#12: MXGP of Great Britain

7/19/2026 3:37am

WMX moto 2 

+0.000 = Kiara Fontanesi 
+9.105 = Daniela Guillen
+18.618 = Courtney Duncan 
+38.860 = Lucy Barker 
+45.319 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
+47.422 = Malou Jakobsen 
+49.203 = Lotte Van Drunen 
+1.01.627 = Amandine Verstappen 
+1.02.370 = Danee Gelissen 
+1.06.465 = April Franzoni 

Overall 

1-1 = Kiara Fontanesi 
3-2 = Daniela Guillen 
2-3 = Courtney Duncan 
5-5 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
4-7 = Lotte Van Drunen 
9-4 = Lucy Barker
6-6 = Malou Jakobsen 
7-8 = Amandine Verstappen 
8-10 = April Franzoni 
11-9 = Danee Gelissen 

Championship 

141 = Kiara Fontanesi 
139 = Daniela Guillen 
100 = Courtney Duncan 
89 = Shana Van Der Vlist 
88 = Malou Jakobsen 
87 = Lucy Barker
85 = Lotte Van Drunen 
84 = Amandine Verstappen 
73 = April Franzoni 
57 = Lynn Valk

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7/19/2026 3:39am
Sc2 wrote:
If foxhills is a resounding success, does this mean that matterly will end up on the scrap heap, or will we be hosting both venues next...

If foxhills is a resounding success, does this mean that matterly will end up on the scrap heap, or will we be hosting both venues next season 

How about alternate the two 

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7/19/2026 4:00am

emx 125 moto 2 was quite cool and wild! Great to see Townley near the front also

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7/19/2026 4:12am Edited Date/Time 7/19/2026 4:12am

Every time I watch this EMX 125 class, or even the 125 class in the British championship, I'm left even more confused that the AMA pro nationals haven't followed suit yet. 

Great racing for spectators, a perfect introduction to professional tracks and formats for youngsters, perfect development that forces riders to maintain their momentum and use proper technique, and way safer than jumping straight from 85s/superminis to rocket ship 250s. And all with the added benefit of 125s sounding better than any 4 stroke ever will 

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7/19/2026 4:34am
Sc2 wrote:
Yep, rutty as fk and must be horrible to ride, leave it chalky and if it rained (which could of been a high possibility in UK)...

Yep, rutty as fk and must be horrible to ride, leave it chalky and if it rained (which could of been a high possibility in UK) then it becomes icey as fk, 

The track crew had to do something to the improve the texture, but it must be hard to get it spot on 

How about flattening out some of  the ruts between motos? 

Don't lookto bad in the flesh ( from where eiam sitting, so far)  and track guys have been flattening out between sessions 

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7/19/2026 4:38am
Sc2 wrote:
Yep, rutty as fk and must be horrible to ride, leave it chalky and if it rained (which could of been a high possibility in UK)...

Yep, rutty as fk and must be horrible to ride, leave it chalky and if it rained (which could of been a high possibility in UK) then it becomes icey as fk, 

The track crew had to do something to the improve the texture, but it must be hard to get it spot on 

How about flattening out some of  the ruts between motos? 

Sc2 wrote:

Don't lookto bad in the flesh ( from where eiam sitting, so far)  and track guys have been flattening out between sessions 

Is it beginning to look a bit one lined/hard to pass, or was that just the 125s not being able to put drag each other on the hills killing their mometum ? 

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7/19/2026 5:01am

M2 race time! I got Farres ftw

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7/19/2026 5:09am
rsd47 wrote:
Every time I watch this EMX 125 class, or even the 125 class in the British championship, I'm left even more confused that the AMA pro...

Every time I watch this EMX 125 class, or even the 125 class in the British championship, I'm left even more confused that the AMA pro nationals haven't followed suit yet. 

Great racing for spectators, a perfect introduction to professional tracks and formats for youngsters, perfect development that forces riders to maintain their momentum and use proper technique, and way safer than jumping straight from 85s/superminis to rocket ship 250s. And all with the added benefit of 125s sounding better than any 4 stroke ever will 

Can you imagine the mxgp class and the ama 450 class on 125s with stock engines, only suspension mods allowed. The racing would be insane. Give them all spec engines, can use their own team chassis. (Would also solve the issues of all the teams not building 125s currently.)

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7/19/2026 5:15am
rsd47 wrote:
Every time I watch this EMX 125 class, or even the 125 class in the British championship, I'm left even more confused that the AMA pro...

Every time I watch this EMX 125 class, or even the 125 class in the British championship, I'm left even more confused that the AMA pro nationals haven't followed suit yet. 

Great racing for spectators, a perfect introduction to professional tracks and formats for youngsters, perfect development that forces riders to maintain their momentum and use proper technique, and way safer than jumping straight from 85s/superminis to rocket ship 250s. And all with the added benefit of 125s sounding better than any 4 stroke ever will 

Exactly this ^^^

The US amatuer system is a mess and I really don't know why they are not doing anything to fix it. 

 

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7/19/2026 5:19am

what a pass by simon

7/19/2026 5:20am Edited Date/Time 7/19/2026 5:25am
matze wrote:

M2 race time! I got Farres ftw

As a South African, I'll go with Mc Lellen ftw.

Matze, if Farres beats Mc Lellen, then I'll clean your boots and you get to clean mine if the number 8 wins.

Deal?

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7/19/2026 5:21am
matze wrote:

M2 race time! I got Farres ftw

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As a South African, I'll go with Mc Lellen ftw.Matze, if Farres beats Mc Lellen, then I'll clean your boots and you get to clean mine...

As a South African, I'll go with Mc Lellen ftw.

Matze, if Farres beats Mc Lellen, then I'll clean your boots and you get to clean mine if the number 8 wins.

Deal?

😂😂 deal!

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7/19/2026 5:22am
matze wrote:

what a pass by simon

Damn, I missed the start. I thought the gate drop was at 14h00 UK time.

Number 8 needs to pull his finger

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7/19/2026 5:30am

those hills look steep even on TV. Thats rarely the case

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7/19/2026 5:31am Edited Date/Time 7/19/2026 5:33am

Makes my skin crawl to think Sacha broke his collar bone a week ago, then has it plated and is back out there racing and crashing again. 

It's gotta be hurting him.

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7/19/2026 5:33am

that hurts for Sascha Coenen again on his injured collarbone 🫣

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7/19/2026 5:34am

Those hills are steep.

7/19/2026 5:35am

Mc Lellen not making any progress. He just lost more time to Everts. Bummer.

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7/19/2026 5:35am
Dirt_Dawg wrote:

Farres will leave this weekened with the red plate / Stamp it!!!

Spot on. Looks like its actually gonna happen

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7/19/2026 5:45am

that was hard to watch.......

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7/19/2026 5:46am

Holy shit. Thank god he's walking off

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7/19/2026 5:47am

What's Mc Lellen doing? He just riding around in 4th...he gonna cause me to clean some boots.

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7/19/2026 5:50am

Horrible crash. Track is going to be pretty scary by the end of the second MXGP race 

7/19/2026 5:51am

Zanchi must be tough as nails to walk away from that. 

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7/19/2026 5:52am

Looks like a pretty good spectator turnout. 

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7/19/2026 5:53am
Boomslang wrote:

What's Mc Lellen doing? He just riding around in 4th...he gonna cause me to clean some boots.

were we talking bout overall or first moto??

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7/19/2026 5:54am
crusty_xx wrote:

Holy shit. Thank god he's walking off

That could have been career ending. Really glad he got up.

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7/19/2026 5:55am

Farres Red plate 538 points
Coenen -2
Längenfelder -39
McLellan -57

A month ago Farres was 41 points down. if these guys don't stop him he's gonna walk away with this

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7/19/2026 5:55am
Boomslang wrote:

Zanchi must be tough as nails to walk away from that. 

Cripes that was Nasty!

That's a long fall and tumble.

That he got up, and is walking away, well, I'm Very Bloody thankful for that. 

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7/19/2026 5:55am

Farres with the fingergun to Simon lol. Think theres some bad blood between these two. I remember Simon ranting at Farres few weeks ago after moto dont know exactly where/when

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