The two Red Bull KTM Ajo riders aim to continue their progress at Termas de Río Hondo.

Deniz Öncü and Collin Veijer take on a second Grand Prix of 2025 when the series moves to Argentina this weekend. The Red Bull KTM Ajo pair want to accumulate kilometres and confidence after a positive start to the campaign in Thailand. Both competed at the Argentinian track most recently two seasons ago, when they were still Moto3 riders.

Öncü had a good weekend in Buriram, with a very consistent showing that included him leading a Moto2 practice session for the first time and lowering his best times in Thailand from 2024. A difficult Q2 made him have to start from the middle of the pack, and a collision on the first lap of the race relegated him out of the Top 20. The Turkish rider finished the weekend with a good feeling, with a comeback that took him to twelfth. Öncü raced in Argentina in 2022 and 2023 as a Moto3 rider, with a 14th place and then a DNF due to a crash when leading alone in the wet.

Veijer visits another track for the first time on a Moto2 bike. The Dutchman is a rookie in the intermediate category but had a positive round in Thailand, improving in virtually every session at Buriram. He was just 7 tenths off Pole Position in Qualifying. On the Sunday, he was able to finish his first Moto2 Grand Prix 20th, less than four seconds off the points. Veijer has only raced at Termas de Rio Hondo in 2023, in Moto3, where he finished 22nd in the rain.

Red Bull KTM Ajo have solid memories at this track in the intermediate class: Two podiums with Miguel Oliveira -second in 2017 and third in 2018, and two wins with Johann Zarco in 2015 and 2016.

Circuit information – Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina
Length: 4.81 km / 2.99 miles
Left corners: 5
Right corners: 9
Longest straight: 1.076 m / 0.669 miles
Width: 16 m / 52.49 ft.
Built: 2008

#53 DENIZ ÖNCÜ
“The second challenge of the year is here. I haven’t been to Argentina for two years. We’re fast and strong, but we have to work better on Saturday, especially in Qualifying, to start in a better grid position on Sunday. We believe in ourselves to have a good weekend in Argentina, so we will try to stay at the front with the fast riders.”

#95 COLLIN VEIJER

“I’m ready for this second weekend of the 2025 season. We will try to improve and learn again, as we did in Thailand. I’m very excited about Argentina, so we want to have a good Grand Prix, working step by step and moving forward with confidence. It’s important to adapt to the Moto2 bike as soon as possible and in Termas we will do that a little bit more. We’ll enjoy it as much as we can and we’ll hope for good weather.”