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The story of Collin

Collin Veijer, the young rider from Staphorst, The Netherlands, has already managed to build up an enormous track record despite his young age (twenty years old on February 19th, 2025). After having already won the title of Dutch Minibike Champion at the age of 8, the next step was to allow Collin to go through the best possible learning process so that he can learn to ride a large number of different circuits, with greater competition and dealing with other cultures.

Collin has been active for several years in the highly regarded CIV championship in Italy. In 2017 he rode in the MiniGP class, where he became European champion at the end of 2017 and was awarded the Ben Majoor Trophy by the Dutch motorcycle association KNMV as ‘special Dutch talent under 21 years’.

In 2018, as an ‘outsider’ with 4 race victories, he surprisingly finished 2nd in the CIV pre-Moto3 class, competing for the junior team of the highly regarded Speed Up Moto2 World Championship team. The following year in the regular CIV Moto3 class, several podiums were again achieved in the strong starting field.

In 2020 and 2021 a next step was made as Collin was selected for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and participated also in the CEV – European Talent Cup (2020) and the FIM Moto3 Junior World Championship (2021) in Spain.

In order to take the final step towards a targeted start in the Moto3 Grand Prix class, Collin moved to Spain at the end of 2021. With five victories (3x Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and 2x FIM JuniorGP) in 2022, the young Dutchman is drawing the attention of various Grand Prix teams.

In 2023, Collin makes his debut as a Grand Prix rider in the Moto3 class of the MotoGP World Championship for the Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Team.

Collin adapted quickly and after a sixth (Mugello) and seventh (Assen) place, Collin managed to score his first Moto3 pole at the Red Bull Ring, then scored his first podium place in Thailand with a third place. Subsequently, at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, he manages to win his first Moto3 race and thus, after 33 years, succeeds Hans Spaan as the last Dutch Grand Prix winner. After scoring another pole in Valencia, Collin ends his debut season as a Grand Prix rider with a handsome seventh place in the final standings.

In 2024, Collin starts his second season as a Grand Prix rider, again in the Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Team. During the fourth GP weekend of the season in Jerez, Spain, Collin manages to score his second Moto3 win. At the end of June during the Dutch TT at the TT Circuit Assen, Collin gets the Dutch crowd on its knees by eventually crossing the finish line in second place, just 0.012 seconds from the winner, after a very strong race. During the twenty-race season, Collin finished on the podium no less than nine times, scored another pole and, with 242 World Championship points, he finished his second season as a Grand Prix rider in third place in the final championship standings.

In 2025, Collin will make the switch to the Moto2 class of the MotoGP World Championship and will ride for the highly professional Red Bull KTM Ajo Team where he will meet Deniz Öncu as a teammate.

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