Guillem Farres is officially the 2026 MX2 Motocross World Champion! The Triumph Factory Racing rider secured the title in Australia, the final Grand Prix of the season, capping off a dream year.
Guillem Farrés has just written his name into the history books of the Motocross World Championship by being crowned 2026 MX2 World Champion (250cc). An historic and hugely significant achievement that sees the Spanish rider, now 23 years old, crowned the fastest rider on the planet in the 250cc motocross class.
With several scenarios on the table heading into the final round, with a 48-point advantage and just 60 points remaining to be won, Farrés secured the title in Sunday’s opening moto. His second-place finish was enough to mathematically seal the championship. The Balsareny-born rider went into the opening race knowing he needed to score just five points, based on his fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Qualifying Race, which was won by his Triumph Factory Racing teammate and only remaining title rival, Camden McLellan.
As he crossed the finish line, the celebrations erupted with the entire Triumph Factory Racing team, a structure that welcomed him with open arms following his return from the United States and with whom he has shared a very special chemistry from day one. Visibly emotional, Farrés let his emotions flow after a long and intense season, but above all, after reaching the pinnacle of the sport following seasons in which injuries and bad luck had cast doubt over his future. Neither he nor those closest to him ever lost hope, and today, in Australia, every sacrifice has paid off.
The achievement of this title is an extraordinary one. A calendar featuring 19 Grands Prix already demands consistency and competitiveness at every single round and across every surface. On top of that, Farrés has had to go up against rivals including the defending champion and other riders who had spent several seasons challenging for the title, adding even greater significance to what the Catalan rider has achieved.
Farrés’ numbers are extraordinary: six Grand Prix victories, seven podium finishes, 14 moto wins, 243 laps led and 11 Grands Prix carrying the championship-leading red plate (statistics before Australian GP). No other rider has bettered him in any of these statistics.
After a first half of the season that already saw him collect numerous podium finishes, the turning point came with his first overall victory and a double moto win at the MXGP of France, the sixth round of the championship. As his confidence grew race after race, a run of four consecutive Grand Prix victories followed in Portugal, South Africa, Great Britain and the Czech Republic. That incredible run allowed him to overturn a 41-point deficit to the championship leader at the time and put the red plate on his Triumph TF 250-X for the first time. From that point onwards, at round 13, his championship management has been impeccable, even during difficult moments such as the MXGP of Sweden, where he suffered a heavy crash in the Qualifying Race. Forced to retire and with doubts over whether he would be able to compete on Sunday, he not only battled through significant pain and facial injuries, including a cut to his eyebrow that required stitches, but also minimised the damage by finishing the weekend a remarkable fourth overall. A third place in the Netherlands, victory in Türkiye and second overall in China then saw Farrés arrive in Australia with a solid 48-point advantage and just 60 points remaining to be won. Today, he made that advantage count and secured the title.
Farrés becomes only the second Spanish rider in history to win an MX2 Motocross World Championship title after Jorge Prado and, in doing so, the first-ever Catalan rider to achieve the feat.
“I think I’m still over the moon and only just starting to understand what we have achieved. It has been a fantastic season. After making the decision to return to Europe, Vincent Bereni (Team Manager) and Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni (Team Owner) were the first people to welcome me back and they always believed in me. I’m really happy to have achieved this title this year. I also want to thank everyone back home in Balsareny, who were in front of the screens at 4:30am this morning, as well as my family, Nani Roma, Marc and Toni. I have amazing people around me and I feel incredibly fortunate.”
