Gajser, Geerts Sign Off MXGP
Season With Wins
T
he 2023 FIM World Motocross
Championship concluded with
the British Grand Prix, September
23-24. The rolling hillsides of Mat-
terly Basin served as host, which
concluded the 19-round series. In
the end, neither of the two newly
crowned champions took the win.
Instead, Tim Gajser and Jago
Geerts grabbed their respective
overall victories.
MXGP
Jorge Prado wrapped up his first
MXGP world title at the previ-
ous race, but that didn't stop
him from running up front at the
start of the first moto. He battled
with Yamaha's Glenn Coldenhoff
early on but eventually fell. Prado
managed to climb back up to
fourth, but another crash in race
two dropped him to 10th overall.
Meanwhile, Coldenhoff led the
majority of the race, with Gajser
on the move through the field.
With only a few laps remaining,
Gajser passed Seewer for sec
-
ond before taking the lead from
Coldenhoff. Seewer then made
the same move on his Yamaha
teammate for second.
Prado and Romain Febvre
charged their way to the back of
the lead group for an exciting fi
-
nal few laps, but Gajser still held
on for the win.
Race two looked like a carbon
copy of the first, as Coldenhoff
led through turn one with Prado
going down in a pass attempt.
Gajser again used a fast line
to make his way into the lead,
this time earlier in the race than
before. Behind him, Seewer and
Febvre pushed their way into po
-
dium territory. Seewer eventually
slipped back to fourth late in the
race, as Gajser's Honda team-
mate, Ruben Fernandez, snuck
by for the final spot on the box.
A perfect day for Gajser gave
him the overall ahead of Seewer
and Febvre.
WIND
IN THE
P48
Tim Gajser finished
off the 2023 MXGP
season with a win at
Matterly Basin.
