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LINDSTROM Ever since taking the reins of the Honda HRC team, Lars Lindstrom has guided the Red Riders to dominance the brand has not seen since the CR days of Ricky Carmichael. The Lawrence brothers and Jo Shimoda closed out 2025 with a tour de force, sweeping all but one SMX Playoff round and both championships; then all three starred in the MXoN. Well done, Lars, and the entire team.
KTM It appears that Austria has weathered the financial storm that nearly sunk the brand earlier this year, but their SMX and MXGP lineups are all in flux, as Chase Sexton left for Kawasaki, Tom Vialle went back to France on a Honda, and even Jeffrey Herlings has moved on in Europe. The good news is that Eli Tomac is joining the Orange Brigade for the first time
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