MXGP

Uddevalla (Sweden) 10 August 2024 – The steep slopes of the Glimminge Motorstadion near Uddevalla began a three-week run of racing for the MXGP World Motocross Championships today, with the RAM Qualifying Races producing some more stunning action in both classes as the amazing 2024 season continues!

The day began on a high note with an amazing and thrilling airplane show that captivated the fans and set the perfect tone for the action-packed event ahead.

The MXGP class saw a closely-fought victory for red plate holder Tim Gajser, who not only extended his Championship lead for Team HRC, but advanced to seven wins in RAM Qualifying Races this season, meaning that he is close to winning the RAM Driving Experience for the most Saturday wins on the year.  His main title challenger, reigning World Champion Jorge Prado, was right on his tail across the finish line for Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing.

MX2 was witness to a brilliant battle at the front between Championship leader Kay de Wolf, who took his sixth RAM Qualifying Race victory of the year for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, and Dane Mikkel Haarup, who was close to his first race win for Monster Energy Triumph Racing.

Problems for Championship challengers Jeffrey Herlings and Lucas Coenen mean they have work to do to make up ground in tomorrow’s MXGP of Sweden!

Jeffrey Herlings showed his intent by topping the times for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in both Free Practice and Time Practice, leaving Gajser with the second gate pick ahead of Prado.

However, disaster struck for Herlings in the first corner, as he started on the fringe of the top ten but was unable to avoid a falling Calvin Vlaanderen, who slid to the floor on his Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP machine just as Fantic Factory Racing star Brian Bogers took the holeshot ahead of the warring Gajser and Prado, who swapped places twice on the first lap!

Herlings had to fight from way outside the top twenty, and started picking off several riders at a time to break into the top ten on lap six.  Gajser, meanwhile, passed Bogers for the lead on lap four with a committed downhill leap, and Prado followed past a few turns later on the first cambered corner! 

On a hard-packed, slippery circuit, Bogers then lost third to Kawasaki Racing Team star Romain Febvre, who would finish in that position.  Bogers only kept fourth after a spirited attack from Isak Gifting, who wore a viking hat and Swedish flag on the sighting lap to stir up the crackling atmosphere, fell short as the home hero clipped the Fantic’s back wheel on the face of the finish line jump and hit the ground hard! The Swede did well to salvage two points for JK Yamaha Racing in ninth, just ahead of Bogers’ teammate Glenn Coldenhoff.

Herlings advanced to a respectable seventh after passing TEM JP253 Racing’s Jan Pancar, earning himself 4 points to keep him within 44 points of Gajser in the Championship.  Ahead of them, Uddevalla winner of the last two years, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jeremy Seewer, moved past fellow Swiss rider Valentin Guillod for fifth in the closing laps. The Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR rider stayed in sixth, his best RAM Qualifying Race finish of the season so far.

At the front, Prado snapped at Gajser’s heels but could not make a pass! The final margin of victory was just 0.902 of a second, and the Slovenian knows that the Spaniard will be a handful tomorrow! The Honda man owes his entire points lead to his results in the Saturday races, however, and can now defend a 25-point advantage going into tomorrow, when Herlings will also look to make amends for his Saturday of struggles! It’s gonna be a hot one!

Tim Gajser:” I had a good start and Brian (Bogers) was in the beginning riding good, you know. It was not easy to pass, so I tried to manage to make a quick pass on him and then when I passed him Jorge passed him quickly after, so he was behind me the whole race. Towards the end, when we started to get to the lappers it was not easy for sure. But I’m happy with the win and hopefully tomorrow we can do the same.”

MXGP - RAM Qualifying Race – Classification:  1. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), 24:13.179; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GASGAS), +0:00.902; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:22.144; 4. Brian Bogers (NED, Fantic), +0:27.201; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Kawasaki), +0:27.534; 6. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Honda), +0:31.525; 7. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), +0:47.276; 8. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:48.518; 9. Isak Gifting (SWE, Yamaha), +0:51.681; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, Fantic), +0:53.888

MXGP - World Championship Classification: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 715 points; 2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 690 p.; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 671 p.; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 507 p.; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 485 p.; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 420 p.; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 413 p.; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 317 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 278 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 274 pMain Photo: Jorge Prado

Main Photo: Tim Gajser

Bottom Photos: 1. Jorge Prado; 2. Romain Febvre

Lucas Coenen had set the best lap in Free Practice for Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing, but in Time Practice it was Kay de Wolf who beat him to the first gate pick, with Mikkel Haarup looking fast in both sessions to come to the line in third.

Haarup backed up his pace with a fine holeshot, his first of the year on a Saturday, and started to build a lead as De Wolf struggled to make his way past Simon Laengenfelder on the Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing machine. Liam Everts worked his way to fourth for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing but crashed on lap two and had to fight back to an eventual fifth. Lucas Coenen was also fighting from an average start and took until lap four to pass Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 pilot Rick Elzinga.

By lap three De Wolf was on Haarup’s case, but the Dane, in the closest thing he has to a home GP, was not giving up one bit, holding back the Championship leader with superb determination. On lap ten De Wolf, who had a stunning line over an uphill step-up that cleared a trough of deep ruts, finally succeeded in taking the lead with a pass at the end of the Pit Lane straight.

A lap later, Lucas Coenen fought past Laengenfelder, and the two who are disputing second in the series finished in third and fourth ahead of Everts and Team HRC’s Ferruccio Zanchi. Sacha Coenen took seventh for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, while his teammate Andrea Adamo grabbed the final point in tenth with a last lap pass on the other Monster Energy Triumph of Camden McLellan.  Elzinga dropped to eighth, ahead of his Monster Energy Yamaha teammate Karlis Reisulis.

It wasn’t over for the lead, however, as Haarup picked up on De Wolf’s superior lines and used them, closing in on the red plate holder and nearly taking the lead back! They finished just 0.886 seconds apart, and there may be a few more Danish fans on the ferry to Uddevalla tomorrow morning!

The gap between the two Nestaan Husqvarna teammates is now 67 points in De Wolf’s favour, but if MX2 has taught us anything this season, it’s that the 2024 cast of characters can serve up any result possible!  Don’t miss the Grand Prix races from Uddevalla, in front of a noisy and energetic crowd tomorrow afternoon!

Kay de Wolf: “Haarup was riding a really good race and yeah it was a fun one. The track is really technical at the moment so I really enjoy racing this track and it's an amazing place. Really looking forward for tomorrow, hopefully we can have similar conditions on the track tomorrow and I’m sure we're going to have an amazing day again.”

MX2 - RAM Qualifying Race – Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 24:23.503; 2. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, Triumph), +0:00.886; 3. Lucas Coenen (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:08.263; 4. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GASGAS), +0:25.912; 5. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), +0:31.297; 6. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:33.263; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:38.103; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:46.744; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:49.408; 10. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:49.701

MX2 - World Championship Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 693 points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 626 p.; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 613 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 562 p.; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 474 p.; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 458 p.; 7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 432 p.; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 395 p.; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 259 p.; 10. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 255 p

Top Photo: Kay de Wolf

Bottom Photos: 1. Mikkel Haarup; 2. Lucas Coenen

​WATCH RAM QUALIFYING RACES HIGHLIGHTS HERE 

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

MXGP OF SWEDEN QUICK FACTS:

Circuit length: 1510m

Type of ground: Hard-Pack

Temperature: 20°

Weather conditions: Cloudy / Windy

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.

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UDDEVALLA (Sweden), 9 August 2024 – The MXGP of Sweden roared to life with an exhilarating start on Friday at the Torp Shopping Center near Uddevalla. Fans of all ages gathered to the well-organized event, eager to meet their favourite riders. While they happily awaited the stars of the show, the crowd was treated to a thrilling freestyle display in front of the mall from Elliot Gröndahl, keeping the energy high just before the signing session.

The media event saw a host of top riders making the short journey from the Glimminge Motorstadion, much to the delight of the gathered fans. Attendees had the unique opportunity to get up close with some of the sport's biggest heroes, including Jeffrey Herlings from Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre and Jeremy Seewer, Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado and Simon Laengenfelder, Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Rick Elzinga and Ivano Van Erp, Ferruccio Zanchi from Team HRC, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Mattia Guadagnini and Team Ship To Cycle Honda SR Motoblouz’s Kevin Horgmo,

Fans also had many local heroes such as JK Racing Yamaha’s Isak Gifting and JWR Honda Racing’s Alvin Östlund and Leoparden Racing's Leopold Ambjörnson, along with other Swedish talents including, Sandro Sols, August Frisk, Albin Gerhardsson, Casper Lindmark, Hugo Forsgren, Liam Hanström, and Arvid Luning.

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This fantastic signing session set the stage for what promises to be yet another thrilling MXGP of Sweden, as the passionate Swedish fans turned out in force to show their support and enthusiasm. The atmosphere was electric, marking the perfect kickoff to an unforgettable weekend of racing action in Uddevalla where the MXGP and MX2 class will battle hard along with supporting classes of EMX250 and EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing.
 

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Uddevalla (Sweden) 9 August 2024 – The 2024 MXGP World Motocross Championships comes to the three-quarter mark of the season at glorious Uddevalla for the MXGP of Sweden, as the first of three straight weekends of action gets underway!

The hard-pack circuit has thrown up some unusual winners in years gone by, and if anything this GP could be vital to the World Championship in both classes!

Five-time World Champion Tim Gajser still holds the MXGP World Championship lead, and will be looking to strike here before we return to the sand in a week’s time, while Jorge Prado, the reigning World Champion, has never won a GP at this circuit! Jeffrey Herlings, on blistering form, has to look back a whole decade to his last GP victory at Uddevalla, but do not count out “The Bullet” as he makes a charge to chase up the points leaders!  Jeremy Seewer is aiming to extend his two-year winning streak here, so could be a real fly in the ointment to the big three!

The MX2 class was won here last year by Simon Laengenfelder, and the German is on form again as he tries to chase down the Nestaan Husqvarna teammates Kay de Wolf and Lucas Coenen! Reigning World Champion Andrea Adamo won a race here last year and would dearly love another!

See below where you can find a list of TV channels that will air LIVE and delayed action of the MXGP of Sweden, 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 Saturday and Sunday, from wherever you are in the world.  The results of this round are tough to predict, so catch it LIVE to avoid the shock online spoilers! The Fight Is Still On!

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USA CANADA
 

CBS Sports Network

Sunday August 11 th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 10:00 ET – LIVE

Sunday August 11 th 2024 – MXGP Race 2 – 11:00 ET – LIVE

LATIN AMERICA

Direct TV

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

BRAZIL
 

Bandsports

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

MEXICO

FOX SPORTS Mexico

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

BELGIUM 
 

PLAY SPORTS OPEN

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

ESTONIA
 

Go3

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

FINLAND
 

MAX

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 18:00 – Finnish timing - LIVE

FRANCE
 

AUTOMOTO TV LA CHAINE 

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 15:00 CET Delayed

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

LA CHAINE L’EQUIPE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE. Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE Streaming

EUROSPORT 2

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 09:00 CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 10:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 11:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 12:00 – CET Delayed

ITALY

RAI SPORT

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 13:15 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 14:15 – CET Delayed
 

EUROSPORT 2

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 09:00 CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 10:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 11:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 12:00 – CET Delayed

LATVIA
 

TV3 Sport Open

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

LITHUANIA
 

Go3

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

SLOVENIA
 

Sport TV1

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

SPAIN

TV Galicia

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 19:00 – CET Delayed

ASIA

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

EUROSPORT ASIA

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 09:00 CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 10:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 11:00 – CET Delayed

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 12:00 – CET Delayed

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

VIACOM  - Jio Cinema

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 16:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 17:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 19:30 IST – Streaming

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 20:30 IST – Streaming

INDONESIA

CHAMPIONS TV

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

VIDIO

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 13:00 CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 14:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 16:00 – CET LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 17:00 – CET LIVE

PACIFIC / AUSTRALIA
 

STAN SPORTS

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 1 – 21:00 AEST – LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MXGP Race 1 – 22:00 AEST – LIVE

Sunday August 11th 2024  – MX2 Race 2 – 00:00  AEST – LIVE

Monday August 12th 2024  – MXGP Race 2 – 01:00 AEST - LIVE

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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.

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MXGP of Sweden LIVE MXGP-TV.COM Timetable 

TIMETABLE 

SATURDAY: 08:20 EMX125 Group 1 Free practice, 08:50 EMX125 Group 2 Free practice, 09:20 EMX250 Free practice, 09:50 EMX125 Group 1 Qualifying practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX125 Group 2 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.

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Uddevalla
 

For Monster Energy Yamaha rider Calvin Vlaanderen, the 2024 season has been possibly the best season of his career, a career that starts in 2017 in the MX2 class and has seen him win GPs in both MX2 and MXGP, and pick up victory at the Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations victory with The Netherlands, but when it comes to putting together the best results over a period of time, there must be questions that this year is his best.

“Every year I make steps and improve,” Vlaanderen said. “If you look at the results over the last few years, I have just gotten better and better. Now, coming into a factory team, it has given me that extra boost that I needed. I have the people behind me, a factory bike definitely helps, the last percentages together, to be able to fight up front. That is definitely the difference.”

For whatever reasons, the South African born Dutchman has a love affair with Indonesia, and it was at the two Lombok GPs that he showed his best form of the season, finishing with two podium finishes and a lot of confidence.

“For sure. First weekend in Lombok I beat Tim and then the second one, I beat Jorge. First race (in the second Lombok GP), I caught Prado and passed him, and he won the first one in Lombok, so that gives me a lot of confidence, to know that I can also do it. So, going forward, I will take that in my pocket and know that I can not only be on the podium, but I can also go for wins.”

The podium in the first GP in Indonesia was a long road back inside the top three and Vlaanderen knew that he was doing all the right things to battle with the big three of the sport, Gajser, Prado and Herlings.

“Two years ago, I was on the podium, with the win in Sardinia and the same year I tied for a win in Lommel. Last year I had one race win, but my best wasn’t enough to be on the box. To finally be on the box feels really good. I am battling all multi-time World champions, with Jorge (Prado), Jeffrey (Herlings) and Tim (Gajser). So, to be up there, it just isn’t easy.”

Since returning to Europe for the races in Loket and Lommel, it was again doing the hard yards and trying to maintain that Indonesian form, and while he remains fourth in the World, he returned from Indonesia not feeling well and paid the price.

“It’s been a physically tough weekend at Loket. I picked up a sickness bug after Indonesia, but I still went to Loket with high expectations. Overall, I was satisfied with Loket and happy to keep this momentum going. The Lommel weekend was going really well until race two. In the first race, everything went to plan, and I had a good start, kept the top two in sight and felt like I rode well for third. Then in Race Two, I tangled with someone in the first turn and then crashed at the end of lap one. I was coming through the pack well, re-passing riders I’d already passed, but then crashed again.  A tough weekend in the end, and now it’s on to Sweden.”

So, with Uddevalla in his eyesight, Vlaanderen will try and regain that Lombok form and return to the podium. Currently fourth in the MXGP championship points and with only Gajser, Prado and Herlings ahead of him, his season remains a huge success, but a GP win, or more podiums will make his season much more enjoyable.

Photo Credit : Fullspectrum

Uddevalla (Sweden) 8 August 2024 – We knew they were soon to be with us, and now it’s official – the Ducati Corse Factory MX Team will make its World Championship Motocross debut at the MXGP of The Netherlands, on the 17th and 18th of August at the circuit of Arnhem!

Many fans of all nationalities are excited to see the manufacturer, that has dominated tarmac-based motorcycle racing in recent years, hit the dirt with their Ducati Desmo450 MX machine, but Italian fans in particular will be excited to see that nine-time World Motocross Champion Antonio Cairoli will be the rider that takes it onto the track for the first time!

The Sicilian Motocross legend, winner of 94 Motocross Grands Prix, including eight events in the Netherlands itself, was last on track at an MXGP event in November 2021 at Mantova, the end of his final full season. However, after a glorious victory with Team Italia on home ground in 2021, he also raced with the #1 plate at the 2022 Motocross of Nations in the USA.

The Ducati machine has also been racing in the Italian Championship this season, both with Cairoli and his fellow test pilot Alessandro Lupino, winning several races between them. Ducati will also be the tenth manufacturer to compete in the 2024 Motocross World Championships showing that it is the ultimate stage for off-road machines to show their capabilities.

The world of Motocross will be watching as this iconic manufacturer takes on one of the toughest challenges in sport – the MXGP World Championship!

Infront Moto Racing CEO, David Luongo; "Today, mark an historical moment for MXGP as we welcome the coming of a prestigious manufacturer, Ducati, which is marking a new step in the development of this great sport. Thanks to the work we have been doing for decades, we are elevating the popularity of MXGP worldwide. This is the best platform to develop prototype motorcycles for the market and we wish them years of great success in our sport. This new addition will continue to elevate the competition in the future with the other official manufacturers and we cannot wait to witness this arrival.

It's also a great pleasure to have Antonio Cairoli, a true legend of our sport, to be back in Arnhem. I’m sure that many fans will be present to witness his comeback which will be a great moment of sport. 

I want to thank Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali, General Manager Ducati Corse Off-Road Division Paolo Ciabatti and Ducati Corse Factory MX Team Manager Marco Maddii for this exciting new project, and I welcome all Ducati to MXGP!"

Witness this important moment during the MXGP of The Netherlands in Arnhem and watch it all live on MXGP-TV.com

Photo Credit: Ducati

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Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 8 August 2024 – Ducati is preparing for a historic debut in the MXGP World Championship with Tony Cairoli. The nine-time world champion will compete in the Netherlands on the Desmo450 MX, the motorbike that will take part in next year's MXGP World Championship and go into production, marking the Borgo Panigale company's entry into the off-road specialist segment. The Dutch Grand Prix, to be held on August 17th and 18th on the Arnhem track, is an important step in the development of the Borgo Panigale motorbike, with the aim of participating in the entire championship in 2025 and will be the first round of the World MXGP.

The development programme of the Borgo Panigale prototype will then continue August 31st and September 1st at Castiglione del Lago, in the fifth round of the Italian Championship, where Alessandro Lupino leads the general classification with two rounds to go after the brilliant results obtained in the last round of the Italian MX Championship at Ponte a Egola. In the Tuscan race Cairoli, on his return to competition, won the first heat and Alessandro Lupino, by winning the overall, took the lead in the championship, thus confirming the level of competitiveness already achieved by the Desmo450 MX.

·    The nine-time World Champion will compete in the MXGP on August 17th and 18th in Arnhem

·    The participation in the Dutch GP will contribute to the preparation of the MXGP World Championship scheduled for 2025

·    After the Dutch GP the development programme of the Desmo450 MX will continue September 1st with the Italian Championship round in Castiglione del Lago, where Alessandro Lupino will defend his leadership

Photo Credit: Ducati Corse 

Uddevalla (Sweden) 7 August 2024 – After a week’s break, the FIM Motocross World Championship fires into the first of its last three-week run, the MXGP of Sweden for round 15 at the Glimminge Motorstadion venue near Uddevalla on the south-western coast of the country.

Sweden was one of the original powerhouse nations of World Motocross, claiming eight of the first nine World Championships ever to be held, and only Belgium and France can boast more World Champions than the Nordic nation.

The Uddevalla circuit has one of the longest histories of any in the 2024 calendar, with the first World Championship Grand Prix being held there in 1958, won by home hero and future double World Champion Sten Lundin on a Swedish Monark machine! There have been 25 GPs at the venue over the years, with the record of 6 GP wins here being held jointly by the legends Stefan Everts and Antonio Cairoli.

From the current field of today’s riders, it’s Kawasaki Racing Team pilot Jeremy Seewer who has won the most here with three victories in total, including the last two events in MXGP, plus an MX2 win in 2017!

The MXGP class will see a continuation of the stellar three-way scrap for the title, as red plate holder Tim Gajser holds a 24-point advantage for Team HRC over Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing’s Jorge Prado, while Jeffrey Herlings is only 14 points further back for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing after an incredible win at Lommel!

The MX2 class is getting more spaced out in the standings, with Kay de Wolf holding a 65-point lead over his Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing teammate Lucas Coenen, but the racing is still tough to predict, especially as last year’s winner Simon Laengenfelder is coming off a race win at Lommel for Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing and is hungry for his first overall GP victory of 2024!

The EMX250 European Championships will again be in action in Sweden, and Bud Racing Kawasaki’s Mathis Valin still leads by 13 points ahead of Gabriel SS24 KTM teamster Cas Valk, with Valerio Lata just five points further back for Beddini GASGAS Factory Juniors! Sweden’s best hopes of success lie with August Frisk, who has been in the top ten several times this season.

The EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing European Championship series returns from a near two-month break for the first of a three-week run, With Fantic Factory Racing EMX125 star Noel Zanocz leading the Championship by 14 points over Gyan Doensen for Racestore KTM Factory Rookies. Freddie Bartlett and Sandro Sols will fly the flag for Sweden after several top ten results this year!

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None of the big three who are fighting for the world title in 2024 have got particularly good records around the Uddevalla circuit.  Jeremy Seewer has taken the overall victory in each of the last two seasons, and would dearly love to continue that winning streak! Before that, it was current Fantic Factory Racing star Glenn Coldenhoff who won overall in 2019, although Gajser did take the second race win that day.

Current red plate holder Gajser took the overall back in 2017 in MXGP, as well as in his MX2 title year of 2015, while Herlings has to look back to his dominant MX2 years for victories in 2013 and 2014. A broken chain here in 2017 put paid to his world title hopes in his first MXGP season, and he hasn’t raced here since!

This is one of the few circuits on the calendar where Jorge Prado hasn’t won a GP, although he did win individual races in 2017 and ’19 in MX2 and last season’s first outing.  Kawasaki Racing Team’s Romain Febvre took a double victory in 2015, plus a race win in 2017, as well as finishing second overall last year.

Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Calvin Vlaanderen is still fourth in the series, and he took an MX2 race win here in 2019, so he has good history here and is in good form despite a crash-ruined second race in Lommel. Sadly, his teammate Jago Geerts, MX2 winner here in 2022, will not be here after his return in Flanders did not go to plan.

JK Racing Yamaha rider Isak Gifting will be fit and is looking forward to his home GP after a frustrating sequence of races since Indonesia, while Alvin Ostlund will be looking for more points after scoring one at Lommel. The two Swedes are 17th and 19th in the Championship.

The lack of a clear form guide makes it difficult to guess who will come out on top in 2024, but with another big sand GP to come the week after, you can bet that Gajser will be particularly eager to get a result this weekend before they return to Herlings and Prado’s playground!

MXGP - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 705 Points;   2. Jorge Prado (ESP, GAS), 681 Points; 3. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 667 Pts; 4. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 507 Pts; 5. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, KAW), 479 Pts; 6. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 419 Pts; 7. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 405 Points; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 317 Pts; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HON), 274 Pts; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, HON), 273 Pts.

Main Photo: MXGP Start Uddevalla 2023

Bottom Photos: 1. Jeremy Seewer; 2. Isak Gifting

The MX2 World Championship saw a huge momentum swing towards Kay de Wolf at the MXGP of Flanders, but as always this season, the result is never a foregone conclusion and his teammate Lucas Coenen will be going all-out to make sure that the fight is not over!

Neither of them have particularly fond memories of Uddevalla, although Lucas did win an EMX250 race here in 2022. Last year, he crashed spectacularly in qualifying, while De Wolf was out injured. Kay had a so-so 7-7 scorecard here in 2022.

Ater his surprise win in race two at Lommel, Simon Laengenfelder could have high hopes for a great result this weekend, after finishing on the podium in each of the last two years here, including last year’s overall victory. He has just 12 points between himself and Lucas Coenen for second in the series, and he is the only rider in MX2 this year to have won a GP in Sweden.

 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s reigning World Champion Andrea Adamo won race two last year to claim third overall, with his teammate Liam Everts taking second overall with 2-3 finishes. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 pilot Rick Elzinga scored his best race finish of the whole year with third in race one, and is on form after his best GP result yet at Lommel. 

The top Swede in the series, Leopold Ambjörnson, had one of his best GPs yet at Lommel for Team Leoparden Racing, so will be keen to show his form on home ground, as will Young Motion Powered by Resa pilot Arvid Lüning, who scored top 15 in each race at Lommel for the first time this season.

MX2 - World Championship Top 10 Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 683 Points; 2. Lucas Coenen (BEL, HUS), 618 Pts;  3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, GAS), 606 Points;  4. Liam Everts (BEL, KTM), 556 Pts; 5. Mikkel Haarup (DEN, TRI), 465 Pts; 6. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 457 Pts;  7. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 429 Pts; 8. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 391 Pts; 9. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 255 Pts; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 254 Pts.

Main Photo: MXGP Start Uddevalla 2023

Bottom Photos: 1. SImon Laengenfelder; 2. Rick Elzinga

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

You can find the complete results HERE.

TIMETABLE 

SATURDAY: 08:20 EMX125 Group 1 Free practice, 08:50 EMX125 Group 2 Free practice, 09:20 EMX250 Free practice, 09:50 EMX125 Group 1 Qualifying practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 12:20 EMX125 Group 2 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.

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