The seventh round of the 2025 FIM Motocross World Championships will go ahead in Agueda, Portugal, this weekend without Slovenia’s multi-time former champ and current championship leader Tim Gajser.
The 2025 FIM Motocross World Championship returns after a weekend off to the first of an Iberian double-header as the MXGP of Portugal takes place at the Crossódromo Internacional de Águeda, just over 30km inland from the Atlantic coastline of the most western European nation.
However, the Honda HRC factory team is down to three riders for the MXGP of Portugal, as five-time world champion and current red-plate holder Gajser will not make the trip to Agueda.
Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of the popular Honda rider and all the medical personnel helping the Slovenian since leaving Switzerland, the injury hasn’t improved enough to cope with the rigours of world motocross racing.
After a tough Monday of racing in Switzerland – which followed an excellent Saturday where Ruben Fernandez and Gajser went one-two in qualification – there were question marks surrounding the status of the Gajser, after a nasty crash involving a solid man-made mound of dirt that was meant to be marking the track boundary but was instead inside the markers.
And after some excellent treatment once he left the on-site facility, the Slovenian was hoping that he would be fit enough to attempt to battle the demands of MXGP motocross and continue his fight for title number six.
Sitting 27 points clear of the man running second in the title chase, French Kawasaki rider Romain Febvre, Gajser knew he would have his work cut out to ready to make the start-line, but an intense week of physiotherapy saw his condition reach a level where there was optimism that he would be able to jump on a plane for round seven.
Instead, he, along with his qualified medical team decided that sitting it out was the necessary call and now there will be further tests to determine the best course of action.
It is a massive disappointment for Gajser as, before the crash, he was 49 points ahead of his rivals, having won three of the first six rounds, and been on the podium for all of them.
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Championship standings:
MXGP – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 305 Points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 278 Points; 3. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 227 Points; 4. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, FAN), 224 Pts; 5. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 188 Points; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 178 Pts; 7. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, FAN), 163 Points; 8. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 163 Pts; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 138 Pts; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, YAM), 126 Pts.
MX2 – World Championship Top 10 Classification:
1. Kay de Wolf (NED, HUS), 281 Points; 2. Simon Laengenfelder (GER, KTM), 278 Points; 3. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 258 Pts; 4. Liam Everts (BEL, HUS), 251 Pts; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, YAM), 203 Pts; 6. Camden McLellan (RSA, TRI), 191 Pts; 7. Sacha Coenen (BEL, KTM), 189 Pts; 8. Cas Valk (NED, KTM), 174 Pts; 9. Valerio Lata (ITA, HON), 142 Pts; 10. Ferruccio Zanchi (ITA, HON), 140 Pts.