History was made in Magny-Cours on Sunday as Yamaha were crowned Manufacturers’ Champions in the FIM Supersport World Championship for a record 11th time, with the all-new R9 storming to the title in its debut season with three rounds remaining. 

It has been a dream first season for the new, three-cylinder ‘Next Generation’ World Supersport R9, which this year replaced iconic R6 that propelled Yamaha to 10 manufacturers’ titles. 

Having won the last ever race with the R6 in Jerez at the end of the 2024 season, Stefano Manzi (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) opened the R9’s account with a stunning victory in the Phillip Island season opener back in February, kick-starting what has proved to be a remarkable year for Yamaha in the intermediate class. 

Courtesy of Manzi and title rival Can Öncü (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing), the R9 has taken an incredible 14 victories from the first 18 races. As well as this impressive number of victories, the R9 has secured 30 podium finishes in the hands of Manzi, Öncü, GMT-94 Yamaha’s Lucas Mahias a replacement rider Alberto Surra, who took a remarkable podium finish on his race debut with Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing.

As well as showing as a proven front-runner in its first year, the R9 has also demonstrated its suitability as a platform to propel young talent forward with rookies Aldi Satya Mahendra (Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing) and Roberto Garcia (GMT-94 Yamaha) both impressing in the WorldSSP class this year with clear podium potential.

Manzi now sits atop of the WorldSSP standings by 69 points as he strives to secure his first world championship crown with Can Öncü in a comfortable second place. Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing and Yamaha BLU CRU Evan Bros Racing are locked in battle for team championship glory, with just 18 points separating them with three rounds remaining.

MXGP entered the final three weeks and last three fixtures of the 2025 season with a trip to the flat, hardpacked Afyon circuit hosting the Grand Prix of Turkey. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings won for the second race in a row and for the fourth time with his 2025 KTM 450 SX-F. Simon Laengenfelder was the overall winner in MX2 with the KTM 250 SX-F – the sixth time the German has stood on top of the box in 2025 –as the series waved goodbye to European terrain. Red Bull KTM ruled both Qualification Heats and all four motos in Afyon.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing began the run-in to the MXGP and MX2 title disputes with the annual trip to Afyon and the purpose-built facility in eastern Turkey. Flat, jumpy, and formed from hard-packed soil, Afyon is a familiar (elevated) site for the Grand Prix paddock after its world championship inauguration in 2018.

On Saturday it was a Coenen brothers show for the Qualification Heats. Lucas started brightly under stormy skies and won the MXGP sprint for the seventh time in 2025. Sacha grasped a customary holeshot on the KTM 250 SX-F and rode clear to his maiden MX2 Pole. In MXGP Jeffrey Herlings was runner-up for a strong 1-2 for the Red Bull KTM squad. In MX2 Simon Laengenfelder was 6th and Andrea Adamo scored 10th after a brief tumble.

Sunday’s motos followed the same trend. Coenen holeshotted and won the first race as Herlings ran to P2. The teammates swapped roles in the second outing as Coenen had to come back from a top five start. Herlings had edged clear to go 2-1 and claim the overall and Lucas came very close to relegating from title rival Romain Febvre but took P3 and a 1-2 for 2nd on the day. Herlings now has four wins for the year and has two on the bounce after acing his home Grand Prix two weeks ago.

Sacha Coenen holeshotted and controlled the first MX2 moto. Laengenfelder rose from the top five to earn P3 by the end of the distance, and Adamo had to recover ground to P8. While Adamo labored again in the second race (P9 after a crash), Laengenfelder made a better start and was able to win (the tenth time in a moto this year). Coenen was 4th and climbed the lower step of the rostrum for his sixth champagne bottle from the last eight meetings.

A maximum of 124 points remain in 2025. Coenen is 26 from the red plate in MXGP and is guaranteed a top three classification in his maiden season while Herlings is 6th in the standings and with possibilities to rise to 3rd. In MX2 Laengenfelder fronts Kay de Wolf by 12 points and Adamo is now 62 from the peak of the table.

The 2025 EMX250 European Championship is over. Gabriel SS24 KTM team’s Max Werner finished 11th overall in Turkey. Gyan Doensen missed the trip due to his left leg injury and ends his first season in the competitive feeder class with P6 in the standings.

The penultimate Grand Prix of the year will fire into life on Saturday-Sunday 20-21 of September for only the third trip to China.

Jeffrey Herlings, 2nd and 1st for 1s overall in MXGP: “Super-pleased with this win. For a Dutch rider it’s a difficult track; one of the most difficult and very hard to pass but we managed to get it done and the weekend went better than I expected. We made some good changes for the elevation so a shout out to KTM for providing me with such a good bike. 111 now, so let’s go to China and to the final two. Let’s try and finish the year as strong as we can.”

VHR VRT Yamaha Official EMX250 team’s Janis Reisulis has been crowned 2025 EMX250 European Champion after finishing as runner-up in Race One at the final round in Turkiye. The victory marks a second major career milestone for Reisulis, who won the EMX125 European Championship back in 2023, with both titles achieved aboard Yamaha machinery. 

The talented Latvian was undoubtedly the class of the field this season. Leading the series since the third round in Italy, the now two-time EMX Champion has picked up five overall victories so far, along with securing two additional podium finishes. 

With one race remaining in this year’s championship, set to take place tomorrow, the GYTR-kitted Yamaha YZ250F racer is well-positioned to add more silverware to his growing trophy collection following today’s decisive second-place finish in Race One. 

On his way to securing the 2025 EMX250 European Championship, Reisulis has also claimed the Manufacturers Championship title for Yamaha, marking the brand’s sixth success in the prestigious series, and the fourth in the last five years. 

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Manuel Lettenbichler has delivered another exceptional performance in his 2025 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship campaign, finishing as runner-up at the Abestone Hard Enduro in Italy. Racing his KTM 300 EXC, Mani battled through the steep and technical terrain of Tuscany to secure the second step of the podium at round three and maintain his championship lead.

Held in the mountains of Tuscany, close to the town of Abetone, Saturday’s Sprint Race determined the start order for Sunday’s main event. The Gold class riders face a one-hour hard enduro that delivered a variety of terrain including forest tracks, river beds, and challenging rocky climbs.

After one hour, riders within 15 minutes of the leader then had to take on the X-Loop section – a punishing 500-meter course located in the ski resort itself. Lettenbichler followed home closest rival Billy Bolt to take second place and ensure a favorable start position for Sunday’s main event.

The Gold Final on Sunday followed a similar format to the sprint, but challenged riders for a grueling two hours before directing them into the X-Loop section. With multiple laps of tough natural terrain ahead of him, Lettenbichler started strong, slotting in behind Bolt for the opening couple of laps before moving ahead and opening up a narrow advantage.

What then followed was a battle between the two championship contenders that went right down to the wire. With the lead swapping multiple times in the forest, the race was ultimately decided in the X-Loop section where Bolt got the upper hand, despite a last-minute attack by Mani.

Coming away with a hard-fought second-place result, Lettenbichler continues to lead the 2025 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship with four rounds left to contest.

Manuel Lettenbichler: “What a race! We were swapping the lead at the front so often, and Billy rode really well, so congrats to him. I haven’t enjoyed a battle like this for a long time. I almost had him at end, we ran into each other when I tried to make a block pass, but it wasn’t quite enough. I think it’s clear by the lead that the two of us opened up over the rest of the field that we’re both at the top of our game. If this carries on for the rest of the season, with the two of us fighting this hard for the top step of the podium, it’s going to make the championship very exciting.”

Enea Bastianini was the action catalyst for the Catalan Grand Prix and the fifteenth round of the current MotoGP season. The Red Bull KTM Tech3 rider pushed up to 3rd place and captured his first podium of the year at a cloudy but sweltering Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today as Red Bull KTM Factory Racing‘s Pedro Acosta rode to 4th. In Moto3™ KTM confirmed the Constructors title for the second time in three years and have won all fifteen races of 2025 to-date.

Red Bull KTM topped MotoGP Practice on Friday and placed three Red Bull KTM RC16s motorcycles in the top six of the Saturday Sprint at the low grip and high tire-wearing Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Expectations were high for the 24-lap Grand Prix on Sunday with Pedro Acosta starting in 5th, Enea Bastianini in 9th and Brad Binder in 11th with Maverick Viñales doing his best to compete with limited left shoulder flexibility launching from 22nd.

 Three Red Bull KTM riders went for the same tire selection except for Acosta who elected for a soft rear and the immediate traction advantage helped the Spaniard run within half a second of the lead for the first quarter of the GP. Bastianini moved quickly up to P4 and was right behind his brandmate. Binder hovered on the edge of the top ten but lost control into Turn 7 on lap eight.

 Acosta’s gamble for the podium faded by mid-race as Bastianini powered forwards. Meanwhile Viñales was bravely making laps within the points-scoring bracket. Enea briefly kept in touching distance of the two riders ahead but then had to consolidate his speed and was comfortably 3rd, almost ten seconds ahead of Pedro who was focused on the flag. Red Bull KTMs occupied P3, P4 and P13 by the finale.

4th represents Acosta’s sixth top five result from 15 rounds this season and he sits 5th in the championship standings. Binder is 11th, Bastianini is up to 12th and Viñales is 15th.

 MotoGP moves to the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli for the San Marino Grand Prix next week.

Brad Binder, DNF and 11th in the championship standings: “For some reason I didn’t get off the line well. I was mugged into Turn 1 and then pushed through the field to try and catch-up. Everything was working incredibly well. The bike was amazing…but braking into Turn 7 and as I cut back for the corner I must have touched the white line. It was enough to close the front. A bit of a pity because I felt really good. We have to take the positives of the weekend and I think with a ‘normal’ weekend we can be really strong again.”

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia has once again asserted his dominance at the 6DAYS FIM Enduro of Nations, claiming a record-breaking fifth consecutive overall individual victory. Competing for Team Spain aboard his KTM 250 EXC-F, the reigning EnduroGP World Champion delivered another masterclass performance over six demanding days at the 6DAYS Italia.

Kicking off the week in commanding style, Garcia topped the individual timesheets on day one, setting the pace through the rain-hit Italian terrain. The Spaniard built momentum fast, going on to win days two and three to establish an early advantage in the overall standings. Despite a finger injury sustained during day four, Garcia fought through the pain to remain competitive, narrowly conceding the day win to rival Andrea Verona.

Thursday saw the return of the rain in Bergamo, making for extremely demanding conditions and as a result, the action was reduced to just four tests. Bouncing back strong, Garcia delivered another winning ride on day five, extending his lead ahead of Friday's traditional final motocross test.

With a 40-second buffer going into the final race, Josep just had to stay out of trouble to secure the event victory. A tough start saw the Spaniard complete the first lap just inside the top 10. From there, Josep increased his pace to move up through the field and ultimately finish sixth at the checkered flag to secure the overall individual 6DAYS win.

Josep Garcia: “The 2025 6DAYS is over. It was a really good event for me; I won four out of the six days. I had a problem on day four when I hit my finger in one of the chicanes and hurt it quite badly, but thankfully, I was able to carry on and complete the day. It’s a dream come true to win my fifth consecutive overall, I just need a World Trophy win now, and you can be sure Team Spain will be back next year to fight for that. Now, I have some time to relax and celebrate, but then the focus returns to EnduroGP and the fight for the title.”

Home nation Italy took the honors in the World Trophy category, with Sweden finishing as runners-up, helped in part by KTM 350 EXC-F-mounted Max Ahlin. Team USA narrowly missed out on the podium in fourth, with strong performances from KTM riders Jonathan Girroir and Dante Oliveira contributing to the result.

In the Women’s World Trophy, KTM-mounted Brandy Richards took the individual win on her way to leading Team United States to victory – the third consecutive trophy win for the USA.

The Manufacturer’s Team Award went to Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Josep Garcia, Jonathan Girroir, and Dante Oliveira, with the second KTM team of Max Ahlin, Angus Riordan, and Grant Davis securing third with a strong performance on the final day.

The 2026 6DAYS FIM Enduro of Nations will be held in Portugal from 12-17 October.

Strength to strength for Luca Marini who backed up his best Honda Sprint result with his best Honda Grand Prix result to date. Recovering from early drama and fighting through to fifth, Marini leaves Hungary in fine form as Joan Mir’s weekend ends early.

With another lightning start, Luca Marini immediately found himself in podium contention as the 26-lap Hungarian GP began. But a flurry of incidents around him, including Bastianini sliding into the middle of the circuit, forced the Italian to stand up his Honda RC213V to avoid the multiple potential contacts. Sixth when the dust had settled, Marini remained there just behind reigning World Champion Jorge Martin for the majority of the race. The final laps saw the #10 lock horns with Franco Morbidelli, the smooth handling Honda getting the better of the Ducati and earning Marini fifth place. Improving on his best from Germany this year, this marks Marini’s sixth top-ten of the season.

Fourth in the Sprint and fifth in the Grand Prix, Hungary ends as the best weekend to date for Marini aboard the Honda RC213V and the first time a Honda HRC Castrol rider has achieved two top five results since the Sprint format was introduced. The results have Marini 13th in the World Championship with 72 points, also moving the Honda HRC Castrol team ahead of LCR in the Team standings.

Joan Mir’s race was complicated from the very start as the #36 found himself in the midst of the melee that was Turn 1. Losing early ground, he rallied to try and catch the group fighting for points but would fall on early in the race, pushing too hard and losing the front. Unharmed, he attempted to remount but was forced to return to the garage. Despite the unfortunate finish, Mir was able to once again regularly place himself in the top six and help further accelerate Honda’s return.

The pattern of 2025 continues, the MotoGP World Championship heading into a week off before Barcelona and Misano arrive as back-to-back races. Misano gives a final in-season test of 2025 before heading for four races across Asia and Oceania.

The Grand Prix of The Netherlands closed the western European chapter of 2025 MXGP. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing departed the rough sand in Arnhem with more acclaim thanks to Jeffrey Herlings sweeping the board with his KTM 450 SX-F as teammate Lucas Coenen finish 2nd overall. Andrea Adamo and Sacha Coenen classified 2nd and 3rd with the KTM 250 SX-F in MX2. The team have won in either the MXGP or the MX2 class in 13 of the 17 rounds of the season to-date.

• Jeffrey Herlings rules every session and moto at Arnhem for his third MXGP victory and fourth podium of 2025. The Dutchman now has 110 career GP wins and 16 on home sand
• Lucas Coenen recovers 10 points on his main title rival with his twelfth rostrum appearance of 2025 in his rookie term in the premier class. He now trails the red plate in MXGP by 31
• Andrea Adamo goes 3-3 for his eleventh set of MX2 silverware of the season (the second highest tally) and remains in the championship chase. Sacha Coenen finishes 3rd overall for his eighth podium
• Simon Laengenfelder recovers from adversity to take 6th overall and still leads the MX2 series by 15 points
• MXGP now moves further afield. A triple header of Grands Prix in Turkey, China and Australia will bring a quick end to the calendar, and the stint begins with the trip to Afyon in two weeks

For the second time in three Grands Prix, MXGP moved into the sand. The second consecutive weekend of action drew the paddock from the hardpack of Sweden to the compact and shifting surface of the Motorportpark Gelderland Midden. The venue first staged MXGP in 2023 and was won by Jeffrey Herlings in 2024. The meeting occurred under bright but cloduy skies both days as the course churned and evolved into tough bumps.

Saturday’s MXGP qualification heat belonged comprehensively to Jeffrey Herlings, who set off from P1 in the gate and was unchallenged. Coenen rode to 4th. In MX2 Andrea Adamo escaped to win ahead of teammate Sacha Coenen while Simon Laengenfelder had to pit after a first turn pile-up and qualified with 15th place.

On Sunday Herlings extended his run across the motos with bright starts and forceful early moves. The Dutchman led both 30 minute and 2 lap races from gate to flag. Coenen, in contrast, could not be as prolific off the line. He crashed on the inside of Turn 1 in the first moto and was mired in mid-pack in the second. On both occasions the young Belgian had to charge up the order and carve through the field to regain points. He arrived to P2 both times and was even drawing up to Herlings’ rear wheel in the second moto. The effort was rewarded with his eleventh overall top three from the last twelve Grands Prix.

Sacha Coenen holeshotted the first MX2 moto and finished 2nd to Kay De Wolf with Adamo taking a steady P3. Laengenfelder was outside of the top ten at the start but started to make his way back to th front until a late crash halted his progress and he ranked P8. In the second race Adamo kept his pace in another P3 slot ahead of Coenen in 4th and Laengenfelder in 5th. The trio therefore filled 2nd, 3rd and 8th on the day.

A maximum of 240 points remain in both MXGP and MX2 this year. Coenen is 31 adrift and Herlings could still make the top four in the MXGP standings. MX2 is closer. Laengenfelder’s advantage is a slender 15 over De Wolf and 38 from Adamo with Sacha Coenen in 4th.

The Netherlands hosted the penultimate round of the EMX250 European Championship. Gabriel SS24 KTM team missed Gyan Doensen as the Dutch youngster needed surgery to fix a broken lower left leg. Max Werner rode his KTM 250 SX-F to 23rd overall.

The flat hardpack of Afyon awaits MXGP in Turkey and then the long trek to Shanghai and Darwin for Chinese and Australian Grands Prix on successive weekends. Round 18 will take place on September 6-7.

Sixth place in the Hungarian GP for Franco Morbidelli, who is the best independent rider at the finish line. Technical problem for Fabio Di Giannantonio, who is fifteenth.

The Sunday of the Hungarian Grand Prix poses a challenge for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team, which puts up a good fight with Franco Morbidelli, finishing sixth in the race and top independent rider. Bad luck for Fabio Di Giannantonio, who started from the pit lane due to a technical issue.

Starting from fifth on the grid, Morbidelli was very close to the front in the first laps and fought for the podium positions. Franco finished the Hungarian Grand Prix in sixth place, heading to parc fermé as the top independent rider. After Sunday at Balaton Park, the #21 rider sits sixth in the World Standings with 161 points.

The front-row start slipped away for Di Giannantonio, who was forced to start from the pit lane on his second bike due to a technical issue in his first one. Despite a difficult start, Fabio showed good pace and managed to score a point by finishing in fifteenth place. With the result of the Balaton Park race, the #49 rider is seventh in the World Standings with 154 points.

The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team is back on track in two weeks for the Catalunya GP, that will take place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from 5th to 7th September. 

The 2025 Yamaha YZ BLU CRU FIM Europe Cup SuperFinale concluded in Uddevalla, Sweden, on Sunday with a thrilling finale as Nixon Coppins and Drew Stock secured victories in the YZ85 and YZ125 classes respectively. 

The day got underway with the YZ125 race and it was a frenetic affair, with Bertram Thorius taking the holeshot ahead of Hayden Statt, Drew Stock and polesitter Storm Maymann. 

Thorius had built a lead of over a second by the end of the first lap, with Statt and Stock lying second and third until Statt crashed out on the second lap, folding the front and rejoining in fourth position. 

Further drama would strike on lap five, as race leader Thorius crashed out of the lead. Remounting in fifth, the Danish rider was seven seconds behind new leader Stock. A determined Thorius pushed hard to bring the gap down, halving it by the end of lap eight before finding himself on Stock’s tail on lap nine. Re-taking the lead, Thorius found that Stock wasn’t going to let him get away. Putting up a fight, the British rider pushed hard to stay with Thorius, with an exciting battle ensuing which saw the leading duo touch at least once as the race came to its conclusion. The pressure was on, and after the coming together, Thorius tried to get away but another crash from the lead put pay to his victory chances with three laps to go. 

Meanwhile, after his earlier crash, Statt had moved back into the podium positions and was promoted to second following Thorius’ second crash. Again undeterred, Thorius tried to regain second place but Statt put up a fight to hold on for a British 1-2 with Thorius crossing the line third overall. 

Maymann, from Denmark, took fourth ahead of Spaniards Alejandro Torres and Jose Luis Moreno, who had been in podium contention until falling in the latter stages. 

British Lucas Moncrieff was seventh ahead of Szymon Masarczyk from Poland and Kay Zijlstra from the Netherlands. Israeli Tal Ovadia rounded out the top ten. 

There was little drama in the YZ85 class, as polesitter Nixon Coppins’ put in an almost flawless race for a dominant win. Narrowly missing the holeshot didn’t hamper the Yamaha Motor UK entered New Zealander, who took the lead in the first few turns and built an impressive 16 second lead by the time of the chequered flag. 

After taking the holeshot, Dutch up-and-comer Thijs van den Bogaard held on to second place, while Denmark’s Willads Gordon chased down Spain’s Ivan Vidal to steal the final podium spot in the closing stages of the race. 

Nael Lehmann of Switzerland finished fifth ahead of Austria’s Maurice Heidegger with Slovenian Leo Gasjer, Danish Lucas Taylor, Finnish Miska Laine and Dutch Brett Kastelijn completing the top ten. 

Stock and Coppins, together with YZ65 winner Tymon Andrzejewski will now be offered the chance to head to the United States for the YZ BLU CRU Cup World SuperFinale which takes place alongside the prestigious Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations at Ironman Raceway, 3-5 October. The top three from each category, plus two wildcards, will also be invited to the BLU CRU Masterclass later this year to fight it out for Yamaha Motor Europe support next season.