Cozar, Spain MXGP Castilla la ManchaFIM Motocross World Championship
The next press launch is from Infront Moto Racing:
COZAR (Spain) – After making its debut on the FIM Motocross World Championship Calendar to shut the curtain for 2024, the Spanish venue of Cozar welcomes the MXGP elite again to Europe for the second spherical of the 2025 season, the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha!
Named after the landlocked autonomous neighborhood that it’s set in, the monitor, which has been extensively labored on since final 12 months, is a part of the Circuito Motor Ranch, to be discovered round 240km south of the capital Madrid and 130km west of town of Albacete. Final season a large crowd cheered residence hero Jorge Prado to the MXGP class victory and his fourth world title, whereas Lucas Coenen took all three races in MX2, however was unable to stop Kay de Wolf from sealing the deal to grow to be World Champion for the primary time!
The image seems to be very completely different in MXGP after the 2025 season opener in Argentina, as French fighters Maxime Renaux and Romain Febvre begin the European leg of the marketing campaign only one level aside!
In MX2, De Wolf leads the way in which once more, however a wild opening spherical exhibits that the Dutchman has loads of competitors if he needs to maintain the #1 plate on the Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing machine! Sacha Coenen claimed the second race win for Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing, and lies simply three factors behind the defending Champ, along with his teammate Simon Laengenfelder solely two additional factors again!
In addition to the GP courses the EMX250 European Championship fires into life at Cozar, with the highest three riders from final 12 months all graduating to MX2, so the sector is vast open! Remaining prime ten Championship finishers Ivano Van Erp, Nico Greutmann, and Max Werner might be joined by final 12 months’s EMX125 prime three – Noel Zanocz, Gyan Doensen, and Simone Mancini – which ought to generate a massively aggressive collection! Add in Bobby Bruce and Hakon Osterhagen, returnees from MX2, plus Australian star Jake Cannon into the combination, and the result is hard to foretell! Residence riders Elias Escandell, Francisco Garcia, and Salvador Perez will definitely be striving for the rostrum!
The EMX125 Championship Offered by FMF additionally kickstarts its season with a brand new solid of characters all trying to set up themselves at this greater degree. Francesco Bellei is the best remaining rider from final 12 months, who received the ultimate race at Cozar in 2024, so he’s positive to be a power in opposition to second-generation racers Levi Townley and Jarne Bervoets, Matterley Basin bLU cRU 125cc winner Jamie Keith, Mano Faure, Aron Katona, and Dani Heitink. An enormous 64 riders, together with 13 Spaniards hoping for residence glory, might be lining as much as sprinkle the Cozar circuit with the candy scent of two-stroke equipment!
The MXGP of Castilla La Mancha is able to launch MXGP into Europe for 2025!
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MXGP World Championship chief Maxime Renaux earned the purple plate for the primary time in MXGP along with his Argentina Qualifying Race win, and defended it with the general verdict on Sunday for Monster Vitality Yamaha Manufacturing unit MXGP. Though solely recording ninth total right here final 12 months, his historical past in Spain is a vibrant one. He took his World Junior 125cc title on this nation in 2015, and has taken a GP victory in each MX2 and MXGP courses on the intù-Xanadu Arroyomolinos venue, though a crash there in 2023 significantly affected each that season and the subsequent with foot accidents.
His major competitors in 2025 haven’t achieved stellar success on this a part of the world, nonetheless, as Romain Febvre, second by solely a single level after an excellent weekend in Argentina for Kawasaki Racing Group MXGP, has by no means received a Grand Prix right here, solely taking a single race win in 2021. He has completed third total 4 occasions in Spain, most lately at Lugo final season. For positive he might be looking to treatment this mark on his report!
Tim Gajser, 9 factors behind Renaux for Honda HRC, has taken only one GP win on Spanish soil, again in his debut MXGP season of 2016, and was second total at Cozar final 12 months whereas seeing his title probability disappear. His teammate Ruben Fernandez has huge footwear to fill as the brand new residence favorite. eleventh within the desk after Argentina, and eleventh right here final 12 months, he might be fired to return to the rostrum, as he did at intù-Xanadu in 2023!
The large purple #1 plate within the MX2 class might be worn by the defending World Champion, Kay de Wolf, and he might be trying to repeat his win in Spain for the second spherical of the 2024 season, his solely win on this nation.
Simon Laengenfelder is the one different rider within the subject who has additionally received earlier than on Spanish floor, having received the 2023 MX2 GP at intù-Xanadu Arroyomolinos. The three-time bronze medallist regarded good for the win in Argentina till a disastrous closing two laps of the day, however nonetheless lies simply 5 factors shy of the lead and might be glad to be again in Europe wholesome and able to go! His teammate Sacha Coenen can also be trying sturdy after successful race two in Argentina, and the younger Belgian with extra Fox Holeshot Awards than anybody within the subject may very well be an actual power at Cozar for Purple Bull KTM Manufacturing unit Racing.
A shock fourth within the standings is De Wolf’s new Nestaan Husqvarna Manufacturing unit Racing teammate Liam Everts, after minimal preparation resulting from damage he delivered a surprising efficiency in Argentina and will solely get stronger from simply 13 factors off the lead. 2023 Champion Andrea Adamo completed second total at Cozar final 12 months and regarded sturdy with the Qualifying Race win in Argentina. He additionally received a race in Lugo final 12 months and might be filled with confidence on Spanish soil, unlucky to be solely fifth within the standings however realizing there’s a protracted season forward!
Thibault Benistant received the Qualifying Race at Lugo final 12 months, and stood on the rostrum at Cozar in September, so he might be trying to get better from a lowly eleventh total in Argentina for Monster Vitality Yamaha Manufacturing unit MX2.
Spanish rider Guillem Farres will race his first Grand Prix in his residence nation for 3 years, and he confirmed good velocity to begin the 12 months tenth within the collection for Monster Vitality Triumph Racing. His countryman Oriol Oliver confirmed nice tempo at Còrdoba for BTS Racing KTM however was hindered by crashes, whereas David Braceras scored a career-best race end of fourth in race one for his JM Racing Honda debut. All the residence riders ought to get pleasure from critical crowd assist across the compact Cozar circuit and the environment will go stellar in the event that they discover some success!
The MXGP of Castilla La Mancha guarantees to launch into the European season in high-quality fashion. Not one to be missed!
MX2 – World Championship Prime 10 Classification: 1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 49 Factors; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 46 Pts; 3. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, KTM), 44 Factors; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 36 Pts; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 32 Pts; 6. Camden McLellan (RSA, TRI), 29 Pts; 7. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 28 Pts; 8. Karlis Reisulis (LAT, YAM), 27 Pts; 9. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 26 Pts; 10. Guillem Farres (ESP, TRI), 25 Pts.
