Tag: ben watson

Watson does the Brit pack proud

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Yamaha's Ben Watson came out on top of the MX2 Brit pack at Matterley as crashes, bike issues and poor starts hampered our trio of podium hopefuls. Watson was best Brit Watson slipped off early on in the first moto but got back on and made a charge through to fourth place

Who’s going to be top MX2 Brit at Matterley Basin?

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With the news Jorge Prado is out of this weekends MXGP at Matterley Basin, we could see one of our top Brits on the podium, but who? The competition is hungrier now than ever though, with Jonass gone to MX1 and Prado as the main protagonist now injured, each of the

Prado dominates Argentina MX2 GP

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World champ Jorge Prado shook off his shaky start to the year in yesterday’s opening qualifying race by taking two unchallenged wins in the MX2 GP of Argentina, the first round of the 2019 world championship. Prado was in unstoppable form In the first race he quickly got by holeshot man, his

Ben Watson double race win in France

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As the MXGP closes in next weekend in Argentina, the final pre-season race took place in France this weekend. Great news for British fans as Ben Watson of MONSTER ENERGY KEMEA YAMAHA MX2 Team, raced to two races wins at the Mastercross Lacapelle. In MX1 Romain Febvre took the honours with

Watson second in Imola GP qualifier

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Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado took dominant Qualifying wins at in the final GP of the year at the new Imola circuit, but world champ Prado was followed home by Briton Ben Watson. But it was a tough race for nine times world champ Tony Cairoli who fell

Searle, Anstie and Watson named as Team GB

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Tommy Searle (MXGP), Ben Watson (MX2) and Max Anstie (MX Open) have been confirmed as the British team for the Motocross of Nations at Red Bud in October. Tommy Searle will be lining up to compete in the MXGP class on the Bike It DRT Kawasaki machine. In the past Tommy

Watson to race 2019 Yamaha YZF250

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Fresh from the unveiling of the 2019 YZ250F back in July, Yamaha Motor Europe and Kemea Yamaha Official MX2 are pleased to announce that Ben Watson will make his debut on the cutting-edge machine at the MXGP of Switzerland in Frauenfeld-Gachnang on the weekend of August 19th while Jago Geerts

Herlings doubles again in Asia

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The MXGP of Asia in Semarang, Indonesia is complete and one to remember! The weekend was full of action all leading up to today’s racing where Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado took their respective overalls while gaining ground in the championship standings. From the first race of MX2 to the final race of MXGP the racing was incredible

Watson third in Asian MX2 qualifying

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MXGP’s first race day at the MXGP of Asia in Semarang is complete. The massive hand crafted track hosted the biggest names in the FIM Motocross World Championship today but Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings and Pauls Jonass took the MXGP and MX2 qualifying wins respectively. The friendly MXGP of Asia host city of Semarang welcomed the riders and