Van Venrooy KTM Racing Scores Valuable World Championship Points at the MXGP of Germany

Van Venrooy KTM Racing delivered a commendable performance at the seventh round of the FIM Motocross World Championship held in Teutschenthal, Germany. The team fielded riders across three categories: Rick Elzinga in MXGP, Noel Zanocz in MX2, and Aron Katona in the EMX250 Championship. Elzinga made his debut in the premier MXGP class, showing promising pace throughout the weekend and securing valuable world championship points. Rick Elzinga’s weekend began with a nineteenth-fastest time in timed practice and a twentieth-place finish in the qualifying race. On race day, he demonstrated resilience and strong racecraft, climbing from nineteenth to fifteenth in the first moto and maintaining a steady sixteenth in the second. His combined efforts resulted in a seventeenth-place overall finish, marking a solid start to his MXGP career with Van Venrooy KTM Racing. In the MX2 class, Noel Zanocz experienced a challenging yet ultimately rewarding weekend. Despite difficult conditions caused by rainfall and a revised track layout, Zanocz improved steadily. After a fourteenth-place finish in the first moto, adjustments to his bike helped him find better rhythm, culminating in a tenth-place finish in the second moto—his first top-ten result of the season. Zanocz described the track as more enjoyable than previous visits and expressed satisfaction with his progress and bike setup. Aron Katona’s EMX250 campaign was marked by mixed fortunes. He showed strong pace in practice, setting the eighth-fastest time, and fought back to seventeenth place after a difficult start in the first race. However, heavy rain before the second race transformed the circuit into a muddy challenge, forcing Katona to retire prematurely. The team now looks ahead to the next championship round in Kegums, Latvia, aiming to build on their recent performances.