The Circuito Moto Ranch at Cózar in southern Spain once more had to deal with adverse weather conditions throughout Sunday’s action, which made the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha a massively challenging second round of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship for all of the riders and teams.
With sunshine and showers creating difficult conditions of all kinds, it was a day for the tough and the technical riders to prevail, and this was shown in the results for both classes.
Slovenian legend Tim Gajser, racing as ever for Honda HRC in MXGP, completed a perfect weekend to take his 50th career Grand Prix victory and equal the great Joel Robert for fifth position on the all-time GP win list. Great consistency for Fantic Factory Racing teammates Glenn Coldenhoff and Andrea Bonacorsi resulted in the first double podium for the delighted Italian brand!
The MX2 class saw an emotional win for the master of the mud, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing new boy Liam Everts, who followed up a first race second position with a resounding 81-second victory over his teammate Kay de Wolf! The reigning Champion was happy to gain back the red plate that he lost overnight with a determined second overall, but the most joyful face on the podium was Ferruccio Zanchi, after taking his first career race win and podium finish!
It was a tough day for the red plate holders Maxime Renaux and Sacha Coenen, who will both switch to regular plates for the next round, but they have time to recover as the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship is still very much in its infancy!
