The 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 61st FIM Motocross World Championship season. It included 20 events, starting at Losail in Qatar on 25 February, and ending at Villars-sous-Écot in France on 17 September.[1] In the main MXGP class, Tim Gajser was the defending champion after taking his first title in 2016. In the MX2 class, Jeffrey Herlings was the 2016 champion, but he moved up to the MXGP class after taking his third MX2 title.
Race calendar and results
[edit] A 20-round calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 15 October 2016.[1]
Officially Approved Teams & Riders |
Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 3 | Eli Tomac | 17 |
25 | Clément Desalle[2] | 1–18 |
911 | Jordi Tixier[3] | 1–3, 7–9, 11–13, 17–18 |
141 | Maxime Desprey | 5–6 |
Wilvo Yamaha Racing Team | Yamaha | 4 | Arnaud Tonus[4] | 1–15, 19 |
24 | Shaun Simpson[4] | 1–7, 11, 16–19 |
8biano Husqvarna Massignani Racing Team | Husqvarna | 7 | Tanel Leok[5] | 1–16, 18–19 |
999 | Rui Gonçalves[6] | All |
JTECH Racing Suzuki | Suzuki | 9 | Ken De Dycker | 5–9 |
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 12 | Max Nagl[7] | All |
21 | Gautier Paulin | All |
99 | Max Anstie[8] | 1–4, 7–19 |
201 | Yentel Martens | 6 |
CDP Cortenuova | Yamaha | 16 | Nicola Recchia | 5 |
Marchetti Racing KTM | KTM | 17 | José Butrón[9] | 1–15, 18 |
Suzuki World MXGP | Suzuki | 22 | Kevin Strijbos[10] | 1–6, 12–19 |
27 | Arminas Jasikonis[10] | 2–17 |
CEC Scandinavian Racing Sports | Suzuki | 30 | Eddie Hjortmarker | 7, 9, 14, 16 |
KTM | 93 | Jonathan Bengtsson | 5–9, 11–14 |
Hitachi KTM UK | KTM | 45 | Jake Nicholls | 1–5 |
e-MX Racing Team | Yamaha | 47 | Bryan Boulard | 5–9, 11, 13–15, 18–19 |
Maurer GEP Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 49 | Jernej Irt | 7–8, 11, 13, 15–16, 18–19 |
62 Motorsport | Husqvarna | 62 | Klemen Gerčar | 5–7 |
Team Assomotor Honda | Honda | 77 | Alessandro Lupino[11] | All |
92 | Valentin Guillod[11] | 1–10, 19 |
824 | Nick Kouwenberg | 18 |
STC Racing | Yamaha | 79 | Jaap Corneth | 1 |
868 | Michael Docherty | 19 |
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 84 | Jeffrey Herlings[12] | All |
222 | Tony Cairoli | All |
259 | Glenn Coldenhoff | All |
Monster Energy Yamaha MXGP | Yamaha | 89 | Jeremy van Horebeek[13] | 1–10, 12–19 |
461 | Romain Febvre[14] | All |
Monster Energy Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 100 | Tommy Searle[15] | 15–16, 18–19 |
I-Fly JK Yamaha Racing | Yamaha | 119 | Ryan Houghton | 6–8, 11–14, 18 |
Gebben van Venrooy Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 141 | Maxime Desprey | 7, 9, 11–14, 18–19 |
685 | Steven Lenoir[16] | 6 |
Steels Dr. Jack KTM | KTM | 212 | Jeffrey Dewulf | 11–14 |
997 | Riccardo Righi | |
Team HRC | Honda | 243 | Tim Gajser | 1–9, 11–19 |
718 | Toshiki Tomita | 17 |
777 | Evgeny Bobryshev | 1–8, 10–19 |
Cofain Racing Team | KTM | 909 | Lukas Neurauter | 5–9, 11–13, 15 |
Carglass Honda | Honda | 920 | Ander Valentin | 5–9, 15–16, 19 |
Wild Card Teams & Riders |
Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Monster Energy Yamalube Chaparral Yamaha | Yamaha | 2 | Cooper Webb | 17 |
24MX Lucas Oil Honda | Honda | 9 | Ken De Dycker | 10–16, 18 |
71 | Damon Graulus | 5–16, 18–19 |
79 | Jaap Corneth | 6 |
Team Chiz Extreme Honda | Honda | 11 | Kyle Chisholm | 17 |
ASTES4-TESAR Yamaha | Yamaha | 19 | David Philippaerts | 5 |
Yamaha Motor France | Yamaha | 32 | Milko Potisek | 9, 11, 18 |
GBO Motorsports | Kawasaki | 36 | Matteo Bonini | 5, 11 |
Phoenix Tools Honda | Honda | 37 | Gert Krestinov | 6, 14 |
Ribamotos Honda | Honda | 38 | Sandro Peixe | 12 |
| Kawasaki | 50 | Hassan Nooraldeen | 1 |
Autotrader JGR Suzuki | Suzuki | 51 | Justin Barcia | 17 |
Marelli Sports | Yamaha | 54 | Ezequiel Fanello | 3 |
| Husqvarna | 58 | Nicolas Carranza | 3 |
Escuderia X Honda | Honda | 60 | Jetro Salazar | 3 |
APJ Racing Team | Yamaha | 73 | Peter Irt | 5–7, 11, 13, 15–16 |
Kosak Racing KTM | KTM | 82 | Andy Baumgartner | 8, 15, 19 |
Biketown Falun | Yamaha | 90 | Anton Wallin | 16 |
Star Motor Honda | Honda | 113 | Henrik Wahl | 16 |
Castrol Power1 Suzuki | Suzuki | 117 | Stefan Ekerold | 14–16, 19 |
Team SR Honda | Honda | 121 | Xavier Boog | 9, 19 |
| KTM | 132 | Asep Lukman | 2 |
| Husqvarna | 133 | Ivan Harry | 2 |
| Suzuki | 139 | Nathen LaPorte | 4 |
Team Carey | KTM | 139 | Nathen LaPorte | 17 |
Sarholz KTM | KTM | 149 | Dennis Ullrich | 8 |
| Honda | 150 | Jose Manuel Fernandez | 3 |
Sõmerpalu MK | Husqvarna | 151 | Harri Kullas | 5–7, 14, 16, 18 |
DAM Racing KTM | KTM | 164 | Dietger Damiaens | 14 |
KTM Racing Argentina | KTM | 171 | Juan Pablo Luzzardi | 3 |
Scoccia Racing Team | Kawasaki | 173 | Pier Filippo Bertuzzo | 5 |
Honda Avant | Honda | 179 | Joaquin Poli | 3 |
Championship Powersports Racing | Honda | 184 | Jeffrey Walker | 17 |
JD 191 KTM | KTM | 191 | Jaromír Romančík | 5, 7–11, 13, 15–16 |
831 | Tomasz Wysocki | 5, 7–8, 13, 15, 18 |
Cab Screens Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 195 | Dan Thornhill | 19 |
Team Husqvarna Argentina | Husqvarna | 198 | Agustin Poli | 3 |
| KTM | 204 | Hilman Maksum | 2 |
Precision Site Work Honda | Honda | 210 | Fredrik Noren | 17 |
JHMX Service KTM | KTM | 212 | Jeffrey Dewulf | 6 |
664 | Filip Bengtsson | 6–7, 14, 16, 18 |
PMC Honda | Honda | 221 | Priit Rätsep | 7, 11, 14 |
| Suzuki | 225 | Eduardo Andrade | 4 |
Hulho Motocross Team | KTM | 227 | Martin Finek | 13 |
Team VRT 3as | Honda | 231 | Kevin Ballanger | 9 |
737 | Valentin Teillet | 9 |
Buksa/Ados KTM Team | KTM | 232 | Martin Michek | 5, 8, 13, 15 |
KTM Scandinavia | KTM | 249 | Nikolaj Larsen | 16 |
Elf Team Pfeil Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 251 | Jens Getteman | 8, 14 |
| Kawasaki | 261 | Farhan Fahrodjie | 2 |
Motorsport Temuco | Kawasaki | 286 | Felipe Danke | 3 |
| KTM | 288 | Aldi Lazaroni | 2 |
| KTM | 295 | Jack Sigismondi | 17 |
O2 KTM Russia | KTM | 301 | Viacheslav Golovkin | 7, 10 |
Orion Racing Team | KTM | 311 | Petr Bartoš | 13 |
Tibro MC Service | Honda | 315 | Nicklas Gustavsson | 14, 16 |
Pardi Racing Team | Honda | 316 | Giovanni Bertuccelli | 11 |
Rocky Mountain ATV KTM | KTM | 332 | Benny Bloss | 17 |
| KTM | 333 | Alexander Efimov | 10 |
Team Max 2 | Suzuki | 337 | Rudolf Weschta | 13 |
Sturm Racing Team | KTM | 347 | Johannes Klein | 5, 15 |
AGMX Honda | Honda | 366 | Alain Schafer | 15 |
| Honda | 369 | Jason Astudillo | 17 |
Garin MX Team | Husqvarna | 400 | Vitaly Gusev | 10 |
Flyin' Taco Racing | Yamaha | 409 | Carlos Short | 17 |
GSM Yamaha | Yamaha | 411 | Nicolas Dercourt | 19 |
Five Star Powersports | KTM | 412 | Jared Lesher | 17 |
Glory Hills MX | Honda | 429 | Drew Craven | 17 |
| Suzuki | 444 | Aleksandr Bugreev | 10 |
LMX Racing | Honda | 452 | Ludovic Macler | 19 |
SKS Racing Team | Husqvarna | 494 | Sven van der Mierden | 6, 14, 18 |
| Kawasaki | 517 | Jared Hicks | 17 |
| KTM | 551 | Vladislav Leonov | 10 |
| Husqvarna | 595 | Evgeny Mikhaylov | 10 |
On the Pipe Racing | Suzuki | 684 | Justis Heckendorf | 17 |
RFX KTM | KTM | 704 | Ashley Wilde | 6 |
Falcon Motorsports KTM | KTM | 705 | Cyril Genot | 14 |
| Suzuki | 707 | Victor Dario Arco | 3 |
Tristan Moto Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 710 | Nicolas Bender | 8–9, 11, 15, 19 |
Team Lane Racing | KTM | 711 | Tristan Lane | 17 |
Alliance Steel | Husqvarna | 715 | Kele Russell | 17 |
LR Motorsport - Moto17 | KTM | 721 | Lucas Imbert | 5, 9 |
| Yamaha | 764 | Roman Morozov | 10 |
| Yamaha | 771 | Marco Schmit | 3 |
KTM Switzerland | KTM | 778 | Yves Furlato | 15 |
Team Ride 4 One | Honda | 817 | Jason Clermont | 9, 15, 19 |
JWR Yamaha | Yamaha | 824 | Nick Kouwenberg | 16 |
Infinity Motorsports UAE | Kawasaki | 868 | Michael Docherty | 1 |
Ghidinelli Racing Team | Yamaha | 878 | Stefano Pezzuto | 5, 13, 15 |
| Yamaha | 890 | Marco Antezana | 3 |
| Yamaha | 913 | Miguel Cordovez | 17 |
KMP Repsol Honda | Honda | 926 | Jeremy Delince | 8, 18 |
Porter Racing | Honda | 927 | Jamal Porter | 17 |
| Kawasaki | 952 | Jose Gerardo Felipe | 3 |
Team LMR | KTM | 995 | Christopher Lykens | 17 |
Riders Championship
[edit] | 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
[edit] Pos | Bike | QAT | INS | ARG | MEX | TRE | NED | LAT | GER | FRA | RUS | ITA | POR | CZE | BEL | SUI | SWE | USA | NED | FRA | Points | 1 | KTM | 1 | 1 | 2 | C | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 834 | 2 | Husqvarna | 6 | 5 | 5 | C | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 698 | 3 | Yamaha | 5 | 3 | 1 | C | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 659 | 4 | Honda | 3 | 2 | 7 | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 631 | 5 | Kawasaki | 2 | 4 | 3 | C | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 584 | 6 | Suzuki | 11 | 12 | 6 | C | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 440 | Pos | Bike | QAT | INS | ARG | MEX | TRE | NED | LAT | GER | FRA | RUS | ITA | POR | CZE | BEL | SUI | SWE | USA | NED | FRA | 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) | |
Officially Approved Teams & Riders |
Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
Kemea Yamaha | Yamaha | 6 | Benoît Paturel[17] | 1–16 |
161 | Alvin Östlund[17] | 1–3, 5–19 |
172 | Brent van Doninck[17] | All |
Ausio Yamaha | Yamaha | 8 | Kiara Fontanesi | 6 |
120 | Oriol Casas | 7, 9 |
199 | Jorge Zaragoza | 11–16, 18–19 |
HSF Logistics | KTM | 10 | Calvin Vlaanderen | 1–7, 13–19 |
46 | Davy Pootjes | 1–3, 15–19 |
107 | Lars van Berkel | 8–9, 11–12 |
189 | Brian Bogers | All |
HRC Honda | Honda | 14 | Jed Beaton | 13–14, 18–19 |
28 | Chihiro Notsuka | 1–3 |
107 | Lars van Berkel | 6–7 |
127 | Anthony Rodriguez | 11–12 |
479 | Taiki Koga | 15–16 |
747 | Michele Cervellin | 1–17 |
Silver Action KTM | KTM | 15 | Davide Bonini | |
Monster Energy Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 18 | Vsevolod Brylyakov[15] | 1–8 |
56 | Marshal Weltin | 13–14 |
57 | Darian Sanayei[15] | 1–11, 13–19 |
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna MX2 | Husqvarna | 19 | Thomas Kjær Olsen[18] | All |
64 | Thomas Covington[18] | All |
426 | Conrad Mewse[18] | 1–3, 5–7, 9–16, 18–19 |
STC Racing | Husqvarna | 29 | Henry Jacobi | 5–9, 11–19 |
KTM | 957 |
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