[4] de Wolf would immediately show his sand riding skills by placing second in race two at round one of the series.

Being more of a sand specialist, the hardpack terrain in Italy for that year's Junior World Championship would see him finish thirteenth overall in the 125 class.

de Wolf was immediately a top-ten finisher on debut and by round four recorded his first pole position, race top-three and overall podium at Oss.

[5] The rest of the season saw de Wolf finish consistently in the top-10 and pick up two more podiums on the way to seventh in the final standings.

He carried on his championship-leading pre-injury form into the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship, winning the first three Grand Prix of the season.

Despite several notable crashes for de Wolf and a fierce rivalry with Coenen, he took four further overall wins and clinched his first world championship at the final round in Spain.

[8] Following this, he represented his country at the 2024 Motocross des Nations where Netherlands finished third overall as a team and he won the MX2 class individually.