Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are MXGP World Champions for the third time since 2017 as Jeffrey Herlings rode to 1st position overall at the eighteenth and final Grand Prix of the season at Mantova in Italy. Then we’ll have to see how he recovers to plan his GP return.” The operation took some time but everything went well and we hope Jeffrey can be out of a cast in less than two weeks and can even start some light training such as swimming and some other activities. Trying to look at the positive side the injury is not as complicated as his foot problem in 2019. Joel Smets, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager: “Of course this is very disappointing for Jeffrey, the team and the championship. Big thanks to the medical staff for looking after me and getting my foot repaired, again! Also to the whole Red Bull KTM team: we’d worked hard for this 2022 season and the goal now is to be back and winning as soon as we can.” The impact was pretty big on my left foot and we needed to get it fixed the best we could.
I think I might have hit a small stone on the take-off and that put me over the bars. Jeffrey Herlings: “We’re paying the price for a ‘nothing’ crash. Jeffrey, his medical advisers and the Red Bull KTM team will now oversee his recovery for a return to action when fully fit and ready to race. The Dutchman organised travel back to his home in Belgium and after consultation, underwent surgery performed by Dr Stefaan Verfaillie (who worked on his previous ailment in 2019) to insert several screws and a supporting plate to fix the damage. Herlings, 27, hit his left heel in the resulting crash. The MXGP of Patagonia-Argentina, in Neuquen, remains part of the 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship calendar as TBC depending on the ongoing national conditions.The reigning MXGP World Champion, who claimed victory in the opening round of the Spanish national championship the day beforehand as part of his warm-up preparations for the forthcoming 2022 MXGP season, was unseated on a small and routine jump section of the former Grand Prix site RedSand MX complex near Castellon. Last year’s final saw Jekabs Kubulins take a victory in the 65cc class, while in 85cc it was Olle Martensson and finally in 125cc it was Mairis Pumpurs who was the winner. This decision has been made in order to be able to hold the maximum number of events possible to make a competitive and thrilling championship, as well as to reduce the amount of travel complications for the whole paddock collective.įurthermore, the MXGP of Lommel, last of the three Belgian stops , on the 24-25 th of October, will also see the Yamaha YZ bLU CRU Superfinale, that will welcome some up and coming motocross stars of tomorrow, to the fierce Lommel circuit in Belgium. The 2020 calendar will now feature three triple-headers in Italy. The additional classes that will join MXGP in Pietramurata will be the EMX Open and WMX riders for the first race, while during the final two events it will be EMX Open and EMX 2t. The first two races in Mantova will additionally see rounds of the EMX250 and WMX Championships, while the MXGP of Europe will also welcome the EMX125 and EMX250 riders.įurther changes will then see MXGP head to Pietramurata, for the MXGP of Trentino, scheduled for the 31 st-1 st November, then the MXGP of Pietramurata on the 3-4 th of November and finally the MXGP of Garda Trentino will finish off the Italian stint on the 7-8 th of November.
The events in Faenza will also be joined by the EMX125 Presented by FMF racing and EMX 2t Presented by FMF Racing Championship.Īdditionally, MXGP will head to Mantova in Italy for another trio of races, for the MXGP of Lombardia taking place on the 26-27 th of September, the MXGP of Città di Mantova on the 29-30 th of September and finally the MXGP of Europe on the 3-4 th of October. Instead, following the success of the Latvian triple-header, the FIM Motocross World Championship will anticipate the event in Faenza, Italy, for three epic Grand Prix races with the MXGP of Italy on the 5-6 th of September, the MXGP of Città di Faenza on the 8-9 th September and the MXGP of Emilia Romagna on 12-13 th September. Following the evolution of COVID-19 restrictions and the difficulty of travel, the decision has been made to postpone to 2021 the MXGP of Turkey in Afyonkarahisar, originally scheduled on the 5-6 th of September, while also the TBC events scheduled this season, the MXGP of Portugal that originally was going to take place in Agueda as well as the MXGP of Russia, scheduled in Orlyonok , have been also postponed to 2021.
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