We Head To Arnhem For The MXGP of The Netherlands

Sunday 20th Aug 2023, Arnhem

On Sunday, we were in The Netherlands at the sand track of Arnhem for Round 16 of the FIM World Motocross Championship. The weather was very hot, making the track dry, soft and dusty. It was the first time that Arnhem was hosting an MXGP event and we saw great racing from 4 classes - EMX250, WMX, MX2 & MXGP. 

EMX250 Class

Italian Championship leader Andrea Bonacorsi won the overall with a 2-2 to make it 3 GP wins for the season. The Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing Team rider has been on the podium in every round so far and extended his championship lead this weekend! 2nd overall was Fantic Racing MX's Dutch rider Cas Valk with another Dutchman 3rd overall in BT Racing Team's Kay Karssemakers on his Husqvarna.

Valerio Lata #53 leading Kay Karssemakers #33, closely followed by EMX250 Championship Leader Andrea Bonacorsi #32

WMX Women's Class

It was the perfect weekend for home hero and "Queen of sand" Lotte Van Drunen, with a dominant 1-1 for her first ever GP career win. The young Dutch Kawasaki KX 250 F rider put on a sand riding masterclass, cheered on by her adoring home fans. RFME GasGas WMX Team's Spanish rider Daniela Guillen secured 2nd overall with 3rd going to Fantic Racing MX's Dutch rider, Lynn Valk, sister of EMX250's Cas.

Lotte Van Drunen #401 on her way to a dominant victory in the WMX Class

MX2 Class

With a 3-2, Belgian Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Liam Everts won the overall, being consistently on the podium of late and earning his 2nd GP win of the season. Another Belgian, Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing's Lucas Coenen was rapid all weekend but due to a crash in Race 1, went 6-1 for 2nd overall. Rounding off the podium was German rider Simon Längenfelder on his Red Bull GasGas who went 1-6. Italian Championship leader Andrea Adamo came 5th overall and still retains the red plate from teammate Liam Everts.

Liam Everts #72 leading his teammate & Championship leader Andrea Adamo #80

2nd overall Lucas Coenen #96 practicing his starts between races

MXGP Class

Kawasaki Racing Team's Romain Febvre secured his 6th GP win of the season. With a mistake leading to a small crash plus a stone stuck in his rear brake in race 1, he showed his usual pace to catch and pass a number of riders before settling for 2nd place. In race 2, he got the holeshot and led from start to finish for a 2-1 on the day. 2nd overall was the ever-consistent Championship leader Jorge Prado on his Red Bull GasGas MC 450 F who leads the Championship by 92 points from Febvre with 3 races to go. 3rd overall on the day and 3rd in the Championship was Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team's Swiss Rider Jeremy Seewer. MRT Racing Team Beta's British interest; Ben Watson, went 11-11 for 10th overall. Nice to see the British rider in the top 10!

GP winner Romain Febvre #3 chasing Championship leader Jorge Prado #61

MXGP of The Netherlands Highlights

In addition to our short videos on Instagram & TikTok, you can also click here for extended video of our Arnhem Paddock Walk. We will be adding more extended video highlights of EMX250 & WMX classes, as well as MX2 and MXGP classes this week too!

AS3 Supported Rider Updates & Results

Our youngest supported MX rider gets his first club holeshot!

Ollie Hain got his first holeshot at Rhynie for Round 6 of the Aberdeen & District MX Club Championship on his GasGas MC 50 in the auto class at the weekend. He also got on the box with a P3 in the 3rd race, going 7-7-3 for 5th overall. Well done Ollie!

Ollie getting into the zone before the race start

Top 5 for Junior MX rider Arthur King

Arthur was competing in Round 5 of the Bridgestone British Masters at the weekend in the 65 class. On a very tough track, he qualified 6th quickest on his KTM 65 SX then went 5-6-4-6 for 5th overall. A great result for Arthur, congratulations.

Arthur on his way to 5th overall over 4 races

More AS3 Performance Supported Rider News

Jonny Walker came 4th at Red Bull TKO Extreme Enduro over in Tennessee, USA - this should give him great confidence for a good result at Red Bull Outliers FIM Hard Enduro event in Calgary, Canada this coming weekend.

Fast Eddy Racing's Enduro rider Jamie McCanney went 1-1 at the final round of the British Sprint Enduro Championship, claiming the 2023 title!

Junior Enduro rider Jacob Bragg came 1st in class by 4 minutes at Round 8 of the British XC Championships on his Husqvarna TC 85. Congrats to all riders!

Instagram Tag Of The Week

This week, Italian rider and digital creator Diego @_dieguz___ tagged us in his Fantic XE 125 converted to supermoto bike build. He used many of our stand-out parts for this, including rear brake & gear levers with red tips, oil filler plug, front & rear brake master cylinder covers, brake line clamp, plus our chain guide. His idea was and is to completely upgrade and change the look of the bike which, so far, he has done with aplomb. He currently rides with group of friends who all have 125 2 stroke machines converted to supermoto spec and the 17 year-old plans to upgrade to a 450 4 stroke at some point in the future.

@_dieguz___'s Fantic XE 125 with a brand new livery

The right side of Diego's bike showing our Rear Brake Reservoir Cover, Rear Brake Lever & Oil Filler Plug

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