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Maybe a bit of last year's expe- rience was still in my head. But I'm injury-free now, which feels great." Gajser rounded out the over- all podium for the second week in a row. "The first race wasn't great," Gajser said. "I didn't have the best start and crashed twice, so I wasn't happy with ninth. For the second race I regrouped and treated it like a new race. The track was a bit better with more lines, and I found some good ones, made some passes, and finished second. A podium is always positive, and it's good to be consistent, but I still feel we are improving." MX2 The muddy conditions were at their worst for the first MX2 race as Kawasaki's Mathis Valin grabbed the holeshot and early lead. He easily led the way for most of the race until his chain derailed in one of the deep ruts and forced him out of the race. This handed the lead over to Tri - umph's Guillem Farres, who's been running at the front as of late. The Spanish rider looked good but later clipped a lapped rider and fell out of first place. This mis- take allowed the defending MX2 champion, Simon Laengenfelder, to advance with the moto-one vic - tory. His KTM teammate, Sacha Coenen, finished second, with Liam Everts holding off Farres for third at the line. Farres came back with a holeshot in race two as Everts again closely tailed him. The two gapped the rest of the field as they took their battle all the way to the line and finished less than a second apart. Farres ended up with the win and used 4-1 scores to take second overall with Everts' 3-2 giving him second on the day. Laengenfelder used consistency to his advantage and finished the day with 1-3 moto scores to take the overall win. This is his second victory in three rounds and moves him back into the championship lead with a 22-point advantage. "A good one," Laengenfelder said. "Tough conditions, and it wasn't an easy race—pass - ing and the backmarkers were tricky—but I liked it out there today. It's usually what we find here. Yesterday was hard, but I made it happen today, and we got the red plate back." Camden McLellan entered the weekend with the red plate but lost it due to two poor finishes. An eighth in race one set him back before he crashed out of race two. Luckily nothing is broken, and the Triumph rider should be back in the hunt come round four. CN MXGP (Top 5) 1. Tom Vialle (Hon) 1-6 2. Maxime Renaux (Yam) 2-7 3. Tim Gajser (Yam) 9-2 4. Kay de Wolf (Hus) 5-4 5. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 4-5 MX2 (Top 5) 1. Simon Laengenfelder (KTM) 1-3 2. Guillem Farres (Tri) 4-1 3. Liam Everts (Hus) 3-2 4. Sacha Coenen (KTM) 2-7 5. Valerio Lata (Hon) 5-4 WIND IN THE P66 Simon Laengenfelder took another win in MX2 and reclaimed the points lead. 2026 MX2 & MXGP Switzerland Highlights