WMX

Lotte van Drunen to Race MX2 in Trentino After Dominating WMX Round 1 in Sardinia

April 10, 2025 Michael Le Pard

In a performance that highlighted her immense talent and mental strength, defending FIM Women’s Motocross World Champion Lotte van Drunen swept the opening round of the 2025 WMX World Championship with a perfect 1-1 showing […]

Back-to-Back WMX Wins to Extend Series Lead in Spain

May 12, 2024 Michael Le Pard

De Baets Yamaha Supported MX team’s Lotte van Drunen celebrated an emphatic Grand Prix win at round three of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship in Lugo, Spain. After finishing as a close runner-up in […]

WMX round one of 2024 FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship in Spain

March 24, 2024 Michael Le Pard

Van Drunen Starts 2024 WMX Title Charge Second Overall as Van Erp Collects EMX250 Podium Silverware with Third De Baets Yamaha Supported MX team’s Lotte van Drunen has finished as runner-up at round one of […]

Yamaha Reaches Multi-Year Deal with FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship Prodigy

November 11, 2023 Michael Le Pard

Yamaha Reaches Multi-Year Deal with WMX Prodigy Lotte van Drunen Yamaha Motor Europe is thrilled to announce the addition of Dutch sensation Lotte van Drunen to the Yamaha Family for the upcoming 2024 FIM Women’s […]

Yamaha celebrates the success of incredible 2022 Motocross season

October 3, 2022 Michael Le Pard

Yamaha celebrates the success of an incredible 2022 Motocross season, in which the Japanese brand won the Manufacturer’s World Championship in all three FIM Motocross World Championship classes, MXGP, MX2 and WMX. Thanks to the […]

Women’s Motocross World Championship Spain

May 31, 2022 Michael Le Pard

MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Ivano van Erp claimed his first race and round win of the season at the fourth round of the EMX125 Championship in Madrid, Spain. Teammate Karlis Reisulis was a tough challenger […]

Thrilling Win in Trentino Papenmeier WMX

October 23, 2021 Michael Le Pard

MJC Yamaha Official EMX125’s Ivano Van Erp celebrated his third win of the 2021 season at the sixth round of the EMX125 Championship in Pietramurata, Italy. Additionally, Yamaha closed an action-packed year of WMX […]

Motocross, Enduro and Supermoto World Champions in MXGP, MX2, WMX, Enduro GP and S1GP

November 24, 2020 Michael Le Pard

In the recent concluded Motocross, Enduro and Supermoto World Championships 2020, there was always and only one name sticking with the titled riders: Vertex Pistons. VP Italy, famous Italian manufacturer of Vertex Pistons, continues year […]

Yamaha Sweeps WMX Season Opener

March 31, 2019 Michael Le Pard

It was the undeniable power and impeccable handling of Yamaha’s YZ250F that saw three of the most talented female motocross racers stand on the podium at the opening round of the FIM Women’s Motocross World […]

Monster Energy Kemea Yamaha MX2 Retains Podium Threats Watson and Geerts

February 15, 2019 Michael Le Pard

Presenting a strong strategy to develop a new generation of motocross stars Yamaha Motor Europe N.V. is proud to confirm an official team in each supporting category of the FIM MXGP World Championship; MX2, EMX250, […]

Suzuki RM-Z250 Dominates at New Zealand Vets WMX

December 6, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Suzuki riders Daryl Hurley and Taylar Rampton dominated the weekend’s New Zealand Veterans and Women’s Motocross Championships. The two-day event, held at the recently-built Hack Track south of Eltham, was the perfect venue to showcase […]

Kiara Fontanesi Lines Up Against the Men in Japan

October 20, 2017 Michael Le Pard

After a challenging yet highly rewarding season of WMX racing where she claimed her fifth FIM Women’s Motocross World Title and etched her name into the history books as the most successful female motocross rider […]

Fontanesi Claims Fifth WMX World Title

September 19, 2017 Michael Le Pard

FontaMX Yamaha Official WMX’s Kiara Fontanesi has claimed her fifth FIM WMX World Title for Yamaha after a thrilling season that went down to the final race. Altherm Yamaha Official WMX’s Courtney Duncan finished third […]

Van de Ven Dominates Dutch Grand Prix

September 12, 2017 Michael Le Pard

No Fear Yamaha Official WMX’s Nancy van de Ven took the WMX Championship lead this weekend at the Dutch TT Circuit, Assen, The Netherlands, after dominating all sessions – qualifying and both races – for […]

Duncan Does It in Czech Republic

July 25, 2017 Michael Le Pard

Altherm Yamaha Official WMX’s Courtney Duncan came out on top at Loket in the Czech Republic – round four of the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship – after a thrilling race where she passed […]