Red Bull KTM factory rider, Andrea Adamo sits in ninth place in a very stacked top ten in the MXGP class. The former world MX2 champion has 138 points, and is just a handful of points off the riders just ahead of him, Ruben Fernandez and Kay de Wolf, who are on 146pts and 144 points.

Adamo was third in Saturday's qualification race and equaled his personal best so far in his rookie season. The Italian, cheered by a large section of home support, started in the top five for the first moto and kept consistent with his pace for 6th. Later in the afternoon he misjudged his start, fell but recovered to 13th and classified for 11th on the day.

“Two completely different motos today. I had a good start in the first one and managed to stay in my position. I made a couple of little mistakes and had some arm-pump but I had the feeling I was riding good and my speed was good. There was not much difference to the front guys. I missed my start process for the second moto. I wasn’t quite ‘ready’ and I went a little too late. Bad start. I managed to recover well to P10 and did my best but had a crash and lost those few positions. My pace was good again and I caught back up to the edge of the top ten. This year MXGP is really tight, and the start is so important: we see that with other riders when they cannot make it. This is all experience that we’ll put in the pocket. We’ll learn and try to correct for the next races.”

With 3-6-4-6-3 from the Saturday races, it seems maybe the Italian needs a little more time to get used to the 450 in the longer Sunday races, where he has finished much lower, although he did pick up a 4th in the second moto in Spain, which was a standout performance. Below is his vlog from Trentino, last weekend.