When you see him, you want to say, ‘Come on, let's go for a ride and have some fun!’ because you know that for Andrea Verona, Enduro is first and foremost about enjoyment. Then came the passion, followed by professional commitment. But that original smile has never faded, a sign that the fuel in his heart has remained the same.

Verona now has six World Championship titles to his name, one EnduroGP and five class titles, three Enduro1 and two Enduro2. On the way to achieving these records, Andrea also won the Enduro Junior and Youth sub-world championships. An impressive career. Imagine that at 26, when he was still “morally” a cadet, and think about the longevity of his experience to understand where Andrea Verona can go. Perhaps this is why Fabio Farioli, the manager of KTM but also of GasGas, considers him and treats him like a son (or rather a brother, because Fabio also knows what it means to be a World Champion).

2025 was a challenging season for Andrea, as always, but perhaps even more so. He tried to counter the triumphant advance of his “cousin” Garcia, fought until the last Grand Prix with Pichon for the Enduro2 title, which he then won. In the middle of the Championship season, a gem of responsibility and glory, an alter-triumph: that of the Italian Enduro National Team (Mr. Rossi's team) at the 6 Days of Bergamo, of which Andrea Verona can undoubtedly be considered the driving force. But let's get back to that persistent smile...