Follow the first day of action at the Kegums Grand Prix in Latvia, the eighth round of the 2026 MXGP Motocross World Championship. In this post, you can follow along with us through free practice, qualifying, and the heats, with results and news updates at the end of each session.
Herlings and Sacha Coenen Lead in Free Practice
Jeffrey Herlings (Honda HRC Petronas) and the new MX2 leader, Sacha Coenen (Red Bull KTM De Carli), strike first at the Latvian Grand Prix by setting the fastest times in their first run on the sandy track at Kegums. Conditions are quite humid, and rain is expected later…
TOP 20 MXGP FREE PRACTICE
Pos#RiderBrandTime/Diff184Jeffrey HerlingsHonda1:56.80425Lucas CoenenKTM+1.353374Kay de WolfHusqvarna+1.8484243Tim GajserYamaha+2.0455959Maxime RenauxYamaha+2.81361Romain FebvreKawasaki+3.087741Pauls JonassKawasaki+3.241810Calvin VlaanderenDucati+3.474970Rubén FernándezHonda+3.6741093Jago GeertsBeta+3.96611132Andrea BonacorsiDucati+4.0091280Andrea AdamoKTM+4.17713261Jorgen-Matthias TalvikuYamaha+4.50214919Ben WatsonTriumph+4.97915253Jan PancarKTM+5.0931683Oriol OliverKTM+5.16417303Alberto ForatoFantic+5.363184Rick ElzingaKTM+5.6071924Kevin HorgmoHonda+5.8802032Brent Van DoninckFantic+6.142
TOP 20 MX2 FREE PRACTICE
Pos#RiderBrandTime/Diff119Sacha CoenenKTM2:00.1022772Janis Martins ReisulisYamaha+1.177399Guillem FarrésTriumph+1.292447Karlis Alberts ReisulisYamaha+1.5875317Mathis ValinKawasaki+1.693618Valerio LataHonda+1.720726Liam EvertsHusqvarna+3.024848Jens WalvoortKTM+3.5239716Noel ZanoczKTM+3.913108Camden McLellanTriumph+4.1101133Kay KarssemakersKawasaki+4.115121Simon LängenfelderKTM+4.4161383Maxime GrauHonda+5.0281473Ferruccio ZanchiDucati+5.3461512Pelle GundersenHusqvarna+5.42716422Hugo ForsgrenHonda+9.3381744Nike KorsbeckTriumph+9.69018420Andrea RossiKTM+11.51419321Alessandro TraversiniKTM+14.28220938Rodolfo BicalhoKTM+14.813