one just after passing Romain. I
scrubbed it so hard I had my foot
back on the ground. I saw Jesus
coming, man. How I saved it I
really have no idea, but I made it
without crashing."
Febvre talked about his day:
"I felt pretty good all weekend—
my speed was there, my starts
were there, too. It's not in one
week that you turn things upside
down. Last week they were
much faster than us; this week I
could keep up with them. Even in
the second race, I held onto Jef
-
frey for maybe 20 minutes or so.
Step by
step I'm getting there."
Coenen enjoys a comfortable
64-point lead over Herlings in the
MXGP Championship. Febvre is
third, another 55 points back.
MX2
The MX2 World Championship
is tightening at the top as Tri
-
umph Racing Factory Team rider
Guillem Farres
scored a perfect
Sunday for the second straight
weekend.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's
reigning World Champion Simon
Laengenfelder ended his podium
drought with a solid second
overall, strengthening his hold on
third in the Championship, while
star rookie Janis Reisulis took
his second straight podium for
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory
MX2 with third overall.
"It was a good weekend,"
Farres said. "I had a good feeling
from free practice, and we carried
the momentum from Portugal
into this weekend. In the first
moto, I was third after the start,
made a couple of quick passes
on the opening lap, and put my
-
self into the lead. From there, the
guys behind
kept the pressure on,
so I had to work hard for the win.
"The second moto was, let's
say, a little easier. I pushed hard
on the opening laps to build a
good gap, and from there I just
managed the lead until the end.
I'm happy with the weekend, the
team, and the bike. We'll keep
working hard and getting closer
to our goal."
Laengenfelder, who won
Saturday's qualifying race, said,
"We made a few changes, a few
new people in the team [Marc de
Reuver as coach], and that helped
bring back the intensity, the fire,
that I'd been struggling with the
past few races, especially in the
second race. It was there again, so
I'm super happy about that qualify
-
ing-race win, about three good
starts,
and about that weekend."
Reisulis passed Camden
McLellan in the second moto
to secure third overall with 4-3
scores. "The intensity this week
-
end was on point, especially the
end of race
two, since I knew I
had to pass Camden back for
the podium," Reisulis said. "He's
one of the strongest guys in the
MX2 class, so I kind of just went
with the mentality it's either pass
him or crash, and it worked out."
McLellan was fifth overall with
5-4 finishes.
Sacha Coenen still leads the
MX2 Championship over Farres,
518-504. Langenfelder is third
on 467 points.
CN
MXGP (Top 5)
1. Lucas Coenen (KTM) 1-1
2. Jeffrey Herlings (Hon) 2-2
3. Romain Febvre (Kaw) 3-3
4. Calvin Vlaanderen (Duc) 8-4
5. Tim Gajser (Yam) 6-5
MX2 (Top 5)
1. Guillem Farres (Tri) 1-1
2. Simon Laengenfelder (KTM) 3-2
3. Janis Reisulis (Yam) 4-3
4. Sacha Coenen (KTM) 2-6
5. Camden McLellan (Tri) 5-4
VOLUME 63 ISSUE 27 JULY 7, 2026 P41
Triumph's Guillem Farres won both MX2 motos.
