https://gatedrop.com Get the jump on Motocross news Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:49:11 +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/video-tim-gajser-the-next-chapter-begins-with-yamaha/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:49:10 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=197212 The start of a new chapter! Behind the scenes with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s newest recruit Tim Gajser as he enters a new (blue) era. This film follows the pre-season transition—from a test day on his new YZ450FM to the build-up and gate drop at his first race with the team in Alghero, Sardinia....]]> https://gatedrop.com/interview-tim-gajser-i-was-positively-surprised-the-first-time-i-rode-the-yamaha/ Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:23:37 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=196097 After more than a decade of loyalty to Honda HRC, five-time world champion Tim Gajser enters 2026 at one of the most intriguing turning points of his illustrious career. The Slovenian, long synonymous with the iconic red machine, has embarked on a bold new chapter with Yamaha – a move that has a lot of...]]> https://gatedrop.com/first-look-tim-gajser-on-the-factory-yamaha/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:53:40 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=195822 Tim Gajser has travelled to Sardinia as he starts to get to work on his new Yamaha machine. It’s a good place to put in the work as the track gets rough and there’s a GP there later in the year. See his early laps on the Yamaha below – courtesy of Yamaha Racing.]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-jason-meara-confirms-his-plans-for-the-2026-season/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:57:48 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=194749 There’s positive news for Irish motocross fans as Jason Meara has confirmed his plans for the 2026 season – and it’ll be fantastic to see him back behind the start gate after a difficult 2025 impacted by health issues. For the year ahead, Meara will remain with the Moto-Cyle setup but is set for a...]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-nicolas-vennekens-makes-the-switch-to-yamaha-for-2026/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:42:53 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=194374 After a few years focusing on the MX2 World Championship, Nicolas Vennekens has a new challenge for the 2026 season as he’s decided to make the move up to the 450cc machine. Not only that but Vennekens will make the switch from KTM to Yamaha machinery. For 2026, the main focus will be on the...]]> https://gatedrop.com/official-jago-geerts-and-yamaha-part-ways/ Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:21:38 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=192681 Following the conclusion of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship, Yamaha Motor Europe announces the departure of Jago Geerts after a successful eight-year partnership. Geerts began his professional motocross career with the Hans Corvers led Kemea Yamaha team in 2018. In his debut MX2 season, the talented young Belgian finished eighth overall and was awarded...]]> https://gatedrop.com/injury-update-thibault-benistant-out-of-final-mx2-gps-and-parts-ways-with-yamaha/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:16:50 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=190992 Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2’s Thibault Benistant will not participate in the final two rounds of the FIM Motocross World Championship, scheduled for Shanghai, China, and Darwin, Australia, due to a minor knee injury sustained at the Dutch Grand Prix. Despite racing with considerable discomfort at last weekend’s MXGP of Türkiye in Afyonkarahisar, where he...]]> https://gatedrop.com/video-bts-with-yamaha-at-unforgettable-uddevalla-blu-cru-and-gifting/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:05:25 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=189494 Uddevalla was a special Grand Prix. Credit to Yamaha for the bLU cRU setup – it allows the younger talent to race on a GP track with GP teams watching. Isak Gifting was the story of the weekend – unreal!]]> https://gatedrop.com/behind-the-scenes-with-yamaha-at-the-czech-gp-townley-gifting/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:30:18 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=188220 Go behind the scenes with Yamaha at the Czech GP at the old school Loket circuit which was a great weekend of racing. Jaggar Townley got himself a podium and Isak Gifting finished fifth overall on his JK Yamaha machine!]]> https://gatedrop.com/video-bts-with-yamaha-at-the-mxgp-of-finland/ Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:59:58 +0000 https://gatedrop.com/?p=187534 It was an eventful GP in Finland for the Yamaha crew. Go behind the scenes with Yamaha in what is a great edit:]]>