Simon Laengenfelder has won the 2025 FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship after finishing 2nd at a busy, hot and storm-hit Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex for the Grand Prix of Australia and the final round of the season. The 21-year-old became the second German #1 in the MX2 class for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and the first for his country in FIM motocross competition since 2011.
MXGP shifted from the blistering heat of China to the humidity of Australia’s Northern Territory, debuting at the new Hidden Valley Motorsports motocross circuit. The clay-based track mixed sand and hard-pack to deliver a fast, technical challenge, and fans packed the venue as the world championship returned to Australia for the first time since 2001.
Laengenfelder led defending #1 Kay De Wolf by 16 points in MX2 coming into the weekend’s finale, and in qualifying, Sacha Coenen, Laengenfelder, and Andrea Adamo were P2, P4 and P5, respectively.
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There was drama on race day as Laengenfelder clashed with title rival De Wolf but still finished P2. Adamo was P6 and Coenen fell on his way to P13. The young Belgian was determined to end 2025 in a more positive fashion in the second moto, and seized his seventeenth holeshot. Laengenfelder again hit the soil in the first laps and his world title seemed under threat but then a tropical storm washed through the area and flooded the track. Laengenfelder kept going through the deluge and when the red flag was shown he was 6th for P2 overall, and placed both hands on the gold number plate. Adamo had already retired and ranked 11th on the day (for the bronze medal in the championship) while Coenen’s recovery allowed him to sign-off his second GP term with P4 and the same standing in the points table.
Simon Laengenfelder, 2nd and 6th for 2nd overall in MX2 and 1st in the championship: “I’ve finished 3rd three times in this championship and the last two years were tough because of two injuries. I was not ready and the others were better prepared but this year I could keep myself together. Sometimes winning can feel easy while losing is the hardest part and when you learn the most. I’m just incredibly happy that the work has paid-off. Today was crazy. It was hard to understand what was happening and I never expected this much rain here.”
Andrea Adamo, 6th and 14th for 11th overall in MX2 and 3rd in the championship: “P3 means a solid season but the only thing that really counts is winning. I felt good all season and kept fighting all season and when I had the red plate I then had two bad races: in the wrong places at the wrong moment and I lost too many points. I also didn’t make the best choices. 3rd for the year and it doesn’t feel much at the moment…but I know it’s still an achievement and many people would like this position. We’ll analyze and learn for next season.”
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