HRC factory rider, Jeffrey Herlings has gone 1-1 to win the MXGP of Argentina, his 113th GP victory and his first for the Honda team. Brilliant start to the MXGP season of 2026 as the five time world champion just oozing confidence as we head to Spain and round two. Frenchmen, Romain Febvre of the Kawasaki factory team went 3-2 and Tom Vialle of HRC went 2-4 for second and third overall.

Jeffrey Herlings: Yes, it wasn't easy, that second moto I was second and somebody smashed it in there and I was 8th or 10th and passed all the top guys. Kept my energy for that second moto. Going 1-1 is pretty special and for the team, I want to thank them, Honda, Gariboldi, they worked hard for this. We had a small problem after the crash, on the bike, but today 1-1 and the first moto was easier than the second one. I look forward to the next one.

Romain Febvre: I can be happy about the podium, because I don’t feel my self on the bike and we need a better set-up, but I don’t feel comfortable and we adjust some things and we get better.

Tom Vialle: For sure, coming here I didn’t know what to expect, but my speed was good. Led and then stalled the bike and hopefully we can fix that for the next one.

Championship points are now Jeffrey Herlings 50 points, Tom Vialle 50 points, Romain Febvre 48pts, Lucas Coenen 42pts and Tim Gajser 36pts.

MXGP Moto Two

Febvre with the lead in the second MXGP moto, with Adamo second, then Fernandez, Vialle, Jonass, Guadaganini, Renaux, Gajser, Bonacorsi, Coenen, and Herlings 11th. Vialle pushed his way past Adamo, and Herlings moved past two riders to move into ninth place.

Febvre with a 1.4 second lead over Fernandez, with Vialle pushing his fellow HRC team-mate. Coenen and Herlings both around eight seconds behind Febvre. Jonass into fourth with a pass on Adamo, and Coenen and Herlings both pass Gajser to move to seventh and eight.

Top ten on lap two was Febvre, Fernandez, Vialle, Jonass, Adamo, Renaux, Coenen, Herlings, Gajser and Bonacorsi. Coenen and Herlings all over Renaux for sixth place. Red flag and the race is stopped. Probably because of the riders who jumped the start.

After the re-start, it was Renaux with the lead this time from Vialle, Febvre, Fernandez, Adamo, Horgmo, Coenen, Gajser and Herlings in ninth place. Vialle into the lead as its French riders, first, second and third. Gajser into fourth place, with Herlings into seventh place and Coenen ninth.

Herlings moved past Adamo and into sixth place on lap one and Coenen 8th. Top ten was Vialle, Renaux, Febvre, Gajser, Fernandez, Herlings, Adamo, Coenen, Horgmo and Benistant. Herlings into fifth and closing up on Gajser in fourth.

Lap two the lead by Vialle was two seconds over Renaux, with Febvre now 2.4 seconds back in third. Febvre into the lead and Renaux second, with Vialle now third, and then Herlings, who passed Gajser. Pretty exciting for second to fourth, with Renaux, Vialle and Herlings all pretty close, but Febvre getting way with a three second lead.

Herlings into third place as he passed Vialle and going after Renaux. Second place would give Herlings the overall with 1-2 to Febvre 3-1. Febvre now 5.2 ahead of Renaux, but still 18 minutes and two laps to run. Renaux went down and Herlings now second and a GP overall in his name if he stays there.

Top ten on lap five was Febvre, Herlings, Vialle, Gajser, Fernandez, Renaux, Coenen, Adamo and Benistant 10th. Herlings now 7.2 behind Febvre. Herlings starting to cut the lead of Febvre with it down to 6.8 seconds.

Herlings cuts it down to 5.9 on lap nine and with 10 minutes to go, are we seeing another Herlings charge? Now 5.6 seconds and “The Bullet” is coming. Top ten on lap 10 was Febvre, Herlings, Vialle, Gajser, Fernandez, Renaux, Coenen, Adamo, Benistant and Horgmo.

Herlings can stay in second and still wins the GP, but he cuts the lead to 5.2, with Vialle 7.3 off the leader. Now five seconds and the Dutchman making a charge for the 1-1 result. Febvre responds and it went to 5.1. Now 4.8 second and then 3.9 seconds.

Gajser charged under Vialle for third place and the top ten was Febvre, Herlings, Gajser, Vialle, Fernandez, Renaux, Coenen, Adamo, Benistant and Horgmo. Lead is now 3.5 with four minutes and two laps remaining. Lead down to 2.6 seconds with more than three laps remaining.

Herlings just a second behind Febvre and looking very hungry for the perfect day. Herlings pushing hard to get past Febvre, but the Frenchman responded again. Lead was now 1.4 seconds, but Herlings pushes again and all over the leader once more. Herlings a beautiful pass and he gets the 1-1 results and a huge victory.

MXGP - Grand Prix Race 2 - Classification

1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Kawasaki), 3:49.788; 2. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, Honda), +0:01.477; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, Honda), +0:03.162; 4. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), +0:04.950; 5. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Kawasaki), +0:05.831; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, Yamaha), +0:07.523; 7. Tim Gajser (SLO, Yamaha), +0:08.382; 8. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), +0:08.387; 9. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, Honda), +0:09.170; 10. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, Ducati), +0:11.517; 11. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), +0:13.539; 12. Alberto Forato (ITA, Fantic), +0:14.587; 13. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), +0:15.621; 14. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, Honda), +0:16.186; 15. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Ducati), +0:18.032; 16. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Honda), +0:18.559; 17. Lars van Berkel (NED, Fantic), +0:21.506; 18. Brent Van doninck (BEL, Fantic), +0:23.138; 19. Marco Antezana (BOL, Yamaha), +0:24.977; 20. Carlos Badiali (VEN, Yamaha), +0:26.644; 21. Sergio Villaronga Muga (CHI, Honda), +0:29.832; 22. Joaquin Poli (ARG, Kawasaki), +0:31.100; 23. Fermin Ciccimarra (ARG, Yamaha), +0:31.847; 24. Tomas Montes Gadda (ARG, Kawasaki), +0:32.830; 25. Agustin Carrasco (ARG, Yamaha), +0:34.861; 26. Flavio Nicolas Sastre (ARG, Honda), +0:34.880; 27. Santiago Montero (ARG, GASGAS), +0:37.126; 28. Juan Ignacio Salgado (ARG, Fantic), +0:40.130; 29. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), +1:31.272; 30. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, Ducati), -1 lap(s);

MXGP - GP Classification

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 50 points; 2. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 42 p.; 3. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 40 p.; 4. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 35 p.; 5. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 33 p.; 6. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 27 p.; 7. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 27 p.; 8. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 24 p.; 9. Thibault Benistant (FRA, HON), 24 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 24 p.; 11. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, DUC), 22 p.; 12. Brent Van doninck (BEL, FAN), 18 p.; 13. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 16 p.; 14. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 13 p.; 15. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 12 p.; 16. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 12 p.; 17. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 8 p.; 18. Alberto Forato (ITA, FAN), 7 p.; 19. Joaquin Poli (ARG, KAW), 5 p.; 20. Lars van Berkel (NED, FAN), 3 p.; 21. Marco Antezana (BOL, YAM), 0 p.; 22. Carlos Badiali (VEN, YAM), 0 p.; 23. Fermin Ciccimarra (ARG, YAM), 0 p.; 24. Tomas Montes Gadda (ARG, KAW), 0 p.; 25. Juan Ignacio Salgado (ARG, FAN), 0 p.; 26. Flavio Nicolas Sastre (ARG, HON), 0 p.; 27. Agustin Carrasco (ARG, YAM), 0 p.; 28. Santiago Montero (ARG, GAS), 0 p.; 29. Andrea Bonacorsi (ITA, DUC), 0 p.; 30. Sergio Villaronga Muga (CHI, HON), 0 p.; 31. Jago Geerts (BEL, BET), 0 p.; 32. Kevin Brumann (SUI, HUS), 0 p.; 33. Victor Francisco Garcia Hernandez (MEX, KTM), 0 p.;

MXGP - World Championship Classification

1. Jeffrey Herlings (NED, HON), 50 points; 2. Tom Vialle (FRA, HON), 50 p.; 3. Romain Febvre (FRA, KAW), 48 p.; 4. Lucas Coenen (BEL, KTM), 42 p.; 5. Tim Gajser (SLO, YAM), 36 p.; 6. Maxime Renaux (FRA, YAM), 34 p.; 7. Andrea Adamo (ITA, KTM), 32 p.; 8. Ruben Fernandez (ESP, HON), 32 p.; 9. Pauls Jonass (LAT, KAW), 28 p.; 10. Calvin Vlaanderen (NED, DUC), 24 p.; 11. Thibault Benistant (FRA, HON), 24 p.; 12. Brent Van doninck (BEL, FAN), 18 p.; 13. Mattia Guadagnini (ITA, KTM), 16 p.; 14. Kevin Horgmo (NOR, HON), 16 p.; 15. Jan Pancar (SLO, KTM), 12 p.; 16. Oriol Oliver (ESP, KTM), 12 p.; 17. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, DUC), 8 p.; 18. Alberto Forato (ITA, FAN), 7 p.; 19. Joaquin Poli (ARG, KAW), 5 p.; 20. Lars van Berkel (NED, FAN), 3 p.;

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