A bright and warm Grand Prix of Sweden opened the final rush of dates to the conclusion of the 2026 MXGP FIM World Championship and Red Bull KTM Factory Racing left the time-honored Uddevalla circuit with a seventh MX2 victory of the season thanks to Sacha Coenen. Promising teenage Austrian racer, Ricardo Bauer, claimed the 2026 EMX125 European Championship.

Highlights and key moments from Uddevalla:

  • Andrea Adamo finishes 7th overall in the MXGP class with a strong top-five classification in the first moto
  • Sacha Coenen stars in MX2. The Belgian dominates both races in Sweden for his fourth overall win of the year and reduces the gap at the top of the standings to just 24 points (less than one moto)
  • Simon Laengenfelder goes 5-5 on the day for 6th overall and holds 4th in the MX2 championship points table
  • Lucas Coenen remains out of MXGP action as he continues to recover from his left hip sciatic issue
  • MXGP moves back to the sand for round sixteen and the penultimate European Grand Prix of the season with the trip Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden for the Dutch round of the championship next week

MXGP rushed into another back-to-back series of fixtures in Sweden and the Netherlands. The championship is entering the final stretch of races and will bounce from Scandinavia back to central Europe before the three-week swing to Turkey, China and Australia. Uddevalla came first and the compact, stony hardpack was rutty, dry and bumpy for the annual trip to the site north of Gothenburg.

 

The spectators flocked to Uddevalla as most of Europe continues to enjoy a persistent summer and high temperatures. The circuit has entertained MXGP almost every year since the last century and retains a rich motocross history and heritage, even if the narrow trajectory is tight for line choice and passing opportunities. Red Bull KTM were without Lucas Coenen as the 19-year-old is still not full fit and pain free from his left hip problem; Lucas has missed points in Great Britain, Czech Republic and Belgium, and Sweden arrived too soon for the five-time Grand Prix winner this year.

 

Simon Laengenfelder was the king of Saturday’s Qualification Heat program. The German banked points and Pole Position in MX2 for the fourth time in 2026 and from the past five events. Sacha Coenen was 5th and in MXGP Andrea Adamo managed 8th.

 

Adamo, on a new spec of the KTM 450 SX-F, started well in the first moto with the holeshot and held 4th position for much of the duration. He waged a close fight with Romain Febvre in the final laps and registered a decent 5th. The rookie was then lodged deep into the top ten at the start of the second moto and persevered to take 7th, providing a result of 7th overall on the day. Andrea is joint-5th in the MXGP championship.

 

In MX2 Sacha Coenen grasped his first moto win since round eight in Latvia with the KTM 250 SX-F. #19 confirmed his twelfth holeshot of the campaign and then controlled the opening race. Despite some distant pressure from Liam Everts, he was able to pass the checkered flag in P1 for his second dose of 25 points this season. Simon Laengenfelder made a top ten start but struggled to move through the order and finished 5th.

 

 

In the second moto Coenen repeated the formula: out front from the start he had a lead of almost three seconds by the midway point of 30 minutes and 2-laps distance. He defended the advantage from Everts again and achieved his third 1-1 of the term. Sacha now has eight podiums and the joint-highest overall GP win tally of the class. Laengenfelder lingered in the top five and again found his overtaking chances limited. 5th for a second time meant 6th overall. Simon is only 61 points from the red plate.

 

 

KTM’s Ricardo Bauer rode to a perfect 1-1 scorecard with his KTM 125 SX. The results were enough for the Austrian to put his stamp on the EMX125 European Championship. Ricardo has a 62-point advantage over countryman Moritz Ernecker and the gap was sufficient to wrap the title with just one round remaining in Turkey.

 

 

The loose sand of the Motorsportpark Gelderland Midden in Arnhem will stage the Grand Prix of the Netherlands next week for round sixteen.