Located in the eastern town of the Lahti Region, Iitti, and situated 140km from Helsinki, the new KymiRing Motor Circuit is predominantly a road racing circuit and was due to host its very first major event in July of this year with the FIM MotoGP. Cairoli was joined on the MXGP podium by Steven Frossard and Kevin Strijbos, meanwhile in MX2 it was Herlings who was joined by Tim Gajser and Jordi Tixier. It has been six years since an MXGP event has been held in Finland, with the 2014 edition taking place in Hyvinkää, that saw Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings claim double race victories in MXGP and MX2. Despite the rescheduled event this season, the FIM Motocross World Championship will return to the happiest place in the world next year, as riders will get the opportunity to ride the brand-new KymiRing circuit which will be purposely designed and built for MXGP! With the return of racing, it is the perfect opportunity to look forward to plenty more races as we finally make a comeback to Finland with the MXGP of Finland next season.ĭue to the COVID-19 pandemic and as a result the numerous travel and safety restrictions in place, Infront Moto Racing and the event organiser Lahti Events Ltd made the difficult decision to postpone the much-anticipated event. There was success for Pirelli also in the EMX250 and EMX2T European Championships which were won by Nicolas Lapucci and Maximilian Spies.MXGP of Finland will welcome MXGP in 2021 : As anticipated when releasing the new MXGP calendar, the MXGP of Finland will make its first appearance in KimyRing in 2021 and is confirmed to take place there until 2023.Īs anticipated when releasing the new MXGP calendar, the MXGP of Finland will make its first appearance in KimyRing in 2021 and is confirmed to take place there until 2023.Īfter months of waiting for the return of MXGP, the FIM Motocross World Championship has finally made its return with an epic trio of races in Kegums, Latvia. Mattia Guadagnini was the best rookie of the season, Jed Beaton, Rene Hofer, Kay De Wolf, Thibault Benistant and Ruben Fernandez respectively occupied the final positions from fourth to ninth.
In addition to the title and Geerts runner-up place for the season, the Italian brand also classified third thanks to the 2020 champion Tom Vialle.
#Who won mxgp 2021 series#
Pirelli literally dominated the series by placing its riders in the top nine of the overall standings. The Belgian defeated the freshly crowned champion and Kay De Wolf. In the MX2 class, with the title already assigned to Maxime Renaux, the winner at Mantova was Jago Geerts.
The Sicilian, who announced his retirement from full-time racing, ended his incredible career in the motocross world championship with nine world titles. Jeremy Seewer and Jorge Prado ended the season in fourth and fifth place in the fial standings ahead of Antonio Cairoli. Tim Gajser, second on the podium of the GP, finished third in the championship. Jeffrey Herlings won both moths and the Grand Prix thanks to the front SCORPION™ MX32™ Mid Soft and the rear SCORPION™ MX™ Soft, and therefore confirmed his fifth world title after a thrilling season. On the eve of the last race the fight for the world championship crown in the MXGP class was still very open with the top two riders in the standings ( Herlings and Romain Febvre) separated by just three points. Once again it was a triumphant season for Pirelli who won world titles in the MXGP and MX2 classes bringing the number of FIM world championships in motocross to seventy-six. The Tazio Nuvolari circuit hosted the Citta di Mantova Grand Prix, the eighteenth and final round of the 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship.