The Pierer Mobility Group recently announced that there will be more focus on KTM in the MXGP paddock moving forward. This means that GasGas will have less of an influence despite winning an MXGP World Championship title last year with Jorge Prado and remain in the hunt to win the title again this year.
GasGas aren’t expected to have a World Championship team but will most likely still be present in the EMX250 championship. The de Carli Racing team who have been running the GasGas machinery since the 2022 season will make the switch back to KTM.
One rider that we know for sure will be under the de Carli KTM awning in 2025 will be Simon Längenfelder as he revealed to us in a recent interview:
“Yeah, I have my contract. For me, I was last on the KTM in 2019 and on the 125cc. I think it’s not too big of a difference between GasGas and KTM, but for sure there is a difference. Another colour so yeah, also it will be exciting to have a change”, Längenfelder stated.
With Jorge Prado set to depart the MXGP paddock for a new adventure in America with Kawasaki, who will partner Längenfelder? The team also had the promising Marc-Antoine Rossi under the awning this year but sadly his season was cut short after a season ending knee injury. Rossi signed a multi year contract with the KTM group but rumours suggest he’ll be joining Herlings and Adamo under the other Factory KTM team managed by Harry Norton.
We understand that both Sacha and Lucas Coenen will move teams in 2025 and both will be under the de Carli KTM awning with Längenfelder. It should see the Coenen’s spending more time in Italy although the team are still flexible. This year they allowed Prado to spend a lot of his time during the season in Belgium to work with Joel Smets.
The move will see both the Coenen’s be part of the same team again – something that we saw throughout EMX125 and EMX250 as they were with the BUD Kawasaki and BT Husqvarna teams. They have been under different awnings the past two seasons despite still being part of the KTM group.
Whilst Sacha will remain in the MX2 World Championship, Lucas making the move up to MXGP is a real possibility. Still 17 years old, Lucas turns 18 in November but making the move up to the MXGP World Championship class at such a young age would be a bold choice. It is certainly one to keep an eye on if it does materialize.
More news as and when we get it like always.
