Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Manuel Lettenbichler has claimed a record-equalling fifth consecutive victory at the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo, delivering another dominant performance aboard his KTM 300 EXC. Joined on the podium by FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Trystan Hartin second, the result secured a KTM 1-2 finish at the iconic event and further cemented Lettenbichler’s place among the race’s all-time greats.

Starting from pole position in the Red Bull Hare Scramble following his fourth-place finish in the qualifying Iron Road Prologue, Lettenbichler made a strong start to the main race and immediately settled into the battle at the front. Running second through the early checkpoints, and with only seconds separating the leaders, Mani moved into to the lead by checkpoint four and quickly began building an advantage.

Once out front the German steadily increased his pace and control over the race. By checkpoint 13, he had opened a lead of 40 seconds, before stretching that margin to five minutes by checkpoint 18. Continuing to master the demanding Austrian terrain, Lettenbichler expertly negotiated the event’s most famous obstacles, including Carl’s Dinner, Dynamite, and Lazy Noon.

At the iconic Carl’s Dinner, he held a commanding 12-minute advantage and continued to pull away through the closing stages. Crossing the finish line almost nine minutes ahead of his nearest rival, Mani secured his fifth consecutive Erzbergrodeo victory, equalling both the all-time win record and the record for consecutive victories at the legendary event.

Manuel Lettenbichler: “Five wins at Erzberg, I have no words! It’s been an unbelievable race and I couldn’t be happier. I had an alright start, but quickly got in the mix with Mitch [Brightmore] and Trystan [Hart] and they were really pushing me hard. After that I felt so good on the bike and just enjoyed every section so much. It feels incredible to make it five in a row and equal the record. I am speechless!”

Hart also delivered an outstanding ride throughout Sunday’s main race. The Canadian ran third through the opening checkpoints before moving into second place by checkpoint 11 after a determined charge through the field. Although he briefly lost ground during the middle stages and dropped back to third, Hart responded strongly and reclaimed second position after an intense battle with Mitch Brightmore (GASGAS). Maintaining a strong pace through the final checkpoints, Trystan built a comfortable advantage over third place and ultimately secured second overall, completing an impressive KTM 1-2 finish at the 2026 Erzbergrodeo.

Trystan Hart: “I’m happy to come away with second place at Erzberg. It was a really tough race and I had to manage a few issues throughout, so it definitely wasn’t straightforward. I felt like I rode well in sections, but there were also areas where I know I can improve. That’s part of racing at an event as demanding as this. We’ll take the positives, keep working, and come back stronger next year.”

Yamaha riders Pol Tarrés and Kevin Gallas took on the legendary Red Bull Erzbergrodeo aboard the Ténéré 700, taking on the event’s landmark 30th edition from 4–7 June in Austria.

The Ténéré 700 showed impressive reliability with no mechanical issues across four hours of gruelling conditions, allowing Tarrés to fight his way to Checkpoint 19 – entering the history books by achieving an incredible new record for big bikes at the event and finishing a very impressive 77th out of 500 competitors.

At the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya, a stoic Fabio Di Giannantonio claims his maiden victory with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team in a race that was affected from two red flags. Franco Morbidelli bounces back and he is tenth. 

The Catalan GP proved to be very hard, with two race interruptions due to incidents: in the second re-start, Fabio Di Giannantonio was heroic, and he claimed his second MotoGP win, his first one with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. Both Fabio and the Team went on the highest step of the podium for the first time in 2026, confirming the Top3 in the World Standing. It was a come back race for Franco Morbidelli, who crossed the finish line in twelfth place, that eventually became tenth because of penalties to other riders. 

Di Giannantonio started from the second row and showed a good rhythm since the early stages of the races, that was interrupted for an incident that involved him. Fabio managed to be back on track at the re-start, where he confirmed to be competitive. Despite a second red flag that interrupted his rhythm, the rider from Rome fought with determination since the third start, and he completed the crucial overtake that allowed him to win the race. This is Di Giannantonio’s first win with the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team and his second in MotoGP (Qatar 2023). Now, Fabio is third in the World Standing with 116 points. 

It was a complicated race for Morbidelli too, despite starting from the front row. Franco managed to stay in the top positions at the start, but both the first and the second red flag stopped his rhythm. At the third start, the Italian Brazilian rider had a difficult start and he lost some positions. Franco showed a great determination, recovering many positions in the 12-laps race and he crossed the finish line in twelfth position, that eventually became tenth due to penalties to other riders ahead. Morbidelli is now fifteenth in the World Standing with 36 points.

The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team wishes a speedy recovery to all the riders involved today’s incidents and wishes to have them back on track soon. The next MotoGP round is scheduled in two weeks and it’s one of the most anticipated events of the season for the Tavullia-based team: the Italian GP, which will take place at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello from 29^th to 31^st May. But before, it’s testing day tomorrow at Barcelona. 

De Baets Yamaha Supported MX Team’s Lotte van Drunen has begun her quest for a third consecutive WMX World Championship with a fighting fourth overall at the MXGP of France. The two-time WMX Champion overcame a heavy fall in the opening race of the season to finish ninth, before placing third in Race Two. The EMX125 series resumed in France with MJC Yamaha Official EMX125 Team’s Sleny Goyer finishing on the overall podium in third, while the returning-from-injury Levi Townley placed fifth.

After competing in three rounds of the MX2 World Championship earlier in the year, van Drunen was excited for the season opener at Lacapelle Marival in southern France. The defending WMX World Champion kicked off the weekend with third in qualifying to set herself up for a promising weekend of racing.

In Race One, van Drunen started the season in the best way possible by executing a perfect jump from the start line and she emerged from the first turn at the front of the 40-rider field. By the end of the opening lap, van Drunen had slipped to third, and then disaster struck as she crashed spectacularly over the finish line jump. Remounting in last place, the 18-year-old then rode an incredible race to make her way up to ninth and claim 12 valuable championship points.

Eager to make amends in Race Two and after the track had been watered heavily overnight, van Drunen rode with caution through the opening laps. From seventh early on, she was into third by the end of lap two, however by this time the leading two riders had broken away at the front. The Dutch sensation then built a comfortable margin over fourth and secured third in the race for fourth overall.

In EMX125, Goyer was aiming to impress in what was his, and the MJC Yamaha Official EMX125 Team’s home race. Posting the third fastest time in his qualifying group marked a strong start to the fifth round of the series, with Goyer focused on maintaining the impressive form he has shown so far in his 2026 campaign.

From 10th on lap one in the opening EMX125 race, Goyer pushed forwards to claim fourth at the finish. Then in Race Two, he capitalised on his strong start aboard his GYTR-kitted YZ125 to place second for third overall. The result marks the third podium appearance from three rounds this season for the young Frenchman, who remains third in the series standings.

Goyer’s teammate Townley made a very welcome return to racing in France. After missing the first four rounds through injury, the New Zealander posted improving results across the two races to post his 7-6 result for fifth overall. The impressive showing places Townley 20th in the EMX125 Championship standings with five rounds remaining.

Following her strong start to the WMX season in France, van Drunen returns to action next weekend in Germany for WMX round two where the EMX250 season resumes. The EMX125 Championship continues alongside the MXGP of Latvia on June 6-7.

Round five of 2026 MotoGP circulated the popular site of Le Mans and in front of another sold-out crowd of more than 112,000 spectators on Sunday and over 300,000 for the Grand Prix. Pedro Acosta was the highest ranked KTM RC16 racer with 5th position.

The weather shifted for race day at the 39th French Grand Prix at Le Mans and the 4.1km Bugatti circuit was cooler, cloudier and with the constant threat of showers. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing started the 27-laps on Sunday afternoon with Pedro Acosta 4th on the grid and Brad Binder in 20th. Red Bull KTM Tech3 watched Enea Bastianini launch from 13th and Jonas Folger, replacing Maverick Viñales for his first Grand Prix outing in three years, in 21st.

Acosta repeated his attacking and proactive approach shown in Saturday’s Sprint (where he classified 4th) to make his presence felt inside the top three in the opening laps. The Spaniard then maintained his pace while trying to fight off attention from pursuers that lasted until the final corners. Pedro was able to confirm P5 for his third top five result of the season – less than three seconds from the win - and brings him to within one point of 3rd place in the world championship table.

Bastianini had a busy grand prix with close company in mid-pack. He was able to pull free of the rider chasing him in 8th, and his standing of 7th represents his third top ten finish in a row. Folger completed the race distance in 16th while Binder charged back to the edge of the first ten runners before losing traction into Turn 7 with six laps to go.

The Grand Prix of Catalunya at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will happen next weekend for round six.

Brad Binder, DNF and 13th in the championship: “I locked the front wheel going into turn 7 and the change of direction. It was a fast crash. I braked a bit later and with a bit more pressure. It was just too much. Today I was a lot faster but not where I need to be. The positive is that this morning in warm-up I was quicker and in the race also [than Saturday]. I felt like I was on my way forward. Everything felt easier.”

Coming into the penultimate race of the 2026 AMA Supercross season, Hunter Lawrence found himself four points behind the championship leader, in a situation where performing was a must to keep his title hopes alive. The Australian delivered when it mattered, racing his CRF450RWE to a convincing victory and closing to within a single point, with just one round remaining.

Racing at altitude places added importance on starts, and the 450SX main event saw Lawrence get an epic launch down the start straight, although Jorge Prado was able to claim the actual holeshot by sneaking around the outside. Lawrence took over the lead by lap 2 and never looked back. As battles unfolded behind him, he leveraged his pace to steadily extend his lead, ultimately crossing the finish line with a 12.3-second advantage over second-place finisher and title-rival Ken Roczen.

Quad Lock Honda racer Dean Wilson finished ninth, while teammates Christian Craig and Shane McElrath completed the race in 12^th and 16^th, respectively.

In addition to closing the championship gap to just one point, Lawrence’s fifth victory of the season matches Roczen’s win total on the year, so the Australian now holds the advantage for a potential tiebreaker as the series heads into the final round in Salt Lake City.

FIM Supersport World Championship rookie Albert Arenas strengthened his position atop of the 2026 standings with victory in Race 2 at Balaton Park, as Yamaha celebrated a stunning 1-2-3 with Can Öncü and Roberto Garcia bringing their R9s home in second and third respectively.

Arenas (AS BLU CRU Racing) started from pole position for the second time this weekend, but it was Can Öncü on the Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing R9 who once again took the holeshot to lead in the first few corners. 

Öncü led the way for most of the race, with Arenas in second and GMT94 Yamaha’s Roberto Garcia moving up to sit third after another impressive start. Filippo Farioli’s (VFT Yamaha) impressive pace was again unrewarded as he crashed out in the early stages.

Arenas began to put the pressure on Öncü in the latter stages of the race, with the pair exchanging position on numerous occasions in the final five laps. The Spaniard tried to make a break on the penultimate lap, but didn’t quite have enough as Öncü stuck to his tail – however, he would pull the slightest of gaps when it mattered, with a stunning final lap to see him cross the line 0.419 seconds ahead of Öncü.

Sat in a podium position, Garcia tried to run Öncü to the line – missing out on second place by 0.090 seconds, but still able to enjoy his maiden WorldSSP rostrum to make up for the disappointment of crashing out of the lead on Saturday.

Aldi Satya Mahendra (AS BLU CRU Racing) concluded a strong weekend with a return to the top ten, crossing the line eighth. The second GMT94 Yamaha of Lucas Mahias completed the top ten.

Yuki Okamoto (Pata Yamaha Ten Kate Racing) concluded a difficult weekend in 26th position.

Arenas’ 1-2 this weekend sees him extend his championship lead to 33 points over Jaume Masia. Öncü now sits fifth, 62 points in arrears.

The series resumes in just under two weeks’ time in the Czech Republic for Round 5 at Autodrom Most.

Honda HRC Castrol remained in Spain for the first in-season test of the 2026 season, Luca Marini and Joan Mir completing a total of 122 laps between them and left with a number of interesting insights.

Another beautiful day in the South of Spain made for a busy Monday, Luca Marini and Joan Mir taking full advantage of the eight hours on track. The theme of the day was small details, Honda HRC’s engineers eager to explore all the setup parameters of the Honda RC213V without the demands of a MotoGP Grand Prix weekend.

A best time of 1’36.896 in the afternoon saw Luca Marini finish the day in 14th overall, the Italian content with what he and his team achieved. Working until the very last moments of the test as always, Marini was able to back-to-back test a number of setup and electronic setting differences with the two bikes available to him.

On the other said of the Honda HRC Castrol garage, Joan Mir was just 0.081s behind his teammate for 15th. During his close to 60 laps, the #36 was able to define the direction he feels needs to be followed to make short term gains in the coming races.

Now the team will begin their preparations for Round 5, the French GP on May 08 to 10.

The Yamalube YART Yamaha EWC Official Team of Marvin Fritz, Karel Hanika, and Leandro Mercado powered to a sensational victory at the 24 Heures Motos after producing a faultless performance, securing back-to-back victories at Le Mans and getting their FIM Endurance World Championship title defence off to the perfect start. 

After securing pole position on Friday, with Hanika also setting a new outright EWC lap record of 1:34.267 around the Bugatti Circuit to help claim the maximum five points on offer, and showing searing pace throughout the week, YART were primed to fight for victory before the lights went out on the 49th edition of the 24 Heures Motos.  

After a start that saw them momentarily drop to eighth, they immediately hunted down the leaders and began closing on the front. After three hours, they hit the lead and started to open a gap as Fritz, Hanika, and new signing for 2026 Mercado kept up a relentless pace on the Bridgestone-shod YART R1 carrying the #1 plate.

As the hours ticked down, it became a two-way battle for victory with the #37 BMW. YART were setting the pace and stretched their advantage to 30 seconds at the front, but their rivals’ better fuel economy meant they could complete four more laps per stint. This saw YART relinquish the lead due to having to make an extra pit stop.

Throughout the night, the lead changed hands at each pit stop, and it looked like it would go right down to the wire, with YART securing nine points at the eight and 16-hour marks for running second. Then, after 17 hours, the BMW crashed out of victory contention, which gave YART a four-lap advantage at the front. 

From that point on, Fritz, Hanika, and Mercado continued to push, extending their lead at the front in a faultless performance by the Austrian squad. As the hours passed, they stretched their advantage further, and Fritz took the chequered flag to seal victory after completing 859 laps, five more than their closest rivals, to complete a dominant win. 

Not only did that make it back-to-back victories for YART at the legendary endurance race, but it also made them the most successful Yamaha team in the history of the 24 Heures Motos with three wins, while Yamaha has now won at Le Mans six times in total. The result means YART have started their EWC title defence in superb fashion, securing 63 of the 65 available points. There was more success for Yamaha in the Production class, as Legacy Competition, with Jordy Manneveau, Pierre Gelas, and Ludovic Hauser, took victory with a total of 774 laps.  

Unfortunately, after qualifying in fifth and enjoying a superb start, the ELF Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99’s Randy de Puniet, Florian Marino, and Alessandro Del Bianco were forced to retire from the race with a technical issue after four hours. 

Next up in the 2026 EWC is the 8 Hours of Spa on 6 June.

Adverse weather conditions created a demanding track and forced shortened main events at AMA Supercross’ 15^th round, held in Philadelphia. While the 450SX race didn’t go the way Honda HRC Progressive or Hunter Lawrence had hoped, they minimized what could have been significant damage and turned in a third-place result, keeping them in the title hunt.

Lawrence powered to the 450SX main-event holeshot aboard his CRF450RWE, leading Ken Roczen and Cooper Webb. The trio of title contenders battled early on before Lawrence was displaced by Roczen. Lawrence recovered and began challenging the leader before the halfway mark, but a fall in a rhythm section relegated him to third. From there, the focus shifted to damage limitation, as the Australian managed the situation to secure valuable championship points. With two rounds remaining, he sits just four points back in the standings, keeping him firmly in title contention.

Quad Lock Honda rider Joey Savatgy finished fourth overall, equaling his career-best premier-class result. Quad Lock’s Shane McElrath and Dean Wilson were sixth and eighth, making it four Hondas in the top eight. Quad Lock rider Christian Craig was 15^th.

Hunter Lawrence  ⁹⁶

“We invested a lot more time into the starts in wet conditions, and that was a big positive this weekend; I had good starts in the heat race and the main event, so it’s good to see the work pay off. I felt really good with how I was riding, and just the smallest little mistake in the wrong part of the track bit me. Then your gloves are all muddy, so it’s just kind of trying to get back into a rhythm and not have the train completely come off the tracks. They say mud is the great equalizer, but it’s more like a minefield. We didn’t quite get the end result we wanted, but that’s racing. I’m excited to leave here having learned more, so we’re ready for whatever the last two rounds bring—it’s going to be good!”