The 2025 concluded in Uddevalla, Sweden, on Sunday with a thrilling finale as Drew Stock secured the victory in the YZ125 class ahead of his fellow British rider Hayden Statt!
Words and Images by Infront Moto Racing and Yamaha Racing
The day got underway with the YZ125 race and it was a frenetic affair, with Bertram Thorius taking the holeshot ahead of Hayden Statt, Drew Stock and polesitter Storm Maymann.
Thorius had built a lead of over a second by the end of the first lap, with Statt and Stock lying second and third until Statt crashed out on the second lap, folding the front and rejoining in fourth position.
Further drama would strike on lap five, as race leader Thorius crashed out of the lead. Remounting in fifth, the Danish rider was seven seconds behind new leader Stock. A determined Thorius pushed hard to bring the gap down, halving it by the end of lap eight before finding himself on Stock’s tail on lap nine. Re-taking the lead, Thorius found that Stock wasn’t going to let him get away. Putting up a fight, the British rider pushed hard to stay with Thorius, with an exciting battle ensuing which saw the leading duo touch at least once as the race came to its conclusion. The pressure was on, and after the coming together, Thorius tried to get away but another crash from the lead put pay to his victory chances with three laps to go.
Meanwhile, after his earlier crash, Statt had moved back into the podium positions and was promoted to second following Thorius’ second crash. Again undeterred, Thorius tried to regain second place but Statt put up a fight to hold on for a British 1-2 with Thorius crossing the line third overall.
Maymann, from Denmark, took fourth ahead of Spaniards Alejandro Torres and Jose Luis Moreno, who had been in podium contention until falling in the latter stages.
British Lucas Moncrieff was seventh ahead of Szymon Masarczyk from Poland and Kay Zijlstra from the Netherlands. Israeli Tal Ovadia rounded out the top ten.
Drew Stock – YZ125, 1st
“I was definitely under pressure! I got quite a bit of arm pump, I couldn’t hold on. I tried to shake it off but I couldn’t. I nipped up the inside at the start, came out in second. My goal was to win, I was doubting myself a bit, but I pushed, I didn’t know if I could hold on in those last few laps but I just kept pushing.”
YZ125 Race – Classification:
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