead. Then I saw the pit board and realised third might be enough. I pushed, passed Ruben, and got the overall. Really pleased with that. Now we go to Ernée which is always special for me, and I hope we get good weather this time."

Lucas Coenen: "To be honest, I didn’t feel great on the track at first, it was fast, hard-pack, and not really my style. First race was slippery with the rain, and I got stuck in fourth. I didn’t want to risk too much, so I just rode smart. Second race, I had a better start, Romain passed me but then fell and I made a pass stick on Vlaanderen. After that, I just rode my race. Finishing on a race win feels really good. I’m just taking it step by step and learning every weekend. Ernée is next and it’s going to be a big one."

Ruben Fernandez: "I’m very happy, really. Last year I couldn’t race here, so this was my first home GP in Galicia—and to be on the box in front of the home crowd is amazing. I had a tough Saturday with a crash at the start, and I was sore today. But I pushed through, started from gate 16, and made it count. I’m still a bit disappointed because I wanted more, but the fans were incredible. My family, my girlfriend, friends—everyone came, and it meant a lot. It’s also my second podium in a row. Maybe not a turning point yet, but we’re building. I just want to stay consistent and keep this momentum going."

Main Photo: Romain Febvre

Top Photo: MXGP Podium

Bottom Photos: 1. Lucas Coenen; 2 Ruben Fernandez

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 1 - Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 34:31.746; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:04.151; 3. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:09.823; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:20.474; 5. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:29.809; 6. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Fantic), +0:38.429; 7. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:40.532; 8. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:54.326; 9. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Honda), +1:03.162; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, Ducati), +1:05.728

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 2 - Top 10 Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 33:41.734; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:12.347; 3. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:16.019; 4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:20.726; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Ducati), +0:29.545; 6. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:34.519; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Fantic), +0:36.907; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +0:38.739; 9. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:42.100; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Kawasaki), +0:44.360

MXGP Overall - Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 47 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 43 p.; 3. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 38 p.; 4. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 33 p.; 6. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 29 p.; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 25 p.; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 21 p.; 10. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 19 p.

MXGP - World Championship - Top 10 Classification: 1. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 386 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 337 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 p.; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 277 p.; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 261 p.; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 259 p.; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 223 p.; 8. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 201 p.; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 195 p.; 10. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 179 p.

MXGP - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Honda, 402 points; 2. Kawasaki, 392 p.; 3. KTM, 356 p.; 4. Yamaha, 340 p.; 5. Fantic, 306 p.; 6. Ducati, 233 p.; 7. Beta, 134 p.; 8. Husqvarna, 51 p

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After losing out to title rival De Wolf in Saturday’s Qualifying Race, Simon Laengenfelder was keen to show that he had good pace in the very wet conditions of morning Warm Up, with the fastest time in the session for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing.

On a very wet circuit for MX2 race one, Qualifying Race winner Thibault Benistant shot to the front for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 to claim his second Fox Holeshot Award of the season, while the Monster Energy Triumph Racing machine of Camden McLellan veered around the outside of Laengenfelder in the third corner of the race to take second place! Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing man Liam Everts and the Honda HRC machine of Ferruccio Zanchi held fourth and fifth, but De Wolf was swiftly moving forward with a pass on the Italian.  Then the reigning Champ put a stunning move between both Everts and Laengenfelder through a left-right corner combination to suddenly get up to third!

At the start of the first full lap, McLellan briefly stalled to drop back to fifth, giving De Wolf a clear run at leader Benistant.  Even better for the red plate holder was that Laengenfelder, having already dropped to seventh behind Adamo, then crashed awkwardly to drop himself even further down the order!

The Champ took the lead on the second lap and controlled the race from the front, while his teammate briefly passed Benistant for second, but the Frenchman took it back immediately!

Laengenfelder did all he could in treacherous conditions to limit the damage, and managed to work through to eighth at the flag with late passes on Valerio Lata, who took ninth for Honda HRC, and Mathis Valin who was tenth for Kawasaki Racing Team MX2.  McLellan’s stall broke his rhythm, and he was also subject to a late pass by Sacha Coenen for sixth.

The Italians of Zanchi and Adamo brought it home in fourth and fifth, the best result for the Honda man since his first race win at Cozar in March.  Everts was able to pass Benistant for second on the uphill waves at the end of lap nine, and although the final gap of just 1.638 seconds between the teammates would indicate that it was close, the Dutchman never looked like relinquishing his first race victory since Sardegna, over a month ago.

Things weren’t so in control at the start of the much drier second race, however, as De Wolf tangled with Benistant out of the gate and entered the first corner at the back of the pack! This left start king Sacha Coenen to grab his fifth Fox Holeshot Award of the year, giving him a chance to uncork his obvious speed and try to pull away immediately at the front. 

He was helped by an unfortunate mistake for Zanchi, who had started second and held off the attentions of Laengenfelder and Adamo, who would have been keen to capitalise on De Wolf’s misfortunes to help their Championship hopes!  Zanchi crashed to the edge of a downhill landing area, and the young Italian had to battle back to an eventual tenth, just behind Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 pilots Karlis Reisulis in ninth and Rick Elzinga in eighth.

There were also crashes for home heroes David Braceras, down from sixth on his JM Racing Honda, and Monster Energy Triumph Racing teamster Guillem Farres, who was to finish as the top Spaniard in MX2 with 12th overall, although Oriol Oliver was the best of the local contingent in race two with 11th for Gabriel SS24 KTM Factory Juniors.

As Coenen streaked away to a nine-second lead, Adamo passed Laengenfelder for second on lap four, as De Wolf’s charge was held up for eight laps by the valiant Elzinga. The Dutchman on the Yamaha eventually yielded and would take ninth overall ahead of Lata.  De Wolf was then uncorked, quickly catching and passing McLellan, who would take eighth overall with 7-7 finishes.

Everts had also been unable to get past a Yamaha, as Benistant kept him back for the entire race, although De Wolf was able to get past both of them in a stunning display of comeback riding with three laps to go!

By that time Coenen had dropped the bike in a tight left hander, and Adamo accepted the gift of a fourth GP race win of 2025 gratefully, just as Sacha was remounting! Laengenfelder’s third place put him sixth overall ahead of Zanchi, while Benistant claimed fifth overall behind Everts.

De Wolf’s brilliant fight-back took the GP win from Adamo and Coenen, and he pulled away in the standings to a 15-point gap over Laengenfelder, with Adamo still just six further back of the German. With the two hard-pack circuits of Ernée and Teutschenthal coming up, the KTM riders will be out for swift revenge as we approach the halfway point of the season! 

The MX2 World Championship, just like the MXGP one, is still far from being settled!

Kay de Wolf: “I just watched the second race back and I still don’t know exactly what happened. Me and Thibault (Benistant) came together and I basically had to start from the back. For the first few laps I was still down in 17th, maybe 15th. Even with ten minutes to go I was only in eighth. But then in the last five or six laps, I just went all in. I found something, dropped my lap times, and worked my way up to fourth. I think experience definitely helps in those moments. I didn’t think I’d get that far. I was stuck behind Rick (Elzinga) for ages and didn’t think I’d move forward, but in the end I did.”

Andrea Adamo: "Honestly, the two races today were completely different. The first one was really muddy. When I did the sighting lap, it was crazy, the ruts from the European races were completely filled with water. I didn’t get a great start either because of yesterday’s bad qualifying and bad gate pick. Then I also crashed. So, starting the weekend like that after going 1-1-1 in Agueda was obviously not ideal. But I reset overnight and tried to capitalise today with better starts and better execution. First race I was fifth, then I won the second one, so in the end it was a decent Sunday. That’s five podiums from the last six GPs, which is good, but I need to be better earlier in the weekends. I can’t always be starting from the back; all these guys are fast, and catching up isn’t easy."

Sacha Coenen: "I felt really good on the bike and the track this weekend. We showed good speed all around. In the first race I had a really bad start and had to come all the way back to sixth, where I stayed for most of the race. The second race I took the holeshot and led the whole way, but with a 10-second lead I lost the front in a corner with just a few laps to go and finished second. Still, better than last weekend—step by step, we’re improving. The speed is there, but the inconsistency is tough. We’ve had bad starts in recent rounds, so we’re working on that. When I start up front, I can show what I’m capable of."

Main Photo: Kay de Wolf

Bottom Photos: 1. Andrea Adamo; 2. Sacha Coenen

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 1 - Top 10 Classification 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 34:41.232; 2. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:01.638; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:15.171; 4. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:38.306; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:42.941; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:50.569; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:56.244; 8. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +1:23.628; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +1:28.925; 10. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:30.926

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 34:30.697; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:02.191; 3. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:03.808; 4. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:06.977; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.679; 6. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:10.181; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:11.098; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:25.719; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:01.969; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +1:03.194

MX2 Overall – Top 10 Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 43 points; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 41 p.; 3. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 37 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 37 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 36 p.; 6. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 33 p.; 7. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 29 p.; 8. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 28 p.; 9. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 21 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 21 p

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 380 points; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 365 p.; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 359 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 313 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 271 p.; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 264 p.; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 241 p.; 8. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 203 p.; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 196 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 182 p.

MX2 - Manufacturers Classification: 1. KTM, 431 points; 2. Husqvarna, 415 p.; 3. Yamaha, 304 p.; 4. Triumph, 263 p.; 5. Honda, 252 p.; 6. TM, 104 p.; 7. Kawasaki, 92 p

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

MXGP OF SPAIN QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Dark Soil

Temperature: 12°

Weather conditions: Rainy/Cloudy

Crowd Attendance: 18,300

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