#1: MXGP of Argentina

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Juck wrote:

Did he say something about that?

63mark wrote:

No, but i am Dutch. And thats not our flag above the podium😂

Juck wrote:

Ohhh haha I didn't catch that but they've done it before

I would think in Argentina they would know the right colors. Considering our Queen and all🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dirt_Dawg wrote:
Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke...

Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke . Great racing from argentina.

He( or the bike) looked sketchy and nervous.

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We learned a lot today. 

Vialle can ride a 450. 

Herlings can ride the Honda

Febvre is a force when everyone is fit . 

Coenen had a poor weekend, based on expectations, but is only 8 points out of the Red Plate. 

Gajser can ride the Yamaha. 

Seewer is out of sorts on the Ducati, and i dont see any way that is changing. 

 

Great opening round. 

 

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I noticed one thing i dont like about HRC and yamaha is riders gear numbers, on yamaha both Maxime and Tim have 3 digids yellow neon color, really hard to understand who is riding, same goes for hrc,Fernandez,Herlings,really hard to understand who is riding,specially first laps. Fox should bring back big 84 in national flag color. its really associating with Herlings,heard its a problem with fox and alpinestars but idk why. i understand same gear and color scheme,but please let riders choose individual numbers on back.

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Herlings is just an absolute animal. The first moto today he lost the lead, appeared to have arm pump, made a big mistake and had Febvre all over him. All the momentum was working against him and he just digs deep and pulls it out of the bag. 

Second moto I just never doubted that he would he would get to Febvre. It’s just what he does, we’ve seen those late race charges so many times from him. He looks amazing 

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RG437 wrote:
Herlings is just an absolute animal. The first moto today he lost the lead, appeared to have arm pump, made a big mistake and had Febvre...

Herlings is just an absolute animal. The first moto today he lost the lead, appeared to have arm pump, made a big mistake and had Febvre all over him. All the momentum was working against him and he just digs deep and pulls it out of the bag. 

Second moto I just never doubted that he would he would get to Febvre. It’s just what he does, we’ve seen those late race charges so many times from him. He looks amazing 

I knew he'd get Febvre once Febvre looked back more than once halfway through the moto lol 😅

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Dirt_Dawg wrote:
Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke...

Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke . Great racing from argentina.

D_L118 wrote:

He( or the bike) looked sketchy and nervous.

He got a stone in the eye this weekend, so his socket was quite swollen today. Messed up his sight a bit.

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Dirt_Dawg wrote:
Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke...

Was expecting more from lucas. Looked like gajser wants to ease into things.  Vialle is looking good on the 450. The bullet is no joke . Great racing from argentina.

D_L118 wrote:

He( or the bike) looked sketchy and nervous.

DeStouwer wrote:

He got a stone in the eye this weekend, so his socket was quite swollen today. Messed up his sight a bit.

     lucas 

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3/8/2026 11:43pm

why did sasha DNF MX2 moto 2?

 

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Ozy wrote:

why did sasha DNF MX2 moto 2?

 

Had a big crash with Lata on the opening lap, first table top

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Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once looked like himself outdoors. It would be interesting to hear someone ask him his thoughts on that.

Either way, the team that Honda has assembled globally is insane. Up there with the best line up in the history.

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Motofinne wrote:
Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once...

Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once looked like himself outdoors. It would be interesting to hear someone ask him his thoughts on that.

Either way, the team that Honda has assembled globally is insane. Up there with the best line up in the history.

The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250 to be fast there. That’s not really his style, it would have been interesting to see him on a 450 outdoors over there 

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Cortami79 wrote:

Had a big crash with Lata on the opening lap, first table top

Elliot wrote:
jaun wrote:

That doesn't show me at all what happened to Coonen

I do hope you'll forgive me for not satisfying your requirements.

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Didn’t realize that Patagonia track is gone. One of the coolest race tracks I’ve ever seen. What a shame. 

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themx11 wrote:

Didn’t realize that Patagonia track is gone. One of the coolest race tracks I’ve ever seen. What a shame. 

I thought they did a great job with this track to be honest. It looked massively underwhelming from all the photos but I really liked it. That big step down the hill was one of the coolest sections I’ve seen in a long time. They were sending it off that thing 

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Motofinne wrote:
Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once...

Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once looked like himself outdoors. It would be interesting to hear someone ask him his thoughts on that.

Either way, the team that Honda has assembled globally is insane. Up there with the best line up in the history.

RG437 wrote:
The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250...

The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250 to be fast there. That’s not really his style, it would have been interesting to see him on a 450 outdoors over there 

That’s what I think too. I really think 250s in America are it’s own beast they don’t really prepare you for a 450, as much as you want to believe. 250s here are just so wide open, mxgp tracks get chewed to hell and left rough so even 250s there have to be technical and smooth almost 450 style to a larger degree.


everything that made vialle a 2x mx2 champ, doesn’t translate to a 250 in America, but it WOULD translate to a 450. And his ride this weekend confirms that in a big way.

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Motofinne wrote:
Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once...

Vialle looked amazing. His time in America was so weird, 2x 250 champ and rode indoors as well as anyone could've expected but he never once looked like himself outdoors. It would be interesting to hear someone ask him his thoughts on that.

Either way, the team that Honda has assembled globally is insane. Up there with the best line up in the history.

RG437 wrote:
The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250...

The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250 to be fast there. That’s not really his style, it would have been interesting to see him on a 450 outdoors over there 

30minmotos wrote:
That’s what I think too. I really think 250s in America are it’s own beast they don’t really prepare you for a 450, as much as...

That’s what I think too. I really think 250s in America are it’s own beast they don’t really prepare you for a 450, as much as you want to believe. 250s here are just so wide open, mxgp tracks get chewed to hell and left rough so even 250s there have to be technical and smooth almost 450 style to a larger degree.


everything that made vialle a 2x mx2 champ, doesn’t translate to a 250 in America, but it WOULD translate to a 450. And his ride this weekend confirms that in a big way.

If vialle had raced against Haiden Deegan in europa ....he would have won a lot more

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3/9/2026 2:46am

I must admit Herlings going 1-1 really surprised me what with his pre season form. Vialle as well, totally didn’t expect him to be on that type of pace. Gajser must’ve had set up problems in the 1st moto coz he looked good in the 2nd. Overall a decent GP, tracked looked good, cut up rough & it looked like a decent size crowd turned up. Roll on round 2! 

3/9/2026 3:12am
I must admit Herlings going 1-1 really surprised me what with his pre season form. Vialle as well, totally didn’t expect him to be on that...

I must admit Herlings going 1-1 really surprised me what with his pre season form. Vialle as well, totally didn’t expect him to be on that type of pace. Gajser must’ve had set up problems in the 1st moto coz he looked good in the 2nd. Overall a decent GP, tracked looked good, cut up rough & it looked like a decent size crowd turned up. Roll on round 2! 

Gajser was sored after that crash he had on Saturday. He’ll come back stronger.

3/9/2026 3:38am

never expected Herlings to go 1-1 like he did , he only got 2 months to adapt to bike and team

Vialle did really good in pre season , so wasnt a big surprise .His starts are like in 250 back then , always up front .. 

Hope next race Kay will be back , as i think he could be in the mix for podiums

Lets hope they all stay healty and fit , and we could have a epic season

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3/9/2026 4:58am
Rickard21 wrote:

Gajser was sored after that crash he had on Saturday. He’ll come back stronger.

Not sore in the 2nd moto then? Because his performance was way better than the 1st. 

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RG437 wrote:
The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250...

The tracks in America are wider and more open than GP tracks and I think you really have to be wide open everywhere on a 250 to be fast there. That’s not really his style, it would have been interesting to see him on a 450 outdoors over there 

30minmotos wrote:
That’s what I think too. I really think 250s in America are it’s own beast they don’t really prepare you for a 450, as much as...

That’s what I think too. I really think 250s in America are it’s own beast they don’t really prepare you for a 450, as much as you want to believe. 250s here are just so wide open, mxgp tracks get chewed to hell and left rough so even 250s there have to be technical and smooth almost 450 style to a larger degree.


everything that made vialle a 2x mx2 champ, doesn’t translate to a 250 in America, but it WOULD translate to a 450. And his ride this weekend confirms that in a big way.

mxxxeR1 wrote:

If vialle had raced against Haiden Deegan in europa ....he would have won a lot more

If ands and buts…when emotions outweigh reality….

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3/9/2026 7:22am

How did the Ducati 250 look?

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ohh_454 wrote:

How did the Ducati 250 look?

Wasn't really featured, Feruchio Zanchi was injured so the EMX guy stepped in (Mancini) and he went ok 15-20 , first fly away and probably last minute.com

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3/9/2026 8:03am Edited Date/Time 3/9/2026 8:39am

I think the track was pretty okay. There was some natural elevation in it, it was quite sandy and challenging in terms of ruts... Everyone is always so enthusiastic about the track in Villa La Angostura, but was it really that special in terms of layout? Everyone went equally fast there. The only thing that made it special was the beautiful surroundings, but the track itself? Meh... It provided some good racing and there was atmosphere, but both Córdoba as Bariloche had that aswell. It was a good track, but not exceptional in my opinion.

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Great races this weekend!

Farres did very well👌

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3/9/2026 10:13am

MXGP season stats 

GP wins 

1 = Jeffrey Herlings 

GP podiums 

1 = Jeffrey Herlings 
1 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Tom Vialle 

Race wins 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings 

Race top 3 

2 = Jeffrey Herlings 
2 = Romain Febvre 
1 = Tom Vialle
1 = Tim Gajser 

Laps lead 

14 = Romain Febvre 
11 = Tom Vialle 
8 = Jeffrey Herlings 

Fastest lap of the race 

1 = Tom Vialle 
1 = Romain Febvre 

Qualifying race wins 

1 = Tom Vialle 

Qualifying race top 3 

1 = Tom Vialle 
1 = Lucas Coenen 
1 = Andrea Adamo 

Laps lead in Qualifying races 

12 = Tom Vialle 

Fastest lap in practice 

1 = Jeffrey Herlings

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