Max Bartolini team manager and Nicholas Lapucci have mutually decided to part ways, the team would like to wish the rider all the best for his continuation of the season. At the beginning of the year, Max Bartolini wanted to focus on Nicholas Lapucci, a rider that the Tuscan coach had already had in his team several seasons ago but above all a boy who he had seen grow, after winter training and the first races where Nicholas showed off in spurts excellent things at the end of the second round in Cingoli, the team and the driver have decided to take different paths for the current season. The w ..read more

Team HRC part company with Roan van de Moosdijk Fill-in rider Roan van de Moosdijk and Team HRC have mutually ended their relationship after further check-ups on the Dutch rider’s knee have revealed that it would be unwise for the #39 to race in the immediate future. Instead, v/d Moosdijk will take all the time necessary to recover from this issue, and then hopefully come back to the MXGP world championship where he can then give it 100%. Everyone at Team HRC wishes v/d Moosdijk all the best in the future and thanks him for the professional attitude he brought to the team in the couple of week ..read more

Ken Roczen has been left with a few broken bones after his shock broke in Nashville, putting the German out for the rest of supercross- fortunately, no surgery is required. Roczen said: “Alright, after further evaluation it looks like I will be out for a little bit. It turns out I broke my tib plateau , my foot and my toe. No surgery is required as of right now but we are still gathering some information and further evaluation. That’s really all I have for now. Bye bye SX24 you were pretty cool! My fans and partners, you guys make it super fun and it’s a joy coming to the races and get that su ..read more

The Dutch Masters finale took place at the weekend at Markelo. The MX2 class couldn’t be much closer in the chase for the championship as only a point split Rick Elzinga and Cas Valk with the former lifting the title. MX1 results  MX2 results  125cc results  Watch the MX2 highlights below: Image: Danny Relouw The post Video: MX2 race action from the Dutch Masters finale appeared first on GateDrop.com ..read more

After the second round of the EMX125 series, we caught up with former GP rider and winner, Kenneth Gundersen who is now focusing on trying to take his son on a path of his own. Pelle raced some EMX125 rounds last year but is in for the full series this year and has started the season well.  We caught up with Kenneth after Arco di Trento to discuss Pelle, Norwegian talents in the paddock and more. You can watch/listen/read below:  GateDrop: Kenneth, let’s start with this season, the EMX125, Pelle, a big improvement from last year and it’s his first full year doing this championship ..read more

He was serious all day, the normally carefree Jett Lawrence had a job to do, but once he delivered another win under pressure, Lawrence explained just how much he hated losing after a classy ride in Nashville to run down Eli Tomac for the win. Don’t mis-read Jett Lawrence when he’s joking around. Underneath that playful nature is a Carmichael level killer. He fired in Nashville. Jett said: ““I hate losing, so that bit of a losing streak really sucked. But [I’m] really pumped to come out and get it done here, especially with the Slash and Gibson [designed] gear. Those people are awesome to us ..read more

SMX champ, Haiden Deegan, admits he will not be nice in his desperate attempt to beat MX2 2x world champion, Tom Vialle, to the East coast supercross title. Vialle has 13 point lead over Deegan with two rounds to go – including the East West shootout! And Deegan admits he won’t be holding back. “I ain’t going to be nice at all, especially being 13 points down,” Deegan said in warning to Vialle. “I have nothing to lose. We are going to be going into these last rounds with a handful.” Watch the full interview with Lewis Phillips below: Image: Yamaha The post Deegan – I’m not going to be nice at ..read more

Factory Yamaha came into the 2024 MXGP World Championship with very high expectations with a rider line up consisting of Jago Geerts, Maxime Renaux and Calvin Vlaaderen. After just two rounds of the series, the team were already hit with injuries. Jago Geerts got injured in the first MXGP qualifying race of the year and picked up left clavicle and elbow fracture. The Belgian will be out for a while but is hoping to at least return for his home GP at Lommel. Maxime Renaux broke his foot last year and it has continued to give him issues. After the first moto in Spain he decided to pull out and g ..read more

The final round took place at Markelo during the weekend which saw the champions crowned. Images supplied by Danny Relouw ..read more

The Dutch Masters finale took place at the weekend at Markelo.  The MX1 class was between Herlings or Febvre for the title with Herlings getting the job done.  MX1 results  MX2 results  125cc results  Watch the MX1 highlights below:  Image: Danny Relouw The post Video: MX1 race action from the Dutch Masters finale appeared first on GateDrop.com ..read more