Red Bull KTM raced around the hallowed rutty slopes of Foxhill for the twelfth round of 2026 MXGP. MX2 world champion Simon Laengenfelder posted his sixth podium result of the season with 2nd place overall on the KTM 250 SX-F. Lucas Coenen could not collect any points in Britain but still defends his status as MXGP standings leader with the KTM 450 SX-F.
Flexibility, conditioning, concentration…and balls; just some of the traits needed by MotoGP riders for a 44-race, 22-Grand Prix, 10-month season of action and speeds reaching nearly 370kmph. These athletes will crash on average 15 times a campaign (based on 2025 official figures) and will steer fine-tuned prototype machinery around a range of different circuits and weather conditions.
Red Bull KTM closed the first half of the 2026 MotoGP world championship with a top four result at a packed, warm and breezy Sachsenring circuit today. Pedro Acosta gained 13 points at the German Grand Prix, held at the series’ shortest track and after a demanding and strategic 30-lap race.
