Honda HRC’s Ruben Fernandez got his second podium in a row as the Spaniard went three-four for third overall in Lugo, Spain, which hosted the eighth round of the 2025 MXGP World Championship.
Torrential rain hit the circuit early in the day to really make conditions difficult, but due to the nature of the soil, it never got as bad as Agueda last weekend. However, like in Portugal, starts were critical and despite only having 15th gate-pick after yesterday’s qualification race, Fernandez utilised the power of his Honda CRF450R to jump out of the gate and put himself in a position to get on the podium. Both races, he was inside the top five by the third corner and by running a good pace and making no mistakes, that’s where he stayed for the duration of both races, much to the delight of the home supporters around the circuit. After these two rounds on the Iberian Peninsula, he now sits just 16 points off the rider above him in the championship and well within reach of third place in the standings.
In the MX2 class, Ferrucco Zanchi showed his mud skills once again, backing up his fifth from yesterday with a fourth in race one on the rain-hit circuit. Like Fernandez, he got a great start and just rode a consistent race, keeping pace with the guys in front, whilst resisting any advances from those behind. Things looked even better in race two early on as the #73 was in second place for the first lap, giving him a virtual podium. Unfortunately, that was short-lived as a mistake on one of the downhills dropped him down the standings. He still fought back to 10th at the chequered flag, giving him seventh overall on the day, but the young Italian was left thinking of what could have been as he heads into this weekend off.
Like the last round in Portugal, Valerio Lata struggled to get to grips with the conditions and found himself fighting for the top 10 spots all weekend. In the end he went 10-9-12 over the course of the two days and never really showed the speed needed to challenge higher. It was unfortunate that rain has consistently hit these GP weekends, but the feeling is that if Ernee, France is dry, the #18 will be back mixing it up with the best of the class.
MX2 Race 1
- Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), 34:41.232; 2. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:01.638; 3. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:15.171; 4. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +0:38.306; 5. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:42.941; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:50.569; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:56.244; 8. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +1:23.628; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +1:28.925; 10. Mathis Valin (FRA, Kawasaki), +1:30.926;
MX2 Race 2
- Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 34:30.697; 2. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:02.191; 3. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), +0:03.808; 4. Kay de Wolf (NED, Husqvarna), +0:06.977; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.679; 6. Liam Everts (BEL, Husqvarna), +0:10.181; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, Triumph), +0:11.098; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, Yamaha), +0:25.719; 9. Karlis Alberts Reisulis (LAT, Yamaha), +1:01.969; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, Honda), +1:03.194; 11. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +1:09.420; 12. Valerio Lata (ITA, Honda), +1:27.635;
MX2 GP Classification
- Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 43 points; 2. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 41 p.; 3. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 37 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 37 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 36 p.; 6. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 33 p.; 7. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 29 p.; 8. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 28 p.; 9. Rick Elzinga (NED, YAM), 21 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 21 p.;
MX2 World Championship Standings
- Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 380 points; 2. Simon Längenfelder (GER, KTM), 365 p.; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 359 p.; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 313 p.; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 271 p.; 6. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 264 p.; 7. Camden Mc Lellan (RSA, TRI), 241 p.; 8. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 203 p.; 9. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 196 p.; 10. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 182 p.;
Ruben Fernandez 70
Last year I wasn’t able to race here in Lugo, which was a massive shame but this year I am very happy to get to stand on the podium and see all the friends, family and fans who came out to support me. It is a special feeling to do so at a home GP and now I want to keep getting up on the podiums more in the future. I actually would have liked a little bit more coming into the weekend, but the conditions weren’t easy and in the end, this was all I could manage, especially after yesterday. I really enjoyed the past couple of rounds, racing in Portugal and Spain and getting podiums in both, so let’s keep the feeling going.
Ferruccio Zanchi 73
Overall, I should be happy with my performance, but I know I left a possible podium visit on the table after crashing in that second moto. The first race I got a good start and rode in fourth the whole race. I stayed consistent and didn’t let the pressure from behind phase me. In the second moto, I got an even better start and was in second position and feeling really good, but made a mistake coming into one of the 180s on a choppy section of the track. I remounted down in 14th and did make it up to 10th but I know I could have stayed with those guys up front and really fought for a podium. So yes, a disappointment, but still an improvement on previous rounds, which I guess I have to be happy about.
Valerio Lata 18
A weekend to forget really as I never really felt comfortable around the track. The rain certainly didn’t help things but I know I need to improve in this weather because being outside the top 10 isn’t good enough. Now we have a weekend off, so I will work hard to get better and come into Ernee looking to get back to fighting for the top five positions.
Marcus Pereira de Freitas
HRC General Manager – MXGP
A tough weekend, with really bad weather once again but some good moments for Ruben to get on the podium with all his friends and family here to support him. He now has two in a row and I think he is really believing that he is a top three guy and can now progress to fighting for wins. Ferro also had a good first moto and was looking good in the second before the crash, so we want to try and keep that positivity going into Ernee.
Race 1
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 Febvre Romain 3 FRA 25 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 34:31.746
2 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA 22 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:04.151
3 Fernandez Ruben 70 SPA 20 Honda HRC – MXGP 0:09.823
4 Coenen Lucas 96 BEL 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 0:20.474
5 Coldenhoff Glenn 259 NDL 16 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:29.809
6 Bonacorsi Andrea 132 ITA 15 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:38.429
7 Herlings Jeffrey 84 NDL 14 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 0:40.532
8 Vlaanderen Calvin 10 NDL 13 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:54.326
9 van Doninck Brent BEL 12 1:03.162
10 Guadagnini Mattia 101 ITA 11 Ducati Factory MX Team 1:05.728
11 Jonass Pauls 41 LAT 10 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 1:10.414
12 Watson Ben 919 GBR 9 MRT Racing Team Beta 1:11.638
13 Bogers Brian 189 NDL 8 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 1:28.648
14 Sterry Adam 811 GBR 7 KTM Kozak Team 1:35.785
15 Geerts Jago 93 BEL 6 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 1:36.565
16 Horgmo Kevin 24 NOR 5 Honda SR Motoblouz 1:51.220
17 van de Moosdijk Roan 34 NDL 4 KTM Kozak Team 1 lap
18 Pancar Jan 253 SLO 3 TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team 1 lap
19 Seewer Jeremy 91 SWI 2 Ducati Factory MX Team 1 lap
20 Gilbert Josh GBR 1 1 lap
Race 2
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Time/Gap
1 Coenen Lucas 96 BEL 25 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 33:41.734
2 Febvre Romain 3 FRA 22 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 0:12.347
3 Vlaanderen Calvin 10 NDL 20 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:16.019
4 Fernandez Ruben 70 SPA 18 Honda HRC – MXGP 0:20.726
5 Seewer Jeremy 91 SWI 16 Ducati Factory MX Team 0:29.545
6 Herlings Jeffrey 84 NDL 15 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 0:34.519
7 Bonacorsi Andrea 132 ITA 14 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:36.907
8 Horgmo Kevin 24 NOR 13 Honda SR Motoblouz 0:38.739
9 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA 12 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 0:42.100
10 Jonass Pauls 41 LAT 11 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 0:44.360
11 Watson Ben 919 GBR 10 MRT Racing Team Beta 0:45.226
12 Coldenhoff Glenn 259 NDL 9 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:50.576
13 Bogers Brian 189 NDL 8 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP 0:52.326
14 van de Moosdijk Roan 34 NDL 7 KTM Kozak Team 0:55.543
15 Geerts Jago 93 BEL 6 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team 1:04.381
16 Koch Tom 226 GER 5 MRT Racing Team Beta 1:20.368
17 van Doninck Brent BEL 4 1:30.408
18 Guadagnini Mattia 101 ITA 3 Ducati Factory MX Team 1:40.207
19 Sterry Adam 811 GBR 2 KTM Kozak Team 1:42.882
20 Gilbert Josh GBR 1 1:44.412
Rider Standings
Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team
1 Febvre Romain 3 FRA 386 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
2 Coenen Lucas 96 BEL 337 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
3 Gajser Tim 243 SLO 305 Honda HRC – MXGP
4 Coldenhoff Glenn 259 NDL 277 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
5 Fernandez Ruben 70 SPA 261 Honda HRC – MXGP
6 Renaux Maxime 959 FRA 259 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
7 Bonacorsi Andrea 132 ITA 223 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
8 Vlaanderen Calvin 10 NDL 202 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
9 Horgmo Kevin 24 NOR 195 Honda SR Motoblouz
10 Seewer Jeremy 91 SWI 179 Ducati Factory MX Team
11 Jonass Pauls 41 LAT 142 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP
12 Watson Ben 919 GBR 131 MRT Racing Team Beta
13 Herlings Jeffrey NDL 127
14 Geerts Jago 93 BEL 126 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team
15 Guadagnini Mattia 101 ITA 122 Ducati Factory MX Team
16 Pancar Jan 253 SLO 114 TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team
17 Bogers Brian 189 NDL 80 Fantic Factory Racing MXGP
18 Gifting Isak 517 SWE 78 JK Racing Yamaha Active
19 Guillod Valentin 92 SWI 72 Wildcard Rider
20 van de Moosdijk Roan NDL 71
21 Brumann Kevin 87 SWI 50 Wildcard Rider
22 Sterry Adam GBR 49
23 Koch Tom 226 GER 35 MRT Racing Team Beta
24 Stauffer Marcel 411 AUT 23 Wildcard Rider
25 van Doninck Brent BEL 22
26 Gilbert Josh GBR 21
27 Ludwig Noah GER 19
28 Spies Maximillian GER 13
29 Cairoli Antonio 222 ITA 10 Ducati Factory MX Team
30 Lupino Alessandro 177 ITA 9 Ducati Factory MX Team
