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Jordi Tixier will make his MXGP debut for the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team this weekend in the eighth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship at Pietramurata in Italy.

Injured last August at Mantova, the 2014 MX2 World Champion had to postpone his MXGP debut with the Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team due to complications with his wrist injury. The 24 year old Frenchman underwent further surgery earlier this year and was finally given medical clearance to start riding his KX450F-SR in early April. After one month of intensive training, initially on sandy tracks and later on hard pack, Jordi and the team management have agreed to return to GP racing this weekend in Italy. Winner of an international race two weeks ago in France, Jordi is finally back racing in the World Series after eight long months on the sidelines.
 
Jordi Tixier: “It’s a great feeling to be back again on the bike; that’s my life and it’s so nice to be able to ride again and train as usual! I started riding my Kawasaki for one week in Belgium; it was better to start on sandy tracks but since then I’ve moved on to different locations and even entered an international race in France. The feeling with the KX450F-SR is amazing; we had one week of testing in October before my second surgery and honestly the bike is perfect, I feel so comfortable. I haven’t been racing – apart from the race in France – for eight months now so the first goal for my comeback is to be back behind the gate, finish two GP motos and do my best. For sure I still need to work on my speed; we’ll see after this first experience in Italy what we need to work on to be better in Spain and so on. The goal is to take it step by step, to improve my riding and prepare for 2017 as I already missed seven GPs this season. I can't wait to be at the gate again!”  
 
Steve Guttridge (Kawasaki Europe Racing Manager): “It's going to be great to welcome Jordi back into KRT and the MXGP class in Italy this weekend! I'm sure he will feel comfortable very quickly on the KX450F -SR and remind us of his natural ability at the highest level."
 
François Lemariey (KRT Team Manager): "We are pleased to see Jordi back racing. It will be his first ever MXGP and it will not be easy after a long recuperation period due to his wrist issue, but for sure he will do his best to grow step by step in the main class."

MONACO (Principality of Monaco), 10 May 2016 - A Slovenian motocross delegation formed by the following Orehova Vas circuit representatives: Atjosa Brdnik, Technical Director, Marjan Kolar, Board Member, Boris Volmajer, Board Member, Matej Pungartnik, Board Member, Herman Jacolic, Board Member and Branko Pungartnik, General Secretary were in Teutschenthal, Germany during the last weekend and they met with Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo, Youthstream Directors Daniele Rizzi and David Luongo, and Youthstream representative Patricia Maskarova to express their interest in hosting a round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in the near future.

Due to the success of Slovenia’s nineteen-year-old prodigy Tim Gajser, the reigning MX2 World Champion, who has made a huge impression in MXGP this year especially when he dominated the opening round on his MXGP debut, motocross has become increasingly popular in Slovenia and the country would like for him to have a home round that his fans can enjoy.

In Teutschenthal, the Slovenian representatives, who come from Orehova Vas, an area that has a rich history in motocross and has held many successful rounds of the MX3 world championship in the past, received all of the information required for them to plan and apply.

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Picture, from left to right: Patricia Maskarova, Atjosa Brdnik, Daniele Rizzi, Marjan Kolar, Boris Volmajer, Matej Pungartnik, Branko Pungartnik, Giuseppe Luongo, David Luongo and Herman Jacolic

MONACO, (Principality of Monaco), 10 May 2016 – Catch a train to the MXGP of Trentino! Trenitalia Frecciarossa is a partner of MXGP for the 8^th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship that will take place in Pietramurata. Buy a round trip ticket on trains “Frecciarossa”, “Frecciargento” and “Frecciabianca” at a DISCOUNTED price of 30% less than the base price.

Thanks to this special offer, the Italian Motocross fans can reach Trento with “Frecciarossa”, “Frecciargento” and “Frecciabianca”, ecologically friendly trains, with 30% OFF the original price. Besides traveling with Frecciarossa all motocross fans will look after the environment and MXGP is very proud to share this value with them.

In addition, the official program of the event will be provided and can be collected onsite at the official stand showing the train ticket and the coupon, which can be downloaded on www.mxgp.com by clicking HERE. Bring your train ticket and the downloaded coupon together on the train.

People can take advantage of this special offer on www.trenitalia.com for trips with destination and depart from/to Trento from 12 to 16 May 2016 using the discounted code available HERE.

Discounted dates will be as follows:

• From origin to Trento 12-15 May
• From Trento to origin 15 – 16 May

Choose “Frecce” and enjoy MXGP!

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The Entry lists as well as the Timetable for the MXGP of Trentino, which will be held on Saturday 14^th April and Sunday 15^th May in Pietramurata are now official.

In addition to the MXGP and MX2 classes, the second round of the EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing and the fourth round of the EMX250 will also be taking place.

Please find here below the links to download the entry lists as well as the official timetable of the event in a PDF format.

TIMETABLE

MXGP Entry List

MX2 Entry List

EMX125 Presented by FMF Racing

EMX250 Entry List

The Fox Holeshot award runs across the entire MXGP season. The way it works is 1 point is awarded for each race holeshot. He who has the most points in MXGP at the end of the season will win the grand prize of €10,000 while he with the most points in MX2 will win the grand prize of €5,000.

At the MXGP of Germany which took place the 8^st May in Teutschenthal Red Bull Factory Racing’s Tony Cairoli took both FOX holeshots.

While in MX2 Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Pauls Jonass claimed the Fox Holeshot in Race one and Race two respectively.

Watch MXGP of Germany ‘Fox Holeshot’ films here below.

MXGP FOX Holeshot Film

MX2 FOX Holeshot Film

Watch all the highlights from the racing here at the seventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Teutschenthal, Germany.

TEUTSCHENTHAL (Germany), 08 May 2016 – The gnarly old school clay track that sprawls itself over the hills of Teutschenthal always spawns incredible scenarios. Last year we saw both red plate holders crash out of the grand prix here, while this year, at the seventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, it raised the race intensity ten fold with Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings being pushed to the wire in both races for the race wins and the grand prix overall in their respective classes.

The 8^th of May is officially the Easter of motocross with the rebirth of the eight-time FIM Motocross World Champion Antonio Cairoli who won his first grand prix since the MXGP of Great Britain, which took place on the 24^th of May 2015. “I’ve been searching for this win for some time now” He said, “I’ve been missing some speed but I started to feel good already in Latvia. Now I hope to be here on the podium and fighting for the win every weekend.” The popular Italian has the best track record here in Teutschenthal and has now won four grand prix’ on this soil.

Honda Gariboldi’s Tim Gajser is arguably the most exciting rider to watch on the track. The Slovenian is just on the edge at all times. He doesn’t care, he’s strong and he’s confident and he will pin it to the checkers in every race. In race one, he threw everything but the kitchen sink at Tony Cairoli, but couldn’t make a pass stick and in race two he bounced back to fourth after clipping fellow Honda rider Evegeny Bobryshev in a battle for second. His results for the day were enough for second overall, his seventh consecutive podium and, more importantly, the championship lead.

Team HRC’s Evegeny Bobryshev nursed his injured shoulder to an impressive third overall this weekend. The Russian said “I had no time on the bike during the week because of my shoulder. The track was really tough today with all of the ruts and the square edge bumps so to be third on the podium, I am really pumped because if you knew what I have and the pain I was riding through, man it’s just really amazing.”

Chainsaws and air horns were going full blast for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Nagl who charged to a third in race one and sixth in race two, after he binned it while in third. The German actually tied with Bobby for third overall but the silverware goes to the person who places best in the final race and that was Bobryshev, who finished second.

There’s nothing like a bit of controversy to spice things up, especially between teammates. Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jeremy Van Horebeek and Romain Febvre had a discussion on the start line before race one regarding gate pick. Coincidently or not, Van Horebeek and Febvre came together on the opening lap of that moto and Febvre hit the deck. Febvre struggled to come back in that race and only finished tenth. In race two, he put in a solid ride for third, which left him in fifth overall and has seen him relinquish the red plate.

MXGP Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 35:21.882; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:04.991; 3. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:12.252; 4. Christophe Charlier (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:16.655; 5. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:26.742; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Yamaha), +0:28.779; 7. Ben Townley (NZL, Suzuki), +0:42.598; 8. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:49.103; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:51.085; 10. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +1:01.916.

MXGP Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 33:52.905; 2. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Honda), +0:02.783; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), +0:03.349; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:19.696; 5. Valentin Guillod (SUI, Yamaha), +0:22.314; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, Husqvarna), +0:25.657; 7. Ben Townley (NZL, Suzuki), +0:29.384; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:31.077; 9. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:33.268; 10. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, Suzuki), +0:44.820.

MXGP Overall Top Ten: 1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 40 p.; 3. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 35 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 35 p.; 5. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 31 p.; 6. Ben Townley (NZL, SUZ), 28 p.; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 27 p.; 8. Christophe Charlier (FRA, HUS), 26 p.; 9. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 25 p.; 10. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 23 p.

MXGP Championship Top Ten: 1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 299 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 291 p.; 3. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 263 p.; 4. Maximilian Nagl (GER, HUS), 238 p.; 5. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, HON), 232 p.; 6. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, YAM), 215 p.; 7. Kevin Strijbos (BEL, SUZ), 169 p.; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 168 p.; 9. Valentin Guillod (SUI, YAM), 139 p.; 10. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 136 p.

MXGP Manufacturer: 1. Honda, 305 points; 2. Yamaha, 298 p.; 3. KTM, 270 p.; 4. Husqvarna, 249 p.; 5. Suzuki, 192 p.; 6. Kawasaki, 154 p.

Something you never expected to read this season, ‘Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings had his work cut out for him’ this weekend as he battled illness and a blazingly fast Jeremy Seewer to remain unbeaten this season. Herlings is used to steam rolling this class, so he was a little bit fired up by the challenge, but regardless of that, he won both races for his 54^th grand prix victory.

You’d never guess that Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team’s Dylan Ferrandis has literally just been given the all clear to race. He landed on the second step of the podium for the second time this year and tributes his good results to his awesome starts where he took the Fox Holeshot in race one and missed it by a hair in race two. “I’m surprised because I didn’t ride so much during the week because I was really tired and I had a bit of pain in my shoulder, but I am happy to be back on the podium.”

Team Suzuki World MX2’s Jeremy Seewer left his diesel engine at home this weekend. Instead he was running on 100% race fuel as he rode like a man possessed all weekend. The Swiss rider was fastest in Free Practice and Timed Practice on Saturday and finished second in Qualifying. He crashed in the first moto today and came from around twentieth all the way to fourth, but the real head turner was when he put the challenge to Herlings and almost won the final race. The Suzuki star on the rise finished third overall.

It was another weekend of highs and lows for Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Max Anstie who was third in race one and led the best part of race two before he threw away his four second lead with 6 mins to go. It’s safe to say the Brit will be frustrated, but at least he salvaged fifth in that race which was enough for fourth overall, while Kemea Yamaha Official MX Team’s Benoit Paturel put in two solid races to round out the top five.

MX2 Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:21.787; 2. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:14.877; 3. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:21.575; 4. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:26.760; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), +0:30.964; 6. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, Yamaha), +0:34.711; 7. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:38.264; 8. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:44.503; 9. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Kawasaki), +0:49.671; 10. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:54.844.

MX2 Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 34:26.873; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Suzuki), +0:02.365; 3. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:19.820; 4. Benoit Paturel (FRA, Yamaha), +0:21.421; 5. Max Anstie (GBR, Husqvarna), +0:38.093; 6. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), +0:39.619; 7. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Yamaha), +0:41.667; 8. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, Kawasaki), +0:53.490; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), +0:59.281; 10. Roberts Justs (LAT, KTM), +1:02.044.

MX2 Overall Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Dylan Ferrandis (FRA, KAW), 42 p.; 3. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 40 p.; 4. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 36 p.; 5. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 32 p.; 6. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 27 p.; 7. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KAW), 25 p.; 8. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Brian Bogers (NED, KTM), 23 p.; 10. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 23 p.

MX2 Championship Top Ten: 1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, KTM), 350 points; 2. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, SUZ), 270 p.; 3. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KTM), 218 p.; 4. Aleksandr Tonkov (RUS, YAM), 186 p.; 5. Benoit Paturel (FRA, YAM), 186 p.; 6. Petar Petrov (BUL, KAW), 183 p.; 7. Max Anstie (GBR, HUS), 162 p.; 8. Vsevolod Brylyakov (RUS, KAW), 157 p.; 9. Samuele Bernardini (ITA, TM), 149 p.; 10. Brent Van doninck (BEL, YAM), 129 p.

MX2 Manufacturer: 1. KTM, 350 points; 2. Suzuki, 270 p.; 3. Kawasaki, 244 p.; 4. Yamaha, 243 p.; 5. Husqvarna, 218 p.; 6. TM, 149 p.; 7. Honda, 132 p.

Click here to obtain the complete results

All the photos of the MXGP of Germany will be available here

MXGP OF GERMANY – QUICK FACTS

Circuit length: 1540m

Type of ground: Hard pack

Temperature: 22°C

Weather conditions: sunny

Weekend Crowd Attendance: 28,000

NEXT ROUND

The next round will take place next weekend, May 15^th in Pietramurata, Trentino.

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MXGP of Germany

We had a very special Studio Show yesterday explaining the all new Monster Energy SMX Riders’ Cup which will take place in Germany inside the VELTINS-Arena on the 8^th of October this year!

MXGP-TV’s Paul Malin was joined by Giuseppe Luongo, Stefan Everts, Antti Pyrhonen and David Philippaerts. Watch it here: