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The 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship season is the 60th F.I.M. Motocross World Championship season. It includes 19 events, starting at Losail in Qatar on 27 February, and ending at San Bernardino, California in the United States on 11 September.[1] In the main MXGP class, Romain Febvre is the defending champion after taking his first title in 2015. In the MX2 class, Tim Gajser is the defending champion, after taking his first title in 2015.

Race calendar and results

An 19-round calendar for the 2016 season was announced on 14 October 2015.[1]

MXGP

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner
1 27 February  Qatar Losail
2 6 March  Thailand Suphan Buri
3 13 March  Malaysia Sepang
4 27 March  Argentina Neuquen
5 3 April  Mexico Leon
6 17 April  Netherlands Valkenswaard
7 1 May  Latvia Kegums
8 8 May  Germany Teutschenthal
9 15 May  Italy Pietramurata
10 29 May TBA TBA
11 5 June  France St Jean d'Angely
12 19 June  United Kingdom Matterley Basin
13 26 June  Italy Mantova
14 24 July  Czech Republic Loket
15 31 August  Belgium Lommel
16 7 August  Switzerland Frauenfeld
17 28 August  Netherlands Assen
18 3 September  United States Charlotte
19 11 September  United States Glen Helen

MX2

Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner
1 27 February  Qatar Losail
2 6 March  Thailand Suphan Buri
3 13 March  Malaysia Sepang
4 27 March  Argentina Neuquen
5 3 April  Mexico Leon
6 17 April  Netherlands Valkenswaard
7 1 May  Latvia Kegums
8 8 May  Germany Teutschenthal
9 15 May  Italy Pietramurata
10 29 May TBA TBA
11 5 June  France St Jean d'Angely
12 19 June  United Kingdom Matterley Basin
13 26 June  Italy Mantova
14 24 July  Czech Republic Loket
15 31 August  Belgium Lommel
16 7 August  Switzerland Frauenfeld
17 28 August  Netherlands Assen
18 3 September  United States Charlotte
19 11 September  United States Glen Helen

Participants

MXGP

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube Yamaha 1 France Romain Febvre[2]
89 Belgium Jeremy van Horebeek[2]
24MX Honda Honda 9 Belgium Ken de Dycker
Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 12 Germany Max Nagl
47 Australia Dean Ferris
991 United Kingdom Nathan Watson
Marchetti Racing KTM KTM 17 Spain Jose Butron[3]
Team HRC Honda 21 France Gautier Paulin[4]
777 Russia Evgeny Bobryshev[4]
Rockstar Energy Suzuki Suzuki 22 Belgium Kevin Strijbos[5]
Wilvo Forkrent KTM KTM 24 United Kingdom Shaun Simpson[6]
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 25 Belgium Clement Desalle[7]
911 France Jordi Tixier[8]
JK Racing Yamaha Yamaha 31 United Kingdom Alex Snow
Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 92 Switzerland Valentin Guillod[9]
Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 100 United Kingdom Tommy Searle
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 222 Italy Tony Cairoli[10]
259 Netherlands Glenn Coldenhoff[10]

MX2

Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Kemea Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 6 France Benoit Paturel
172 Belgium Brent van Donninck
HSF Logistics Motorsport Team KTM 10 Netherlands Calvin Vlaanderen
95 Latvia Roberts Justs
189 Netherlands Brian Bogers
Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 18 Russia Vsevolod Brylyakov
119 United Kingdom Mel Pocock
Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 33 Belgium Julien Lieber
59 Russia Aleksandr Tonkov
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 41 Latvia Pauls Jonass
84 Netherlands Jeffrey Herlings
85 Netherlands Davy Pootjes
Silver Action KTM KTM 51 Belgium Jens Getteman
Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 64 United States Thomas Covington
99 United Kingdom Max Anstie
Marchetti Racing KTM KTM 71 Switzerland Christopher Valente
Rockstar Energy Suzuki Suzuki 91 Switzerland Jeremy Seewer[11]
Gariboldi Honda Honda 101 Spain Jorge Zaragoza
243 Slovenia Tim Gajser
Monster Energy Kawasaki MX2 Racing Kawasaki 122 France Dylan Ferrandis[12]
152 Bulgaria Petar Petrov[12]
TM Factory Racing Team TM 321 Italy Samuele Bernardini

References

  1. ^ a b "The official 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship Calendar". Motocross World Championship. Youthstream. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Van Horebeek to steer YZ450FM for 2016". Yamaha Racing. Yamaha Racing. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Jose Butron extends Marchetti deal!". Andy Mckinstry. gatedrop.com. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Evgeny Bobryshev extends deal with Team HRC". Team HRC. Honda Racing Corporation. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Strijbos CONFIRMS SUZUKI LINK AT LOMMEL MXGP". Mxbars.net. Geboers Racing Promotions. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Shaun Simpson joins Wilvo Forkrent KTM". motocrossplanet.com. Steve Turner Racing. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Clement Desalle joins Monster Energy KRT". Kawasaki.co.uk. Kawasaki.co.uk. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Jordi Tixier Signs with Monster Energy Kawasaki for MXGP in 2016 & 2017". ML512. Vitalmx.com. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Valentin Guillod talks MXGP in 2016". Adam Wheeler. dirtbikerider.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Glenn Coldenhoff signs for Factory KTM". KTM PR. dirtbikerider.com. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  11. ^ "SUZUKI COMMITS TO STRONG POLICY FOR 2016 MX2 & EMX250". Team Suzuki Press Office. Suzuki-racing.com. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Kawasaki: 2016 mit Petar Petrov und Dylan Ferrandis". Kay Hettich. Speedweek.com. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.