The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MXGP line-up continued their assault on the MXGP and MX2 FIM Motocross World Championships with victory in both classes at a busy, warm and changeable Teutschenthal for the Grand Prix of Germany. Jeffrey Herlings became the fourth winner for the team this year and tasted his 108th career success while Andrea Adamo prevailed in MX2 to front the series for the second time in 2025. Words: KTM
- Jeffrey Herlings goes 2-1 as Red Bull KTM claim both motos at a dry then wet Teutschenthal with the KTM 450 SX-F. The Dutchman not only gathers his first podium of the season but also a first P1
- Lucas Coenen accepts P2 overall thanks to his 1-2 scores. The Belgian has closed the deficit to the MXGP red plate to just 37 points in his debut year
- Andrea Adamo wraps a fourth MX2 Grand Prix win of 2025 with 1st and 3rd positions in two very different motos in Germany and also takes control of the red plate with the KTM 250 SX-F
- Simon Laengenfelder finishes 5th in front of a passionate home support and rues a wet second moto result of 9th after a strong charge to 3rd place earlier in the day. Sacha Coenen leads both races but classifies 8th overall
- MXGP heads north for another week of world championship action and to the loose, sandy soil of Kegums for the Grand Prix of Latvia
Talkessel, Teutschenthal: one of the oldest and most steadfast Grand Prix venues on the MXGP calendar. The circuit first hosted a race in the mid-1970s and has been almost ever-present on the world championship slate since the start of the century. Simon Laengenfelder enjoyed noisy support by carrying the MX2 red plate to his home GP and a decent attendance.
Saturday brought some long-overdue heat and sunshine to MXGP and the old German soil held well, producing ruts, some traction, but it was also typically tight with lines and passing opportunities. MXGP went to plan for Red Bull KTM with Jeffrey Herlings and Lucas Coenen 1st and 2nd in Timed Practice. The pair swapped positions for the Qualification Heat, with Lucas winning on Saturday for the fourth time this season and the second time in a row, and Herlings earned P2. In MX2, Sacha Coenen and Andrea Adamo had lonely rides to 2nd and 3rd while Simon Laengenfelder sent the fans crazy with a decent chase to pass and seize 4th by the chequered flag.
The weather was changeable on Sunday. Overcast skies dumped showers in the morning. Brighter skies and warmer temperatures soon returned, only for more stormy rain to arrive before the second motos! The track veered between dry, rough and quick to muddy, slow and slippery.
Lucas Coenen and Herlings profited from their good positions and flew in formation, 1-2, for the entire first moto. Herlings stayed on the rear wheel of his junior teammate for the distance (his best result of the year so far), while Coenen registered his eighth moto win with a calm and faultless performance. In the second race on slick and wet dirt, Coenen again set the pace, but Herlings bided his time and attacked on the penultimate lap for his maiden ‘25’ points of the term, ensuring the top step of the podium. It was his first win since the 2024 Dutch GP.
The five-time world champ has built up from 15th-9th-7th-9th-6th and 4th to 1st in his seven Grand Prix appearances since returning from winter injury and missing pre-season. He is 10th in the standings. Coenen was denied a third triumph in his rookie campaign but now has five podium finishes in a row and heads the stats for Pole Positions, laps led and motos won.
In the MX2 class Adamo, Laengenfelder and Coenen were again the protagonists. Adamo pursued Coenen for the lead in the first moto and overtook the Belgian in the final stages. A few laps later, Laengenfelder pushed from 5th to 3rd to create another 1-2-3 scenario for the Red Bull KTM 250 SX-F riders. Adamo’s victory was the third time in four GPs he took P1 and extended his haul for the year to five. A rain-hit second race was controlled by Coenen until the last nine minutes when he lost traction on the uphill trip section and ran off track and into the fence. He recovered the bike to finish the moto in 15th and 8th position overall. Adamo produced a steady and measured outing for P3 and to guarantee his latest spoils and a seventh rostrum champagne bottle. The Italian fronts the stats table for moto wins and Grand Prix wins. Laengenfelder didn’t make the best start and also crashed. His 9th place meant P5 on the day.
In the MX2 standings Andrea has a narrow 3-point margin over Simon at the top, while Sacha is now into the top five.
Jeffrey Herlings, 2nd and 1st for 1st overall in MXGP: “There have been a lot of ups-and-downs, but to win today was amazing. Obviously the competition is strong and the track was really tricky. In the first moto I was battling with Lucas, and I have so much respect for him, being only 18 and handling that type of pressure every weekend and not making any mistakes. In the second moto, we had the mud, so I saved my goggles and waited for the lapped riders. I managed to pass Romain and then Lucas with a good line that nobody else had seen. It’s great to come back and win again. Hats off to the competition. I feel like I am getting close to their level again and I’m just trying to be there every single weekend. I want to get as many podiums and wins as I can.”
Joel Smets, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Manager: “Victory in both classes today and it cannot get much better. For me, Teutschenthal has always been a bit historical. It’s a strange place personally! I won my very first GP here, my 50th and, as team manager, the Motocross of Nations. In 2021, we had a double podium with Tom [Vialle] and Rene [Hofer] and then in 2023 we took the red plate in MX2 with Andrea. Now, we go 1-1 in MXGP and MX2. It’s our first double this season with the new team setup and at a special place. The boys delivered and the whole team did a great job behind the scenes and under the awning. A lot has been said about KTM in the last months, but again, we proved that we are alive and kicking and READY TO RACE.”
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