Loket, Czech Republic is host to round 14 of the 2025 MXGP World Championship and starts a run of the last four mainland European races on the calendar. Lommel quickly follows next weekend, then Sweden and the Netherlands follow one after a one week break, before the final run of overseas races in Turkey, China and Australia.

It is a tough period, but one the riders are used to and prepared for as they have to negotiate all manner of terrain in this last quarter of the season. The hard-pack, gravel, nature of the Loket hills is the next challenge and although Fernandez doesn’t favour this venue, he still hopes to do well and get the momentum back on his side as he tries to finish in third place in the MXGP standings.

Also looking to get back into the higher rankings is Valerio Lata, who had a tough weekend in Finland last time out. The Italian should feel much more comfortable on the rocky hillsides of the Czech Republic though, and given a weekend off to recuperate, the #18 will be highly motivated to improve upon his season-best finish of fourth overall, which he achieved in Germany a few rounds ago.

Unfortunately, Tim Gajser isn’t quite ready to rejoin the series as he continues his recovery from shoulder surgery. The Slovenian is pounding out laps at his Tiga243land track as he builds himself up to race fitness, so that when he does return, he is 100% ready to take on the gruelling demands of the world motocross championship.

 

TIMETABLE

SATURDAY: 07:20 EMX2t Free practice, 07:50 EMX65 Free practice, 08:20 EMX85 Free practice, 08:50 MXE Time practice, 09:10 EMX2t Qualifying practice, 09:50 EMX65 Qualifying practice, 10:30 MX2 Free Practice, 11:00 MXGP Free Practice, 11:50 EMX85 Qualifying practice, 12:35 MXE Race 1, 13:00 EMX2t Race 1, 13:40 MX2 Time Practice, 14:15 MXGP Time Practice, 15:15 EMX65 Race 1, 15:50 EMX85 Race 1, 16:35 MX2 Qualifying Race, 17:25 MXGP Qualifying Race, 18:05 MXE Race 2.

SUNDAY: 08:40 EMX2t Race 2, 09:20 MXE Time Practice, 09:55 EMX65 Race 2, 10:25 MX2 Warm-up, 10:45 MXGP Warm-up, 11:30 EMX85 Race 2, 12:40 MXE Race 1, 13:15 MX2 Race 1, 14:15 MXGP Race 1, 15:30 MXE Race 2, 16:10 MX2 Race 2, 17:10 MXGP Race 2.

Ruben Fernandez 70

Motocross is such an up and down sport, where you really have to have everything go right all the time. I was feeling good in Finland and in a good position, especially after the first moto and things just went wrong from the first lap onwards. Still, I’m healthy and motivated to put things right in Loket, which although isn’t my favourite track, is still a place I feel I can get some good results.

Valerio Lata 18

I’ve only ever raced here on small bikes, so this will be a new experience for me to race in Loket on the Honda CRF250R. Things definitely didn’t go well in Finland, but I’ve been working hard in this weekend off to improve and I believe that Loket will suit me better and give me a chance to show my real speed. There is work to be done afterwards because we have some sand races coming up, but I am focused on this weekend and getting back towards the top five.

Marcus Pereira de Freitas

HRC General Manager - MXGP

It’s been a weekend off from the races, but the work never stops. We’ve been very busy since Finland and are excited to get to Loket and get back to having some gate-drops. Unfortunately it seems as if we’ll be back to dealing with some rain but fingers crossed it doesn’t affect the track too much and we can have a positive weekend for both Ruben and Valerio.

MXGP 2025

Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Febvre Romain 3 FRA 627 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP Kawasaki
2 Coenen Lucas 96 BEL 612 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
3 Coldenhoff Glenn 259 NDL 449 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP Fantic
4 Fernandez Ruben 70 SPA 407 Honda HRC - MXGP Honda
5 Vlaanderen Calvin 10 NDL 366 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
6 Bonacorsi Andrea 132 ITA 353 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP Fantic
7 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA 347 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
8 Herlings Jeffrey 84 NDL 325 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
9 Gajser Tim 243 SLO 305 Honda HRC - MXGP Honda
10 Seewer Jeremy 91 SWI 296 Ducati Factory MX Team Ducati
11 Horgmo Kevin 24 NOR 243 Honda SR Motoblouz Honda
12 Watson Ben 919 GBR 218 MRT Racing Team Beta Beta
13 Geerts Jago 93 BEL 211 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha
14 Pancar Jan 253 SLO 201 TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team KTM
15 Bogers Brian 189 NDL 198 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP Fantic
16 Jonass Pauls 41 LAT 162 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP Kawasaki
17 Guadagnini Mattia 101 ITA 159 Ducati Factory MX Team Ducati
18 Gifting Isak 517 SWE 149 JK Racing Yamaha Active Yamaha
19 van de Moosdijk Roan 34 NDL 113 KTM Kozak Team KTM
20 van Doninck Brent BEL 107
21 Sterry Adam 811 GBR 83 KTM Kozak Team KTM
22 Guillod Valentin 92 SWI 72 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
23 Forato Alberto 303 ITA 72 Honda SR Motoblouz Honda
24 Koch Tom 226 GER 69 MRT Racing Team Beta Beta
25 Brumann Kevin 87 SWI 50 Wildcard Rider Husqvarna
26 Stauffer Marcel 411 AUT 38 Wildcard Rider KTM
27 Cairoli Antonio 222 ITA 37 Ducati Factory MX Team Ducati
28 Spies Maximillian GER 36
29 Gilbert Josh GBR 27
30 Tondel Cornelius 17 NOR 20 JWR Honda Racing Honda
31 Ludwig Noah GER 19
32 Pumpurs Mairis 610 LAT 10 Wildcard Rider Husqvarna
33 Lupino Alessandro 177 ITA 9 Ducati Factory MX Team Ducati
34 Boisrame Mathys FRA 9
35 Tonus Arnaud 4 SWI 8 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
36 Nissinen Pekka 29 FIN 7 Wildcard Rider GasGas
37 Monticelli Ivo ITA 6
38 Nickel Cato GER 6
39 Aparecido dos Santos Fabio BRA 5
40 Guyon Tom 49 FRA 5 Wildcard Rider Triumph
41 Talviku Jorgen-Matthias 261 EST 4 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
42 Carpenter James GBR 3
43 Pape Romain 53 FRA 3 Wildcard Rider Yamaha
44 Kangasniemi Kasper 40 FIN 2 Wildcard Rider KTM
45 Alonso Victor 196 SPA 2 Wildcard Rider Honda
46 Varjonen Miro 248 FIN 1 Wildcard Rider KTM
47 Evans Mitch 43 AUS 1 Wildcard Rider Honda
48 Haavisto Jere FIN 1
49 Adamson John 212 GBR 1 Wildcard Rider Honda
50 Scheu Mark GER 1
51 Valentin Ander SPA 0
52 Purdon Tristan RSA 0
Location Information

Československé armády 350/40, 357 33 Loket, Czech Republic - View in Google Maps