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It's Time! The MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS in Fraunfeld hosted the third round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship and the fastest time clocked in MXGP was once again by Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado on lap 3 of Race 1 as the Red Plate holder set all three fastest laps so far in the campaign. In MX2, it was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts who set the fastest lap also on lap 3 Race 1. 

Only Jorge Prado marked points so far in MXGP with 3 points while Jago Geerts is leading the MX2 Acerbis Best Lap with 2 points ahead of recent GP winner Thibault Benistant on 1 point.

Here below you have the details:

MXGP: Jorge Prado at Race 1 Lap 3 with 01.37:596

MX2: Jago Geerts at Race 1 Lap 3 with 01.38:005

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 leaderboard situated directly underneath the FOX Holeshot results grid

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 12 April 2023 – The Best Rider of the Year Sponsored by Athena continued with the third round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship in Switzerland 

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!

This weekend for the MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS it was Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado who won Best Rider of the Grand Prix after winning the RAM Qualifying Race for a third time in a row and dominating Race 1 to finish second on the podium. He received 42% of the votes ahead of local hero Jeremy Seewer with 14% and Kawasaki Racing Team's Romain Febvre with 10% of the votes. Levelled right behind them were the GP winner Monster Energy Factory MXGP Team's Maxime Renaux and the other local hero Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz's Valentin Guillod together with 9.5% of the votes.

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 trough the third round of the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship season together with MXGP Partner FOX.

Frauenfeld hosted the MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS and it was Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado who dominated the FOX Holeshots in Switxerland as the Spanish rider clinched both FOX Holeshots. 
In MX2, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Jago Geerts and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo who took the FOX Holeshot in Race 1 and Race 2 respectively. 

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.

FRAUENFELD (Switzerland) 10 April 2023 – The MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS came to an end!

The third round of the FIM Motocross World Championship held all its promises with a fantastic Grand Prix spread across Saturday for the RAM Qualifying Races and Monday for the races due to Easter Sunday! The brand-new track of Frauenfeld gave us some exciting fights across both categories and the atmosphere was electric thanks to the great Swiss public coming in large number.

At the end of the day the victory went to Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Maxime Renaux, who won for the first time of the season as well as his first podium. Second on the podium was Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado and third Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre.
In MX2, it was also a first with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Thibault Benistant winning for the first time in 2023, in front of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf.

The opening ceremony began with a Swiss Bells rang by a traditional troup that walked among the public. It was then marked with speeches on the Skybox in front of an excited crowd first from Infront Moto Racing CEO David Luongo followed by FIM/CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela, Willy Läderach, president MXGP Suisse , Brigitte Häberli-Koller, Council president of states (Ständeratspräsidentin), Walter Wobmann, president FMS, Stefan Bissegger, European Champion 2022 trial cycling, Heinz Kinigatener, Motocross World Champion. This welcome moment was closed by the traditional singer Markus von Rotz who sang the Swiss National Anthem.

In the MXGP Race 1 in Frauenfeld Jorge Prado took the FOX Holeshot to keep his impressive start record and kept the lead from start to finish. His teammate at Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing Mattia Guadagnini got off very well as he found himself 2^nd over the first 5 laps. However, Maxime Renaux who passed Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings on lap 2 to get to 3^rd place powered through to overtake also Guadagnini on lap 6 for 2nd. Renaux went on to keep his 2^nd place until the end without being able to get too close to Prado.

Guadagnini made a mistake on lap 10 and moved down from 3^rd to 7^th and got overtaken again several times to finish at the 9^th place. Herlings was not on the same form as in Sardinia as the “bullet” went 4^th on lap 2 when Renaux overtook him. He could not hold his 4^th place as he got passed successively by Romain Febvre, Team Gebben Van Venroy Yamaha Racing’s Calvin Vlaanderen and Team HRC’s Ruben Fernandez between lap 9 and 11 to move down to 6^th where he would stay until the end.

Febvre was riding impressively coming from 5^th place on lap 1 and passed Herlings for 4^th on lap 9 after an intense battle that lasted many laps. He then found himself 3^rd after Guadagnini’s fall on lap 10. The Frenchman tried to attack his compatriot Renaux for second but settled for 3^rd in the end.

Vlaanderen and Fernandez got to 6^th and 7^th during the first 8 laps and kept following each other throughout the whole race. The two riders managed to pass Herlings mid-race and went to 4^th for Vlaanderen and 5^th for Fernandez on lap 11 until the end.

Valentin Guillod from Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz, riding at home showed a lot of qualities as the Swiss stayed in the top 10 throughout the whole race. He stayed in 9^th position behind Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team’s Glenn Coldenhoff in 8^th from lap 1 to 12. As Coldenhoff overtook Guadagnini for on lap 13 for 7^th, Guillod did the same a lap later and passed Guadagnini for 8^th. Guillod made the Swiss public cheered loudly when he made his move on Coldenhoff on lap 15 for 7^th. Guillod finished 7^th while Coldenhoff settled in 8^th.

De Baets Yamaha MX-Team’s Benoit Paturel who finished 10^th show a strong performance as the he went from 13^th on lap 1 to steadily go up the rank without getting overtaken throughout the race.
Riding at home Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Jeremy Seewer crashed early on in the first lap which hindered his chances to win his home GP. The Swiss finished 20^th.

In Race 2, Prado again clinched the FOX Holeshot to make it 100% for the weekend. However, it was not the same scenario than in race 1 as Renaux was all over Prado’s rear wheel over the opening lap. After an unfruitful try, the Frenchman managed to pass Prado and take the lead. Renaux showed great composure to keep the lead until the end.

Prado 2^nd quickly started to get threatened by Febvre who looked very comfortable on the compact hard-pack. Febvre overtook Herlings on lap 2 and was on a mission to catch Prado up as he clocked the fastest time of the race on lap 8. Febvre made several attacks on Prado until lap 12 when he found the gap and muscled his way to overtake the Spaniard for 2^nd. Febvre would go on to finish 2^nd while Prado 3^rd.

Herlings pretty quiet in race 1 kept a low profile as after finding himself 4^th on lap 2 kept going throughout the whole race without being too worried by Seewer behind him. Seewer had much quieter and better race as he found himself 5^th after lap 1 to keep this place until the end.

SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery MXGP’s Alberto Forato, Vlaanderen and Fernandez managed to stay together the whole race. Forato got the better out of Fernandez on lap 3 to get to 6^th. An advantage that he will keep the race. Fernandez then got under attack by Vlaanderen and moved down eventually to 8^th in lap 5 while Vlaanderen moved up to 7^th and they kept this order until the end.

Guillod did another strong performance as the circuit of Frauenfeld seemed to suit him. Guillod went from 12^th on lap 1 to overtake another Swiss Kevin Brumann on lap 3 for 11^th. Then he showed determination as he successively passed MRT Racing Team Beta’s Alessandro Lupino on lap 6 and capitalised on Pauls Jonass surrender on lap 8 toget to 9^th. Lupino eventually finished 11^th. Finally Guillod finished 9^th getting another top 10 for the GP while MRT Racing Team Beta’s Ben Watson managed to 10^th in the end after climbing his way from 14^th on lap 1.

In the end, Maxime Renaux won his first GP of the season in front of Jorge Prado 2^nd who is still the Red Plate holder, thanks also to winning another RAM Qualifying Race again, and Romain Febvre 3^rd with his first podium of the season.

It was also the return of Arnaud Tonus on his home ground as a Wildcard rider. The Swissman finished 13^th in race 1 and unfortunately could not finish the second race. However this gave a lot to cheer for the public as they welcomed and cheered for the rider throughout the all GP.

Maxime Renaux: “Super happy to get my 1^st GP winning of the season. It is a great feeling especially after the first 2 Grand Prix where I missed the podium. Finally I can get it altogether today. I want to thank the team for their hard work and now we’ll keep on grinding for the championship. See you in Trentino.”

Jorge Prado: “The first race was great. The second one, I broke away but couldn’t keep the lead, I didn’t have the same flow. In the end I came out second overall and it is the most important to keep the Red Plate and getting points for the championship.”

Romain Febvre: “I felt good all weekend long. I had to pass Herlings in both races and Prado on the second so it was quite hard. I got close to Maxime and I worked very hard but I am happy to be on the podium, first time this year. Thanks to my team!”

Main Photos: 1. MXGP Start ; 2. MXGP of Switzerland Presented by iXS Opening Ceremony

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

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), 33:47.857; 2. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:06.298; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:14.572; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:17.538; 5. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:22.113; 6. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:30.112; 7. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:34.759; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:43.139; 9. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GASGAS), +0:44.964; 10. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:47.953;

MXGP- Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), 33:34.904; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:07.825; 3. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:17.970; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:21.320; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:26.839; 6. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +0:31.325; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:38.761; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:43.814; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:53.484; 10. Ben Watson (GBR, Beta), +1:07.193; 11

MXGP - GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 47 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 45 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 42 p.; 4. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 33 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 32 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 29 p.; 7. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 26 p.; 8. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Ben Watson (GBR, BET), 21 p.; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 21 p.; (BEL, HON), 25 p.; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 20 p.; 

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 155 points; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 134 p.; 3. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 131 p.; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 129 p.; 5. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 101 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 94 p.; 7. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, YAM), 90 p.; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 79 p.; 9. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), 76 p.; 10. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, GAS), 76 p.;

MXGP - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 155 points; 2. GASGAS, 155 p.; 3. KTM, 134 p.; 4. Kawasaki, 129 p.; 5. Honda, 114 p.; 6. Beta, 51 p.;

In MX2, Jago Geerts started strongly as he got the FOX Holeshot and took the lead with Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Roan Van de Moosdijk behind him in 2^nd and Benistant 3^rd. The three riders followed each other for a while as Benistant tried few attacks on Van de Moosdijk. Geerts was looked to go all the way but all went down when he crashed on lap 15 leaving Van de Moosdijk taking the lead until the end to win the race.

Benistant also crashed on lap14 to going down to 4^th. Benistant eventually kept the 4^th place until the end, however it was not the same for Geerts who got overtaken quickly after his fall by Kay de Wolf and Andrea Adamo and then by Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Simon Laengenfelder and Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen. Geerts finished 7^th in the end.

De Wolf 6^th on lap 1 moved up to 5^th quickly on lap 4 and stayed patient behind Adamo 4^th at the time. Adamo capitalised on Geerts’ fall on lap 16 to get to 4^th and also on Benistant’s crash to find himself 2^nd on lap16.

De Wolf on his side overtook Geert on lap 16 and made his move on Benistant on lap 17 to get to 3^rd behind Adamo with 3 laps to go. De Wolf showed good qualities to overtake Adamo in the last lap for 2^nd. Adamo finished 3^rd in the end.

One of the comebacks of the day was Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen who fell on the first turn and found himself 16^th on lap 1. The young rider steadily climbed his way up with some really great moves along the way notably as breathed pass Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Liam Everts on lap 13 for 7^th. He eventually passed Geerts with two laps to go to finish 6^th. Everts was really consistent as he went from 7^th on lap 1 to 8^th in the end.

F&H Kawasaki Racing Team’s Kevin Horgmo and TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team’s Jan Pancar went 9^th and 10^th on lap 1 respectively. While Horgmo went up the rank to 8^th place on lap 7, Pancar went down to 12^th place between lap 4 and 12 but found his rhythm to get back to 10th in the end. Horgmo got overtaken by Coenen on lap 10 to keep his 9^th position until the end.

In race 2, it was Adamo who clinched the FOX Holeshot and led the pack early on although the Italian was under threat by the duo from Monster Energy Yamaha Benistant and Geerts. Eventually Geerts got the best of Benistant and attacked Adamo on lap 2. This was the moment Benistant chose to attack both riders and get the lead. Adamo moved down to 2^nd and Geerts to 3^rd. Benistant was the fastest of the pack and started to pull away from Adamo and Geerts.

Benistant showed great composure to keep his ride clean and quick to eventually win the race. Adamo and Geerts would fight until the end. Geerts took the edge between lap 9 and 13 to go 2^nd but like in the first race Geerts fell and Adamo passed him to finish 2^nd. Geerts settled for 3^rd in the end.

Laengenfelder was a solid 4^th from start to near the end. De Wolf went from a poor start, being 8^th on lap 1 to attack everyone in front of him and pass Horgmo (who would finish at a good 7^th place), then Elzinga (who finished 11^th) and also Everts on lap 14 for 5^th. The last lap was when Laengenfelder could not keep his position with De Wolf showing great technique move up to 4^th and leave Laengenfelder finishing 5^th. Everts settled for 6^th.

Like his teammate De Wolf, Van de Moosdijk got an average start in 11^th after lap 1 but managed to get up to 8^th in the end although this was not the race he would have liked to do after winning race 1. Pancar again rode strongly as he managed to keep riding in the top 10 throughout the whole race and finished 9^th in the end.

Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz’s Emil Weckman who went 13^th after lap 1 held on and stayed within touching distance of F&H Kawasaki Racing Team’s David Braceras (finishing 13^th) and the American Jack Chambers from Big Van World MTX Kawasaki who was competing for the first time in MX2 and got a good first experience finishing 12^th in race 2 and 15^th in race 1. Weckman managed to overtake both riders to get to 11^th on lap 17 and finally overtaking WZ Racing Team’s Oriol Oliver for 10^th. Oliver ended up 13^th.

In the end, Benistant clinched his first GP win of the season and second of his career in front of Adamo solid second and Kay de Wolf who gets a back to back podium after his second place in Sardinia.

Thibault Benistant : “First race win of the season and overall. I was feeling really good. Second one I felt pretty good and tried to attack directly. I had some pressure from my teammate but I think he made a mistake and I managed to keep my advantage so I’m very happy and it’s nice for the team.”

Andrea Adamo: “It is second podium and a solid weekend so it was a good GP for me. I’m really happy and we can now keep the championship chase on its way.”

Kay de Wolf: “I had to work my way up quite a few times but I’m on the podium in the end. It is a really good feeling to get back to back podiums!”

Main Photo: Thibault Benistant

Bottom Photos: 1. Andrea Adamo; 2. MX2 Podium

 MX2 - Grand Prix Race 1 – Top 10 Classification : 1. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Husqvarna), 33:58.764; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:04.536; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:06.482; 4. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:11.947; 5. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:15.602; 6. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:16.425; 7. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:25.844; 8. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:36.352; 9. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Kawasaki), +0:44.341; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +1:03.899;

MX2 - Grand Prix Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), 33:47.845; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:04.929; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:07.755; 4. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:08.543; 5. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:10.647; 6. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:14.336; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Kawasaki), +0:15.593; 8. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Husqvarna), +0:47.308; 9. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:48.721; 10. Emil Weckman (FIN, Honda), +0:49.673;

MX2 - GP Top 10 Classification: 1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 43 points; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 40 p.; 4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 38 p.; 5. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 34 p.; 6. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 32 p.; 7. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 28 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 26 p.; 9. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Emil Weckman (FIN, HON), 20 p.;

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Jago Geerts (BEL, YAM), 159 points; 2. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 139 p.; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 136 p.; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 131 p.; 5. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, HUS), 112 p.; 6. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 111 p.; 7. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, KAW), 94 p.; 8. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 94 p.; 9. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 72 p.; 10. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 66 p.;

MX2 - Manufacturers Classification: 1. Yamaha, 170 points; 2. Husqvarna, 145 p.; 3. KTM, 133 p.; 4. GASGAS, 111 p.; 5. Kawasaki, 95 p.; 6. Honda, 56 p.; 7. Fantic, 12 p.;      

MXGP OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTED BY iXS QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1500m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 15°

Weather conditions: Sunny

Crowd Attendance: 43000 – From Friday until Monday included

All the photos from the MXGP of Switzerland Presented by iXS will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

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FRAUENFELD (Switzerland) 10 April 2023 – The first round of the EMX125 presented by FMF took place in Switzerland and it was 737 Performers GASGAS’s Mathis Valin who clinched the victory with a strong performance throughout the whole round.

The first race of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing class saw MJC Yamaha Team’s Janis Martin Reisulis taking the lead from the first lap in front of Mathis Valin as the youngsters found themselves making a good gap with the rest of the riders. Valin managed to stay in touching distance with race Reisulis for few laps but the leader increased the gap to 5 seconds to keep his distance and not get under pressure by Valin until the end. Reisulis won the race while Valin settled for a solid 2nd place after showing very good speed over the race.

Behind them we thought that the 3rd place was promised to Fantic Maddii Factory Racing‘s Maximilian Werner as he was 3rd from lap 1 until 2 laps to go on lap 13. He had to resist to some attacks from Alfio Pulvirenti and Alban Alm successively. Unfortunately for the young German, a costly mistake on lap 13 saw him move down to 7th in the end. Alm benefitted from Werner’s crash as he marked his comeback from 12th on lap 1 to 3rd in the end. Pulvirenti was unfortunate as he was 4th until lap 3 when he crashed to move down to 35th.

Vitezslav Marek rode strongly to go up the rank as he managed to go from 6th on lap 1 to finish 4th in the end as he capitalised on some crashes and mistakes in front of him. The promising Elias Escandell from Fantic Maddii Factory Racing is another rider who had to work hard as he gained 6 positions throughout the race. Going from 11 after an average start to steadily find his rhythm and finish 5th.

The young Italian riders, JK Racing Yamaha’s Nicola Salvini and Simone Mancini who finished 6th and 8th respectively, also showed a good maturity throughout the whole race as they both overtook and got overtaken several times but kept fighting to gain position right until the last lap.

It was another story for Francisco Garcia and Mads Fredsoe, who finished 9th and 10th respectively. Fredsoe started well as he got himself to 5th after the first lap and even managed to get to 4th following Pulivirenti’s misfortune. Garcia, 8th on lap 1 also made his way up to 5th right behind Fredsoe on lap 10. However Garcia made a charge on the inside of Fredsoe on lap 12 to overtake but both riders caught each other on a turn and crashed which retrograded them and eventually ended up in 9th place for Garcia and 10th for Fredsoe.

On Monday in the race 2, WZ Racing Team’s Gyan Doensen got off the gate leading the way but had Reisulis quickly overtook him. Still in the first lap Valin passed Doensen for 2^nd.
In the remake of race 1 Reisulis and Valin got the better of the rest after 1 lap and started to make a consequent gap. Valin started to chase after Reisulis, clocking the fastest lap early on.

We thought that this would go on until the end but Reisulis after a scare on lap 2, did really loose the control of his bike on lap 4 and moved down to 7^th. Valin would keep his composure until the end to win the race. Reisulis finished in the at the 11^th place.

Doensen also stayed strong to keep the 2^nd place until the end even if he had to show his skill to stay in front of Escandell mid-race and also Marek in last laps. Marek finished 3^rd after a strong performance today and great comeback coming from 7^th after lap 1. Escandell had to settle for 4^th giving him good point for the overall.

Behind them Salvini passed lap 1 on 5^th place and remained there until the end. Noel Zannocz started well as he found himself 6^th after lap 1 although he had to battle with Marek who passed him on lap 3. He then benefitted from Reisulis’s fall to get back up to 6^th and remain there until the end.

Garcia and Alm did not have the best start as they found themselves 12^th and 15^th respectively after lap 1. They kept fighting their way up as they gained precious places by overtake several riders along the way. On lap 9 Garcia was 7^th in front of Alm. A give and take happened until the end overtaking each other few times with Garcia gaining the last word at two laps before the end. Garcia finished 7^th while Alm finished 8^th.
Maximilian Ernecker and Salvador Perez rode strongly as after getting to 14th and 19^th respectively on lap 1 went up the ranking order in great fashion as Ernecker finished 9^th while Perez 10^th.
In the end, Valin got the overall win in Switzerland for the first round of the campaign in front of Marek and Reisulis 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.

Mathis Valin: “It is amazing, a very good weekend for me. I had a good start in race 1 to finish 2^nd. In race 2, Reisulis fell down and I could pass him to win the race and the overall. I want to thank my team for this weekend!”

Main Photo: Mathis Valin

Bottom Photos: 1. Vitezslav Marek; 2. EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing Podium

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 1 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), 28:51.036; 2. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), +0:05.258; 3. Laban Alm (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:49.657; 4. Vitezslav Marek (CZE,KTM), +0:54.755; 5. Elias Escandell (ESP, Fantic), +0:55.992; 6. Nicola Salvini (ITA, Yamaha), +1:00.486; 7. Maximilian Werner (GER, Fantic), +1:05.320; 8. Simone Mancini (ITA, Yamaha), +1:07.144; 9. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +1:13.828; 10. Mads Fredsoe (DEN, KTM), +1:17.811;

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Race 2 – Top 10 Classification: 1. Mathis Valin (FRA, GASGAS), 29:47.146; 2. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), +0:15.458; 3. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), +0:20.622; 4. Elias Escandell (ESP, Fantic), +0:22.933; 5. Nicola Salvini (ITA, Yamaha), +0:29.451; 6. Noel Zanocz (HUN, KTM), +0:37.197; 7. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GASGAS), +0:45.321; 8. Laban Alm (SWE, Husqvarna), +0:47.850; 9. Maximilian Ernecker (AUT, GASGAS), +0:49.399; 10. Salvador Perez (ESP, Yamaha), +0:51.605

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 47 points; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 35 p.; 4. Elias Escandell (ESP, FAN), 34 p.; 5. Laban Alm (SWE, HUS), 33 p.; 6. Nicola Salvini (ITA, YAM), 31 p.; 7. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 26 p.; 8. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Maximilian Werner (GER, FAN), 22 p.; 10. Salvador Perez (ESP, YAM), 20 p.;

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Mathis Valin (FRA, GAS), 47 points; 2. Vitezslav Marek (CZE, KTM), 38 p.; 3. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 35 p.; 4. Elias Escandell (ESP, FAN), 34 p.; 5. Laban Alm (SWE, HUS), 33 p.; 6. Nicola Salvini (ITA, YAM), 31 p.; 7. Francisco Garcia (ESP, GAS), 26 p.; 8. Gyan Doensen (NED, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Maximilian Werner (GER, FAN), 22 p.; 10. Salvador Perez (ESP, YAM), 20 p.;

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing - Manufacturers Classification 1. GASGAS, 47 points; 2. Yamaha, 41 p.; 3. KTM, 40 p.; 4. Fantic, 34 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 33 p.;

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MXGP OF SWITZERLAND Presented by iXS QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1500m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 15°

Weather conditions: Sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 43000 – from Friday until Monday included

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FRAUENFELD (Switzerland) 8 April 2023 – The MXGP of Switzerland presented by iXS has started in the best way with the RAM Qualifying Races ruled by Red Bull GasGas Factory Racing's Jorge Prado once again in MXGP while in MX2 it was Monster Energy Yamaha MX2's Thibault Benistant. 

Waiting four long years to come back to Switzerland, the riders did not waste any time to get into full gears on the brand-new track of Frauenfeld. The return to hard pack has been really competitive today as we already saw many exciting battles throughout both races in MXGP and MX2.

Alongside the FIM Motocross World Championship races, we also witnessed the first races of the WMX and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing's classes which were domintated by Big Van World MTX Kawasaki's Courtney Duncan and Yamaha Europe MJC's Janis Martin Reisulis

Following the RAM Qualifying Races, many fans were able to join and cheers for the stars at the Paddock Show that hosted the winners of the qualifications Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team's Thibault Benistant and Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing's Jorge Prado along with special guests Jeremy Seewer, Kevin Brumann and MX2 Red Plate holder Jago Geerts.
 

Aware of sounding incredibly repetitive, the MXGP RAM Qualifying Race was once again dominated by Jorge Prado for his third consecutive qualifying win. However, it was not an easy day for the Spaniard as following a good start he found himself 2nd for the majority of the race in-between Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre leading the way and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings 3rd. After a first lap where the three men where all together trying to get the lead from each other, we saw Febvre taking the edge on Prado to lead the way at the end of the first lap while Herlings would stay a bit behind in third.

Staying patient, a couple of seconds of Febvre, Prado would finally find a way to pounce on the very last lap in great fashion and over a couple of turns to take the lead off the Frenchman. Febvre who looked like he was going to win his first RAM Qualifying Race could not contain Prado and settled for 2nd.

Herlings kept a strong pace all throughout the race to confidently keep an important 3rd place, synonym of 8 points for the Championship. He had to keep at bay during the whole race the duo Monster Energy Yamaha factory MXGP Team’s Maxime Renaux and SM Action Racing Team Yuasa Battery’s Alberto Forato, 4th and 5th respectively after lap 1. Forato looked very comfortable on this track as he was in touching distance of Renaux all way through and finally made a move to get to 4th with 3 laps to go and would not lose this advantage. Forato ended 4th and Renaux 5th. 

One of the story of the day was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team’s Jeremy Seewer who didn’t have a quick start and found himself 10th on lap 1. The home rider quickly got to 8th on lap 2 but fell down while trying to chase Alessandro Lupino 7th at that time, moving down to13th. Lupino made few mistakes later on to finish 15th. However Seewer, probably helped by the immense support from the Swiss fans came back on the chase and steadily moved up through the ranking order overtaking the likes of Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Mattia Guadagnini, De Baets Yamaha MX-Team’s Benoit Paturel, his teammate Glenn Coldenhoff who finished 10th, and fellow countryman Ship to Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz’s Valentin Guillod who rode strongly to end up at a promising 8thplace. Seewer found himself 7th on the last lap to overtake another good performer, Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha’s Calvin Vlaanderen. Seewer finished a sensational comeback on his home ground with the 6th place, in front of Vlaanderen 7th. 

Another really good rebound was the one of Team HRC’s Ruben Fernandez who found himself 17 after lap 1 to steadily move up to 9th place showing along the way the qualities that made him a GP winner in Argentina.

Jorge Prado: “It was a good day of racing. I had a very good start but then I lost the lead and got a bit tense over a couple of laps. After I took my time behind Romain as it was difficult to get very close but on the last lap, I knew I had the place so I went for it so I’m super happy. I had a great rhythm and it’s another important win!”

MXGP – RAM Qualifying Race – Top 10 Classification 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), 23:59.039; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:03.046; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:04.539; 4. Alberto Forato (ITA, KTM), +0:08.089; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:16.951; 6. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:17.852; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Yamaha), +0:20.138; 8. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:30.617; 9. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:36.792; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Yamaha), +0:41.214;

Main Photo: Jorge Prado

Bottom Photos: 1. Romain Febvre  2. Jeffrey Herlings
 

In MX2 RAM Qualifying Race, we saw the established order changing with the win of Thibault Benistant. The first lap saw TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team’s Jan Pancar take the lead in front of Roan Van de Moosdijk of Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing and Benistant. Pancar could not hold the lead for long. Benistant overtook Van de Moosdijk in the first lap to clock the fastest lap and put pressure on Pancar and pass him in lap 2. Benistant kept the lead until the end displaying a very strong and confident performance.

For Pancar, it was not the same story as he moved down the table to get to 8th on lap 8 and keep this place until the end but the Slovenian rode the whole race in the top 10 to get 3 important points counting for the Championship. Van de Moosdijk who was 2nd between lap 4 and 6 was not able to keep this position first against his teammate Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf and then the Red Plate holder Jago Geerts from Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing MX2 Team. De Wolf in the end finished 2nd while Geerts 3rd. Van de Moosdijk ended at a good 4th place.

Behind them, RedBull KTM Factory Racing’s Andrea Adamo was the best of the rest as he climbed from the 9th place on lap 1 to 5th on lap 8 as he passed Pancar on lap 4 and WZ Racing’s Mikkel Haarup on lap 7 for 5th to keep this place until the end. Haarup displayed some quick pace in the first half of the race going to 4th on lap 5 but slowed down in the second to move down to 7th in the end. 
Finishing 6th between them was Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Liam Everts who started poorly to get 13th after lap 1. But the Belgian showed his qualities on this compact track to steadily take the better of many riders in front him.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team’s Rick Elzinga rode consistently within the top 10. The Rookie rider shows that he has the pace as he finished 8th while David Braceras also showed his quality going from 12th in lap 1 to 8th between lap 6 and 7 although he had to settle to 10^th taking the last point of the day.

Simon Laengenfelder did not get to the points as the Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing rider could not do better than 12th while Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Lucas Coenen crashed early on the race and had to give up on lap 4. Both riders missed on important points for the Championships and will get ready to make up for it on Monday. 

Thibault Benistant: “It was my first win of the season in qualification and I’m very happy. I made few passes in the first few laps and I felt good on the bike and the track. I hope I can do the same on Monday.”

MX2 – RAM Qualifying Race – Top 10 Classification: 1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), 24:21.806; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:12.665; 3. Jago Geerts (BEL, Yamaha), +0:13.113; 4. Roan Van De Moosdijk (NED, Husqvarna), +0:18.307; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:19.414; 6. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:19.820; 7. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, KTM), +0:23.776; 8. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:39.157; 9. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:45.456; 10. David Braceras (ESP, Kawasaki), +0:46.320;

Main Photo: Thibault Benistant

Bottom Photos: 1. MX2 Start; 2. Jago Geerts

TIMETABLE 

MONDAY: 09:45 WMX Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX125 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.
 

MXGP OF SWITZERLAND PRESENTED BY iXS QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1500m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 9°

Weather conditions: Cloudy/Rainy

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