Lets get some! The 2026 season will lift off this weekend at the new venue at Bariloche.
Timetable: 2026_YPF_MXGP_of_Argentina_Timetable.pdf
MXGP
1 Romain Febvre FRA FFM Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
5 Lucas Coenen BEL FMB KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
9 Thibault Bénistant FRA FFM Honda Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul
10 Calvin Vlaanderen NED KNMV Ducati Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team
16 Tom Vialle FRA FFM Honda Honda HRC PETRONAS
24 Kevin Horgmo NOR NMF Honda Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul
32 Brent Van Doninck BEL FMB Fantic Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
41 Pauls Jonass LAT LaMSF Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
70 Rubén Fernández ESP RFME Honda Honda HRC PETRONAS
80 Andrea Adamo ITA FMI KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
83 Oriol Oliver ESP RFME KTM Gabriel SS24 KTM
84 Jeffrey Herlings NED KNMV Honda Honda HRC PETRONAS
85 Agustín Carrasco ARG CAMOD Yamaha Maneco MX
87 Kevin Brumann SUI SWISSMOTO Husqvarna MX-Handel Racing
91 Jeremy Seewer SUI SWISSMOTO Ducati Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team
93 Jago Geerts BEL FMB Beta MRT Racing Team Beta
101 Mattia Guadagnini ITA FMI KTM Van Venrooy KTM Racing
102 Santiago Montero ARG CAMOD GasGas SMX Escuela de Pilotos
107 Lars van Berkel NED KNMV Fantic Fantic Argentina
132 Andrea Bonacorsi ITA FMI Ducati Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team
144 Nicolás Rolando URU FUM KTM
145 Víctor García MEX FMM KTM
151 Tomás Montes ARG CAMOD Kawasaki
155 David Sona ARG CAMOD KTM
165 Carlos Badiali VEN FMV Yamaha Venemotos Racing Team
166 Enzo Lopes BRA CBM Honda Honda Racing Brasil
176 Sergio Villaronga CHI FMC Honda RAB Racing Team
179 Joaquín Poli ARG CAMOD Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team
181 Fermín Ciccimarra ARG CAMOD Yamaha Lorenzo Racing Team
191 Juan Ignacio Salgado ARG CAMOD Fantic
243 Tim Gajser SLO AMZS Yamaha Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
253 Jan Pancar SLO AMZS KTM TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team
303 Alberto Forato ITA FMI Fantic Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
494 Flavio Nicolás Sastre ARG CAMOD Honda
789 Marco Antezana BOL FBM Honda Honda YPF MX Racing
959 Maxime Renaux FRA FFM Yamaha Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
MX2
1 Simon Längenfelder GER DMSB KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
8 Camden McLellan RSA KNMV Triumph Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team
13 Manuel Torrado ARG CAMOD GasGas Jet Motorsport
15 Juan Ignacio Piermarini ARG CAMOD Honda Lacoste Racing Team / RPM Cross
18 Valerio Lata ITA FMI Honda Honda HRC PETRONAS
19 Sacha Coenen BEL FMB KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
20 Julius Mikula CZE ACCR KTM Osička MX Team
22 David Braceras ESP RFME Triumph
26 Liam Everts BEL FMB Husqvarna Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing
33 Kay Karssemakers NED KNMV Kawasaki Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki
34 Rodrigo Stuardo CHI FMC Fantic
47 Kārlis Reišulis LAT LaMSF Yamaha Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team
48 Jens Walvoort NED KNMV KTM KTM SB Racing Team
66 Miguel Rojas COL CFM KTM
83 Maxime Grau FRA FFM Honda Maddii Racing Honda – ABF Italia
97 Simone Mancini ITA FMI Ducati Beddini Racing Ducati Corse Factory MX2 Team
99 Guillem Farrés ESP RFME Triumph Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team
104 José Morera VEN FMV Kawasaki
117 Juan Felipe García ARG CAMOD Fantic RPM Cross
146 Alfonso Bratschi URU FUM KTM KTM Uruguay
154 Carlos Andrés Padilla BOL FBM KTM KTM Bolivia
161 Pietro Piroli BRA CBM Honda Honda Racing Brasil
172 Cas Valk NED KNMV TM TM Moto CRD Motorsport Factory Racing Team
204 Felipe Quirno Costa ARG CAMOD Honda Honda Marengo Motos
317 Mathis Valin FRA FFM Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team MX2
398 Benjamin Garíb CHI FMC Honda JP Pro Honda Baterias Pioneiro
408 Scott Smulders NED KNMV Husqvarna SixtySeven Racing Team
555 Dante Poggio MEX FMM Honda
716 Noel Zanócz HUN MAMS KTM Van Venrooy KTM Racing
772 Jānis Reišulis LAT LaMSF Yamaha Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team
Riders like Gifting and Zanchi are missing on the entry list. If they have an injury I've must of missed the press release. De Wolf is still on it, but it's highly uncertain if he will line up.
It's pretty crazy how stacked the MXGP-class is. Febvre, Coenen, Gajser, Herlings, Vialle, Renaux, Jonass, De Wolf, Fernández, Vlaanderen, Seewer, Bonacorsi, Adamo, Horgmo, Bénistant, Van Doninck, Forato, Guadagnini, Pancar, Geerts, Elzinga, Gifting, Oliver, Brumann,... That's 24 regulars when everyone is fit. Second half of those riders could finish from sixth to sixteenth in any order. Imagine being a wildcard rider from Spain, Italy or France trying to score some points... Seems almost impossible.
The old venue was a bucket list track I'd always wanted to ride.
Sold for housing or development I think?
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That's gotta be the most stacked 450 field since at least MXGP 2015.
By the way, is there any update on De Wolf, I guess he'll miss the first round for sure, right?
Last year it was at a new venue aswell, in Córdoba (which was more in central Argentina). This track is way closer to the original one, which was located at Villa La Angostura. That terrain isn't available anymore.
Yeah place is getting dismantled and used for Hotels or something like that. Super sad, I think that one and Matterlyn were the favorite tracks among riders.
Interesting fact, Bariloche is an area where a lot Nazis escaped to after the fall of the third reich. From what I’ve read, a lot of people speak German there & the buildings all have a German look about them.
Is DeWolf injured?
Yes, thumb injury.
I’m excited to see whether Simon can defend his title or if the others have stepped up especially Sacha. He’s definitely fast enough, but in the past he was on the ground far too often. If he’s improved his consistency I’m sure we’re in for a great championship battle.
Besides Sacha and Simon, do you think anyone else in the 250 class has a real shot at the title? Everts? McLellan?
Maybe Valin.
It'll be between Simon, Liam, and Mathis this year...
I like Sacha this year. He is such a good starter and has such good pace. I think this is the year he cleans up the mistakes just enough, but still keeps the speed edge over the rest of the guys, like Lucas last year. Might be the Coenen's last year in Europe from the sounds of it?
Gifting dislocated his shoulder a few weeks ago, it was decided shortly after that he’d miss the first GP. Hopefully back for the next one.
McLellan fighting for the title would be a huge surprise...
Attempted to follow mxgp closer last year but the streaming service was so bad at the beginning of the year that I was too far out of the loop by the time they got it fixed to bother. Hopefully it works out this year, always enjoy the races when I am able to watch.
Anyone not named Simon or Sacha would be imo. McLellan finished 5th in last years championship. If you exclude kay and adamo who both moved up, he was the next guy after simon and sacha. He showed some great flashes in certain races and was sometimes the fastest rider on track. Maybe hes taken another step forward this year which he’ll definitely need to do to have a shot. Who knows.
Pit Row
If that is MXGP TV, then its your end, i watch every race , all over the place and it never fails .
Many people had issues at the beginning of last season
There are a lot of really great riders in MXGP this year. interesting to see Enzo Lopes listed, Hope he can get some top 10 finishes. It's going to be tough to podium with this group.
Top 10 in MXGP? No chance.
If Valin wants to challenge for a title he needs to do better in sand then he did at Lierop last weekend. Had a decent start in moto 2 in 7th and couldnt get past Heitink, Doensen and Fredsoe and finished in 5th. in Moto 1 he was in 3rd behind Smulders for 5+ laps and couldnt pass him and then crashed.
Obviously just 1 race but not a good look compared to Everts
True that! I thought the same seeing him race in Lierop, but he stated it himself on IG that it was a struggle racing a track like Lierop.
I think he can and will compensate that on the hardpack tracks, but I don't see him challenge Sacha, Simon, Liam (and perhaps Camden) for the title.
Don't forget about Farrés... He's more talented as McLellan.
But to be fair, the titlefight will be between Längenfelder, Coenen and Everts. Valin, Farrés, McLellan and Jānis Reišulis are the underdogs.
I´d still like to believe that Lata can put that red CRF250 on that top step eventually #hopium.
I'm interested to see how Tom Vialle does. Tough to say, he's a bit of an unknown quantity coming into this with a new bike and in a new class.
It will be very interesting indeed. Considering how good he was already in the pre-season races I wouldnt be surprised to see him as a podium threat right from the first race.
Lierop is a very special track.
Pretty cool to see Febvre running the big number 1 plate!!!!
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