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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 7 October 2026 – Every season writes a new chapter in the history of motocross.  Through courage, sacrifice and exceptional skill, champions earn the highest honour our sport can bestow. When the final chequered flag falls, the Ring of Champions places an enduring seal upon their achievement.

Born in Ernée in 2015, this tradition began with the vision of Telemaco Cane, a devoted motocross enthusiast whose distinguished background in jewellery brought together artistic sensitivity, technical expertise and a profound appreciation of sporting excellence.  His idea expressed a powerful conviction: a World Championship deserves a lasting, personal tribute, created to preserve the memory of an extraordinary accomplishment. Drawing upon his experience in jewellery design and craftsmanship, Telemaco conceived and created these unique pieces with meticulous attention to detail.  His understanding of precious materials, form and finish gave tangible expression to the courage and dedication of a champion. 

Individually crafted in precious silver and personalised with commemorative engravings, each ring carries the memory of a victory and the identity of the rider who earned it.

Initially conceived for the MXGP and MX2 World Champions, the tradition grew to embrace the winning riders of the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations and, subsequently, the WMX World Champion. Its extension to WMX in 2022 marked a significant moment, bringing the same enduring recognition to the pinnacle of women’s motocross. 

For the individual World Champions, the ring honours the culmination of a season’s relentless pursuit of excellence. 

For the Motocross of Nations winners, it celebrates the exceptional bond between riders who unite their talent and determination in the service of their country.

Its presentation is the ceremonial seal upon the sporting season: a moment in which the intensity of competition gives way to recognition, gratitude and remembrance. Within each ring lives the story of the races contested, the adversity overcome and the ambition fulfilled.

From its origins in Ernée, the Ring of Champions has become a cherished expression of MXGP’s heritage, through Telemaco Cane’s vision and craftsmanship, successive generations of champions are united by a shared symbol of distinction, destined to preserve the memory of their achievements for years to come.

A season reaches its conclusion. A champion’s legacy endures. The Ring of Champions carries that legacy forward.

* Head Photo: 2026 World Champions: (From Left)  Guillem Farres MX2 World Champion, Daniela Guillen WMX World Champion, Jeffrey Herlings MXGP World Champion

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DARWIN (Australia) 21 September 2026 - The 2026 MXGP Awards brought the curtain down on another thrilling season of the FIM Motocross World Championship with a spectacular ceremony held in the garden of the Mindil Casino Resort in Darwin on Sunday evening. With the weather on our side and the sun setting over the Timor Sea, the world of motocross gathered in the open air to celebrate the champions, the teams and the organizers who shaped one of the most memorable seasons yet.

Head Photo (Left to right): FIM CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela, Guillem Farres, Daniela Guillen, Jeffrey Herlings. Infront Moto Racing President & CEO David Luongo

The evening began with a red carpet that shone a spotlight on the riders, dignitaries and key figures of the paddock, before guests gathered for the ceremony hosted by MXGP-TV Commentator Paul Malin and TV Presenter Lisa Leyland, streamed live to fans around the world on MXGP-TV, YouTube and Facebook.

MC Amanda Jarrett opened the evening with an Acknowledgment of Country, paying respect to the Larrakia people as the Traditional Custodians of the land, before welcoming the Australian dignitaries who joined the global motocross family in the Northern Territory. Called up on stage following the introduction was the Honourable Marie-Clare Boothby, Minister for Major Events, Tourism and Hospitality, who thanked Infront Moto Racing, the FIM and Sitzler for putting their faith in the Northern Territory to host MXGP for a second time. Recalling how last year's event was rained out on the final day, the Minister said this year had delivered even more spectacular racing, and she thanked every rider, volunteer and team member who had travelled to Darwin, including those who spent time signing autographs for local children at the waterfront. She encouraged the paddock to discover the rest of the Territory, from the waterfalls of Litchfield to a close encounter with the crocodiles in the city, and told the riders that whether or not they left with silverware, they should be proud of the spectacle they had put on in Darwin, adding that she was already looking forward to next year.

      
1. Hon Marie-Clare Boothby; 2. MXGP Awards

David Luongo, President and CEO of Infront Moto Racing then took the stage and dedicated his first words to the people of the Northern Territory, explaining that from the very first meeting it was clear the MXGP of Australia would be a great event and a great project. He looked back on a season of 19 Grands Prix across five continents that started in Argentina and finished on the other side of the world in Darwin, with milestones along the way that are another testament to the popularity of MXGP, blending modern venues such as last week's Shanghai circuit with classic tracks like Foxhills that returned to the calendar. Luongo thanked the FIM for decades of collaboration, the teams and the manufacturers, including new brands who may join from China next year, before turning to the riders, the people who bring the emotion to the sport, and to everyone in the paddock who spends nine months a year away from home for a sport that is much more than a sport to them. Recalling that Infront has now promoted the championship for 30 years, he congratulated the new champions and said he hoped next season would be even more exciting.

FIM CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela then thanked Infront Moto Racing for putting together such a calendar and described 2026 as an intense season, praising the organizers for events ranging from the state of the art new venue in China to demanding, technical classic tracks where riders have to give everything they have. He paid tribute to the riders who could not make it to the end of the season, and thanked the officials of Motorcycling Australia and the hundreds of volunteers for their outstanding work across the weekend, as well as the media and his own FIM team. He closed by hinting that more is in store for next year, with a smile to remind everyone that Spain had been crowned twice this season.   

     
1. David Luongo; 2. Antonio Alia Portela

MXGP-TV Commentator Paul Malin and TV Presenter Lisa Leyland then took over hosting duties for the awards presentation.

The first award of the night, the WMX Manufacturer World Champion title, went to GASGAS for the second year running, collected by Justin Maxwell, Managing Director of KTM Group Australia and New Zealand. The WMX Winning Team award went to the RFME Spain National Team after a season of five race wins, three GP wins and five podiums, with team manager Paco Rico collecting the award.

     
1. Justin Maxwell; 2. Paco Rico

In MX2, Triumph were crowned Manufacturer World Champions in only their third season in the championship, after six qualifying wins, 21 race wins, 11 Grand Prix wins and 26 podiums. Ian Kimber, Global Head of Racing Programs at Triumph, collected the award. The MX2 Winning Team award also went to the British manufacturer, with team manager Vincent Bereni accepting on behalf of the Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team under a high and loud round of applause. The Best MX2 Private Team award went to the Osicka MX Team, whose rider Julius Mikula was unable to attend after being injured in China.

     
1. Ian Kimber; 2. Vincent Bereni

The prestigious "Jan De Groot" Award, which recognises outstanding young talent, went to Janis Martins Reisulis of Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 together with a prize money. Reisulis finished sixth in the championship with three podiums in his rookie season, including a podium here in Darwin.

Janis Reisulis

In MXGP, Honda claimed the Manufacturer World Champion award for the first time since 2024, collected by Naoki Serizawa, MXGP Racing Operations Manager. Honda HRC Petronas were named MXGP Winning Team after 14 GP wins, 23 race wins and 26 podiums across their three riders, with General Manager Marcus Pereira de Freitas collecting the award. The Best MXGP Private Team award went to the TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team, collected by rider Jan Pancar himself, explaining that his team consists only of his dad and himself along with the support of his sponsors, which shows the magnitude of such feat in the MXGP class.

     
1. Naoki Serizawa; 2. Marcus Pereira de Freitas

TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team

The 2026 European Champions were celebrated with a highlights clip. In EMX65, Jack Waters became the first British rider to win the title with 2-1 results in Loket, while Patriks Cirulis of Latvia took the EMX85 crown with a 6-1 finish. Finland's Jere Haavisto was a double race winner on his way to the EMX Open title, and Vaclav Kovar of the Czech Republic made it back-to-back EMX2T championships. Austria's Ricardo Bauer claimed the EMX125 presented by FMF Racing title in Sweden, completing a fantastic double after also winning the Junior World title, and Spain's Francisco Garcia dominated EMX250 on the Venum BUD Racing Kawasaki, clinching the championship in Arnhem. The FIM Junior Motocross World Champions, crowned earlier in the summer in the Czech Republic, were also recognised: Lucas Bos of France won the 65cc class with a 1-1, Australia's Blake Bohannon took the 85cc title with another double race victory, and Ricardo Bauer was crowned 125cc Junior World Champion.

The Acerbis Best Lap Competition rewarded the fastest race laps of the season, with Jeffrey Herlings securing the MXGP award with nine fastest laps, and Sacha Coenen winning in MX2 with eight fastest laps. Bob Buchanan of Fox Racing Service then presented the Fox Holeshot Awards to Tom Vialle in MXGP, with 12 holeshots including two more in Darwin and his first award in the premier class, and to Sacha Coenen in MX2, with 15. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Coordinator Micol Muraglia collected both awards on behalf of the absent Coenen.

One of the most emotional moments of the evening came with the MXGP Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to two familiar faces of the paddock. Ingo Partsch, FIM Motocross Race Director for the past 19 years, will oversee his last event in the role at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at Ernee, after 337 Grands Prix. Andy Summers, FIM Technical Director, celebrated his 400th Grand Prix this weekend in Darwin.

Off the track, the organizer awards recognised the best events of the year. The Best Promotion Award went to the Monster Energy MXGP of Great Britain at Foxhills, back on the calendar in 2026, with the hosts congratulating Paul Cook, Mark Chamberlain and their team for an outstanding event. The Best Organizer Award went to the MXGP of the Netherlands in Arnhem, collected by Dik and Wiljan van Wikselaar. A special award for Best MXGP Collaboration went to the MXGP of Australia presented by Sitzler, collected by Aimee Luxton, Executive Director of Tourism and Events NT, in recognition of the strong partnership between the Northern Territory and Infront Moto Racing.

     
1. Dik and Wiljan van Wikselaar; 2. Aimee Luxton

To round off the evening, David Luongo and Antonio Alia Portela returned to the stage to crown the three new FIM Motocross World Champions with their World Champion Plates and Rings. Daniela Guillen became the first WMX World Champion from Spain after three GP wins and five race wins, including both races in Darwin. Guillem Farres was crowned FIM MX2 World Champion, delivering Triumph's first world title. 

Guillem Farres

Daniela Guillen

Finally, Jeffrey Herlings received his plate, ring and the official MXGP trophy after a sixth world title, 13 Grand Prix wins, 22 race wins and 16 podiums in his first season with Honda HRC Petronas.

Jeffrey Herlings

With the champions crowned under the Darwin night sky, the 2026 MXGP Awards closed a remarkable season in style. The paddock now heads to France for the season finale, the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at Ernee, in two weeks' time.

2026 MXGP AWARDS - LIST OF WINNERS

·      MXGP World Champion: Jeffrey Herlings

·      MX2 World Champion: Guillem Farres

·      WMX World Champion: Daniela Guillen

·      MXGP Manufacturer World Champion: Honda

·      MXGP Winning Team: Honda HRC Petronas

·      Best MXGP Private Team: TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team

·      MX2 Manufacturer World Champion: Triumph

·      MX2 Winning Team: Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team

·      Best MX2 Private Team: Osicka MX Team

·      WMX Manufacturer World Champion: GASGAS

·      WMX Winning Team: RFME Spain National Team

·      "Jan De Groot" Award: Janis Martins Reisulis

·      Acerbis Best Lap Competition: Jeffrey Herlings (MXGP), Sacha Coenen (MX2)

·      Fox Holeshot Award: Tom Vialle (MXGP), Sacha Coenen (MX2)

·      MXGP Lifetime Achievement Award: Ingo Partsch and Andy Summers

·      Best Promotion: MXGP of Great Britain, Foxhills

·      Best Organizer: MXGP of the Netherlands, Arnhem

·      Best MXGP Collaboration: MXGP of Australia presented by Sitzler

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DARWIN (Australia) 20 September 2026: Some titles are handed over, others have to be torn from the hands of your rivals. At Hidden Valley, in the final round of the 2026 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship at the MXGP of Australia presented by Sitzler, RFME Spain National Team's Daniela Guillen did it the hard way and the beautiful way at the same time, winning both races to seal the first World Title of her career.

Guillen arrived in the Top End with just six points in hand over six-time World Champion Fontaracing’s Kiara Fontanesi. She leaves it 24 points clear, with a 1-1, the fastest lap in both races and a gold medal around her neck. De Baets-AIT Yamaha Supported Team's Lotte Van Drunen took second overall with 2-3, while Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki's Courtney Duncan completed the Grand Prix podium with 3-4.

Daniela Guillen

Race 1 on Saturday was played out under enormous pressure. Usual fast starter, JK Racing Yamaha's Nellie Fransson led the field up the hill, with Fontanesi tucked in behind and Guillen third, while American Lachlan Turner went down at the top of the hill in turn three and had to rejoin near the back. Guillen wasted no time. The Spaniard went through on Fontanesi and, a couple of corners later, on Fransson, grabbing the lead before the end of the opening lap. From there she had clear track and she used it.

Fontanesi moved into second on lap two and for much of the race the Italian kept the damage in the championship limited. But the race turned on its head in the closing laps. Van Drunen had been charging through the field with Duncan right on her wheel, and the pair closed onto the back of Fontanesi. With two laps to go, Van Drunen found her way into second and Duncan followed her through for third, surviving a heart-stopping moment in which she went across the front of the bike and somehow stayed on. The Italian had no reply.

Guillen crossed the line 4.776 seconds clear of Van Drunen, with Duncan third and Fontanesi fourth. In the space of 12 laps, a six-point margin had become 13. Turner came back strongly to fourth while Shana Van der Vlist took fifth ahead of Lucy Barker and Alexandra Massury, while Turner recovered from her first-lap crash to eighth. Fransson faded to ninth and Amandine Verstappen completed the top ten.

If Saturday tightened Guillen's grip on the title, Sunday's race 2 was about finishing the job, and she did it the way champions do. Turner made amends with a flying start, leading into turn three at the top of the hill ahead of Duncan and Fransson, with Guillen fourth in the early exchanges. Then the championship swung for good. Fontanesi, still chasing a seventh world crown, tipped over on the opening lap and remounted in twelfth. She fought back to seventh, but by then the title was out of reach.

Guillen, meanwhile, went hunting. She was past Fransson into third on the opening lap, then kept the pressure on Duncan until the New Zealander made a mistake on lap seven and opened the door to second. By then Turner was around six seconds clear, but Guillen reeled her in lap after lap and on lap nine she swept into the lead. Once in front, she pulled away to win by 2.841 seconds, setting the fastest lap of the race along the way with a 1:47.229. No calculating, no cruising: a champion winning the title by attacking.

Turner's second place capped a superb weekend of redemption for the American. Van Drunen took third, while Duncan, on course for a top three until a stall on the penultimate lap let the Dutchwoman by, settled for fourth. Barker fought back from a fall to take fifth, enough to claim fifth in the championship with Van der Vlist a non-starter in race 2 due to a fall in the opening sighting laps that let her handlebar damaged. Fransson was sixth, Fontanesi seventh, Verstappen eighth, Massury ninth and home hero Emma Milesevic tenth.

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For Daniela Guillen, this one has been a long time coming. After several seasons of coming agonisingly close, of watching the gold medal go to someone else, the Spaniard put together the most complete campaign of her career: five race wins, three overall victories and a top three finish in every one of the ten races on the calendar. The fight with Fontanesi was relentless all year. The Italian even took the red plate from her in Great Britain, but Guillen snatched it back in Arnhem and never let go again. Fontanesi's wait for a seventh title goes on after a season she described as amazing until a painful final two rounds, while Van Drunen hands over her crown after a difficult year, lifted by victory at her home Grand Prix in Arnhem and a podium in the finale. Tonight in Darwin, though, there is only one story. Years of work, sacrifice and belief have finally paid off. Spain has a new World Champion, and WMX has a new name on its roll of honour: Daniela Guillen.

Daniela Guillen: “First of all, I want to say thank you my team, RFME, Last Lap, also all my family, my sister, my coach, my trainer, all the people that helped me, because it's possible thank to them for helping me a lot. I'm really happy. I'm so happy also with racing this weekend because I started a little bit off but then I pushed and I won. I think other riders don't push, but I wanted to push and get the win here in Australia, it was important, so now I am really happy.”

Kiara Fontanesi: “It has been the worst weekend ever. I don't really understand what is going on. Yesterday I felt very bad physically during the race and I couldn't ride and breathe and move anymore. I was fit to ride today, but I felt very bad on the track and I was slipping everywhere until I crashed. Then it was just very hard to come back, and also I lost the motivation to come back when I knew it was not possible anymore for the title. It's a pity that I couldn't really fight. Until this weekend it has been an amazing season. I have had so many good races, basically everything was super good, but with problems in the last two rounds, it was almost impossible to fight for the championship. Congratulations to Daniela, she deserved the title, she rode very well, and it was amazing to have such a great battle with her this year.”

Lotte Van Drunen: “It was definitely not my season. Some bad luck, I would say, as well. Not really riding like myself, sometimes being hard on training days as well. But I'll be working really, really hard this winter and I'll be back next year. Definitely looking forward to that.”

Lachlan Turner & Daniela Guillen

WMX Race 1 Top 10 Classification: 1. Daniela Guillen (ESP, GASGAS), 24:19.518; 2. Lotte Van Drunen (NED, Yamaha), +0:04.776; 3. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), +0:07.571; 4. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, GASGAS), +0:24.899; 5. Shana Van der Vlist (NED, Yamaha), +0:27.811; 6. Lucy Barker (GBR, KTM), +0:39.093; 7. Alexandra Massury (GER, KTM), +0:56.827; 8. Lachlan Turner (USA, Yamaha), +0:58.187; 9. Nellie Fransson (SWE, Yamaha), +1:08.288; 10. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:10.309.

WMX Race 2 Top 10 Classification: 1. Daniela Guillen (ESP, GASGAS), 23:53.702; 2. Lachlan Turner (USA, Yamaha), +0:02.841; 3. Lotte Van Drunen (NED, Yamaha), +0:19.423; 4. Courtney Duncan (NZL, Kawasaki), +0:26.688; 5. Lucy Barker (GBR, KTM), +1:05.274; 6. Nellie Fransson (SWE, Yamaha), +1:14.222; 7. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, GASGAS), +1:32.730; 8. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, Yamaha), +1:36.066; 9. Alexandra Massury (GER, KTM), +1:40.853; 10. Emma Milesevic (AUS, Yamaha), +1:44.578.

WMX Overall Top 10 Classification: 1. Daniela Guillen (ESP, GAS), 50 points; 2. Lotte Van Drunen (NED, YAM), 42 p.; 3. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 38 p.; 4. Lachlan Turner (USA, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, GAS), 32 p.; 6. Lucy Barker (GBR, KTM), 31 p.; 7. Nellie Fransson (SWE, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Alexandra Massury (GER, KTM), 26 p.; 9. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 24 p.; 10. Emma Milesevic (AUS, YAM), 21 p.

WMX Final World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Daniela Guillen (ESP, GAS), 233 points; 2. Kiara Fontanesi (ITA, GAS), 209 p.; 3. Lotte Van Drunen (NED, YAM), 177 p.; 4. Courtney Duncan (NZL, KAW), 167 p.; 5. Lucy Barker (GBR, KTM), 153 p.; 6. Shana Van der Vlist (NED, YAM), 141 p.; 7. Amandine Verstappen (BEL, YAM), 133 p.; 8. Malou Jakobsen (DEN, KTM), 116 p.; 9. Nellie Fransson (SWE, YAM), 99 p.; 10. Alexandra Massury (GER, KTM), 80 p.

WMX Final Manufacturers Classification: 1. GASGAS, 244 points; 2. Yamaha, 201 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 167 p.; 4. KTM, 163 p.; 5. Honda, 119 p.; 6. Husqvarna, 83 p.; 7. TM Moto, 57 p.; 8. Triumph, 32 p.

Left to right: Infront Moto Racing President & CEO David Luongo, 2026 WMX World Championship Podium, FIM / CMS Director Antonio Alia Portela

RFME National Team & Daniela Guillen

MXGP OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTED BY SITZLER, DARWIN QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1540m

Type of ground: Red Clay

Temperature: 33˚

Weather conditions: Sunny / Humid

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DARWIN (Australia) 19 September 2026 – The MXGP of Australia presented by Sitzler brought something new on Saturday. For the first time ever, the After Race Show put the riders right next to the public, in a longer format that started straight after the MXGP Qualifying Race. The WMX, MX2 and MXGP classes came on one after the other, handing out signed caps and posters to the delight of the huge crowd.

MXGP fans got to meet Team HRC Honda Petronas' Jeffrey Herlings, the 2026 MXGP World Champion, and his teammate Tom Vialle, fresh from his Qualifying Race win. Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team's Calvin Vlaanderen, Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP's Pauls Jonass and Dylan Walsh completed the line-up.

In MX2, Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team's Guillem Farres and Camden McLellan, who take their title fight into the final day, shared the stage with Australia's Byron Dennis.

The WMX stars were there too, led by Daniela Guillen from RFME Spain National Team winner of WMX Race 1 and well on course for her first world title, alongside De Baets AIT Yamaha's Lotte van Drunen and Lachlan Turner.

Now it's time to wrap up the season in all classeswith Sunday Races that will finalise all the Championship Standings, with the champions set to receive their trophies!

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