2025 FIM TrialGP Round 1 Results

Cycle News Staff | April 7, 2025

The 2025 FIM TrialGP Championship kicked off in the Spanish town of Benahavis in the province of Malaga April 5-6, and Toni Bou, of the Repsol Honda Team, came away at the top of the championship leaderboard.

Toni Bou at 2025 TrialGP of Spain — **The 2025 FIM TrialGP Championship got underway in Spain, where Toni Bou came away with the championship lead.**

Each day is now made up of two “races,” and Bou won them both. In race one, Bou dropped eight points to Gabriel Marcelli’s 18, making it a Repsol Honda Team 1-2.

Jaime Busto, of the Factory GasGas Team, took third with 22 points. Beta’s Matteo Grattarola also dropped 22 points but was awarded fourth place ahead of TRRS’s Aniol Gelabert of Spain.

Race two was much closer, with Bou edging out his teammate, Marcelli, by just two points, 10-12. Busto was again third, just one point back. Grattarola and Gelabert went 4-5.

“I’m very happy with how this first day in Malaga went,” Bou said. “Two wins in two laps isn’t easy due to the new regulations, which put a lot of pressure on you to avoid mistakes. Everything happens very quickly, so tomorrow will also require close attention. I expect changes to the sections on Sunday. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, the sections will be even easier for everyone. I’m happy with the start, but we remain fully focused to be able to repeat the results on the second day.”

Jaime Busto at 2025 TrialGP of Spain — **Jaime Busto won the final “race” of the weekend in the new competition format.**

Bou picked up where he left off Sunday morning, winning race one well ahead of Busto, with Gelabert, Marcelli and Grattarola finishing 3-4-5.

However, Bou’s bid for a sweep fell by the wayside in race two, with Busto taking the win by three points over the defending champ, Bou. Marcelli edged out Grattarola by a point for third, while Great Britain’s Jack Peace rounded out the top five on his Sherco.

Gabriel Marcelli at 2025 TrialGP of Spain — **Bou’s teammate, Gabriel Marcelli, had a strong weekend with a couple of second-place finishes.**

Bou leaves round one with the championship lead over Busto, 77-67. Marcelli is third with 62 points, followed by Grattarola with 50 and Gelabert with 47.

“It’s been a positive weekend for us,” Bou said. “We’re leaving here with a 10-point lead in the standings, which is the most important thing. We missed out on winning the second race due to me making a few more mistakes. We already know what the new regulations are like, and we have to learn to adapt to these more risky circumstances. We can take away the consistency from the first race, which was practically perfect, and the comeback from the second, as we started quite far behind in the early sections. It’ll be a tough year, but we’re leaving here happy.”

“Today started much better than yesterday,” said Busto. “I was feeling much more like myself, and I was able to put two good races together. My win in race two is very good for the championship, and I’m looking forward to Portugal.” CN