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Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 2026

Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP 2026

The Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP enters its sixth season under the managerial leadership of ex-GP winner Antti Pyrhönen and team principal Kimi Räikkonen, an ex-F1 world champion, determined to deliver yet more Lime Green success during the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship after the team claimed the MXGP world title for Kawasaki with Romain Febvre last year.

The title was the reward for five years of a harmonious working relationship between riders, management, team technicians and partners together with the dedicated support and development from the Kawasaki factory management and technical staff in Japan.
 
Kawasaki has played a major role in the FIM Motocross World Championships for more than half a century, using the lessons learnt racing - and winning - in the world's premier off-road series throughout that time to continually develop and refine the Lime Green machines which fans can purchase at their Kawasaki dealerships. Everyone involved is quietly confident of further success this season in both classes of the world series as Febvre and Latvian colleague Pauls Jonass return with the very latest KX450-SR flagship in MXGP while teenage sensation Mathis Valin will again head the assault in MX2 in the second season of development of the KX250-SR.

manager / staff

Kimi Raikkonen Team Principal
Antti Pyrhönen Team Manager
Jussi Heikkonen Head of Engine
Tijmen Joris Machining Engineer
Romain Febvre MXGP Rider
Pauls Jonass MXGP Rider
Mathis Valin MX2 Rider
Antonio Tiveddu MXGP Technical Manager
Ryan Hawkridge MXGP Engine Technician
Aymeric Laurent MXGP Race Mechanic (Romain Febvre)
Tom Benoit MXGP training mechanic (Romain Febvre)
Thibault Fouert MXGP Race Mechanic (Pauls Jonass)
Onni Heino MXGP training mechanic (Pauls Jonass)
Miks Zirups MX2 Training Mechanic (Mathis Valin)
Richard Ehnberg MX2 Technical Manager
Paul Keates MX2 Engine Technician
Jovi Schutte MX2 Race Mechanic (Mathis Valin)
Andre Ten Dolle MXGP Truck Driver
Toni Käyhty MXGP Truck Driver
Mehmet Aly Uymez MX2 Truck driver
Henk Zanting Parts Coordinator
Itha Pramitasari Hospitality
Jörg Pyka KYB suspension technician (MX2)
Willy Verstrepen Showa suspension technician (MXGP)
Antonin Broennec AKIRA