MX2

COZAR (Spain) 28 September 2024 – The 2024 FIM Motocross World Motocross Championships started its 20^th and final round today in glorious sunshine at the Cozar Motor Ranch in southern Spain, as a technical racetrack with a drying red clay surface presented a tough challenge for the riders in the RAM Qualifying Races at the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha.

Looking to tie up his second straight MXGP world title this weekend, his first to be decided at the final round and in his home country, Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing star Jorge Prado kept all of his fans happy with a trademark holeshot to chequered flag win, giving him just a tiny bit more breathing room for tomorrow’s races over his Championship challenger Tim Gajser, who was third for Team HRC.

The MX2 race started with a multi-rider crash in the turn one, but in-form Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing pilot Lucas Coenen was already in the lead and looking uncatchable, although his teammate and series leader Kay de Wolf kept calm and delivered a fine third place finish to maintain a healthy advantage in the points table.

Although his chances of a world title are virtually zero coming into Cozar, Jeffrey Herlings set the fastest lap time in both Free Practice and Time Practice for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, ahead of Gajser and Prado, with Jan Pancar showing impressive speed again for TEM JP253 KTM Racing with the fourth best time.

On the freshly groomed downhill start straight into a sharp left-handed corner, Prado made no mistakes and took his customary holeshot as Maxime Renaux ran wide on the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP machine. Jeremy Seewer was initially second for Kawasaki Racing Team, ahead of Alberto Forato on the Standing Construct Honda.  The Italian flinched slightly on the line, causing Romain Febvre of the Kawasaki Racing Team and Alessandro Lupino of the Ducati Factory MX Team to hit the gate and start from the back!

Herlings looked on a mission, however, and after a lunge up the inside of turn three to pass Team HRC’s Ruben Fernandez for fourth, tore around the outside of both Forato and Seewer to claim second halfway through the opening lap!  Gajser, meanwhile, had not started well, and pushed hard to get past Forato at the end of the first full circuit.  It took the Slovenian until the halfway point of the race to force past Seewer for third, but he was unable to get near the leading pair.

Seewer and Forato kept fourth and fifth to the flag ahead of Renaux, Fernandez and Fantic Factory Racing rider Glenn Coldenhoff.  Andrea Bonacorsi made a nice switchback move to take ninth place for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP, passing Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR rider Valentin Guillod, who took the final point in tenth ahead of the recovering Febvre.

At the front of the pack, Herlings looked to be reeling in Gajser before a massive moment on lap nine nearly saw the Dutchman crash off the track, but he saved it and closed in again on the Spaniard, to within a second and a half on the final lap! 

 “The Bullet” could not find his way through, however, and Prado took his sixth RAM Qualifying Race win of the season.  Gajser, having already won the RAM Driving Experience with the most Saturday wins for the year, finished in third and saw the gap to the reigning Champ rise to nine points. 

This means that if Gajser wins both races tomorrow, then Prado will need to take a second and a third place to retain his crown! The Spaniard’s form looks ominous for his competition, but the 2024 MXGP Motocross World Championship has shown that anything can happen in this sport, and usually does!

Jorge Prado: ”It was a very good day. Actually, these conditions are not my favourite track. It's unbelievable hard but yeah, we got the job done. It was the main thing, so I had to go, you know, I had to push for it not in my favourite conditions, but we are still making it happen. P1 today, let's go for two P1s tomorrow!”

MXGP - RAM Qualifying Race – Classification:  1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), 25:21.529; 2. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:01.069; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:06.981; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:12.881; 5. Alberto Forato (ITA, Honda), +0:15.165; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:20.152; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:23.797; 8. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:45.490; 9. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Yamaha), +0:47.179; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:49.050

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 953 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 944 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 904 p.; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 650 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 611 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 577 p.; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 550 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 428 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 360 p.; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, FAN), 319 p

Main Photo: Jorge Prado

Bottom Photos: 1. Jeffrey Herlings; 2. Tim Gajser

Lucas Coenen declared his intent with the fastest laps in both the Free and Time Practice sessions earlier in the day, with Mikkel Haarup again showing good pace with second fastest for Monster Energy Triumph Racing, as Simon Laengenfelder took third for Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing.

Coenen got his exit to the first corner absolutely perfect to jump into the lead ahead of Laengenfelder, before Quentin Prugnieres also edged ahead of the German to hold second place on his F & H Racing Kawasaki.  Meanwhile, Thibault Benistant collided with David Braceras and the pair hit the floor, giving David’s Fantic Factory Racing teammate Kay Karssemakers nowhere to go but to add to the pile-up. KTM SB Racing’s Jens Walvoort was also involved, while Max Palsson of Becker Racing fell in a separate crash!  Benistant would recover the best to finish 11^th for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2.

Coenen marched away, but his teammate De Wolf was marching forward, passing WZ Racing Team’s local boy Oriol Oliver, Laengenfelder, and on lap three completed a stunning move on Prugnieres to take second!

After his initial struggles, Laengenfelder, who is already confirmed as the bronze medallist for the year, rose back to prominence by also passing Prugnieres, then tucking to the inside of De Wolf for second on lap five. The top three would stay in that order as the Dutchman accepted a humble two-point loss to Coenen in the race.

Prugnieres held on for an MX2 career-best fourth place finish, ahead of the Triumph riders, as Camden McLellan took fifth ahead of Haarup after the Dane fell with three laps to go, but picked it back up in time to hold sixth ahead of Karlis Reisulis for Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2.

Eighth position went to Team HRC’s Ferruccio Zanchi after a late move on Oliver. The Spaniard slipped to tenth as outgoing World Champion Andrea Adamo recovered from a poor start to claim ninth on the last lap!

Coenen’s win drops the gap to De Wolf down to 34 points, so the Dutchman can take the Championship in race one tomorrow if he finishes fourth or better, even if the Belgian takes another race win!  On this treacherous track, however, things might not ever be that simple!

Don’t miss the final day of the series tomorrow, with the chance to see the World Champion of each class clinch their titles in tomorrow’s MXGP of Castilla La Mancha!

Lucas Coenen:” I need to do everything possible to get at least a chance at the title. Like now, I just rode my own race, I was smooth and didn't push. So, yeah, I mean, it was a good race. Tomorrow we try to do the same, get a good start and just do our own laps. And that's how it's done and maybe we get a chance for the title but at least I want to ride well.”

MX2 - RAM Qualifying Race – Classification: 1. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), 25:27.674; 2. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:16.605; 3. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:23.090; 4. Quentin Marc Prugnieres (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:23.739; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:24.370; 6. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:32.221; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:38.457; 8. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:41.007; 9. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:44.228; 10. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +0:45.860;

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 923 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 889 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 820 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 749 p.; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 663 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 634 p.; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 555 p.; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 456 p.; 9. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 401 p.; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 362 p.

Top Photo: Lucas Coenen

Bottom Photos: 1. Simon Laengenfelder; 2. Kay de Wolf

All the photos from the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

MXGP OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1550m

Type of ground: Hard Pack

Temperature: 27°

Weather conditions: Sunny

TIMETABLE 

SUNDAY: 09:45 EMX125 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

LINKS

Infront Moto Racing

FIM

Cózar

COZAR (Spain) 28 September 2024 – The 2024 MXGP World Motocross Championships reach their conclusion this Sunday as the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha holds Round 20 at the venue of Cozar in south eastern Spain, with both MXGP & MX2 World Championships still to be decided!

Reigning MXGP World Champion Jorge Prado brings a slender seven-point advantage into the final round in his home country, with Tim Gajser still in with a big chance of taking his sixth world crown after a back-and-forth Championship battle!

A new MX2 World Champion will also be crowned at Cozar, as Kay de Wolf holds a 36-point lead over his teammate Lucas Coenen, but the Belgian has won the last two GPs and in the frantic MX2 pack it truly is possible for anything to happen!

Both classes feature a large number of riders eager to take overall victory, for some the first of their season, while Spanish riders Ruben Fernandez, Oriol Oliver, and David Braceras are all keen to get the home fans behind them!

This weekend, long-time MXGP partner Sport TV Slovenia will be LIVE and onsite with a crew to follow their star rider Gajser in his bid for the title. National Spanish television station TVE will also be onsite to feature Prado, as will TVG with their own crew, broadcasting LIVE to showcase the final round after following the whole Championship this year.

See the listings below for the full list of TV channels that will air LIVE and delayed action of the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more.  All of this footage will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix.

As always, MXGP fans can follow the races LIVE throughout the weekend. All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com on Sunday, from wherever you are in the world.  Don’t miss the pulsating final round of MXGP 2024, as with the rest of the season it’s sure to be a wild ride!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday September 29th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 ET – Delayed

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 ET – Delayed

LATIN AMERICA

Direct TV

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 20:00 Argentina timing - Delayed

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 21:00 – Argentina timing - Delayed

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 22:00 – Argentina timing - Delayed

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 23:00 – Argentina timing - Delayed

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Sunday September 29th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

MEXICO

FOX SPORTS Mexico

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 04:00 Mexico timing LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 05:00 – Mexico timing LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 23:00 – Mexico delayed

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 24:00 – Mexico delayed

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS OPEN
Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3
Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

FINLAND

MAX

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 – Finnish timing - LIVE

 FRANCE

LA CHAINE L’EQUIPE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Monday September 30th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 – CET Delayed

Monday September 30th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 – CET Delayed

ITALY

RAI SPORT

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

EUROSPORT 2

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Monday September 30th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 – CET Delayed

Monday September 30th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 – CET Delayed

LATVIA
TV3 Sport Open

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

LITHUANIA
Go3

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

NETHERLAND
NOS

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

SLOVENIA
Sport TV1

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

SPAIN

TV Galicia

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

ASIA

Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
 

EUROSPORT ASIA

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

INDIA and Subcontinent (Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives)
 

VIACOM  - Jio Cinema

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 16:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 17:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 19:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 20:30 IST – Streaming

INDONESIA
CHAMPIONS TV

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

VIDIO

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

PACIFIC / AUSTRALIA
 

STAN SPORTS

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 1 – 21:00 AEST – LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MXGP Race 1 – 22:00 AEST – LIVE

Sunday September 29th 2024 – MX2 Race 2 – 00:00  AEST – LIVE

Monday September 30th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 01:00 AEST - LIVE

26min Behind-the-Gate Magazine Partners:
 

AMERICA

Latin America             Direct TV                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Mexico                        FOX Sports                              Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

USA                             BEiN USA                                 TBA

EUROPE

Albania                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Austria                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Baltics                          TV3 Sport Open                      Thursday after each MXGP

Belgium                       Play sports                              tba

Belgium                       SPORT TEN                              tba

Bosnia                         GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Croatia                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Finland            MTV                                        During the week after the event

Hungary                      GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Kosovo                        GP1                                        Thursday after each event at 20:15

Montenegro                GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Northern Macedonia  GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Portugal                      SPORT TV                                Tuesday after the event        

Romania                      Look Sport                               Wednesday after each event

Serbia                          GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Slovenia                      Sport TV                                  Tuesday after the event

INDIA and Subcontinent (Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives)
 

VIACOM 18                                                                        Wednesday after the event

INDONESIA                  Champions TV

                                    Moji

                                    Vidio

AUSTRALIA

Australia                      Stan Sport                               Wednesday after each event

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide                  Motorvision                            During the week after the event

Worldwide                  Redbull TV                               Race Craft and Vlog

Worldwide                  YouTube – MXGP TV               16 days after the event.

MXGP of Castilla La Mancha LIVE MXGP-TV.COM Timetable 

TIMETABLE 

SATURDAY: 09:30 EMX125 Free Practice, 10:00 EMX250 Free Practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX125 Qualifying practice, 13:00 EMX250 Qualifying practice, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:00 EMX125 Race 1, 15:45 EMX250 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 RAM Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP RAM Qualifying Race.

SUNDAY: 09:45 EMX125 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX250 Race 2, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

LINKS

Infront Moto Racing

FIM

FIM Europe

Cózar