The MX2 world motocross championship of 2025 might not have the same drama and excitement as the 2024 affair, when eventual champion Kay De Wolf went head-to-head with his then team-mate, Lucas Coenen.

This years MX2 fight has been between three men, switching from one to the others. It was obvious in the opening round of the championship in Argentina, that this was going to be a wild affair, when defending champion, went 3-1-5 to score more points than anyone else.

His two biggest rivals this year, Simon Langenfelder and Andre Adamo both did a similar thing in Argentina, with Langenfelder going 4-2-6 and Adamo finishing with 1-DNF-2. The second round in the mud of Spain it was a similar story, De Wolf finishing with 5-3-2, Langenfelder 11-5-4 and Adamo 4-9-3, as Liam Everts raced away with the GP win with 3-2-1.

Round three in France things improved for both Adamo, who won with 2-1 and scored a 5th on the Saturday, and Langenfelder, who finished with 2-1-3, but defending champ, De Wolf scored DNF-6-4 and was starting to look very brittle with an injury and the results that didn’t seem like he was going to be fighting for the title.

All three guys suddenly started picking up their acts in round four in Sardinia, with De Wolf going 6-1-1 for the GP win, Adamo going 4-4-2 and Langenfelder 1-3-6. All seemingly knowing, their rivals were struggling, so try and be consistent.

From that moment on, all three have won multiple GPs, Adamo in Trentino, Portugal and Germany, Langenfelder in Switzerland, France and Great Britain, and De Wolf in Spain II, Finland and Belgium. De Wolf is without doubt, recovered from his injuries and starting to build momentum.

In the championship points as we speak, Langenfelder holds the red plate with 704 points, de Wolf is second with 666 points and Adamo is third with 655 points. Interestingly, in Sweden in 2024, Lucas Coenen won, ahead of Adamo and Langenfelder, with De Wolf back in fifth place.

A week later in Arnhem, Coenen won ahead of de Wolf and Adamo, with Langenfelder ninth overall, and then Turkey, was Coenen, de Wolf, Langenfelder with Adamo seventh overall. The Chinese GP went to Coenen, ahead of de Wolf, Langenfelder with Adamo fifth, so the big three of 2025 have not too bad a record from three of the four remaining rounds. What happens in Australia is hard to know, but I do know it won’t be sand, and it will be technical.

The fact Langenfelder has a 38-point lead, five rounds to do doesn’t mean too much, but what does mean something is the fact the champion, de Wolf, has won six of the last nine motos and the momentum clearly on his side. His other scores have been 3-6-4. Langenfelder in those last nine rounds has been 4-6-5-6-1-2-4-7-4, so far less impressive. Adamo has finished with 6-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-8. Also, nothing to smile about if you are the Italian.

It is hard to bet against De Wolf in Arnhem, and in the other four round, it is the toss of a coin in my opinion. I think China, Turkey and Australia will suit both Langenfelder and Adamo, and Arnhem will be a good one for de Wolf.

We all saw de Wolf finish 2024 being beaten by Coenen on a regular basis, but then, he had a huge points lead, ending with a 20-point advantage over Coenen by seasons end, who had raced to GP win after GP win.

De Wolf though was still cracking podiums but did at times look a little brittle. A year of experience, a comeback from injury and the motivation to keep his number one plate is more than enough to inspire the redheaded Husqvarna rider.

Still, as a half Aussie, half Dutch media guy, I struggle to not see him catch and pass Langenfelder in the points and take his second world MX2 championship and then, hopefully move to MXGP, where he will be pretty impressive.

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