2018 FIM Motocross World Championship
Appearance
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 |
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1 | 4 March | Argentina | Neuquen | Tony Cairoli | Jeffrey Herlings | Jeffrey Herlings | Report |
2 | 18 March | Netherlands | Valkenswaard | Jeffrey Herlings | Jeffrey Herlings | 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 |
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1 | 4 March | Argentina | Neuquen | Pauls Jonass | Pauls Jonass | Pauls Jonass | Report |
2 | 18 March | Netherlands | Valkenswaard | Pauls Jonass | Pauls Jonass | 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 | ||||
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Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Wilvo Yamaha Official Team MXGP | Yamaha | 4 | Arnaud Tonus[2] | |
24 | Shaun Simpson[2] | 1–2 | ||
91 | Jeremy Seewer | 1–2 | ||
A1M Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 7 | Tanel Leok | 1–2 |
TM Racing Factory Team | TM | 12 | Max Nagl | 1–2 |
Team SteelsdrJack | KTM | 15 | Davide Bonini | |
Marchetti Racing Team KTM | KTM | 17 | José Butrón[3] | 1–2 |
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | Husqvarna | 21 | Gautier Paulin[4] | 1–2 |
99 | Max Anstie[5] | 1–2 | ||
Standing Construct KTM | KTM | 22 | Kevin Strijbos | 1–2 |
92 | Valentin Guillod[6] | |||
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 25 | Clément Desalle[7] | 1–2 |
33 | Julien Lieber[8] | 1–2 | ||
Team Honda RedMoto Assomotor | Honda | 27 | Arminas Jasikonis | 1–2 |
152 | Petar Petrov | 1–2 | ||
Ceres 71 Racing Team | Yamaha | 32 | Milko Potisek[9] | 2 |
120 | Simone Zecchina[10] | 2 | ||
Hitachi KTM UK | KTM | 55 | Graeme Irwin[11] | 1–2 |
62 MotoSport Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 62 | Klemen Gerčar | 2 |
Team Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki Racing | Kawasaki | 77 | Alessandro Lupino | 1–2 |
141 | Maxime Desprey | 2 | ||
KMP Honda Racing | Honda | 83 | Nathan Renkens | 2 |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 84 | Jeffrey Herlings[12] | 1–2 |
222 | Tony Cairoli[13] | 1–2 | ||
259 | Glenn Coldenhoff[14] | 1–2 | ||
KTM Sarholz Racing Team | KTM | 85 | Stefan Ekerold | 2 |
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team | Yamaha | 89 | Jeremy Van Horebeek[15] | 1–2 |
461 | Romain Febvre[16] | 1–2 | ||
Scandinavian Racing Sports | KTM | 93 | Jonathan Bengtsson | 2 |
Bike It DRT Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 100 | Tommy Searle[17] | 1–2 |
I-Fly JK Yamaha | Yamaha | 128 | Ivo Monticelli[18] | 1–2 |
Team HRC | Honda | 189 | Brian Bogers | |
243 | Tim Gajser | 2 | ||
JD 191 KTM Racing Team | KTM | 191 | Jaromír Romančík | |
831 | Tomasz Wysocki | 2 | ||
STC Racing | KTM | 347 | Johannes Klein | 2 |
BOS Project | Suzuki | 777 | Evgeny Bobryshev | 1–2 |
KTM | 911 | Jordi Tixier[19] | ||
920 Fly Group Team | Husqvarna | 920 | Ander Valentín | 2 |
Wild Card Teams & Riders | ||||
Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
ML MX Team | KTM | 9 | Ken De Dycker | 2 |
JWR Yamaha | Yamaha | 20 | Filip Bengtsson | 2 |
Honda Racing Brazil | Honda | 28 | Jetro Salazar | 1 |
230 | Hector Assunçao | 1 | ||
APJ Racing Team | Honda | 31 | Luka Crnkovic | 2 |
Phoenix Tools Apico Honda | Honda | 37 | Gert Krestinov | 2 |
Honda | 40 | Hernan Cabrera | 1 | |
Husqvarna | 58 | Nicolas Carranza | 1 | |
Hutten Metaal Racing | Yamaha | 94 | Sven Van der Mierden | 2 |
SKS Racing Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 107 | Lars van Berkel | 2 |
Yamaha | 134 | Rodrigo Landa | 1 | |
Pol Motors Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 151 | Harri Kullas | 2 |
Team KTM Argentina | KTM | 171 | Juan Pablo Luzzardi | 1 |
Yamaha | 175 | Victor Garrido | 1 | |
Avant Honda | Honda | 179 | Joaquin Poli | 1 |
Riders Championship
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Manufacturers Championship
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MX2
Entry List
Officially Approved Teams & Riders | ||||
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Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 1 | Pauls Jonass[20] | 1–2 |
61 | Jorge Prado[21] | 1–2 | ||
Team HRC | Honda | 10 | Calvin Vlaanderen | 1–2 |
F&H Racing Team | Kawasaki | 14 | Jed Beaton | 1–2 |
70 | Rubén Fernández | 2 | ||
811 | Adam Sterry | 1–2 | ||
Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team | Yamaha | 18 | Vsevolod Brylyakov[22] | 1–2 |
193 | Jago Geerts[23] | 1–2 | ||
919 | Ben Watson[24] | 1–2 | ||
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing | Husqvarna | 19 | Thomas Kjer Olsen[25] | 1–2 |
64 | Thomas Covington[26] | 1–2 | ||
KTM Silver Action | KTM | 26 | Nicola Bertuzzi | 2 |
118 | Stephen Rubini[27] | 1–2 | ||
STC Racing | Husqvarna | 29 | Henry Jacobi | 1–2 |
Marchetti Racing Team KTM | KTM | 44 | Morgan Lesiardo[28] | 1–2 |
LRT KTM | KTM | 46 | Davy Pootjes[29] | 1–2 |
Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda | Honda | 56 | Marshal Weltin | 1–2 |
95 | Micha Boy de Waal | 2 | ||
Bike It DRT Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 57 | Darian Sanayei | 1–2 |
Husqvarna 8biano Motorsport | Husqvarna | 66 | Iker Larrañaga[30] | 1–2 |
172 | Brent Van Doninck[30] | 1–2 | ||
BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 81 | Brian Hsu | |
Yamaha SM Action - M.C. Migliori | Yamaha | 95 | Simone Furlotti[31] | |
161 | Alvin Östlund[31] | 1–2 | ||
959 | Maxime Renaux | 2 | ||
114 Motorsports Honda | Honda | 96 | Hunter Lawrence | 1–2 |
98 | Bas Vaessen | 1–2 | ||
KTM Rocket Junior | KTM | 101 | Zachary Pichon | |
JD 191 KTM Racing Team | KTM | 102 | Richard Šikyňa | 2 |
Team VHR | KTM | 110 | Alexis Verhaeghe | 2 |
338 | David Herbreteau | 2 | ||
I-Fly JK Yamaha | Yamaha | 129 | Sander Agard-Michelsen | 2 |
297 | Anton Gole[18] | |||
Team Ausio Yamaha Yamalube Maxxis | Yamaha | 199 | Jorge Zaragoza | 2 |
KTM Sarholz Racing Team | KTM | 226 | Tom Koch | 2 |
TM Racing Factory Team | TM | 321 | Samuele Bernardini | 1–2 |
Hitachi KTM UK | KTM | 426 | Conrad Mewse[11] | 1–2 |
Team Martin Racing Honda | Honda | 747 | Michele Cervellin | 1 |
E2T - Racing Team | Husqvarna | 783 | Enzo Toriani | 2 |
Wild Card Teams & Riders | ||||
Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Sahkar Racing | KTM | 75 | Hardi Roosiorg | 2 |
Husqvarna | 122 | German Bratschi | 1 | |
Andre Motors KTM | KTM | 130 | Rene De Jong | 2 |
Husqvarna | 133 | Luciano Righi | 1 | |
Honda | 194 | Javier Vasquez | 1 | |
Honda | 276 | Sergio Villaronga | 1 | |
Honda | 375 | Julian Seibel | 1 | |
Team Kawasaki Pfeil | Kawasaki | 485 | Kim Savaste | 2 |
Kawasaki | 833 | Lautaro Toro | 1 | |
Honda Racing Brazil | Honda | 891 | Gustavo Souza | 1 |
934 | Lucas Dunka | 1 |
Riders Championship
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Manufacturers Championship
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