Lucas Coenen and Andrea Adamo ruled proceedings for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing at a muddy Agueda for the Portuguese Grand Prix and the seventh round of 2025 MXGP. The Belgian and Italian won their Qualification Heats and the difficult and demanding motos in MXGP and MX2 for an ‘orange wash’ with KTM SX-F technology.
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Lucas Coenen threaded his way through the red ooze for the holeshot and an early lead in the first MXGP race and then withheld pressure from Romain Febvre to grasp his fifth consecutive checkered flag, third GP moto win in succession and fourth of the campaign. In a drier second outing (later hit by another shower) the Belgian starlet again edged the holeshot with his KTM 450 SX-F and again led Febvre to go 1-1-1. Two weeks after becoming the youngest winner ever in the premier class, Coenen now has three podiums and is P3 in the championship, 43 points adrift of P1.
“A really good weekend. 1-1 again and the three motos! The rain made the track so sketchy and I was all over the place but it was a positive first moto; good start and I tried to ride smart. It was hard to handle all those edges in the ruts with the 450 but we made it happen. In the second moto I managed the pressure from Romain and I was a bit nervous at times but I’m so happy to win again. Let’s go again in Lugo.”
Andrea Adamo won a very tough first MX2 moto with Agueda in its worst and most treacherous state. Sacha Coenen led for the first three laps but then a pair of crashes put him down to 19th. Adamo crafted a margin ahead of Kay De Wolf and Simon Laengenfelder, who tussled with the Dutchman for P2. Even through the German had to ditch his goggles with ten minutes he was still able to confirm the runner-up spot nearly 13 seconds behind Adamo.
The Italian holeshotted the second moto and then carefully stalked Coenen until making the pass for the lead at mid-race distance. The teammates took a 1-2 with Laengenfelder making it to the line in 4th after recovering from a first lap spill. Adamo celebrated his third victory and his fourth podium appearance from the last five events – closing to just 10 points from the peak of the MX2 table – while Laengenfelder also lifted his fourth trophy of 2025 and is only 4 points from the red plate. Coenen was 7th overall and is 6th in the standings.
“I rode well, really well. No mistakes and good starts, especially yesterday, and that put me in a good position for today, which was really important with the weather. In the first moto the conditions were crazy but the second moto was not too bad. 1-1-1: it’s the first time for me, so I’m super-happy.”
