Imperious Gajser goes 1-1 to win ‘home’ GP of Trentino

A masterclass from Honda HRC’s Tim Gajser, saw the #243 win both races at the MXGP of Trentino, giving him the maximum 50 points and extending his lead in the 2025 MXGP championship to 39 points. Behind him, Ruben Fernandez narrowly missed the podium after his seven-four results for fifth overall, in what was a great day for the Honda CRF450R riders.

Despite finishing second in yesterday’s qualification race, Gajser felt there was more to come and after working with the team on some changes with the bike, man and machine was in perfect synchronisation in today’s GP-scoring races. In race one, a good start saw him move into second place very early on, where he then proceeded to stalk the leader, waiting for the right time to pass. That moment came with five laps to go, as the Slovenian swept through in one of the rutted corners. Despite pressure, he held on for the win, but also knew that he’d have to repeat that performance in race two if he wanted to take his sixth overall at the picturesque Pietramurata circuit.

Rising to that pressure, the CRF450R flew out of the gate, behind teammate Fernandez as the pair were one and two around the first few turns. Gajser then took over, pulling out a lead that the chasing pack couldn’t overcome, taking a comfortable victory and delighting the thousands of travelling Slovenians who cheered him every lap around ‘Gajser Corner’. The podium then had some crazy scenes as the #243 made it three GP wins out of five, and continuing his dominating start to the 2025 World Motocross Championship.

Lining up with fifth gate-pick after an excellent result in qualification yesterday, Fernandez was full of confidence for the motos, and if it weren’t for a couple of small mistakes in race one, he could easily have joined Gajser on the podium. Overall though, his speed was excellent and the fourth in race two was another sign that the Spaniard is finding his form and getting closer and closer to the level that saw him win a GP.

In the MX2 class, Valerio Lata had his best race result of the season, with a fifth in the first moto. The Italian stormed out of the gate and was in second place around the first turn, which he then held for almost half the race. Unfortunately some more experienced riders did make their way past, but it was good to see him matching the pace of the best 250F riders in the world and although things didn’t go to plan in race two, he can still take a lot of confidence from that result and keeping building momentum.

Ferruccio Zanchi knew he had a very difficult day ahead of him, starting from last gate-pick, but he didn’t let that deter him and got decent starts from the outside in both races. From there is worked his way into the top 10, finishing ten-eight and just pipping his teammate to ninth overall.

Due to the Easter holiday next weekend, the MXGP of Switzerland is taking place on the Saturday and Monday, but all four riders are excited to see what they can do on the Frauenfeld circuit, where Gajser in particular has some fond memories after his one-one there last year.

MX2 Race 1
1. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), 35:08.624; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:03.027; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:04.610; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:11.910; 5. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +0:36.882; 6. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), +0:39.842; 7. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:42.869; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:51.174; 9. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:53.425; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:57.018; 

MX2 Race 2
1. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), 34:47.031; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:01.822; 3. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:03.514; 4. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:04.468; 5. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), +0:32.127; 6. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +0:36.412; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:45.012; 8. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:51.405; 9. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:52.984; 10. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +0:55.422; … 14. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +1:25.076;

MX2 GP Classification
1. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 42 points; 2. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 40 p.; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 4. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 31 p.; 6. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 30 p.; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 25 p.; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 24 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 23 p.;

MX2 Championship
1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 231 points; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 219 p.; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 213 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 203 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 171 p.; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 169 p.; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 155 p.; 8. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 151 p.; 9. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 121 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 111 p.;