2018 Motocross des Nations


The 2018 Motocross des Nations was a motocross race held on 6 October and 7 October 2018. The event was held at the Red Bud circuit, in Michigan, United States. Motocross des Nations was last held in United States in 2010 but never at this venue.
France went into the event as the defending champions after taking their fifth title in 2017 and successfully defended their title.

Entry List

Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition. France are the reigning champions so they start with numbers 1, 2 and 3.
CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle
1 France1Gautier PaulinMXGPHusqvarna
1 France2Dylan FerrandisMX2Yamaha
1 France3Jordi TixierOpenKTM
2 Netherlands4Jeffrey HerlingsMXGPKTM
2 Netherlands5Calvin VlaanderenMX2Honda
2 Netherlands6Glenn ColdenhoffOpenKTM
3 Great Britain7Tommy SearleMXGPKawasaki
3 Great Britain8Ben WatsonMX2Yamaha
3 Great Britain9Max AnstieOpenHusqvarna
4 Belgium10Clément DesalleMXGPKawasaki
4 Belgium11Jago GeertsMX2Yamaha
4 Belgium12Jeremy Van HorebeekOpenYamaha
5 Switzerland13Valentin GuillodMXGPKTM
5 Switzerland14Killian AubersonMX2KTM
5 Switzerland15Jeremy SeewerOpenYamaha
6 Australia16Kirk GibbsMXGPKTM
6 Australia17Hunter LawrenceMX2Honda
6 Australia18Mitch EvansOpenKTM
7 Italy19Antonio CairoliMXGPKTM
7 Italy20Michele CervellinMX2Yamaha
7 Italy21Alessandro LupinoOpenKawasaki
8 Estonia22Tanel LeokMXGPHusqvarna
8 Estonia23Hardi RoosiorgMX2KTM
8 Estonia24Harri KullasOpenHusqvarna
9 United States25Eli TomacMXGPKawasaki
9 United States26Aaron PlessingerMX2Yamaha
9 United States27Justin BarciaOpenYamaha
10 Sweden28Filip BengtssonMXGPYamaha
10 Sweden29Alvin ÖstlundMX2Yamaha
10 Sweden30Anton GoleOpenYamaha
11 Canada37Colton FacciottiMXGPHonda
11 Canada38Jess PettisMX2Yamaha
11 Canada39Tyler MedagliaOpenKawasaki
12 Ireland43Gary GibsonMXGPKTM
12 Ireland44Martin BarrMX2Husqvarna
12 Ireland45Richard BirdOpenKTM
13 Portugal46Rui GonçalvesMXGPYamaha
13 Portugal47Luis OuteiroMX2Honda
13 Portugal48Diogo GraçaOpenSuzuki
14 Puerto Rico49Kevin WindhamMXGPHonda
14 Puerto Rico50Ryan SipesMX2Husqvarna
14 Puerto Rico51Travis PastranaOpenSuzuki
15 Spain52José ButrónMXGPKTM
15 Spain53Jorge PradoMX2KTM
15 Spain54Carlos CampanoOpenYamaha
16 Germany58Ken RoczenMXGPHonda
16 Germany59Henry JacobiMX2Husqvarna
16 Germany60Max NaglOpenTM
17 New Zealand61Cody CooperMXGPHonda
17 New Zealand62Hamish HarwoodMX2KTM
17 New Zealand63Rhys CarterOpenYamaha
18 Czech Republic64Václav KovářMXGPKTM
18 Czech Republic65Martin KrčMX2KTM
18 Czech Republic66Martin MichekOpenKTM
19 Brazil67Gustavo PessoaMXGPKawasaki
19 Brazil68Enzo LopesMX2Suzuki
19 Brazil69Fabio SantosOpenYamaha
20 South Africa76Michael DochertyMXGPHusqvarna
20 South Africa77Bradley LionnetMX2Yamaha
20 South Africa78Caleb TennantOpenHusqvarna
21 Ukraine82Dmytro AsmanovMXGPKTM
21 Ukraine83Dmytro ChernovMX2Husqvarna
21 Ukraine84Volodymyr TarasovOpenKTM
22 Iceland85Einar SigurðssonMXGPHusqvarna
22 Iceland86Andri Snær GuðmundssonMX2Husqvarna
22 Iceland87Ingvi Björn BirgissonOpenHusqvarna
23 Argentina88Juan Pablo LuzzardiMXGPKTM
23 Argentina89Dario ArcoMX2Honda
23 Argentina90Jose FelipeOpenHonda
24 Israel112Dan MayaMXGPYamaha
24 Israel113Ariel DadiaMX2Yamaha
24 Israel114Open
25 Philippines115Kenneth San AndresMXGPKawasaki
25 Philippines116Mark Reggie FloresMX2Kawasaki
25 Philippines117Carlo RodriguezOpenKawasaki
26 Japan118Taiki KogaMXGPHonda
26 Japan119Haruki YokoyamaMX2Kawasaki
26 Japan120Toshiki TomitaOpenHonda
27 Mexico121Julio César ZambranoMXGPHusqvarna
27 Mexico122Tre FierroMX2KTM
27 Mexico123Félix LopezOpenKTM
28 Austria124Roland EdelbacherMXGPKTM
28 Austria125Marcel StaufferMX2KTM
28 Austria126Pascal RaucheneckerOpenHusqvarna
29 Venezuela127Carlos BadialiMXGPYamaha
29 Venezuela128Anthony RodríguezMX2Yamaha
29 Venezuela129Lorenzo LocurcioOpenYamaha
30 Guatemala136José FernandezMXGPKTM
30 Guatemala137Rodrigo BardalesMX2KTM
30 Guatemala138Jorge GonzálezOpenHonda
CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle

Practice

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

MXGP

MX2

Open

Qualifying Races

Qualifying is run on a class by class basis.
Top 19 countries after qualifying go directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries go to a smaller final.
Best 2 scores count.

MXGP

MX2

Open

Qualification Standings

PlaceNationPoints
1 Netherlands4
2 Italy5
3 France5
4 Germany5
5 Australia11
6 Spain11
7 Great Britain12
8 Switzerland12
9 United States13
10 Sweden16
11 Canada21
12 Estonia21
13 Belgium21
14 Austria23
15 Brazil24
16 Venezuela26
17 Czech Republic28
18 New Zealand29
19 Ireland29

PlaceNationPoints
20 Ukraine29
21 Japan31
22 Portugal32
23 South Africa33
24 Puerto Rico35
25 Iceland42
26 Mexico44
27 Argentina46
28 Guatemala50
29 Philippines52
30 Israel28

B-Final

The B-Final is for the nations who finished 20th-31st in qualifying. The top nation from the B-Final qualify for the Motocross des Nations races.
Best 2 scores for each nation counts.

Race

B-Final Standings

PlaceNationPoints
1 Puerto Rico6
2 Portugal10
3 Japan11
4 Argentina19
5 South Africa21
6 Iceland25
7 Mexico26
8 Ukraine29
9 Guatemala47
10 Philippines51
11 Israel-
PlaceNationPoints

Motocross des Nations races

The main Motocross des Nations races consist of 3 races which combine two classes together in each. Lowest score wins with each nation aloud to drop their worst score after the final race.

MXGP+MX2

MX2+Open

Nations standings after Race 2

MXGP+Open

Nations standings after Race 3

Final standings

Following the event, Italy were disqualified from second place overall due to failing fuel tests.
PlaceNationPointsTotal
12 + 3 + 6 + 8 + 1332
21 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3439
34 + 4 + 8 + 12 + 1341
42 + 7 + 10 + 12 + 1243
54 + 5 + 9 + 11 + 1443
65 + 6 + 9 + 11 + 1647
73 + 3 + 15 + 16 + 2057
87 + 10 + 10 + 17 + 1963
96 + 7 + 11 + 23 + 2370
108 + 18 + 19 + 21 + 2490
1115 + 18 + 20 + 21 + 2296
1213 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 2698
1314 + 15 + 28 + 29 + 31117
1414 + 17 + 24 + 31 + 33119
1518 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27120
1621 + 22 + 26 + 29 + 29127
179 + 27 + 30 + 33 + 35134
1828 + 30 + 34 + 36 + 37165
195 + 25 + 27 + 3289
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
24 + 5 + 6 + 10 + 1237