MXGP

Afyonkarahisar (Türkiye), 5th September 2026 – The slick, hard pack surface of the Afyon Motor Sport Center saw two tough Qualifying Races today with sunshine and some medium strength winds drying the circuit out rapidly towards the end of the Saturday programme at the MXGP of Türkiye!

The MXGP Qualifying Race was kept close at the top for the entire race, but Jeffrey Herlings finally put a stunning pass on his Honda HRC Petronas teammate Tom Vialle to take the win away on the penultimate lap, while the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP machine of Tim Gajser was also close to the top in taking third place. The win puts “The Bullet” even closer to being able to clinch the World Championship in tomorrow’s opening MXGP race!

In MX2, Guillem Farres made a much earlier pass for the lead, and brought it home from there for his second Qualifying Race win for the Triumph Racing Factory Team, building his points advantage slightly over Sacha Coenen, who finished second for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing. Liam Everts continued his good run of form with third for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing.

The MX2 title battle continues to be close at the top, but Herlings could become World Champion for the first time in five years if he finishes ahead of Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Romain Febvre in race one tomorrow!

MXGP Start Afyonkarahisar 2026

Jeffrey Herlings continued to show his dominance of the MXGP field with the top time in both Free Practice and Time Practice sessions, but the lap for the first gate pick came right at the end of the session, just unseating Tim Gajser by seven tenths of a second. Romain Febvre was third quickest ahead of surprise packages Jeremy Seewer on the Venrooy Racing KTM, and Jan Pancar on his TEM JP253 Racing KTM.

However, from the sixth gate pick, Tom Vialle carved across the outside of Gajser, who had out-jumped Herlings out of the gate, although the series leader held a tight line to charge into the second corner third behind the Frenchman and the Slovenian, as Febvre and Seewer gave chase!

Seewer was quickly passed by sole Red Bull KTM Factory Racing warrior Andrea Adamo for fifth, and the third Honda HRC Petronas of Ruben Fernandez also got past the Swiss veteran. The Spaniard was able to pass the Italian on lap three for fifth.

Up front, Herlings sneaked to the inside of Gajser as they charged into the split lane section, grabbing third halfway around the opening lap! He soon caught up to Vialle, but the three-time MX2 winner here has remembered the perfect racing lines and was not making any mistakes for his Dutch teammate to pounce upon!

Further back, Pauls Jonass had run off-track to the outside of turn one, but fought through the pack well to claim ninth for Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP, while Alberto Forato took the final point in tenth on his return to action for Fantic Factory Racing MXGP.  They were both assisted by a big crash for Fernandez on lap ten, and the Spaniard rode off the circuit in pain.  We all hope he is healthy enough to compete tomorrow.

That promoted Adamo to fifth place, his best Qualifying Race result ever in Türkiye!  Pancar made a last lap pass to take sixth place from Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team rider Calvin Vlaanderen, with Seewer in eighth.

Herlings continued to press Vialle, and got close again with three laps to go. On the penultimate lap, after being thwarted in an outside passing attempt around a 90-degree left-hander, he made a cutting outside to inside move through a right-handed hairpin that snatched the lead away from his teammate! 

Gajser and Febvre were lurking, but they would finish third and fourth respectively, while Vialle attempted a last lap run to reclaim the lead, but Herlings was able to hold on by just over a second, making it five Qualifying Race wins in a row, and his 15th race win in succession! 

This leaves the points gap at the top at 146 points between Jeffrey and Romain, and if he is 145 ahead after race one tomorrow then he can be crowned World Champion for the sixth time! Finishing ahead of Febvre will be the goal for Herlings, although it’s likely that he will just want to keep his streak alive and win the title in style! 

Make sure you tune in tomorrow for just that little bit of Motocross history!

Jeffrey Herlings: “I had a quite okay start, it was a little bit off. I managed to pass Febvre in the first turn, also Tim Gajser somewhere in the first lap and I was stuck behind Tom. He was riding really good. He didn’t ride dirty, but he just had the perfect lines. He is my teammate also and I respect him, so I didn’t want to put any dirty moves. With two laps to go I had to do something, I didn’t touch him, but I had to go in a bit harder. Nice to sit on pole for tomorrow’s race, it’s an important race for me. Let’s go into tomorrow and do our best and work from there.”

Tom Vialle: “I felt good to be honest. Great start again and I think my pace was fine. It was tough, I mean Jeffrey, Tim and Romain behind me the whole moto. Unfortunately Jeffrey got me at two laps to go, so hopefully tomorrow I can handle him a little bit longer.”

Tim Gajser: “I felt the whole day quite good on the track. The track was starting to get quite hard now for qualifying race, but decent start and I was there. Then I was just a little bit too defensive on the first couple of laps, where Jeffrey passed me. Then I picked up the speed of him and Vialle. Pretty happy with the riding, but tomorrow is a new day!”

1. Tom Vialle; 2. Tim Gajser

MXGP - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), 25:10.790; 2. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:01.046; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:02.151; 4. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:05.181; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:32.721; 6. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:34.506; 7. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Ducati), +0:34.889; 8. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KTM), +0:39.045; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Kawasaki), +0:40.082; 10. Alberto Forato (ITA, Fantic), +0:41.377

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 805 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 659 p.; 3. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 619 p.; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 566 p.; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 528 p.; 6. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 505 p.; 7. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 502 p.; 8. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 449 p.; 9. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 428 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 335 p.

Guillem Farres

Liam Everts was the fastest rider in Free Practice ahead of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing duo Simon Längenfelder and Sacha Coenen. Coenen took the first gate pick, however, with a time just a quarter of a second up from Triumph Factory Racing Team’s Camden McLellan. next came Everts and Längenfelder, with series leader Guillem Farres lining up in fifth.

Sacha used that inside gate to great effect with a trademark Holeshot, with Everts and Farres disputing second through the second corner, while Längenfelder had to deal with the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 rider Janis Reisulis in a battle for fourth. McLellan was behind Janis’ brother and teammate Karlis Reisulis, but pulled a nice outside to inside pass to get through to sixth, then took advantage of Janis running wide to take fifth down the next straight.

Farres had gone around the outside of Everts to claim that second place, and with a stunning turn of speed he chopped across the front of Coenen to lead halfway around the opening lap!

From there, all of the passing was being done further down the pack, as Scott Smulders enjoyed his first visit to Türkiye with tenth for SixtySeven Racing Team, having made a mid-race pass on the Venrooy Racing KTM of Noel Zanocz.  In the same spot on the track, the braking zone into the corner that leads back to the start straight, Maxime Grau passed Karlis Reisulis to claim a career-best Qualifying Race finish of seventh for

Maddi Racing Honda ABF Italia. Between those battles, Ošicka KTM MX Team rider Julius Mikula finished in ninth place.  Janis continued to pressure McLellan, who was unable to get past Längenfelder, dropping over nine seconds back from the defending Champion to finish fifth ahead of the younger Latvian brother.

The German had a lonely race to fourth, ten seconds back from Everts. The Belgian closed in on Coenen, but finished a second and a half back in third place.  The top two in the series took first and second, pulling them both away from McLellan, who is now 15 behind the KTM man.

Farres took just his second career Qualifying Race win, extending his Championship lead over Coenen to 26 points.  This battle for the MX2 title is likely to run and run, and for sure McLellan will need better starts tomorrow to keep himself relevant to that battle.

We should be in for an enthralling day of racing tomorrow in MX2, and the MXGP of Türkiye is likely to make a big difference to the title tussle between three riders who have never been in this territory before!

Guillem Farres: “I got a bad start, but I made magic on the first lap as always. I was controlling the race and feeling great, the bike’s awesome, the team has done an amazing job and let’s keep it that way!”

1. Sacha Coenen; 2. Liam Everts

MX2 - Qualifying Race Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, Triumph), 25:20.146; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:01.837; 3. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:03.253; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:14.215; 5. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:23.330; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:24.413; 7. Maxime Grau (FRA, Honda), +0:46.806; 8. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:49.086; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), +0:59.204; 10. Scott Smulders (NED, Husqvarna), +1:05.348

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 759 points; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 733 p.; 3. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 718 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 681 p.; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 656 p.; 6. Janis Martins Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 592 p.; 7. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 476 p.; 8. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 414 p.; 9. Julius Mikula (CZE, KTM), 354 p.; 10. Mathis Valin (FRA, KAW), 352 p

All the photos from the MXGP of Türkiye will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE

SUNDAY:
09:40 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

Afyonkarahisar (Türkiye) 4 September 2026 – The 2026 MXGP of Türkiye was officially launched on Friday evening, as a packed Motofest Stage brought together riders, team personnel, federation leaders and national and regional dignitaries for an Opening Ceremony that carried all the energy of the racing to come for the Round 17 of the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Welcome remarks were delivered by Mr. David Luongo, President and CEO of Infront Moto Racing, Mr. Antonio Alia Portela, President of the FIM Motocross Commission; Mr. Mehmet Sadık Vefa, President of the Turkish Motorcycle Federation; Mr. Ahmet Ali Temurci, Director General for International Organizations and Foreign Relations at the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Türkiye; Hon. Av. Burcu Köksal, Mayor of Afyonkarahisar; Mr. Mehmet Taytak and Mr. Hasan Arslan, Deputies for Afyonkarahisar; and Dr. Naci Aktaş, Governor of Afyonkarahisar.

Each speaker welcomed the FIM Motocross World Championship paddock to Afyonkarahisar and underlined the pride the region takes in hosting one of the most important rounds of the 2026 season, in front of a crowd whose noise and enthusiasm set the tone for the entire weekend.

     
1. David Luongo; 2. Antonio Alia Portela

Before and throughout the ceremony, riders, officials and team members were invited to discover Turkish delicacies and local specialities, with food and drink served on the Motofest site in a warm and typically Turkish display of hospitality that gave the evening its unmistakably local character.

Once the ceremonial speeches concluded, the riders were invited on stage for the official family photo. Among them were Honda HRC PETRONAS trio Jeffrey Herlings, Tom Vialle and Ruben Fernandez, Triumph Racing Factory Team pair Guillem Farres and Camden Mc Lellan, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing riders Andrea Adamo, Sacha Coenen and Simon Längenfelder, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Liam Everts, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 brothers Janis Reisulis and Karlis Reisulis, Fantic Factory Racing MXGP’s Jörgen Matthias Talviku, Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul’s Kevin Horgmo, Venrooy KTM Racing’s Noel Zanocz and Venum BUD Racing Kawasaki’s Francisco Garcia.

With the photo taken and the stage lights still on, the MXGP of Türkiye was officially launched. Afyon now hosts what could prove to be one of the defining weekends of the 2026 season, with the MXGP World Championship title on the line for Herlings and the MX2 fight still very much alive between the leading contenders.

Racing gets underway on Saturday, with the MXGP, MX2, EMX250 and EMX125 fields all in action across the weekend.

LIVE TIMING – WEEKEND SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – September 5

SUNDAY – September 6

Catch all the racing LIVE on MXGP-TV! 

Saturday’s Time Practice (MXGP/MX2), the Qualifying Races (MXGP/MX2), and Races from all classes will be broadcasted LIVE on MXGP’s streaming service www.MXGP-TV.com, while results throughout the weekend will be available  HERE.

All the photos from the MXGP of Türkiye will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

LINKS

Infront Moto Racing

FIM

FIM Europe

MXGP Türkiye

AFYONKARAHISAR (Türkiye) 04 September 2026 – The 2026 MXGP FIM Motocross World Championships comes to the start of its final three rounds as we cross into Asia for the MXGP of Türkiye this weekend, as round 17 is hosted by the Afyon Motor Sports Center in the mid-western region of this historic nation that bridges two continents!

This GP could have its own historic context, as Jeffrey Herlings has put himself within reach of clinching his sixth Motocross World Championship, and his first for Honda HRC Petronas! The Dutchman has to gain two points on his nearest chaser, defending World Champion Romain Febvre, by the end of race one on Sunday to mathematically make himself impossible to catch. Even if that doesn’t happen, “The Bullet” is looking good to seal the deal by the end of the weekend.  We have a strong chance of seeing him become only the fourth rider to win his sixth world title!

The MX2 class is still very much up for grabs, as Spaniard Guillem Farres has just 25 points between himself and Sacha Coenen, with the Belgian looking strong here last year and fired up to close that gap! Farres’ Triumph Racing teammate Camden McLellan has caught up to both of them as well, so the closing rounds should see a pulsating title battle in the quarter-litre contest!

The EMX250 European Motocross Championship returns for its final round, with a few riders looking to bow out of the class in style before graduating in 2027, and the same can be said for the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing series.  Although those Championships are decided, they should still serve up some awesome racing in the heat of Afyon!

The entire weekend’s races will be broadcast LIVE on MXGP-TV.com, with the MXGP of Türkiye brought to you by Paul Malin, Lisa Leyland, and Ben Rumbold, while Saturday’s Time Practice sessions are also being broadcasted LIVE with Paul and Lisa.

The Turkish channel TRT will be broadcasting the event LIVE while below you can find a list of all TV channels worldwide that will air LIVE and delayed action, as well as the 26-minute Behind The Gate magazine show featuring the best moments from the races, exclusive interviews and more, will be available on MXGP-TV.com and via our TV magazine partners following the Grand Prix.

All you need to do is log onto www.MXGP-TV.com to check out the action, and possibly witness a landmark moment in Motocross history!

USA CANADA

CBS Sports Network

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 12:00 ET – Delayed

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 01:30 ET – Delayed

BRAZIL

Bandsports

Saturday 05 September 2026 – EMX 250 Race 1 – 14:40 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – EMX 250 Race 2 – 12:00 CET – Delayed

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

CENTRAL AMERICA

Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico

FOX ONE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

TUBI

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

Tubi México

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA(Except Brazil)

Youtube “Somos FOX”

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

EUROPE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Monday 07 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 09:00 CET – Delayed

Monday 07 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 10:00 CET  – Delayed

MAX

Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden.

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Monday 07 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 09:00 CET – Delayed

Monday 07 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 10:00 CET  – Delayed

BELGIUM 

PLAY SPORTS 3

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

CZECH REPUBLIC 

TV NOVA

NOVA Sport 1

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

ESTONIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

FINLAND

MTV MAX 

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 Finnish timing  – LIVE

FRANCE

Eurosport 2

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Monday 07 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 09:00 CET – Delayed

Monday 07 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 10:00 CET  – Delayed

AUTO MOTO TV

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

L’EQUIPE.FR

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

GREAT BRITAIN

TNT Sports 6

Sunday 06 September 2026  – MX2 Race 1 – 11:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 12:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 14:00 GMT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 15:00 GMT  – LIVE

ITALY

RAI Sport

Monday 07 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 14:30 CET – Delayed

Monday 07 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 15:30 CET  – Delayed

RAI Play

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LATVIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

LITHUANIA

Go3 Sport Open

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

Go3

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

NETHERLAND

NOS

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 23 August 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

SLOVENIA

Sport TV1

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

SPAIN

TVG2

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE

Agalega.gal

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

TURKIYE

TRT

Saturday 05 September 2026 – EMX 125 Race 1 – 15:55 local time – LIVE

Saturday 05 September 2026 – EMX 250 Race 1 – 15:40 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – EMX 125 Race 2 – 09:35 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – EMX 250 Race 2 – 11:25 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 local time – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 local time  – LIVE

ASIA

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

EUROSPORT ASIA

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE

Monday 07 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 09:00 CET – Delayed

Monday 07 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 10:00 CET  – Delayed

CHINA

TikTok China

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 12:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 13:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 15:00 CET – LIVE Stream

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 16:00 CET  – LIVE Stream

AUSTRALIA

STAN SPORTS

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 1 – 20:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 1 – 21:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MX2 Race 2 – 23:00 AEDT – LIVE

Sunday 06 September 2026 – MXGP Race 2 – 00:00 AEDT  – LIVE

All races on VOD

26min Behind-the-Gate Magazine Partners:

AMERICA

Latin America              You tube Somos FOX              Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Mexico                        FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

Central America          FOX Tubi                                  Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

                                    FOX ONE                                 Thursday after each MXGP 8:30pm

USA                             RACER                                     tba

USA                             CBS Sports Network                tba – Junior program only

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

Bosnia                         GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Croatia                        GP1                                         Thursday after each event at 20:15

Finland            MTV MAX                                Wednesday after each event 18:00                                                               Finnish timing

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                                  Thursday after each event at 20:15 

Turkey             TRT                                          tba

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

JIOSTAR                                                                       Wednesday after the event

INDONESIA                  Champions TV

AUSTRALIA

Australia                      Stan Sport                               Wednesday after each event

WORLDWIDE

Worldwide                  YouTube – MXGP TV               16 days after the event.

Worldwide                  Fuel TV                                   

LIVE TIMING – WEEKEND SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – September 5

SUNDAY – September 6

Catch all the racing LIVE on MXGP-TV! 

Saturday’s Time Practice (MXGP/MX2), the Qualifying Races (MXGP/MX2), and Races from all classes will be broadcasted LIVE on MXGP’s streaming service www.MXGP-TV.com, while results throughout the weekend will be available  HERE.

All the photos from the MXGP of Türkiye will be available HERE.

You can find the complete results HERE.

LINKS

Infront Moto Racing

FIM

FIM Europe

MXGP Türkiye

There is no denying, Honda HRC Petronas factory rider, Jeffrey Herlings has been relentless in the search of his sixth Motocross world title. Major injuries have cost him at least four titles, maybe even more, and while nobody wanted to see Lucas Coenen go out injured in England this year, the next man in line, Herlings, not only felt the pain for the Belgian, but understood, you have to be in it, to win it.

Now, as we head to the 18th round of the 2026 MXGP championship at the Afyon Motor Sports Center in Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye, “The Bullet” will be ready to add that sixth world championship to the five he already has.

Of course, a win will see him join the great Joel Robert, who for decades was the holder of the most world motocross championships and most Grand Prix victory, with six titles and 50 GP victories. Stefan Everts broke those records around 25 years ago, and in the last decade, it’s been Herlings who had broken records, with 122 GP wins.

He would become statistically, the third best GP rider of all time, only behind Stefan Everts and Antonio Cairoli, who have ten and nine world championships each. Everts has 101 GP wins and Cairoli 94. For Herlings, 2026 has been very good to him.

“We have won 10 GPs this year, out of 17 right now. Outside the DNFs, I haven’t been outside the top three in Sunday races. I was third twice, otherwise first or second, so I have been very consistent. It does bring some pressure in the team, but nobody spoke about the championship. There is a lot of experience, and we just focus from race to race. Now its time to think about the championship. We are now more than 140 points in front, so only an injury can stop us. We need to be smart, but when you are alive, everything is a risk.”

And while Herlings doesn’t forget how he got into this position, he also knows that those years of broken bones and championships lost, he has had seasons where he has been by far, the fastest man on the planet. His 2018 season is now being compared to this 2026 title fight.

“The second part of the year yes (similar to 2018). I am still ashamed that Lucas got hurt, because I feel like I got something from that. I am not saying I am beating him every single time, but I feel like I can fight with him now. I don’t know if he goes to the next three GPs, because the big rumour is he is going to America next year. It would be a shame not to race him in the near future, because at the beginning of the year, he was the man to beat. I beat him on occasions, but he started better than I was. 2018 I was better, but I feel like the competition wasn’t as strong as it is today. In 2018 I was only fighting a 32/33-year-old Antonio Cairoli, but now I am facing a lot of young guns, facing Lucas Coenen, Kay de Wolf, Tim Gajser. Romain Febvre. It was basically just me and Lucas winning motos. I think Tom won one and Tim won one. If you take away Lucas, I would have won almost all the races. Right now, I feel like 2018, but the beginning of the year, I was not on that level, but I feel like now, I am pretty close and I am almost 10 years older.”

And if he can claim title number six this weekend, he isn’t looking at hanging up the helmet. In fact, he is in deep discussions with HRC to extend his contact for more years and hopefully, with that partnership, also more titles.

“Sometimes, when I wake up in the morning and I am sitting in my garage, its weird, but I still have so much passion for doing it. Yes, I like money, I am not going to lie, but, at the same time, I am not racing for money anymore. I can have a great life if I stop tomorrow. At the same time, I still enjoy the sacrifice. I still want to be at the top. I have nothing to prove. I have won the most Races, the most GPs, without injuries, I probably had the most championships. Many times, I was leading by a big margin, so I have nothing to prove to anyone, but I still wake up every morning with the same desire to be the best I can be. Even now, we are considering extending the contract. I am like an old bulldog that doesn’t want to give up.”

Unlike the Fox Holeshot Award, the 2026 Acerbis Best Lap Competition is still live in MXGP and MX2 alike. One point separates Lucas Coenen and Jeffrey Herlings in the premier class, and Guillem Farrés can still reach Sacha Coenen in MX2. Both trophies are handed over at the MXGP Awards in Darwin.

Sixteen Grands Prix down, three to go, and the Acerbis Best Lap Competition is refusing to settle. In MXGP, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Lucas Coenen holds seven fastest laps to Honda HRC PETRONAS' Jeffrey Herlings' six. In MX2, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Sacha Coenen leads on eight from Monster Energy Triumph Racing Team's Guillem Farrés on five. With one point available at each of Türkiye, China and Australia, neither classification is mathematically closed.

MXGP: a season split in two halves

The MXGP numbers hide a clean narrative break. Lucas Coenen took seven of the first ten Grand Prix fastest laps of the season, a run through Almonte, Frauenfeld, Riola Sardo, Teutschenthal, Kegums, Montevarchi and Agueda that looked like it would decide the award before the summer was out.

Then Herlings arrived. The Dutchman has set the fastest lap at five of the last six Grands Prix, at Johannesburg, Loket, Lommel, Uddevalla and Arnhem, with only Romain Febvre at Foxhills interrupting the sequence. Coenen has not been quickest at a Grand Prix since Agueda. On current form the momentum belongs entirely to Herlings, and he needs to out-score Coenen by two across the last three rounds to take it.

There is history at stake for Coenen. He won the Acerbis Best Lap Award in MX2 in 2024 and again in MXGP in 2025, and a third consecutive title would be an unusual achievement across two classes. He is also the defending winner in the premier class, where he finished 2025 on eight fastest laps ahead of Herlings on four.

MXGP Acerbis Best Lap standings after 16 rounds

MX2: Sacha Coenen cannot be beaten outright, but he can be caught

The MX2 picture mirrors it almost exactly. Sacha Coenen had built a seven to one advantage by Johannesburg, then Farrés reeled off four consecutive Grand Prix fastest laps at Foxhills, Loket, Lommel and Uddevalla before Coenen answered at Arnhem.

The arithmetic is worth stating precisely. Coenen leads by three with three points left, so Farrés cannot pass him, but a clean sweep of Türkiye, China and Darwin would tie the pair on eight. Simon Längenfelder, the reigning MX2 World Champion and the 2025 Acerbis Best Lap winner with six, has managed just two this season.

MX2 Acerbis Best Lap standings after 16 rounds

Number worth knowing

Teutschenthal produced the anomaly of the season. Sacha Coenen's MX2 best lap of 1:57.905 was faster than his twin brother Lucas' MXGP best lap of 1:58.391 at the same Grand Prix, the only round of the sixteen so far where the MX2 field has been quicker than the premier class.

How it works, and where it ends

At the end of each Grand Prix, the rider who records the fastest lap in MXGP and in MX2 earns one point in the Acerbis Best Lap Competition. Nineteen Grands Prix, nineteen points per class, and the rider with the most at the end of the season takes the award.

Both trophies will be presented at the MXGP Awards ceremony in Darwin, at the close of the MXGP of Australia on 20 September, the final round of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship. The ceremony will be staged at Mindil Casino Resort and streamed worldwide on MXGP-TV, YouTube and Facebook.