Calvin Vlaanderen, who will leave the Ducati factory team to join the privateer Honda team of SR Honda. The team are proud to announce the signing of @calvinvlaanderen for the 2027 MXGP World Championship! A two-time MXGP Grand Prix winner and a consistent Top 10 finisher at the highest level of the sport, Calvin joins Team with strong motivation and a clear ambition to fight at the front and achieve great results throughout the 2027 season.

Calvin Vlaanderen: I am super excited to join the team! I saw what they did since a couple of years and I’m excited to be back on a Honda. For me it’s a big step to join them, I’m excited to start working with them! I have a lot of experience, I have been racing as a privateer and in several factory teams, I know what is necessary to be at the top so I will bring this experience with me and for sure it will help myself but also the team to grow and hopefully to come close to the top five and podium results.”

Josse Sallefranque: Calvin has a lot of experience, and in the MXGP class we see that through riders such as Romain Febvre or Jeffrey Herlings, you either need a lot of experience or be a rising star like Lucas Coenen to succeed. After a difficult year for us with the injury to Thibault, our star rider, we had to bounce back, and during discussions with riders capable of competing in the top ten, Calvin’s name came up several times. He quickly connected with us, and we were able to find solutions to bring him on board. Honda and HRC are behind us, as are our sponsors without whom none of this would be possible, and the arrival of a rider like Calvin should help us reach a new level in the highly competitive MXGP category.”