While the motocross world is going crazy about the Coenen brothers and rightly so, and we all talk about Sasha Coenen being the fastest 250 rider in the world, let’s take a breath, sit back and look at the stats for the MX2 class of 2026.

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In Sunday races, Coenen has won six and Triumph factory rider, Guillem Farres has won seven. Sasha does have a lot more Saturday qualification race wins, 6 to 1, and obviously, Sasha leads the championship. However, recent weeks, Farres has gone to another level.

Sure, Sasha is leading the championship, although with his injury at Southwick, we are not sure how long that will last. In fact, even without the injury, there is a strong claim that Farres was going to pass for the championship lead sooner, rather than later. Form doesn't lie.

Now, nobody will ever deny that Sasha Coenen is one of those special talents, similar to his brother and his 14-point lead over Farres in the points standings is still a good one, however, Farres has without question, been the fastest MX2 rider in Europe over the last two GPs.

To make it a little clearer, Farres has gone 2-1-5-1-1-1-2-1-1 in the last nine Saturday and Sunday races, and he has won the last two GPs with perfect scores on Sunday. Earlier in the season, he also won the French GP with 1-1 and has been slowly closing the points gap on Sasha, since Latvia, when the points lead was 40 points and as mentioned above, its now 14.

If anyone tells you that Farres hasn’t been the best 250 rider in the world since the Italian GP on June 21, then slap them across the face. He has been and as we said, even without the Sasha injury from Southwick, the chances of Farres closing the points gap even more at Foxhill this weekend, was good.

“My mentality is just going race by race," Farres said recently. "I felt pretty good in South Africa, when we got here. It was the same story as in Portugal. I haven’t really touched my bike, I stayed on my base setup and just focused on myself, focused on the riding. The starts were okay and that made my life much easier because yesterday my start was not so good in the qualifying moto and I had to work really hard in first laps. Today, in the first moto I started third, I made a quick pass in the first lap and in the second moto I started first. I’m happy with the team, with my trainer, with the mechanics. It’s a great group that we have going on and it’s nice to come to a race weekend where it doesn’t feel like I’m at work. It feels like I’m the kid when I was 10 or 12 years old going to the races with my Dad. It’s really good. For sure, it plays a big part and I can’t complain”.

Now, with Sasha either out of the weekend, or struggling big time with his shoulder/collarbone, its hard to not see the Triumph factory rider take the points lead after England. Nobody wants to see Sasha hurt, not Farres, not Langenfelder, not McLellan and not Everts, because with Sasha in the pack, everyone improves.

If America think Sasha is good, and he 100% is, then wait until they see the top five from the MX2 class, because in my opinion, the euro’s would dominate the current 250 riders in USA and I say that with all respect to the likes of Levi Kitchen, Cole Davies and Jo Shimoda, who are all world class talents.

South Africa Victory With 1-1

“It was a really good weekend in South Africa. I had a good feeling from free practice, and we carried the momentum from Portugal into this weekend. In the first moto, I was third after the start, made a couple of quick passes on the opening lap, and put myself into the lead. From there, the guys behind kept the pressure on, so I had to work hard for the win. The second moto was, let's say, a little easier. I pushed really hard on the opening laps to build a good gap, and from there I just managed the lead until the end. I'm really happy with the weekend, the team, and the bike. We'll keep working hard and getting closer to our goal.”

Portugal Victory With 1-1

“It was an amazing weekend here in Portugal. To come away with a perfect 1-1-1 score is exactly what we were aiming for, so I’m really happy with how everything came together. I got two good starts on Sunday, which made a big difference, and from there I was able to manage both races, control my pace, and make smart decisions. The bike was working really well, and I felt comfortable all weekend. A huge thank you to the team for all of their hard work. The goal now is to keep this momentum going and fight for results like this at every round.”

Montevarchi Second With 5-1

"I felt okay yesterday, I had a good pace and felt comfortable. I had a small crash in qualifying and had to work hard to get back to second. Today, in the first race, I didn't get the best start and had to work my way up again, I had some good opening laps and made some good passes. In the second race my start was terrible, and unfortunately, I crashed on the first lap and was buried at the back. From there I tried to salvage some points but could only get back to fifth. It's not only about the race win for me. I felt like I had good pace this weekend, it's frustrating to crash on the first lap, which was all on me, my own mistake. Still, it was a solid weekend, around fifty points, so it's not too bad. We know we belong and we're in the fight every weekend, which makes me happy, but it's frustrating to lose my chances like that in the first lap. We'll learn from it and keep going."

Whatever happens in Foxhill this weekend, I think we all want to see Sasha on the gate and battling for a GP win. Before he heads to America full time, I wouldn't mind seeing him be a world champion, and his talents deserve that, but lets not forget the fastest 250 rider in the world at the moment, because without question, that has been Guillem Farres.