The Grand Prix Desk
The Grand Prix Desk
Every graded silly season rumour in MXGP and MX2: factory moves, class steps and confirmed deals across the world championship paddock, each with its source on record.
Do you want to talk about Vanderin's New Deal? ... signing with motor blues but it's another kind of high-profile exit from Jucati
The Rumour Mill
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Geian Farz is stepping into the MXGP class with Triumph for 2027 and beyond ... it's a three-year deal
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Cooper Webb on a Husqvarna, and Levi Kitchen going for Team USA. So Coop's going on a Husqvarna yet again.
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Thank you to Lars and Honda and everybody for doing your part and putting Chance on a 450.
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Somebody else kind of hanging up the vest is Ray Archer, at the end of his year stopping full-time photography
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fantastic stories as well like Glenn Coldenhoff coming back for his sort of his swan song in MXGP
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they're trying to tie up teams to run both the MX2 side and also get a recommitment from Hans Corvers's Kemea to run the 450s
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No, they're going to run MXGP. They're going to get another MX2 team, not agreed yet.
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Star, there's definitely an association there... but it's more aligned to the 250 side
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signing new three-year agreement with Louis Vosters, the Wilvo outfit as we like to still call them
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if you have a fit De Wolf on the new Husqvarna, you have Vialle in his second year, you have Ferez coming in with his energy on the Triumph
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you have Vialle in his second year
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see what they can do in their final three rounds together
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Roger Harvey... a lynchpin for HRC and Honda, 29 years. I said to him, do you have to come back next year and reach the big 30? And he looked at me…
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Good to see Francisco Garcia... Still very young, going to be Valin's teammate next year
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Ben like Rowan and many not doing Turkey, China or Australia. So that's the end of his MXGP season but he will be at the Nations
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Valin announced to be missing the remainder of the championship, but did say that he would like to ride the Nations if he's selected
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85 for Mikkel in his uh second last round of the nationals before he heads back to Europe.
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Spain is going to be great. Prado, Fernandez, not announced yet, but Prado's told me that's it.
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why isn't Langenfelder going? He's having eye surgery.
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of course they are going down to two riders next year so it makes sense in that regard
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Honda HRC Patronus will go down to two MXGP riders next year, which will be Hurlings and Val. they're under contract
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their methodology ... is to put more support into a B team ... they will have factory parts more than you would imagine
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They were talking to Ruben Fernandez for a second spot as well
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he seems to be very firmly linked with C with KTM and the Dali side for next year
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We know that Kaido Wolf is sealed with Neestan
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Jackie Martins won't be running Fantic next year because he's got to deal with a new manufacturer
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All of this talk about the last dance and stuff. I kind of feel like we could see Coldenhoff again at one or two races.
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we're currently waiting for official approval for contracts to be shuffled and confirmed so Chase Sexton can be announced as a Triumph rider
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my feeling was that Tim's going to ride this thing out. I don't think he's going to suddenly jump onto a Kawasaki or switch to some other brand
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McKay's also sort of getting on. There's rumours of retirement or how the whole YRD division could be present in Yamaha's Grand Prix effort
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Van der Most is perhaps deserving of a fairer shot in MXGP on a full-time basis.
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Maxime Renaux you could argue maybe has one foot out the door
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there was even some discussion at the weekend in the paddock about whether he'll do another year in MX2
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perhaps the likes of Lata if he can make a step riding a different bike next year
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did you hear anything about those rumours that he's not doing the final flyaways with HRC?
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I just think he's going to stay at Van Venrooy so I don't think that it's that pertinent to discuss
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Yes, they could be losing Monster Energy backing. It's still not confirmed exactly how black the bikes will be.
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I think the team ideally would be Febvre, Valain, Vialle, but they're just waiting to see how that's going to work out.
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I'm fairly fairly certain they'll run one MXGP rider
Corrections & Denials
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That's called stirring the pot. It was just funny that he was over there and I was making a joke that he only went over there to hang out with Tom and…
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Someone said he's going there to ride a Kawasaki. And I'm like, what in the hell are you people thinking?
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the big rumour is that Jeremy is actually going to consider retirement... No, I'm joking.
Official Notices
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Jed Beaton, Aaron Tanti and Alex Larwood ... will represent Motorcycling Australia at the FIM Motocross of Nations (MXoN) in Ernee, France
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Jeremy Seewer, Valentin Guillod and Kevin Brumann will represent Switzerland in Mayenne
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We still have big goals for the end of the season, but the fact that this deal is now confirmed allows us to focus on our objective while starting to prepare for…
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Kawasaki's race planning department has already recognised Garcia's talent and determination and signed the Spanish youngster to contest the MX2 World Championship alongside Mathis Valin aboard the factory KX250F-SR as a member…
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signed the Spanish youngster to contest the MX2 World Championship alongside Mathis Valin aboard the factory KX250F-SR as a member of Kawasaki Racing Team MX2, the official Lime Green factory team, in…
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Louis Vosters is set to continue leading the Ducati MXGP project for at least the next three seasons after agreeing a deal with the Italian manufacturer to remain at the helm until…
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Austria have confirmed their three-rider squad for the 2026 Motocross des Nations at Ernée, with EMX125 Champion Ricardo Bauer set to make his international debut on a 250 machine. Bauer will be…
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The Latvian team will be led by experienced MXGP campaigner Pauls Jonass, who brings plenty of international experience to the line-up.