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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 23 February 2022 – Infront Moto Racing is really pleased to announce that FMF Racing will continue to bring horsepower and torque to the FIM Motocross World Championship and the FIM-Europe European Motocross Championship confirming its long-standing status of official Performance Exhaust System partner of the MXGP, MX2, MXoN, MX Junior World Championship and EMX events.

Furthermore, FMF Racing is maintaining its position of Presenting Sponsor of the EMX125 Championship, the most successful and talent filled 2-stroke series in the world.

FMF Racing will not only be present alongside the racetracks of the MXGP/MX2 and EMX championships, but it will be actively involved in the competitions supporting a range of teams and riders, with particular attention to the whole Husqvarna Factory Racing Team program in MXGP, MX2 and EMX.

About FMF Racing: Established in 1973, FMF Racing is one of the most dominant and influential brands in the world of Off-Road Motocross Racing. Founded by Don Emler in his Hawthorne, CA garage, the brand’s steadfast dedication to supporting the sport, along with its athletes and partners, has earned the respect and loyalty of industry consumers and insiders.  From cutting-edge design to efficient manufacturing, sourcing, marketing, operations and distribution, FMF strives to elevate performance in every facet of the business. FMF Racing’s iconic red-and-yellow logo is still fueling the growth and passion for the sport of motocross nearly 50 years later. The family-owned and operated company also features top level world-class race teams that continue to dominate the podium at events around the globe. For more information, visit www.fmfracing.com.

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MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 22 February 2022 – The rescheduled MXGP of Great Britain is just days away and will kick-off the 2022 season of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Matterley Basin.

Take a look at the updated timetable and complete entry list for the MXGP, MX2, EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing EMX Open classes.

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Tickets for the MXGP of Great Britain are available HERE!

Infront Moto Racing is excited to reveal that the ticketing sales for the MXGP of Spain are now open!

The MXGP of Spain is back for 2022 as we head back to the intu-Xanadú in Arroyomolinos circuit for the third edition of the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid since the track was first introduced in 2020. 

intu Xanadú is located just 22 km from the centre of Madrid, nearby a commercial centre that offers everything from great shopping, food and activities!

Last season the Spanish Grand Prix was explosive. Not only was the action next level, but the fan support for their home heroes Jorge Prado and Ruben Fernandez, among others, and the atmosphere around the circuit made for an unforgettable weekend – and in 2022 we expect no less!

The Spanish GP is set to be action-packed from start to finish, as it has been for the past couple of years, with fans guaranteed the best action MX2 and MXGP riders, but also joining us for the weekend will be the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing and the WMX riders.

Enjoy the weekend with us and get your tickets for the MXGP of Spain – Click HERE.

MONACO (Principality of Monaco) 22 February 2022 – Infront Moto Racing is pleased to announce an extension of the TV partnership with Look Sport 3 to broadcast MXGP’s 26-min Behind-the-Gate episodes in Romania for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Look Sport 3 is the main motorsports channel in Romania and is also the exclusive broadcaster of some of the most important national and international series’, including National Rally, Super Rally, Hillclimb, Endurance circuit championships and MotoRC. The channel also broadcasts Formula1 and MotoGP races, among other motorsports.

Same as in 2021 when Look Sport 3 first joined the MXGP TV broadcaster, the channel will broadcast every episode of the Behind-the-Gate video magazine, following each Grand Prix weekend, with multiple broadcasts of each episode so Romanian motocross fans will never miss a moment from the FIM Motocross World Championship!

The 26-min magazine features some of the most exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, as well as race highlights and interviews with some of the top stars of the sport, giving an even better look at each Grand Prix of the season.

Infront Moto Racing are pleased to continue working together with Look Sport 3, bringing coverage of the FIM Motocross World Championship to Romanian fans!

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MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain) 19 February 2022 – Infront Moto Racing, FIM and local Organizer regret to inform that due to the severe weather conditions on-site in Matterley Basin, as a result of storm Eunice, the event will be postponed to next weekend.

Despite our best efforts and after numerous meetings with the Strategic Planning Group from Hampshire, made up of Winchester County Council, Police and Environmental Health, a government warning was issued due to the strong wind gusts experienced yesterday and forecasted to continue throughout the weekend.

Infront Moto Racing, FIM and local Organizer have decided to postpone the event on to next weekend. The main concern of Infront Moto Racing and all involved parties is health and safety of anyone attending the event be them public, riders, teams, workers and members of the industry.

The MXGP of Great Britain is being rescheduled to the following weekend, with the event going ahead on the 26^th-27^th of February. This means that any tickets bought for this weekend will be valid for the alternative date. Public areas will remain closed and will open in time for next week.

Infront Moto Racing would like to thank everybody on-site as well as the fans for their understanding as they continue to manage this unfortunate situation and look forward to starting the 2022 season next weekend.

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Due to the current situation on-site in Matterley Basin, the Event Organizing Committee will be monitoring the weather conditions over the next 10 hours and a final decision for the event will be made by 7am tomorrow morning. 

In case the event cannot go ahead this Saturday and Sunday, the race will alternatively take place the following weekend on the 26th and 27th of February. 

Tickets purchased for this weekend’s event will be valid for the alternative date. 

MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain) 18 February 2022 - Infront Moto Racing is pleased to share the 2022 MXGP Official Guide featuring various information about the upcoming season, including detailed history of the FIM Motocross World Championship and more details about each venue featured on the 2022 racing calendar.

The guide also features the OAT (Officially Approved Teams) list along with the profiles of the reigning MXGP, MX2, WMX and EMX Champions.

You can find plenty of information, including statistics, our official 2022 partners and the worldwide television coverage, plus much more.

While the guide showcases the premier MXGP and MX2 World Championship categories it also features a wealth of information on the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations, the Women’s Motocross World Championship, and the European Motocross Championships including further details, such as the FIM rules.

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Yamaha Motor Europe is pleased to announce that Andrea Bonacorsi will replace the injured Thibault Benistant under the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 awning at this weekends' MX2 Grand Prix of Great Britain. The event marks the start of the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship, which will take place at the spectacular Matterley Basin circuit in Winchester, England, on Sunday 20th February.

Already a proven talent following a dominant EMX125 title campaign in 2020, in which he celebrated seven race wins, four overall victories and five podium finishes on his way to the crown, Bonacorsi was welcomed into the Yamaha Family at the start of 2021. After a strong rookie season in EMX250 in which he steered his GYTR kitted YZ250F to three podium finishes on his way to fourth overall, the 18-year-old has impressed, earning himself the opportunity to make his MX2 debut with the support of the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team. 

Hailing from Bergamo, Italy, the talented youngster will use the wild card experience as part of his preparation for the upcoming 2022 European Motocross Championship, which will start on the weekend of March 6th in Mantova, Italy.

Andrea Bonacorsi, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider: "Racing for the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team is really special and it's something I've always dreamed of ever since I was a kid. It really is a dream come true, and to get this opportunity to race at Matterley… it is one of my favourite tracks. I'm really looking forward to making my MX2 debut there, and I hope to bring home as much experience as possible!"

Alexandre Kowalski, Yamaha Motor Europe MX Racing Manager: "It has been a great pleasure to offer Andrea a chance to make his MX2 debut as a Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider. It is a symbol of our commitment to the next generation of young riders that are developing within our system. We already know Andrea is an incredible talent, evidenced by his EMX125 title and a strong rookie season in EMX250 last year, where he showed impressive strength and racecraft aboard his GYTR kitted YZ250F. Although he is still young, only 18-years-old, we are very optimistic that he can put in a strong performance at the MX2 opener this weekend. We also have to thank the Hutten Metaal Yamaha Official EMX250 team for supporting us and Andrea in taking this incredible opportunity and the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team for making it happen. Of course, our thoughts are also with Thibault, who has had a successful knee surgery last year and will be back on the bike soon. We are wishing Andrea, the team and all Yamaha riders a successful start to their 2022 campaigns at Matterley Basin this weekend."

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Dear MXGP Friends,

Here we are, in a few days, the gates will drop for the opening Grand Prix of the 2022 MXGP season at the beautiful track of Matterley Basin in Great Britain.

The winter break has flown by very fast this year as we were finally catching up the classic time frame of the calendar and the format of the Grand Prix that we were missing for two years. This season will see the comeback of the two day format that made the essence of the MXGP for the last decades. The fans will have the pleasure to have the return of the Saturday qualification race and the European classes will race their second heat also on Sunday.

The last months gave to all of us a much better situation in regard to the covid-19 restrictions and the Grand Prix of Great Britain will allow the maximum public attendance to the race. The festivities will start on Friday with the usual Opening Press Conference to present the novelties of the championship and the top riders and their teams. 

This season promises to be more open than ever. The defending champion, Jeffrey Herlings will probably miss some Grand Prix before he will be fully recovered from his injury. The motivation of the other favourites and top guns of the MXGP class will be at the highest! Tim Gajser, Jorge Prado, Romain Febvre, and the MX2 World Champion, Maxime Renaux, for his rookie season in MXGP will be full gas to gain the maximum points! In MX2, Tom Vialle, Jago Geerts, Mattia Guadagnini, De Wolf will probably be in position to lead but here again, every year bring new talents and it will be very  interesting to see Liam Everts on his rookie year. Kawasaki will start a new journey with Ice One as Husqvarna with Standing Construct, both are very professional structures.  

With 20 Grand Prix taking place in 15 different countries, the season will be long and full of surprises as every year. We will welcome back countries that were missing the MXGP for two years as Argentina, Portugal, Indonesia, Sweden, Finland. They will bring back a lot of different kind of tracks, that the riders will have to master to be crowned World Champion.

The last two years we were missing the public for many events, but we put all our efforts to keep the fans close to the actions with our TV coverage and our different social networks. We continued to grow. In 2022, we will continue our investments to promote MXGP and to increase its popularity worldwide with the same energy. You will be able to follow all the actions on our OTT platform, MXGP-TV.com and our TV broadcasters grid will be unveil very soon.

Most of the ticketing pre-sales are open for the upcoming Grand Prix, as for the Monster Energy Motocross of Nations. I can tell you that the demand is huge for normal and VIP Package tickets especially for our come back to USA!

We cannot wait to finally celebrate this season that could mark the beginning of our new normality!

Finally, I would like to thank FIM, FIM Europe, all our organizers, the MXGP partners, the teams and the riders, for their collaboration.

See you in Matterley!

David Luongo, CEO of Infront Moto Racing

F&H Kawasaki enters a new chapter this season as, for the first time since its creation seven years ago, the team will contest both MX2 and MXGP classes of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

The Dutch-based team has enjoyed success in the MX2 class, claiming the European title in 2019 and GP podiums every year since they entered the World Championship in 2018. For the first time this season the team will have one rider in each of the MX2 and the MXGP series, a new development which is welcomed by everyone in the team. Norwegian Kevin Horgmo joins the team for the first time in MX2, while Australian Jed Beaton returns for his rookie year in MXGP.
 
“The entire family took the decision to race two classes; we feel it will bring a fresh wind and new opportunities and we are really looking forward to the challenge. We had a great off-season; Jed is back with us and we are very optimistic, together with Kawasaki, that we can give him the opportunity to race up-front on the KX450 because he is a very talented rider. We achieved MX2 podiums with him, and we are happy to give him this chance,” explained team manager Nathalie Fase, who runs the team alongside her father Harry and is enthusiastic after the short winter break.
 
“With riders in two classes it will be different. We will need a new approach but we have less riders, going from three to two, so we can still focus on both; maybe it will be even better than with all riders in one class,” she added.
 
Marc de Reuver, a former GP winner who has been coach to the F&H team riders for several seasons, is happy about the preparation with both riders: “It’s going well; it’s even been a little less hectic than in previous years because we now have one MX2 and one MXGP rider so the focus is a little different. When we came back from Turkey last year we had a team meeting, and Harry the team owner suggested the idea to have one MXGP rider and one MX2 rider in 2022. We have had several really good years in the MX2 class and achieved good results but I prefer this solution; it’s a lot less stress.” Marc has already been acquainted with both riders for several years: “I have known Kevin already for a long time; in 2016 he was racing the EMX125 while I was also involved in a team racing that series so I saw him riding. Like most of the guys who are racing at the front in the EMX classes he has the talent to get good results and just needs everything around him to be in the right place. I’m confident for him; it’s coming, as we could see in the pre-season races. I like to work with riders who deserve a chance, and he really deserves it.” Marc is also enjoying working again with Jed Beaton, the man who secured the team’s first GP podium in 2018. “Me and Jed are good friends and I like to work with him. He has a good character; he never complains, he’s a hard worker and it’s good to have him back with us. I’m really happy.”

For Harry and Nathalie Fase, who have both been highly enthusiastic about motocross for many years and who also run their own business outside the sport, a new exciting era commences this weekend when the gate drops at Matterley Basin for the first of twenty rounds of the 2022 FIM World Motocross Championship. After two tough seasons due to the pandemic GP racing returns to the two-day schedule this year and the F&H Kawasaki Racing Team will be present with all of their long-term partners. “We keep the same partners; we have a strong and solid base which we have built since day one of the team. We have so many loyal partners and we don’t like to change; If it clicks it clicks and, even with the obstacles created by Covid, everybody continued to have faith in us and everyone has been really loyal on both sides during this difficult time. Now we can’t wait for the new season to start; to meet and work again with our partners at the races,” concluded Nathalie, who was pleased to see both of her riders battling for podiums during the pre-season races.
 
Kevin Horgmo: “It was a short offseason this year, but we had 4 good weeks on Sardinia and 2 preseason races which was good. It’s a good group of people working together in the team, and made me comfy on the Kawasaki already after some weeks of riding. Really eager to get to the GP’s!”
 
Jed Beaton: “The off season went well; we headed to Sardinia which was a first for me. I really enjoyed it there was a nice little island with many tracks, its feels good to be back on the F&H Kawasaki. I think the bike suits me really well and I’m adapting to the 450 nicely, I’m looking forward to the season ahead with goals of improving every round on my results and staying healthy all year!”