The MXGP Honda HRC team have four riders heading into the 2025 season. It is great to see them have two full factory riders take on the MX2 World Championship.
Tim Gajser 243:
I’m coming into this year with a good attitude and with the confidence that I can go one better than in 2024. I did a lot of good things last year, and came very close, so it was disappointing to miss out but that is the past now and I can only focus on the future and what I can do to make it a good one. I feel like my winter training has gone well, I’m comfortable with the bike and I’m excited for the challenge ahead. We start off, and finish with new tracks, and then in between them are all ones we’ve ridden before, so it’ll be an interesting year and one I can’t wait to get going.
Ruben Fernandez 70:
After the injury at the first-round last year, I didn’t get to really show everyone all the work I’d done in the off-season. And even at the end, I was only just scraping the surface of how fast I believe I could’ve been at a lot of rounds. Now, my aim is show that speed throughout the season, and challenge up the front of the field. I am in a good place, with good people around me and that is also important, so my goal is enjoy myself when I’m out on the track. If I can do that, I can definitely get some good results.
Ferruccio Zanchi 73:
Finishing off the season with my best points tally of the season, really gave me a boost coming into this year. It proved that I belong at the front of the field, and I know that another winter of getting used to the bike, of getting stronger and fitter, and just of being better prepared for a 20-round championship will make 2025 a good year. We have been working throughout these past few months to improve and I’ve also made some changes personally that I believe will help too. Of course, it is easy to say all these things, but I have to go out there and show it and that will be the aim when the gate drops in Argentina.
Valerio Lata 18:
It is great to be riding for Honda HRC in 2025, but after all the hard work I’ve done to get to this point, I know I can’t stop trying now. Now, I have to keep pushing, especially as this is a completely different machine than I have ever ridden before. Still, from the first time I rode it, I knew that I would be good on it, and with all the testing and training we’ve done, that feeling has grown. I have ridden pretty much all the European tracks before, but I’m very excited to be joining the MX2 full-time and racing around the world and getting the chance to experience Argentina, China, Indonesia and Australia for the first time.
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