https://gatedrop.com Get the jump on Motocross news Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:56:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://gatedrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-Simple-Professional-Name-Introduction-LinkedIn-Profile-Picture-32x32.png https://gatedrop.com 32 32 https://gatedrop.com/interview-mathis-valin-the-objectives-very-clearly-its-to-be-world-champion/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:56:54 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=197436 Mathis Valin opened his 2026 season this Sunday at Pernes-les-Fontaines, lining up against a handful of MXGP world championship frontrunners. A first warm-up outing for the official Kawasaki rider, who showed impressive top speed on a tough track. Forced to retire in the second moto, the final result doesn’t reflect the Frenchman’s true form. But...]]> https://gatedrop.com/interview-mathis-valin-discusses-the-step-up-to-mx2-factory-krt-and-more/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:26:38 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=186009 Young French talent Mathis Valin is steadily finding his form in his rookie MX2 World Championship season. After a strong pre-season, injury threatened to derail his early progress, but the Kawasaki Racing Team rider is now showing signs of why he was so highly rated coming out of EMX250. At Matterley Basin, Valin battled with...]]> https://gatedrop.com/update-factory-krt-back-to-full-strength-in-portugal/ Thu, 01 May 2025 11:09:35 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=182696 The 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship returns to action in Portugal this weekend; the Kawasaki Racing Team is delighted to see Mathis Valin and Pauls Jonass rejoining Romain Febvre for the seventh round of the series. Both Mathis and Pauls are now judged sufficiently fit enough to rejoin the paddock following their recent injuries and,...]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-pauls-jonass-and-mathis-valin-ruled-out-of-arco-di-trento-romain-febvre-sole-krt-rider/ Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:30:59 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=181149 The Kawasaki Racing Team will line up with just one rider this weekend at the picturesque Arco di Trento, as Pauls Jonass and Mathis Valin have been officially ruled out due to injury. With the iconic Dolomites as the backdrop, Romain Febvre will carry the KRT flag solo at round five of the FIM Motocross...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-mathis-valin-out-of-riola/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:02:26 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=180684 Kawasaki have confirmed that Mathis Valin will be out of action for the fourth round of the MX2 World Championship. You can read the press release below: The FIM Motocross World Championship is back to action this weekend in Sardinia for the first of three back-to-back GPs. Kawasaki Racing Team MX2’s Mathis Valin will miss...]]> https://gatedrop.com/antti-pyrhonen-offers-injury-update-on-mathis-valin-after-cozar-crash/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 20:33:49 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=179547 Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP’s Romain Febvre maintained second position in the FIM World MXGP Motocross Championship standings in difficult conditions at a rain-affected Cozar Motor Ranch in central Spain. Track conditions were at their heaviest and most severe for the MXGP motos as the rain stopped and the sun appeared each time the contestants in...]]> https://gatedrop.com/2025-mx2-world-championship-preview-the-fresh-blood/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:11:06 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177654 Ahead of the MX2 World Championship getting underway, we take a close look at the rookies who will be entering the class in 2025. There’s no better place than to start with the reigning EMX250 champion, Mathis Valin and honestly what a year it’s been for him. No one expected – not even him or...]]> https://gatedrop.com/video-french-elite-rd1-lacapelle-marival-ft-renaux-febvre-valin-and-more/ Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:38:23 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177461 See some nice footage of the first round of the French Elite series which got some nice GP and EMX wildcards as they used the race to preparing for their upcoming seasons. You can get the results below: MX1 MX2  125cc RB MX with the footage!]]> https://gatedrop.com/valin-febvre-jonass-garcia-and-cannon-discuss-french-elite-opener/ Sun, 16 Feb 2025 19:58:42 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=177439 One week after the victorious start to his career with the Kawasaki Racing Team in England Mathis Valin continued his winning way with another double-victory in the opening round of the French Elite MX2 Motocross Championship at Lacapelle Marival, while senior team riders Romain Febvre and Pauls Jonass both finished on the podium in MX...]]> https://gatedrop.com/interview-mathis-valin-discusses-his-factory-krt-debut-at-hawkstone-international/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:18:54 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=176927 What a couple of years that Mathis Valin has had. Moving up to the 250cc machine in 2024 he was a revelation as a rookie winning the EMX250 championship under the BUD Kawasaki awning. The factory team decided to sign up Valin for the 2025 season and he made his debut with his new team...]]>