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When Kawasaki Racing Team rider Romain Febvre stepped off the plane in Indonesia last week, he felt like he was starting another holiday. Despite having one of the toughest jobs in the World, racing the toughest sport and putting in hour after hour in the gym and on the racetrack, the 2015 World MXGP champion and winner of last weekend’s Grand Prix in Sumbawa, Febvre enjoys what he does and the fly-aways can easily be seen as a holiday away from Europe.

“Holiday!! Holiday!!” Febvre laughed when asked about being in Indonesia. “Yes, away from the kids, it is holiday (laughing). This year when I feel like I am out of the house, I am on holiday. But seriously, I wish they were here. When you are home, you are the partner and father. Sure, when they are there, I have to take care of them and it takes time. I like to be busy with the racing and it is hard for my girlfriend to come to the races as my daughter is still small. It is a good compromise you can say.”

As for the country itself, Febvre loves the vibe in Indonesia and the people who give our sportsmen so much love and respect. Something that the Frenchman also loves is the hot weather and despite what it looked like in Sumbawa last weekend, the hotter the better for our GP winner.

“It feels good to be here. It's a really long trip but it makes sense to come here for the enthusiastic supporters and such a nice track. I really enjoy the weather too; for sure it's hot but it's the same for everyone. About the heat, it has never bothered me, coming to Thailand and Indonesia, I have never suffered from the heat. I think I suffer less than the others, I don’t know why. I knew after Saturday, if I got the holeshot I had the speed and making the holeshot, you save 20% or 30% of energy on the others. So, when you go to the half-way of the second race, then you have saved a lot of energy compared to the other riders."

"Indonesian fans love us coming here. The track, it is really, really good. It was a bit sketchy with the stones and different soil, but it is a huge track, you can use the power of the 450cc and after a bit of travel, I am happy on this circuit. Next weekend, I don’t know what to say, because we have never been there, so it will be a bit of a surprise for us.”

Now, as we wait for the second Grand Prix in Lombok this coming weekend, you just know that Romain Febvre is sitting with a big smile.

Photo Credit: Pascal Haudiquert

Lombok (Indonesia) 28 June 2023 – Infront Moto Racing is delighted to announce the partnership with TDR High Performance Technology for the prestigious MNC MXGP of Lombok - Indonesia. TDR’s partnership with MXGP reinforces the commitment to support the growth of motorsports in the region.

As a renowned manufacturer of cutting-edge automotive components and solutions, TDR High Performance Technology is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of performance and reliability. Through their advanced research and development, TDR has consistently delivered groundbreaking technologies that enhance the efficiency and performance of motorcycles.

MXGP and TDR High Performance Technology collaboration will benefit from the global scope of the FIM Motocross World Championship which is the first off-road motorcycles competition, as it attracts the best riders from around the world and captivates millions of fans worldwide.  

Lombok is a stunning Indonesian island renowned for its natural beauty that will serve for the first time as the backdrop for the MXGP event. TDR's decision to sponsor the event aligns with the company's dedication to supporting international sporting events and promoting Lombok as a world-class destination.

This partnership serves as a pathway of shared passion for excellence, performance, and innovation. TDR's expertise in engineering and motorsports aligns perfectly with the adrenaline-fueled nature of motocross racing, making this collaboration a perfect match.

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SUMBAWA-SAMOTA (Indonesia) 28 June 2023 – The FIM Motocross World Championship flies across the sea to go to Lombok – Indonesia for the eleventh round of the 2023 season and the second part of the double header in Indonesia. The Selaparang circuit will host a Grand Prix for the first time and following the success of the MNC MXGP of Sumbawa-Indonesia we can expect a lot of excited fans for the first MXGP event on the beautiful island.

The MNC MXGP of Lombok-Indonesia that marks the back-to-back Indonesian Grand Prix is expected to be an amazing experience for the whole MXGP Paddock that will prolong the Asian adventure and especially for the riders who will all arrive on the same equal foot with a circuit they do not know or rode before which will be very interesting to witness. 

The Selaparang circuit will be will be similar to Sumbawa – Samota and can be classed as a hard pack although it is a mix of dirt and sand, a type of track that the riders seem to enjoy a lot which will be great to deliver an incredible show. The MNC MXGP of Lombok-Indonesia marks the 11th round of the season and will test riders’ resilience with this back-to-back event under very hot and humid conditions.
 

Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado comes to Lombok-Indonesia as a solid leader after getting an excellent second place last weekend in Sumbawa-Indonesia. Prado won the first race and finished 3^rd in the second one; continuing to win races week in week out and show outstanding consistency which propelled him this season to the top of the Championship. Prado will want to keep his momentum as he heads to Lombok.

Freshly 2^nd of the Championship, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre joined the Grand Prix winner list in 2023 in Sumbawa-Indonesia. The Frenchman was a head above the pack as he dominated every session during the weekend and was leading when he crashed in the first race to go 2-1. Febvre is getting his flow and his speed back making him a threat at every race mainly as he also worked hard on his starts which he showed by clinching both FOX Holeshot in Sumbawa-Indonesia. 

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings lost one position to Febvre as he didn’t compete last weekend and will still not be riding this weekend.

Still 4th in the Championship is Team HRC’s Rubén Fernández who hangs on to that position although he stayed a bit quieter than in Germany where he got the podium. Fernandez went 6th overall as he wasn’t able to push much higher during the races but still gets a good number of points to enter into the second Indonesian stop as 4^th. He will give his all and make sure that Seewer will not be catching him up.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Jeremy Seewer is 5^th in the Championship only 3 points behind Fernández as he got a podium in Sumbawa - Indonesia after missing it by little in Germany. Seewer looks in great shape and really able to endure this baking Indonesian heat as he managed to keep pushing hard in the second race of the Sumbawa Grand Prix to overtake Red Plate Prado for 2^nd. He will be one rider to watch this weekend as the Swiss showed time and time again his resilience and determination.

His Teammate Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Glenn Coldenhoff is 6^th in the Championship and managed another great performance on the back of his Podium in Germany. Coldenhoff went 4-5 for 4^th overall and has found the consistency that eluded him in the beginning of the season. The ‘Hoff’ is now riding increasingly at the front which allows him to push for podium places.

Solid 7^th is still Team Gebben Van Venroy Yamaha Racing’s Calvin Vlaanderen who has shown in Sumbawa-Indonesia that the heat did not bother him as he went 6-4 for 5^th overall.  Vlaanderen is a rider that expresses his talent very well at the moment and displayed the speed necessary to be fighting with top riders in the Championship. Vlaanderen still ride after his first podium and the second Indonesian header in Lombok could well be a good chance for him to shine.

SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery MXGP’s Alberto Forato showed that he is resourceful with a 7-8 for 8^th overall. The 8^th in the Championship dig deep to come from the back in race 1 to get into the top 10. His qualities are obvious as he got us used to see his great skills throughout the season. His double overtakes in one move in race 1 in Sumbawa by splitting two riders was another example of what he is capable to do. 

9th in the Championship, Ship to Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz’s Valentin Guillod showed how fast he can be when he found himself 2^nd behind Febvre in race 2 last weekend. Although he made some mistakes later in the race to finish 9^th, the Swiss who is a privateer, managed another top 10 with a 9^th overall which installs him solidly into the top 10 so far. 

Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Mitch Evans managed to respond present as he went 9-7 for 8^th overall. The Australian performed well and keeps improving his fitness. He had good starts over the weekend which will be handy when he will be able to maintain his good speed over the whole races. It is another top 10 that puts him in a good headspace to attack the MNC MXGP of Lombok-Indonesia. 

Unfortunately, MRT Racing Team Beta’s Alessandro Lupino, will not be taking part in the MNC MXGP of Lombok – Indonesia. The Italian crashed in race 1 last weekend and missed the second race and will have to sit the second Indonesian round to come back stronger.

Main Photo: MXGP Start Sumbawa-Indonesia 2023

Bottom Photos: 1. Romain Febvre 2023; 2. Jeremy Seewer 2023

Championship Standings

1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 505 points;
2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 404 p.;
3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 386 p.;
4. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 374 p.;
5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 371 p.;
6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 346 p.;
7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 324 p.;
8. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 256 p.;
9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 229 p.;
10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 203 p.;

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo is still leader of the MX2 Championship although he lost few points to Thibault Benistant. Despite crashing in the RAM Qualifying Race, the Red Plate managed to play it smart as he mentioned that he was in surviving mode due to some pain felt after his crash on Saturday. Considering all that, it was a great performance as he managed to finish 4^th in the end and comes to Lombok with the Red Plate and a desire to be on top.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant is 2^nd in the Championship, only 3 points behind Adamo after his excellent 2^nd place in RAM qualifying race in Sumbawa and a solid 5^th overall. Benistant keeps getting closer to Adamo and he has never been that close to be potential leader in MX2. Lombok will be a decisive round for the top of the leader board.

Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf was quieter than his rivals in Sumbawa with a 10^thoverall.  It will be interesting to see if he manages to heal a bit more again before Lombok to be able to go full gas and get back on top.

Ex-Red Plate, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts continues to impress with a podium on his second GP after his wrist injury. Geerts is still 4^th in the Championship and look like he is getting stronger race after race. Even more impressive is that he woke up with a fever on the Saturday and was not 100% fit but still manage to clinch his 4^th FOX Holeshot in race 1 and go 5-3 for 3^rd overall. The Belgian grows in strength and is going to come in Lombok for not less than the win.

Gaining a position, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Liam Everts is 5th In the Championship but levels on points with Geerts. He confirmed is remarkable performance in Germany and kept riding at the front in Sumbawa going 2-2 for the 2^nd step on the podium. The young Belgian seems to be riding freely and it shows in his speed as he set the fastest lap of the Grand Prix last week in MX2. Everts is a rider on the rise and one to watch for the rest of the season.

Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Roan Van de Moosdijk was not at his best, or more accurately as good as he showed recently. Van De Moosdijk went 8-6 for 8^th overall and may have been bothered by the heat that takes a toll on riders in unpredictable ways. He will surely try to come back at his best in Lombok. He lost one position in the Championship and will want to gain important points for the rest of the series in Lombok.

Gaining a position to move up to 7^th in the Championship Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen dominantly won his first MX2 Grand Prix of his career in Sumbawa. He did in style with a perfect hat-trick getting 60 points over the weekend. He also topped the first full Belgian podium since 2014. The 16-year-old Belgian is one of the fastest riders of the Championship and he proved it with this performance. L.Coenen managed to find the way to get all aligned and showed that if and when he will do that he will be hard to catch during the rest of the season.

For his comeback after his injury, Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Simon Laengenfelder did well but knowing his qualities and his determination, he probably would have like to do even better. The German went 4-10 for 7^th overall and concede one place in the Championship to L.Coenen. Längenfelder is only getting started and will need to get his fitness and rhythm back to perform like he did when he dominantly won the GP of Spain before getting injured. Lombok will be another chance to get where he wants to be.

F&H Kawasaki Racing Team’s Kevin Horgmo, 9^th in the Championship showed in Sumbawa how fast he can be as he raced at the front for a while as he went 7-5 for a good 5^th overall. Horgmo got to be consistent in Sumbawa and is getting more confident as the season goes. It will be interesting if he will be able to keep fighting for top places in Lombok TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team’s Jan Pancar is 10^th in the Championship and took full advantage of this first Indonesian round with a 10-8 to go 9^th overall which is excellent given that Pancar is a privateer with a really small team behind him.

Home hero JM Astra Honda’s Delvintor Alfarizi probably did not have the impact that he would have hoped for coming to compete in his home country but the Indonesian rider managed to score his first points of the season with a 16^th overall and bring all he got to do even better in Lombok. 

Main Photo: MX2 Start Sumbawa-Indonesia 2023

Bottom Photos: 1. Lucas Coenen 2023; 2. Andrea Adamo 2023

​Championship Standings

1. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 439 points;
2. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 434 p.;
3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 417 p.;
4. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 381 p.;
5. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 381 p.;
6. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 373 p.;
7. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 315 p.;
8. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 295 p.;
9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 268 p.;
10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 217 p.;

TIMETABLE (Local Time / GMT+8 )

SATURDAY: 10:45 MX2 Free Practice, 11:15 MXGP Free Practice, 13:20 MX2 Time Practice, 14:00 MXGP Time Practice, 15:25 MX2 RAM Qualifying Race, 16:10 MXGP RAM Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY: 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 12:15 MX2 Race 1, 13:15 MXGP Race 1, 15:10 MX2 Race 2, 16:10 MXGP Race 2.

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Lombok - Indonesia

Lombok (Indonesia) 27 June 2023 – The eleventh round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship is flying to Lombok for the MNC MXGP of Lombok - Indeonesia on the 1-2 July!

Checkout the Timetable and Entry Lists for the MNC MXGP of Sumbawa-Indonesia below

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It’s time for Acerbis Best Lap! The MNC MXGP of Sumbawa - Indonesia took place at the circuit of Sumbawa-Samota for the tenth round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship and the fastest time set in MXGP was by the Red Plate and second on the podium, Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing's Jorge Prado on lap 4 of Race 1 while in MX2, it was also the second of the MX2 podium, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Liam Everts who set the fastest time on lap 3 of Race 1 And get his first Acerbis Best Lap of the season.

Jorge Prado is now leading the competition with his fifth fastest lap of the season in front of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings who has four.

In MX2, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts is still leading the MX2 Acerbis Best Lap with 3 points ahead of Andrea Adamo and Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant both on 2 points.

Here below you have the details of Sumbawa – Indonesia:

MXGP: Jorge Prado on Race 1 Lap 4 with 2:00.503

MX2: Liam Everts on Race 1  Lap 3 with 2:03.591
 

In order to remind fans of what the competition consists of; at the end of each event, the fastest rider in MXGP and MX2 will obtain a point. The rider with the most points in each class at the conclusion of the Championship will receive a prize from ACERBIS, which will be awarded at the MXGP Awards.

Scroll Down the main page at MXGP.com to see Acerbis Best Lap leader board situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid

The Best Rider of the Year Sponsored by Athena continued with the tenth round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship in Sumbawa – Indonesia. 

Votes are counted at the end of every Grand Prix, with the ‘Best Rider of the GP’ being chosen during each event of 2023. The rider who is voted the most times by our MXGP fans as the best rider, will ultimately receive the final prize and become the ‘Best Rider of the Year Sponsored by Athena’ at the end of the year!

Following the MNC MXGP of Sumbawa – Indonesia, Red Plate holder Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing's Jorge Prado was voted Best Rider of the Grand Prix after after getting on the second march of the podium. The Spaniard received 35% of the votes in front of the Grand Prix winner Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre who collected 29% of the votes. In 3rd position, it was also the third on the podium, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP's Jeremy Seewer with 10% of the votes received. 

How to vote:

Every Grand Prix Sunday a dedicated post is shared on MXGP’s official Instagram page under which fans can comment who their favourite rider of the weekend is. This competition is only for MXGP riders and the voting closes at 8pm on Sunday.

The comments are then counted and the rider with the most votes is chosen as the best rider of that GP. 

The Best Rider of the Year Sponsored by Athena competition will conclude at the MXGP of Great Britain where we will officially crown the champions of 2023!

MXGP is happy to continue the running of the FOX Holeshot competition through the tenth round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship season together with MXGP Partner FOX.

The MNC MXGP of Sumbawa - Indonesia was held in Sumbawa-Samota and was the first round of the double header in Indonesia and it was Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre who clinched both FOX Holeshot of the day in MXGP. The French rider and winner of the Grand Prix of Sumbawa – Indonesia got his 2^nd and 3^rd FOX Holeshot while Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado leads the competition with eight.

In MX2, Monster Energy Yamaha factory MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts clinched the first FOX Holeshots this weekend while it was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Sacha Coenen who took the second FOX Holeshot and his first of the season. The leader of the competition in now Jago Geerts who is now on four FOX Holeshots in front of Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen and Red Bull GASGAS Fatcory Racing’s Simon Laengenfelder both with 3 FOX Holeshots each.

The way it works is that 1 point is awarded per MXGP and MX2 Championship race. The first rider who crosses the white line painted on the ground at the exit of the first corner will be given a point. At the end of the season the 2 riders - one per category - with the most FOX Holeshot points will win a mega prize. 

Scroll Down the main page at MXGP.com to Check the FOX Holeshot results grid.