The MXGP series has been the Argentina nine times in this current era and after a 20-year break from the last time Grand Prix racing ventured to Argentina and similar to the 2026 season, it was what was meant to be one of the greatest GP seasons ever, as American champion, Ryan Villopoto went up against GP champion, Tony Cairoli.

Of course, the season saw both these guys end with injury and it was current MXGP champion, Romain Febvre who picked up the title that season. While we have visited two different circuits in that seven-year stretch, this year, neither of these tracks are involved and its the Bariloche circuit that will host the event.

Below are those nine years, with 11 different winners over that time period, with Tim Gajser the winningest rider in those nine years, with three wins, while Jeffrey Herlings, Jorge Prado, Kay De Wolf and Pauls Jonass all have two wins each, with Maxime Renaux, Ruben Fernandez, Dylan Ferrandis, Jago Geerts, Max Nagl and Tom Vialle one each.

2015 – Nagl Surprises

While all eyes were on Villopoto and Cairoli going into the third round in Argentina, as the American had taken a stunning victory in the previous round in Thailand. However, it was German rider Max Nagl took the victory from Clement Desalle and Antonio Cairoli. Nagl was on fire in 2015 and finished with 3-1 results, while Desalle came home with 1-3 and Cairoli 2-2. In another surprising win, Dylan Ferrandis won the MX2 GP in 2015, beating Pauls Jonass and Jeremy Seewer, two riders from the current list of elite MXGP riders.

2016 – Gajser Takes His First

Gajser sure enough won in Argentina a year later, scoring 3-1 and beating Cairoli and Nagl, who joined him on the podium. In the MX2 class that year, Jeffrey Herlings added his name to the winners list in Argentina, scoring 1-1 to clean up Seewer and Russian rider Aleksandr Tonkov.

2017 – Gajser Doubles Up

Gajser showed his liking for the Patagonian track with another win, 1-1 in the MXGP class, behind him came Jeremy Van Horebeek and Evgeny Bobryshev. In the MX2 class Jonass won in front of Jorge Prado and Seewer.

2018 – Herlings Gets His Second

In 2018, Herlings now in the MXGP class, won a classic battle against Cairoli, Herlings scoring 2-1 results and Cairoli 1-2, in third was Desalle with 3-3 scores. In the MX2 Jonass won again, ahead of Thomas Olsen and Hunter Lawrence.

2019 – Cairoli and Prado Win

A year later Cairoli took his first win in Argentina, finishing with a perfect 1-1 ahead of Gajser with 2-2 and Van Horebeek 6-3 scores. MX2 saw the arrival of Prado as a winner on the magnificent Patagonian circuit, he scored 1-1 to lead home Thomas Olsen and Mitch Evans.

2020 – 2021 – Gajser Takes 2022

As mentioned, 2020 and 2021 we missed travelling to Argentina as COVID 19 rocked the World, but we did return in 2022 with a huge reception from the large spectator turnout. Gajser won again with 2-1 with Maxime Renaux and Prado behind him. In the MX2 it was Frenchman Tom Vialle who won from Jago Geerts and Mikkel Haarup.

2023 – Fernandez Shocks

In 2023, it was Ruben Fernandez pulled off a shock victory, winning with 5-1, with Herlings second with 4-2 and third was Prado with 1-5. In MX2, Jago Geerts won with 1-1 from Andrea Adamo 3-3 and Maxime Renaux 2-8.

2024 – Prado Again

A year later in 2024 Prado won again with 1-2 with Romain Febvre second with 2-3 and third was Tim Gajser with 5-1. In MX2 Kay De Wolf won with 2-1 from Simon Langenfelder 1-4 and Mikkel Haarup 5-2.

2025 – Renaux Victorious

Finally, last year, Maxime Renaux won with 2-1 from Romain Febvre 1-2 and Tim Gajser 3-3. MX2 went to Kay de Wolf again with 1-5 with Sasha Coenen second with 9-1 and third was Simon Langenfelder with 2-6.