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YAM race 1Stefano Manzi has been crowned 2025 FIM Supersport World Champion after securing a faultless and hard-fought Race 2 victory at the Circuito Estoril with one round remaining.

The Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha rider has enjoyed a dominant season in the first year of competition with the all new Yamaha R9. Victory in the opening race of the season in Phillip Island set the tone for what was to come, as a consistent and successful campaign saw Manzi build his points lead round by round.

After the first win in Australia, Manzi took five consecutive second place finishes. A streak without race victory didn’t deter the Italian, who returned to the top step in style with a double victory at home in Cremona.

Manzi’s 2025 win tally sits at ten wins so far, including four victories in a row at Balaton Park and Magny-Cours, where he overcame difficulties in both races to get the better of R9 rival Can Öncü.

18 times a podium finisher so far this year, Manzi built an insurmountable points lead of 82 with 2 races remaining to be crowned World Champion for the first time in Estoril, Portugal.

It has already been confirmed this will be Manzi’s last season in the Supersport class, with the 26 year old stepping up to WorldSBK with the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team next year.

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“The feeling of becoming the 2025 World Supersport Champion is amazing. It’s difficult to find the words to describe how I feel in this moment, but after two years of trying, I was finally able to achieve this lifetime goal. When you start riding as a youngster, this is the moment you dream about. It’s also very special to have won the 2025 world championship aboard the Yamaha R9 in its first year of racing. Normally, with a brand new bike, winning is difficult in the first year. We were able to win both the Manufacturers’ and Riders World Supersport titles, which feels incredible. The support I have received from my team, Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha, has been overwhelming. They helped me both on and off the track and have been like a family to me over the years. If feels great to repay them with the 2025 title.”


ktm 1It was a powerhouse performance to close off the National Motocross Championship season for the Red Bull KTM team, who wrapped things up in style at Terra Topia MX Club in Gauteng. The team put on a show of pure dominance, with an orange podium all around and multiple championship titles secured.

Cameron Durow delivered a flawless performance, storming to double wins in both MX1 and MX2 for the day. His incredible pace and control throughout the day sealed the deal for the MX1 National Championship title, marking his third consecutive championship win in the class. Durow once again proved why he’s the man to beat, showcasing relentless focus and a true championship mindset.

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Cameron Durow commented on the year saying, “What an amazing way to end the season! It’s been a year of hard work, consistency, and teamwork, and to walk away with another MX1 Championship feels incredible. The Red Bull KTM team has been unbelievable all year, and I couldn’t have done it without their support. Ending the season with another championship in the bag is the best way to thank everyone who’s been behind me.”

Luke Grundy wrapped up an incredible year by claiming the 2025 MX2 National Motocross Championship title. Grundy capped off his season with a calculated ride to 8th on the day, doing exactly what was needed to lock in his first-ever National MX2 crown. “Becoming the 2025 MX2 South African Champion still feels unreal!” Grundy beamed. “It’s been a long, tough season with its highs and lows, but I couldn’t have done it without the amazing people and team behind me,” he continued. “Huge thanks to Red Bull KTM South Africa for giving me everything I needed to make this happen. I’m so proud to bring this one home. Here’s to another year of fighting for glory!”

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Adding to the team’s success, Trey Cox continued his winning streak, charging to another class victory and securing back-to-back National titles in the MX High School class. Cox also impressed with a strong 4th place finish in MX2, rounding off what has been an exceptional rookie season in the senior ranks. Trey Cox stated, “It was a great way to end the season! I went 1–3 in the 125 class for the overall win, even after a crash in Moto 2. In MX2 I finished 4–5 for 4th overall, not quite what I wanted, but it’s all part of the learning curve in my rookie year. I’m so proud to be a three-time SA Champion, and to see all the hard work pay off is incredibly rewarding. A huge thank you to the Red Bull KTM team and everyone who’s helped me get here.”

The Red Bull KTM team couldn’t have asked for a better way to close the season, a true statement of strength, dedication, and teamwork.

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Stefano Manzi has been crowned 2025 FIM Supersport World Champion after securing a faultless and hard-fought Race 2 victory at the Circuito Estoril with one round remaining.

The Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha rider has enjoyed a dominant season in the first year of competition with the all new Yamaha R9. Victory in the opening race of the season in Phillip Island set the tone for what was to come, as a consistent and successful campaign saw Manzi build his points lead round by round.

After the first win in Australia, Manzi took five consecutive second place finishes. A streak without race victory didn’t deter the Italian, who returned to the top step in style with a double victory at home in Cremona.

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Manzi’s 2025 win tally sits at ten wins so far, including four victories in a row at Balaton Park and Magny-Cours, where he overcame difficulties in both races to get the better of R9 rival Can Öncü.

18 times a podium finisher so far this year, Manzi built an insurmountable points lead of 82 with 2 races remaining to be crowned World Champion for the first time in Estoril, Portugal.

It has already been confirmed this will be Manzi’s last season in the Supersport class, with the 26 year old stepping up to WorldSBK with the GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team next year.

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Stefano Manzi – Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha

“The feeling of becoming the 2025 World Supersport Champion is amazing. It’s difficult to find the words to describe how I feel in this moment, but after two years of trying, I was finally able to achieve this lifetime goal. When you start riding as a youngster, this is the moment you dream about. It’s also very special to have won the 2025 world championship aboard the Yamaha R9 in its first year of racing. Normally, with a brand new bike, winning is difficult in the first year. We were able to win both the Manufacturers’ and Riders World Supersport titles, which feels incredible. The support I have received from my team, Pata Ten Kate Racing Yamaha, has been overwhelming. They helped me both on and off the track and have been like a family to me over the years. If feels great to repay them with the 2025 title.”


HRC MOTOGP 1For the first time since the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix, the factory Honda HRC team stepped onto the premier class podium as Joan Mir’s years of hard work and focus were rewarded with third place on Sunday in Motegi. Luca Marini suffered his first DNF of the year.

A fantastic day in Motegi saw Joan Mir and Honda HRC Castrol deliver on the ever-growing potential they have shown not just this season, but since the 2020 MotoGP World Champion joined the factory team in 2023. As in the Sprint, Mir fought for every position and quickly overcame an early mistake to close down Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta. The trio would give no quarter as they battled until the middle of the race, Mir getting the better of Acosta and easily holding off a late run from Marco Bezzecchi.

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Cheers erupted inside the Honda HRC Castrol garage as Joan Mir returned the factory team to the podium, his first as a rider since the Algarve Grand Prix in 2021. With a multitude of Honda Motor and HRC management and staff in attendance for Honda’s home race, the podium could not have come at a better time. The result is another welcome boost for both the #36 and the entirety of Honda HRC, a tangible reward for the efforts put in. This is the first Japanese GP podium of Mir’s Grand Prix career.

Luca Marini’s Japanese GP would unfortunately follow a very different trajectory as a technical issue ruled him out after just a few laps when he returned to the pits. Honda HRC engineers will confirm the issue ahead of the Indonesian Grand Prix next week. The DNF brings Marini’s perfect race start to point-scoring finishes ratio to an end. He remains positive and focused on returning to where the Honda RC213V has shown it can be in the coming races.

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The MotoGP World Championship now travels directly to Lombok, Indonesia for the Indonesia Grand Prix at the Mandalika Circuit.

Honda HRC would like to extend their most enthusiastic congratulations to Marc Marquez on winning the 2025 MotoGP World Championship. The result cements an incredible return from a multi-year injury ordeal, highlighting his truly unique mentality and approach to racing.

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“What a weekend! A perfect one, honestly. I was so close to the pole position yesterday, I was so close to the podium yesterday but missed both – today I had to take the chance to get the podium! I knew it would be hard because the long race you have to control everything perfectly. I was attacking under brakes a lot to save the tyres and then in the second half of the race I was able to open a gap and manage, even closing down Marc in front. Just fantastic, super happy for myself and for Honda. After what we have been through, to get this first podium especially here in Japan, it is really special. It has been a long time for myself and Honda to have a moment like this and sometimes you struggle a bit with motivation but this confirms that everything we do is worth it and I am really excited to go to Lombok now – we need to continue this moment.”


KTM MOTO GP 1Another hot and demanding round of 2025 MotoGP with the visit to Japan. Enea Bastianini was highest ranked in 11th place with Brad Binder in 12th and Pedro Acosta had run in the podium positions for the first half of the 24-lap distance. The KTM GP Academy were protagonists again in Moto3™ with the KTM RC4 race bikes as Jose Antonio Rueda charged to runner-up.

Pedro Acosta, encouraged by his third Sprint podium medal of the season on Saturday but also curious to know if the medium tire compound would help or hinder his rally for more silverware, started with fierce intent and was into 2nd place in the opening exchanges. Brad Binder and Enea Bastiani had to be proactive in the first laps to make strides into points scoring positions. BB33 reached 13th and the Italian gave chase while Maverick Viñales was further back and trying to make inroads.

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 Acosta could not maintain his pace for the full 24-lap duration and a ‘moment’ while braking for Turn 1 put him off track and into the gravel. The Spaniard drifted down the race order and made it across the finish line in 17th. Bastianini forced his way up to 11th and was followed by Binder in 12th as the pair passed the checkered flag together. Viñales just missed out on Grand Prix points.

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 The Lombok island setting of the Mandalika Street Circuit will activate the Indonesian Grand Prix next weekend and another back-to-back fixture for 2025 MotoGP.

 Enea Bastianini, 11th and 14th in the championship standings: “In general we can be happier than what we were yesterday, and we improved a bit the setup of the bike.From ten laps to go I improved my pace and I gave something more. This is a strange world. Sometimes, at some tracks, nothing works like what you want.I think we need to understand why and try to be competitive in every track. I hope to see us like 3-4 races in the past: competitive. I want to be back in the top five like a few races ago.”

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Brad Binder, 12th and 11th in the championship standings: “A difficult weekend. I had a really good start but we had a lot of chatter from the beginning which made it difficult to ride the bike. The wheelspin when we were upright also finished the tire. Very tricky because I cannot take advantage of drive and corner entry is tough. If we can get to a circuit where we can lessen the chatter then we can do something; hopefully in Indonesia.”


KTM RALLY RAID 1Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Daniel Sanders has secured the 2025 FIM World Rally-Raid Championship with a dominant win at round four, Rally Raid Portugal. Continuing his unbeaten record this season, ‘Chucky’ topped the timesheets in the prologue and three of the five stages to take the race win and the championship crown in style. Luciano Benavides rode his KTM 450 RALLY to third place overall, while Edgar Canet took the win in the hotly contested Rally2 category.

After a break of four months since the previous round on the W2RC calendar, Red Bull KTM arrived in Portugal focused on continuing their run of success in the 2025 season. Sanders immediately threw down the gauntlet to his rivals on the short but intense prologue, where he beat teammate Canet to the win by a mere two seconds.

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Heading into stage one – a 425km loop with 325km raced against the clock – Sanders took advantage of his start position to attack right from the start, mastering the dry, slippery terrain to open a gap on the rest of the field. Winning the special by just under a minute, the Australian laid down a statement ride, taking early control of the rally and setting the tone for what would become another dominant performance.

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Despite leading out on stage two, Sanders clinched the win once again. Stage three, the longest of the event, saw tactics come in to play in order to conserve tires on the long, demanding timed special. After easing off to ensure a safe finish, Daniel placed second on the stage as the rally reached its halfway point.

Stage four was decisive. With a timed special of 274km, Sanders was able to push hard and subsequently open up a sizeable lead at the front of the field. Taking his third stage win of the event, Daniel would head into the final day with an advantage of over three minutes.

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Sunday’s stage five could not have gone better for the team. Benavides claimed his first stage win of the event, closely followed by Sanders in second and Canet in third, with the three teammates separated by just 10 seconds. The result saw Daniel take the race win by a comfortable three minutes and 40 seconds.

In claiming victory at Rally Raid Portugal, Sanders secured the 2025 FIM World Rally-Raid Championship title with one round to spare. His triumph at round four is the latest in a flawless string of results. After a career-first win at the iconic Dakar Rally earlier this year, he then proceeded to win every subsequent round, culminating in this decisive performance in Portugal. His total sweep not only secures the rider title but underscores the performance and reliability of the KTM450 RALLY under Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s development.

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Daniel Sanders: “It’s a dream come true to win the world championship. You think about it when you’re a kid no matter what sport you do, but I chose motorbikes, and it worked out really well. The race here has gone so well, and the bike has been perfect, so a massive thank you to the team for all the hard work they put in. It’s very rare to have this sort of consistency in rally as it’s often so unpredictable. But up to now, we’ve put in a perfect season, and we’ll still be aiming to carry that into Morocco. It’s still all sinking in really. I’m happy to get the world

KTM RALLY RAID 6 championship here in Portugal and hopefully, there’s a lot more to come.”

Delivering an excellent performance in Portugal, Luciano Benavides’ pace increased as the rally progressed. After delivering a top-10 result on the prologue, the Argentinian backed that up with fifth on stage one, followed by a fourth, then two consecutive third-place results. On the short, final 103km timed special on stage five, Benavides pushed hard to take the stage win and with it, secure his place on the Rally Raid Portugal podium in third.


Now, with just the Rallye du Maroc remaining, Benavides lies second in the RallyGP standings, three points ahead of third-placed Tosha Schareina.


HRC WSB 01The factory Honda HRC Team wrapped up the Aragón round of the 2025 Superbike World Championship with Xavi Vierge securing a pair of top-ten finishes in Sunday’s races, while stand-in rider Tommy Bridewell crossed the line 18th in both. Solid results for Vierge, but ones that still leave both him and Honda HRC hungry for more.

After a brief warmup in which the two riders made a few final tweaks and adjustments, it was time for the Superpole sprint. From twelfth on the grid, Vierge made a decent start, making up a position and pushing to close in on the top ten. Able to up his pace over the final few laps, he passed Bassani on lap seven. The Spaniard and the Italian continued to battle over the last three laps, but it was the home rider who came out on top, tenth across the line.

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As he continued to build experience at this track, a new one for him, Bridewell was lying nineteenth through the opening stages of this ten-lapper. Lapping within half a second of the rider immediately ahead over the first half of the race, the British rider kept his focus, and, making up one position over the course of this sprint, finished P18.

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The weekend’s final race ran in the early afternoon and in dry conditions, despite the threat of rain. From thirteenth, Vierge pushed to make his presence felt within a tightly packed group of riders. Holding the same position throughout the first half of the race, Xavi gained some ground in the latter stages, reaching the top ten and scoring another six championship points. Bridewell, twenty-second off the line, moved up one position and then tried to maintain a slightly quicker rhythm with respect to his Race 1 pace. Managing to set some faster lap times in today’s final race, the Brit was lying within a few tenths of Rinaldi mid-race. After the Italian entered the pit lane on lap eleven, Tommy lapped alone in the final stages, gaining another couple of places to again cross the line eighteenth.

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Having collated more championship points on Spanish soil this weekend, Vierge lies eighth in the general standings with 129 points, while absent Lecuona lies fourteenth with 90. The Honda HRC team now looks ahead to round eleven, taking place at Portugal’s Estoril Circuit on 10-12 October, which will be immediately followed by the twelfth and final round at Jerez Circuit in Spain (17-19 October).


hrc rally 1Monster Energy Honda HRC is set for a big push at Rally-Raid Portugal, the penultimate round of the World Rally-Raid Championship, running from 23–28 September.

The rally will see riders cover 2,367 kilometres across six demanding days, with 40% more timed special stages compared to the inaugural event in 2024. The action begins in Grândola, south of Lisbon, before heading east into Spain for stages two to four, where fast tracks and varied terrain are expected to test both skill and endurance. The competitors then return to Portugal for the closing stages, finishing in the heart of Lisbon.

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Currently third in the World Rally-Raid Championship standings, Ricky Brabec comes into Portugal in fine form after podium finishes at both the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and the South African Safari Rally. The 2020 and 2024 Dakar Rally winner has built consistent momentum and is eyeing victory in Portugal to keep his title hopes alive heading into the season finale.

Fourth in the standings, Adrien Van Beveren is looking to add to his 2025 Dakar podium and improve on his third-place finish at last year’s Portugal Rally.  After undergoing wrist ligament surgery following the South Africa round, he has focused on his recovery and will be aiming for another solid points haul to climb the overall championship table.

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Last year’s inaugural Portugal Rally winner, Tosha Schareina, is eager to repeat history, this time buoyed by home fans as the race crosses into Spain. After securing second place at Dakar and third in Abu Dhabi, his campaign was interrupted in South Africa by a hand injury that forced an early withdrawal. However, his recent victory at the Sertões Rally confirmed his return to full fitness, and he enters Portugal with confidence and determination.

A consistent challenger, Howes achieved a best result of fourth in Portugal in 2024. He is aiming to step onto the podium this year and close out the season with a strong showing aboard the Honda CRF450 RALLY on terrain he’s not used to, building momentum for 2026.

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Monster Energy Honda HRC touched down in Portugal midway through last week, using the extra time to make final preparations ahead of the highly anticipated Rally Raid Portugal.  The team put their Honda CRF450 RALLY machines through a productive shakedown test, ensuring everything was dialled in, before passing administrative checks and scrutineering at the Grândola bivouac today.

Competition officially gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with the prologue, a short but decisive 5 km sprint on gravel. While brief, the result will be crucial in determining the riders’ starting positions for stage one and could set the tone for six demanding days of racing across Portugal and Spain.

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With enthusiastic crowds expected along the route and strong local support in both Portugal and Spain, Rally-Raid Portugal promises a dramatic and pivotal chapter in the World Rally-Raid Championship season.

Monster Energy Honda HRC enters the rally with clear ambitions: to fight for stage wins, secure maximum points and keep the team firmly in contention for the championship crown as the series heads toward its grand finale.

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yama rc 1The Yamalube YART Yamama EWC Official Team of Marvin Fritz, Karel Hanika, and Jason O’Halloran were crowned the 2025 FIM Endurance World Champions as they finished second at the title-deciding Bol d’Or in one of the most dramatic climaxes to a championship ever, securing the title by just one point after a sensational three-way battle, and in the process also ensured that Yamaha lifted the FIM Endurance World Championship for Manufacturers for the second year in a row.

YART arrived in France for the 88th edition of the legendary endurance race, leading the FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) standings by one point from the BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team (BMW). The Austrian squad qualified in fourth to secure another three points, but they conceded a point to BMW, who qualified in second, meaning they would start the race level on points in what would prove to be a thrilling EWC season finale.

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Fritz took the first stint at Circuit Paul Ricard, and after a good start, settled into a superb rhythm. He handed over to Hanika in fourth, but it did not take long for the Czech rider to close the gap and get involved in a magnificent battle for third with BMW. O’Halloran took over, and the team continued to push, knowing every second counted. After two hours, they were third and had opened up a gap over BMW of over 40 seconds.

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As the race progressed, YART started to fall back into the clutches of their rivals, and at the front, the Yoshimura SERT Motul team (SERT) were also bringing themselves into title contention. Showcasing just how close the racing was, Fritz and Hanika enjoyed some superb on-track battles, with less than half a second separating the YART and BMW teams at the 7-hour mark. 

Unfortunately, an issue with a loose fairing saw YART have to spend extra time during three pit stops to try and fix it, conceding over a minute. This saw them drop back to fourth, but they never gave up. Hanika and Fritz went back-to-back for a few stints during the night, as their pace was slightly quicker than their teammate O’Halloran, due to the fact that the Australian had never ridden at the track before the Private Practice sessions on Tuesday.

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At the eight-hour mark, YART were third, securing another eight points, but once again, they conceded a point to BMW, and two to SERT. It was the same result at the 16-hour mark, with the race turning into an enthralling three-way battle for the title, although YART knew they just needed to finish in second, ahead of BMW, even if SERT won, to be crowned champions. 

YART kept pushing, showcasing their famous “never give up” attitude, and all three riders, despite suffering from a severe stomach bug, continued to push as hard as they could. As dawn broke on Sunday, Hanika was so sick that O’Halloran and Fritz went back-to-back for three hours to let him recover, with the trio showing remarkable fortitude to battle through the pain barrier.

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As the hours ticked down, despite their best efforts, it looked like YART would have to settle for third in the race and second in the championship, but with the glorious sunshine at Circuit Paul Ricard replaced by threatening storm clouds on Sunday, adding an element of uncertainty to the mix. Then, with just 30 minutes to go in the race, the whole championship was thrown on its head.  

In a dramatic turn of events, BMW suffered an engine failure, meaning that YART inherited second place, and were now heading the overall standings, but only by one point from race leaders SERT. Hanika handed over to O’Halloran for the final stint with just 20 minutes on the clock, two laps down on SERT, knowing they effectively just had to finish the race to be crowned champions, but just as he headed out, rain started to fall, adding to the pressure as they also knew that one mistake could cost them the title. 

As the final seconds ticked down, the team watched on nervously from the garage, but the nerves turned to joy as O’Halloran brought the Bridgestone-shod R1 home in second after completing 725 laps to spark wild celebrations and deliver YART their third EWC title by the closest points margin in history, to add to their trophies from 2009 and 2023. 

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It also meant that Fritz, who had extra reason to celebrate after getting married a week before the race, and Hanika became double EWC champions, while O’Halloran secured his first title in his debut season with YART. Fuelling the celebrations even further was the fact that YART’s efforts also meant that Yamaha had claimed back-to-back FIM Endurance World Championships for Manufacturers.

It was an unfortunate race for the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 of Florian Marino, Alessandro Delbianco, and Jérémy Guarnoni, who were looking to secure back-to-back podiums at the Bol d’Or, and they were on course for a top-six finish after a strong start before unfortunately being forced to retire due to a technical issue.

In the FIM Endurance World Cup, Team 18 Pompiers Igol CMS Motorstore produced an incredible performance to finish in sixth overall and fourth in class, and there was more success for Yamaha in the FIM Endurance World Trophy as Team Moto Ain secured the class victory. However, the championship leaders, Team Supermoto Racing, unfortunately missed out on the title after having to retire from the race, but still finished in second, meaning Yamaha also won the FIM Endurance World Trophy for Manufacturers.


ktm mx 1Simon Laengenfelder has won the 2025 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship after finishing 2nd at a busy, hot and storm-hit Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex for the Grand Prix of Australia and the final round of the season. The 21-year-old became the second German #1 in the MX2 class for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and the first for his country in FIM motocross competition since 2011. Lucas Coenen ruled the MXGP division in Darwin and the 18-year-old caps an outstanding and record-breaking debut year in the premier class as runner-up.

MXGP jetted from a sweltering Chinese Grand Prix to another humid and challenging tropical climate: this time in Australia’s northern territories and to the confines of the new Hidden Valley Motorsports motocross circuit. The track was clay-based, sandy and hard-packed in sections and suitably spectacular. The complex was surrounded by a large attendance as the world championship arrived back in the country for the first time since 2001.

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Red Bull KTM still had chances of MXGP and MX2 titles in Australia. Lucas Coenen faced a 47-point deficit with 60 points on offer and Simon Laengenfelder led defending #1 Kay De Wolf by 16 points in MX2. The team had Jeffrey Herlings in bright form with consecutive wins in the Netherlands, Turkey and China while the MX2 trio had banked three of the last four rounds. The Grand Prix began on Saturday with Coenen escaping to win the qualification heat while Herlings was P7. In the MX2 class Sacha Coenen, Laengenfelder and Andrea Adamo were P2, P4 and P5 respectively.

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On Sunday the Grand Prix was severely affected by weather. The first motos took place in dry conditions and in front of a bustling crowd. Coenen repeated his authority from Saturday and, after his 13th holeshot of the term, eased to his fourteenth moto victory of the season, with Herlings in 2nd place. 4th position for Romain Febvre meant that Coenen solidified his position as official runner-up for the year. In MX2 there was drama as Laengenfelder clashed with title rival De Wolf but still finished P2. Adamo was P6 and Coenen fell on his way to P13. The young Belgian was determined to end 2025 in a more positive fashion in the second moto, and seized his seventeenth holeshot. Laengenfelder again hit the soil in the first laps and his world title seemed under threat but then a tropical storm washed through the area and flooded the track. Laengenfelder kept going through the deluge and when the red flag was shown he was 6th for P2 overall, and placed both hands on the gold number plate. Adamo had already retired and ranked 11th on the day (for the bronze medal in the championship) while Coenen’s recovery allowed him to sign-off his second GP term with P4 and the same standing in the points table.

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The track state forced the second MXGP moto to be scrapped. Therefore, Lucas Coenen increased his GP win column number to five and 13 podiums while Herlings pulled a curtain on 2025 with his sixth rostrum and fourth trophy in a row, having already won five GPs in fifteen appearances.

2025 has involved 20 Grands Prix, 40 motos (39 in MXGP) and 20 Qualification Heats. In the MXGP category, with the KTM 450 SX-F, Red Bull KTM have aced 10 GPs, 22 moto wins and 12 Quali races. Coenen and Herlings have tallied 19 podium finishes for the year. In MX2, with the KTM 250SX-F, Red Bull KTM have filled three of the top four final championship slots. The team have won 12 GPs, clinched 23 motos and 9 qualification races. Adamo, Coenen and Laengenfelder captured 34 trophies. On 12 occasions there was more than one Red Bull KTM rider on the podium and the trio lined all three steps at the Grands Prix of France and China. Red Bull KTM won both categories on the same day at seven GPs in 2025.

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The Motocross of Nations is the traditional season closer. For the second time since 2022 it will take place on American turf and more than 30 nations will travel to the Ironman circuit near Crawfordsville on the first weekend of October. Red Bull KTM will have four of their current Grand Prix racers active in the USA.

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