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The 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship is the 62nd FIM Motocross World Championship season. It includes 20 events, starting at Neuquen in Argentina on 4 March, and ending at Imola in Italy on 30 September.[1] In the main MXGP class, Tony Cairoli is the defending champion after taking his ninth title in 2017. In the MX2 class, Pauls Jonass is the reigning champion, after taking his first world title in 2017.

Race Calendar and Results

A 20-round calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 25 October 2017.[1]

MXGP

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner Report
1 4 March  Argentina Neuquen Italy Tony Cairoli Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings Report
2 18 March  Netherlands Valkenswaard Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings Report
3 25 March  Spain Redsand Report
4 8 April  Italy Pietramurata Report
5 15 April  Portugal Agueda Report
6 1 May  Russia Orlyonok Report
7 13 May  Latvia Ķegums Report
8 20 May  Germany Teutschenthal Report
9 3 June  Great Britain Matterley Basin Report
10 10 June  France St Jean d'Angely Report
11 17 June  Italy Ottobiano Report
12 1 July  Indonesia Pangkal Pinang Report
13 8 July  Indonesia Semarang Report
14 22 July  Czech Republic Loket Report
15 5 August  Belgium Lommel Report
16 19 August   Switzerland Frauenfeld Report
17 2 September  Turkey Afyon Report
18 16 September  Netherlands Assen Report
19 30 September  Italy Imola Report

MX2

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner Report
1 4 March  Argentina Neuquen Latvia Pauls Jonass Latvia Pauls Jonass Latvia Pauls Jonass Report
2 18 March  Netherlands Valkenswaard Latvia Pauls Jonass Latvia Pauls Jonass Latvia Pauls Jonass Report
3 25 March  Spain Redsand Report
4 8 April  Italy Pietramurata Report
5 15 April  Portugal Agueda Report
6 1 May  Russia Orlyonok Report
7 13 May  Latvia Ķegums Report
8 20 May  Germany Teutschenthal Report
9 3 June  Great Britain Matterley Basin Report
10 10 June  France St Jean d'Angely Report
11 17 June  Italy Ottobiano Report
12 1 July  Indonesia Pangkal Pinang Report
13 8 July  Indonesia Semarang Report
14 22 July  Czech Republic Loket Report
15 5 August  Belgium Lommel Report
16 19 August   Switzerland Frauenfeld Report
17 2 September  Turkey Afyon Report
18 16 September  Netherlands Assen Report
19 30 September  Italy Imola Report

MXGP

Entry List

Officially Approved Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Wilvo Yamaha Official Team MXGP Yamaha 4 Switzerland Arnaud Tonus[2]
24 United Kingdom Shaun Simpson[2] 1–2
91 Switzerland Jeremy Seewer 1–2
A1M Husqvarna Husqvarna 7 Estonia Tanel Leok 1–2
TM Racing Factory Team TM 12 Germany Max Nagl 1–2
Team SteelsdrJack KTM 15 Italy Davide Bonini
Marchetti Racing Team KTM KTM 17 Spain José Butrón[3] 1–2
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 21 France Gautier Paulin[4] 1–2
99 United Kingdom Max Anstie[5] 1–2
Standing Construct KTM KTM 22 Belgium Kevin Strijbos 1–2
92 Switzerland Valentin Guillod[6]
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 Belgium Clément Desalle[7] 1–2
33 Belgium Julien Lieber[8] 1–2
Team Honda RedMoto Assomotor Honda 27 Lithuania Arminas Jasikonis 1–2
152 Bulgaria Petar Petrov 1–2
Ceres 71 Racing Team Yamaha 32 France Milko Potisek[9] 2
120 Italy Simone Zecchina[10] 2
Hitachi KTM UK KTM 55 United Kingdom Graeme Irwin[11] 1–2
62 MotoSport Husqvarna Husqvarna 62 Slovenia Klemen Gerčar 2
Team Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki 77 Italy Alessandro Lupino 1–2
141 France Maxime Desprey 2
KMP Honda Racing Honda 83 Belgium Nathan Renkens 2
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 84 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings[12] 1–2
222 Italy Tony Cairoli[13] 1–2
259 Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff[14] 1–2
KTM Sarholz Racing Team KTM 85 Germany Stefan Ekerold 2
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team Yamaha 89 Belgium Jeremy Van Horebeek[15] 1–2
461 France Romain Febvre[16] 1–2
Scandinavian Racing Sports KTM 93 Sweden Jonathan Bengtsson 2
Bike It DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 100 United Kingdom Tommy Searle[17] 1–2
I-Fly JK Yamaha Yamaha 128 Italy Ivo Monticelli[18] 1–2
Team HRC Honda 189 Netherlands Brian Bogers
243 Slovenia Tim Gajser 2
JD 191 KTM Racing Team KTM 191 Czech Republic Jaromír Romančík
831 Poland Tomasz Wysocki 2
STC Racing KTM 347 Austria Johannes Klein 2
BOS Project Suzuki 777 Russia Evgeny Bobryshev 1–2
KTM 911 France Jordi Tixier[19]
920 Fly Group Team Husqvarna 920 Spain Ander Valentín 2
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
ML MX Team KTM 9 Belgium Ken De Dycker 2
JWR Yamaha Yamaha 20 Sweden Filip Bengtsson 2
Honda Racing Brazil Honda 28 Peru Jetro Salazar 1
230 Brazil Hector Assunçao 1
APJ Racing Team Honda 31 Croatia Luka Crnkovic 2
Phoenix Tools Apico Honda Honda 37 Estonia Gert Krestinov 2
Honda 40 Uruguay Hernan Cabrera 1
Husqvarna 58 Argentina Nicolas Carranza 1
Hutten Metaal Racing Yamaha 94 Netherlands Sven Van der Mierden 2
SKS Racing Husqvarna Husqvarna 107 Netherlands Lars van Berkel 2
Yamaha 134 Argentina Rodrigo Landa 1
Pol Motors Husqvarna Husqvarna 151 Estonia Harri Kullas 2
Team KTM Argentina KTM 171 Argentina Juan Pablo Luzzardi 1
Yamaha 175 Argentina Victor Garrido 1
Avant Honda Honda 179 Argentina Joaquin Poli 1

Riders Championship

Pos Rider Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
1 Netherlands Herlings KTM 2 1 1 1 97
2 Italy Cairoli KTM 1 2 2 2 91
3 Belgium Desalle Kawasaki 3 3 8 7 67
4 France Febvre Yamaha 4 5 6 5 65
5 France Paulin Husqvarna 6 6 7 3 64
6 Netherlands Coldenhoff KTM 10 11 5 4 55
7 Belgium Van Horebeek Yamaha 5 4 3 Ret 54
8 United Kingdom Anstie Husqvarna 12 15 4 9 45
9 United Kingdom Simpson Yamaha 11 7 32 6 39
10 Switzerland Seewer Yamaha 7 24 10 8 38
11 Germany Nagl TM 12 8 11 14 38
12 Lithuania Jasikonis Honda 15 14 13 11 31
13 Belgium Lieber Kawasaki 8 12 17 Ret 26
14 Belgium Strijbos KTM 17 21 14 10 22
15 United Kingdom Searle Kawasaki 9 13 Ret DNS 20
16 Slovenia Gajser Honda 9 13 20
17 Russia Bobryshev Suzuki 14 9 23 Ret 19
18 France Desprey Kawasaki 12 12 18
19 Italy Lupino Kawasaki 19 10 24 19 15
20 Estonia Leok Husqvarna 21 19 16 15 13
21 Estonia Kullas Husqvarna 15 17 10
22 Bulgaria Petrov Honda 20 Ret 18 16 9
23 United Kingdom Irwin KTM 16 20 19 21 8
24 Italy Monticelli Yamaha 18 18 22 20 7
25 Peru Salazar Honda 23 16 5
26 Spain Butrón KTM 22 17 26 Ret 4
27 Sweden F. Bengtsson Yamaha 30 18 3
28 Netherlands Van der Mierden Yamaha 20 29 1
France Potisek Yamaha 21 Ret 0
Argentina Poli Honda 24 22 0
Belgium De Dycker KTM Ret 22 0
Argentina Carranza Husqvarna 27 23 0
Spain Valentin Husqvarna Ret 23 0
Poland Wysocki KTM 27 24 0
Argentina Garrido Yamaha 26 25 0
Netherlands van Berkel Husqvarna 25 26 0
Italy Zecchina Yamaha 28 25 0
Argentina Luzzardi KTM 25 Ret 0
Germany Ekerold KTM 29 27 0
Slovenia Gercar Husqvarna 31 28 0
Croatia Crnkovic Honda Ret 30 0
Belgium Renkens Honda Ret 31 0
Sweden J. Bengtsson KTM Ret DNS 0
Brazil Assunção Honda DNS DNS 0
Uruguay Cabrera Honda DNS DNS 0
Argentina Landa Yamaha DNS DNS 0
Austria Klein Husqvarna DNS DNS 0
Estonia Krestinov Honda DNS DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers Championship

Pos Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
1 KTM 1 1 1 1 100
2 Yamaha 4 4 3 5 72
3 Husqvarna 6 6 4 3 68
4 Kawasaki 3 3 8 7 67
5 TM 13 8 11 14 38
6 Honda 15 14 9 11 35
7 Suzuki 14 9 23 Ret 19
Pos Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

MX2

Entry List

Officially Approved Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1 Latvia Pauls Jonass[20] 1–2
61 Spain Jorge Prado[21] 1–2
Team HRC Honda 10 Netherlands Calvin Vlaanderen 1–2
F&H Racing Team Kawasaki 14 Australia Jed Beaton 1–2
70 Spain Rubén Fernández 2
811 United Kingdom Adam Sterry 1–2
Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team Yamaha 18 Russia Vsevolod Brylyakov[22] 1–2
193 Belgium Jago Geerts[23] 1–2
919 United Kingdom Ben Watson[24] 1–2
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 19 Denmark Thomas Kjer Olsen[25] 1–2
64 United States Thomas Covington[26] 1–2
KTM Silver Action KTM 26 Italy Nicola Bertuzzi 2
118 France Stephen Rubini[27] 1–2
STC Racing Husqvarna 29 Germany Henry Jacobi 1–2
Marchetti Racing Team KTM KTM 44 Italy Morgan Lesiardo[28] 1–2
LRT KTM KTM 46 Netherlands Davy Pootjes[29] 1–2
Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda Honda 56 United States Marshal Weltin 1–2
95 Netherlands Micha Boy de Waal 2
Bike It DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 57 United States Darian Sanayei 1–2
Husqvarna 8biano Motorsport Husqvarna 66 Spain Iker Larrañaga[30] 1–2
172 Belgium Brent Van Doninck[30] 1–2
BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 81 Germany Brian Hsu
Yamaha SM Action - M.C. Migliori Yamaha 95 Italy Simone Furlotti[31]
161 Sweden Alvin Östlund[31] 1–2
959 France Maxime Renaux 2
114 Motorsports Honda Honda 96 Australia Hunter Lawrence 1–2
98 Netherlands Bas Vaessen 1–2
KTM Rocket Junior KTM 101 France Zachary Pichon
JD 191 KTM Racing Team KTM 102 Slovakia Richard Šikyňa 2
Team VHR KTM 110 France Alexis Verhaeghe 2
338 France David Herbreteau 2
I-Fly JK Yamaha Yamaha 129 Norway Sander Agard-Michelsen 2
297 Sweden Anton Gole[18]
Team Ausio Yamaha Yamalube Maxxis Yamaha 199 Spain Jorge Zaragoza 2
KTM Sarholz Racing Team KTM 226 Germany Tom Koch 2
TM Racing Factory Team TM 321 Italy Samuele Bernardini 1–2
Hitachi KTM UK KTM 426 United Kingdom Conrad Mewse[11] 1–2
Team Martin Racing Honda Honda 747 Italy Michele Cervellin 1
E2T - Racing Team Husqvarna 783 France Enzo Toriani 2
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Sahkar Racing KTM 75 Estonia Hardi Roosiorg 2
Husqvarna 122 Uruguay German Bratschi 1
Andre Motors KTM KTM 130 Netherlands Rene De Jong 2
Husqvarna 133 Argentina Luciano Righi 1
Honda 194 Chile Javier Vasquez 1
Honda 276 Chile Sergio Villaronga 1
Honda 375 Argentina Julian Seibel 1
Team Kawasaki Pfeil Kawasaki 485 Finland Kim Savaste 2
Kawasaki 833 Argentina Lautaro Toro 1
Honda Racing Brazil Honda 891 Brazil Gustavo Souza 1
934 Brazil Lucas Dunka 1

Riders Championship

Pos Rider Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
1 Latvia Jonass KTM 1 1 1 1 100
2 Denmark Kjer Olsen Husqvarna 3 2 3 3 82
3 Australia Lawrence Honda 2 6 6 6 67
4 Spain Prado KTM 16 7 2 2 63
5 United Kingdom Watson Yamaha 4 4 10 7 61
6 United Kingdom Mewse KTM 6 19 5 4 51
7 Belgium Geerts Yamaha 12 10 4 13 46
8 United States Covington Husqvarna 10 18 7 5 44
9 Australia Beaton Kawasaki 7 8 8 17 44
10 Russia Brylyakov Yamaha 9 9 12 12 42
11 Netherlands Vlaanderen Honda 18 5 15 11 35
12 Netherlands Pootjes KTM 19 14 9 9 33
13 United States Sanayei Kawasaki Ret 3 Ret 10 31
14 Germany Jacobi Husqvarna 5 16 13 Ret 29
15 Spain Larranaga Husqvarna 11 12 18 14 29
16 United Kingdom Sterry Kawasaki 13 21 16 8 26
17 Netherlands Vaessen Honda 14 13 Ret DNS 15
18 Italy Cervellin Honda 8 Ret 13
19 Sweden Östlund Yamaha 23 11 19 Ret 12
20 France Renaux Yamaha 14 16 12
21 France Rubini KTM 17 15 Ret 19 12
22 Belgium Van Doninck Husqvarna 20 Ret 11 Ret 11
23 Italy Bernardini TM 15 17 21 20 11
24 Spain Fernandez Kawasaki 17 15 10
25 United States Weltin Honda 21 Ret 22 18 3
26 Norway Agard-Michelsen Yamaha 20 24 1
27 Italy Lesiardo KTM Ret 20 Ret Ret 1
France Herbreteau KTM 29 21 0
Brazil Souza Honda 22 23 0
Estonia Roosiorg KTM 23 22 0
Chile Vasquez Honda 26 22 0
Finland Savaste Kawasaki Ret 23 0
Argentina Seibel Honda 25 24 0
Chile Villaronga Honda 24 26 0
Slovakia Sikyna KTM 24 26 0
Germany Koch KTM 25 25 0
Uruguay Bratschi Husqvarna 27 25 0
Italy Bertuzzi KTM 26 27 0
France Verhaeghe KTM 27 28 0
Argentina Righi Husqvarna 28 Ret 0
Spain Zaragoza Yamaha 28 Ret 0
France Toriani Husqvarna 30 29 0
Argentina Toro Kawasaki 29 Ret 0
Brazil Dunka Honda DNS DNS 0
Netherlands De Waal Honda DNS DNS 0
Netherlands De Jong KTM DNS DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers Championship

Pos Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
1 KTM 1 1 1 1 100
2 Husqvarna 3 2 3 3 82
3 Honda 2 5 6 6 68
4 Yamaha 4 4 4 7 68
5 Kawasaki 7 3 8 8 60
6 TM 15 17 21 20 11
Pos Bike ARG
Argentina
NED
Netherlands
ESP
Spain
TRE
Italy
POR
Portugal
RUS
Russia
LAT
Latvia
GER
Germany
GBR
United Kingdom
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
IDN
Indonesia
IDN
Indonesia
CZE
Czech Republic
BEL
Belgium
SUI
Switzerland
TUR
Turkey
NED
Netherlands
ITA
Italy
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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