The Grand Prix of Great Britain, round twelve of the FIM Motocross World Championship 2025, was held at the Matterley Basin circuit, the iconic track laid out in a natural amphitheatre in the Temple Valley (Winchester), which has also hosted the Motocross of Nations several times.

Home GP weekend marked by bad luck for Ben Watson (Beta RX450). Nineteenth at the end of time practice, the Englishman retired in qualifying after a crash in which he suffered a heel injury.

Despite the pain, Ben gritted his teeth and managed an eighteenth and fourteenth place in the qualifying heats; placings that allowed him to finish seventeenth overall on the day and confirm his twelfth position in the championship standings.

"Matterley Basin did not go according to my plans. As soon as I got on track I found a layout that I didn't like, incredibly fast and not very technical. On the first lap of qualifying I crashed badly and hit my heel hard. The bike was damaged and I retired. In the titled heats I had to accept a very side gate and the starts were very bad. In the first one I was kicked off the track in the first laps and from last place I recovered to the points zone. In the second my foot still hurt but my final placing was better, fourteenth. It was a disappointing weekend but I'm glad I managed to race despite not being at 100%. In the coming weeks I will try to recover in order to present myself in the best condition in Finland."