Uddevalla, Sweden hosted the 16th round of the 2025 MXGP World Championships, where Tim Gajser rejoined Honda HRC.
After his third in the qualification race yesterday, Gajser was hopeful of more success today and a great start in race one really gave him a good shot of another top three result. The Honda CRF450R rider was in fourth place, and challenging for third when the rider in front made a small mistake, giving a slight opening for the Slovenian.
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Unfortunately the door closed as quickly as it opened and the pair collided, leaving Gajser unable to finish the moto due to damage from the impact. Race two started off very similarly, but this time he was able to make the move into third quickly and kept the leaders firmly in sight. However, his time away from race action eventually took its toll and he made a small mistake, dropping him down to seventh, where he finished. There was still a lot of promise shown and it certainly gives him a good base to improve upon in the final four rounds of the series.
Overall, a good comeback weekend, I rode a good pace for a lot of the races but there were obviously some moments that I wish had turned out differently. It’s a shame what happened in race one because I saw Isak make the mistake and I thought I could get past him, but I think he thought he could block me and we obviously collided. It would have been good to have got 35 minutes under my belt, as then in race two, I got a bit of arm pump and crashed in one of the corners after changing my lines. Like I said though, a lot of good points and I’m definitely ahead of where I thought I would be, so now we have to keep that momentum up in the Netherlands.
Gajser and Gifting collide
