Andrea Adamo strengthened his hold on the 2023 FIM MX2 World Championship with a superb double moto win and the second Grand Prix victory of the season – and his career – today in Finland. The Italian took his KTM 250 SX-F to P1 in both motos through the damp Vantaa sand of the circuit next to Helsinki airport to stretch his margin at the peak of the standings to 60 points.
Adamo’s most effective day of the season was built on a focused approach to the conditions and the demands of Vantaa. He tussled with Simon Laengenfelder in the first moto before pulling clear of the German to win by nearly three seconds. In the next race he took the lead from teammate Liam Everts on lap seven of nineteen and again seized the checkered flag. Adamo had clinched his first career moto win only two rounds previously in the Czech Republic and bounced back to the podium for the first time since the Indonesian Grand Prix.
Adamo’s peerless performance and strong weekend gave him a 55-point gain over principal title rival Jago Geerts. The gap is now 60 points between the pair as Adamo pulls his run with the red plate to seven Grands Prix. Everts has a 31 points advantage over his next nearest pursuer while rising to 3rd in the competition. Coenen has also scaled positions and is 13th. MXGP finally has time to breathe next weekend but the championship remains in northern Europe with the hard-pack of Uddevalla staging the Grand Prix of Sweden in two weeks.
“Honestly, I did not expect this result today. I came here with the same mentality of trying to take the best finish possible and then seeing where we end the day. I was feeling good and enjoying the track and I had two good starts. I was never in the lead after the second corner though! So I still had work to do in both motos. A perfect day in the end so I’m happy. I knew if I could put things together then I could win. We were close in the Czech Republic and Lommel was not easy. I came here to reset and we did a great job.”
