2017 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship

Last updated December 28, 2024

The 2017 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship was the 13th Women's Motocross World Championship season. Livia Lancelot was the defending champion, after taking her second title in 2016. Kiara Fontanesi won her fifth title this season.

2017 Calendar

A 6-round calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 15 October 2016.^[1]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner	Report
1	March 5	Indonesia	Pangkal Pinang	Nancy van de Ven	Courtney Duncan	Courtney Duncan	Report
2	April 16	Italy	Pietramurata	Kiara Fontanesi	Livia Lancelot	Kiara Fontanesi	Report
3	May 28	France	Ernee	Livia Lancelot	Courtney Duncan	Livia Lancelot	Report
4	July 23	Czech Republic	Loket	Courtney Duncan	Amandine Verstappen	Courtney Duncan	Report
5	September 10	Netherlands	Assen	Nancy van de Ven	Nancy van de Ven	Nancy van de Ven	Report
6	September 17	France	Villars-sous-Ecot	Kiara Fontanesi	Courtney Duncan	Kiara Fontanesi	Report

Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Kawasaki Sweden Team Green	Kawasaki	2	Sandra Karlsson	4
Kawasaki Sweden Team Green	Kawasaki	27	Ida Djarf Bjorklund	5
Team JE68 KTM	KTM	7	Amanda Bergkvist	3, 5
Fonta MX Team Yamaha	Yamaha	8	Kiara Fontanesi ^[2]	All
Team Dragon Moto	Yamaha	9	Virginie Germond	All
Team Dragon Moto	Yamaha	290	Mathilde Denis	4–6
Cepelak Racing Team	Yamaha	10	Kristyna Vitkova	2, 4
	Suzuki	11	Melissa Daliana	2
	KTM	12	Lara de Kruif	5
MAC Racing	Husqvarna	14	Mathilde Martinez	2–3, 6
iFly JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	18	Madison Brown	All
iFly JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	138	Kathryn Booth	5–6
	Yamaha	17	Courtney Whyte-Dennis	5–6
Duust KTM	KTM	19	Joanna Miller	1–3
	KTM	20	Tanja Schlosser	6
	KTM	25	Stacey Fisher	4–6
	Kawasaki	26	Carmen Allinger	2, 6
	Yamaha	31	Giorgia Montini	2
	Husqvarna	32	Elaine MacEachern	1, 3, 5–6
Diga KTM Junior Team	KTM	36	Avrie Berry	5–6
	Yamaha	40	Alicia Reitze	4
Team Honda MX Sweden	Honda	44	Natalie Kane	2, 4
	Husqvarna	45	Novita Anjani	1
	Husqvarna	52	Justine Charroux	All
Twenty Suspension Suzuki	Suzuki	55	Kim Irmgartz	2–5
Twenty Suspension Suzuki	Suzuki	423	Larissa Papenmeier	All
	Suzuki	67	Britt van der Werff	All
Van Der Laar Racing	Yamaha	84	Emma Milesevic	2–6
VENS Motorsport	Yamaha	85	Nancy van de Ven	All
	Kawasaki	90	Sandra Keller	4
Mefo Sport Racing Team	KTM	98	Selina Schittenhelm	2
Team AC171	Yamaha	99	Manon Haudoire	3, 6
	KTM	100	Eline Burgmans	5
KTM Racing Center Antwerpen	KTM	110	Steffi Laier	2–3, 5
Stielergruppe.mx Suzuki	Suzuki	111	Anne Borchers	1, 3–6
	Kawasaki	112	Michaela Keil	4
Team 114 Kawasaki	Kawasaki	114	Livia Lancelot	All
Fuzion Racing Team	Suzuki	116	Francesca Nocera	All
Schruf Racing	Yamaha	127	Julia Schrenk	4
	Honda	128	Giada Calgaro	2
Team JS Racing	Honda	130	Jessie Joineau	3, 6
	Honda	131	Line Dam	5–6
Schweyen MX	Yamaha	137	Lisa Guerber	2–6
Phoenix Tools Honda	Honda	138	Kathryn Booth	3
	Husqvarna	141	Sabrina Gorni	2
	Husqvarna	143	Stephanie Stoutjesdijk	2–4
	Husqvarna	150	Julie Peyssard	3
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	151	Courtney Duncan	All
	Yamaha	153	Barbara Aagaard	3
	KTM	172	Suci Mulyani	1
	Yamaha	178	Amie Goodlad	3
Sarholz KTM Racing	KTM	185	Vanessa Danz	2–3
CreyMert Racing Team	KTM	188	Shana van der Vlist	1–4
	Kawasaki	193	Kimberley Braam	2–6
Mellendijk Motor Parts	Husqvarna	207	Manon Ligtlee	5
	Yamaha	214	Morgane Soulier	6
Team Handel MX Gibson Tyre Tech	KTM	237	Celine Abel	2
	KTM	238	Wiktoria Garbowska	4
	Kawasaki	251	Amandine Froment	2–3
Silver Action KTM	KTM	274	Amandine Verstappen ^[3]	All
	Honda	285	Agathe Mazoue	3
MC KAJ	Yamaha	325	Sara Andersen	2–6
	KTM	381	Ilse Hoenson	5
Team Muilwijk 386	Honda	386	Lianne Muilwijk	5
Team Yamaha Scandinavia	Yamaha	555	Emelie Dahl	2–6
	Yamaha	612	Mathea Selebo	2–6
	Husqvarna	613	Alice Magnoli	2
Cofain Racing Team	KTM	699	Elena Kapsamer	3–4
	KTM	777	Ekaterina Guryeva	2
Scandinavian Racing Sports	KTM	811	Genette Vaage	1–3
	KTM	921	Monica Defeter	1
Team Nine Six Four	Yamaha	964	Nicky van Wordragen	1–5
	Honda	966	Radha Quas	2
	KTM	969	Fiona Hoppe	2–4
Kokane Power Bike Racing Team	Suzuki	974	Janina Lehmann	2–6
	Suzuki	987	Erica Lago	2
	Yamaha	991	Liubov Leonteva	2

Riders Championship

Pos	Rider	Bike	INS		TRE		FRA		CZE		NED		FRA		Points
1	Fontanesi	Yamaha	13	2	1	2	4	3	2	6	5	3	1	3	233
2	Lancelot	Kawasaki	15	3	5	1	1	2	4	5	3	2	3	2	232
3	Duncan	Yamaha	5	1	2	3	Ret	1	1	2	4	4	6	1	231
4	van de Ven	Yamaha	1	DSQ	3	4	2	4	3	3	1	1	2	5	231
5	Papenmeier	Suzuki	6	6	4	6	3	5	5	14	2	5	5	4	194
6	Verstappen	KTM	8	7	6	7	10	7	6	1	6	6	4	6	184
7	van Wordragen	Yamaha	2	4	9	14	6	8	7	4	Ret	DNS			119
8	Nocera	Suzuki	11	9	18	5	7	15	11	15	18	24	18	9	95
9	Germond	Yamaha	10	13	13	8	16	12	16	10	Ret	DNS	10	8	94
10	van der Vlist	KTM	4	8	10	13	18	11	9	7					89
11	Borchers	Suzuki	3	10			24	23	18	13	7	13	16	10	80
12	Dahl	Yamaha			11	32	11	14	10	8	Ret	7	15	14	78
13	Brown	Yamaha	14	15	20	31	12	16	12	11	14	10	8	Ret	78
14	Andersen	Yamaha			27	9	8	6	8	17	24	9	13	Ret	77
15	Charroux	Yamaha	12	14	24	15	9	13	20	16	20	15	9	12	76
16	Laier	KTM			8	11	5	9			9	12			72
17	van der Werff	Suzuki	16	11	15	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	8	23	Ret	55
18	Selebo	Yamaha			17	18	20	17	13	24	13	14	11	15	51
19	Miller	KTM	18	12	12	10	19	19							36
20	Braam	Kawasaki			23	21	17	20	27	Ret	16	11	14	13	35
21	Milesevic	Yamaha			14	35	DNS	DNS	14	12	21	16	21	16	33
22	Joineau	Honda					14	10					7	Ret	32
23	Martinez	Husqvarna			Ret	12	25	26					12	7	32
24	Vaage	KTM	9	5	21	19	22	21							30
25	MacEachern	Husqvarna	7	17			27	18			Ret	29	Ret	Ret	21
26	Denis	Yamaha							17	18	12	20	17	Ret	21
27	Karlsson	Kawasaki							15	9					18
28	Irmgartz	Suzuki			19	17	15	25	Ret	21	23	18			15
29	Kane	Honda			7	Ret			DNS	DNS					14
30	Muilwijk	Honda									11	17			14
31	Burgmans	KTM									10	19			13
32	Berry	KTM									19	25	24	11	12
33	Mulyani	Yamaha	17	16											9
34	Bergkvist	KTM					33	27			15	23			6
35	Leonteva	Yamaha			Ret	16									5
36	Montini	Yamaha			16	Ret									5
37	Fisher	KTM							24	26	22	21	22	17	4
38	de Kruif	KTM									17	22			4
39	Haudoire	Yamaha					29	31					25	18	3
40	Vitkova	Yamaha			34	22			19	20					3
41	Booth	Honda					21	24							2
41	Booth	Yamaha									Ret	Ret	19	Ret	2
42	Reitze	Yamaha							21	19					2
43	Schlosser	KTM											28	19	2
44	Defeter	KTM	19	DNS											2
45	Lehmann	Suzuki			22	26	23	22	22	22	Ret	26	Ret	20	1
46	Allinger	Kawasaki			26	29							20	Ret	1
47	Guryeva	KTM			30	20									1
48	Anjani	Husqvarna	20	DNS											1
	Guerber	Yamaha			33	24	26	28	23	25	26	31	29	Ret	0
	Stoutjesdijk	Husqvarna			25	25	30	30	25	23					0
	Quas	Honda			29	23									0
	Hoenson	KTM									25	32			0
	Kapsamer	KTM					28	29	26	28					0
	Whyte-Dennis	Yamaha									Ret	30	26	Ret	0
	Hoppe	KTM			Ret	30	34	33	29	27					0
	Abel	KTM			35	27									0
	Djarf Bjorklund	Kawasaki									Ret	27			0
	Soulier	Yamaha											27	Ret	0
	Danz	KTM			32	28	32	34							0
	Dam	Honda									Ret	28	Ret	Ret	0
	Daliana	Suzuki			28	Ret									0
	Keller	Kawasaki							28	Ret					0
	Garbowska	KTM							30	29					0
	Keil	Kawasaki							32	30					0
	Schrenk	Yamaha							31	31					0
	Goodlad	Yamaha					31	32							0
	Schittenhelm	KTM			31	33									0
	Magnoli	Husqvarna			Ret	34									0
	Froment	Kawasaki			DNQ	DNQ	35	35							0
	Calgaro	Honda			36	36									0
	Aagaard	Yamaha					36	36							0
	Mazoue	Honda					38	37							0
	Peyssard	Husqvarna					37	38							0
	Ligtlee	Husqvarna									Ret	Ret			0
	Gorni	Husqvarna			DNQ	DNQ									0
	Lago	Suzuki			DNQ	DNQ									0
Pos	Rider	Bike	INS		TRE		FRA		CZE		NED		FRA		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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	INS		TRE		FRA		CZE		NED		FRA		Points
1	Yamaha	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	291
2	Kawasaki	15	3	5	1	1	2	4	5	3	2	3	2	232
3	Suzuki	3	6	4	5	3	5	5	13	2	5	5	4	201
4	KTM	4	5	6	7	5	7	6	1	6	6	4	6	196
5	Honda			7	23	14	10	DNS	DNS	11	17	7	Ret	60
6	Husqvarna	7	17	25	12	25	26	25	23	Ret	Ret	12	7	50
Pos	Bike	INS		TRE		FRA		CZE		NED		FRA		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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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References

↑ "Women's Motocross Calendar". fim-live.com. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
↑ "Fontanesi back in blue for 2017 WMX". Yamaha Motor Europe. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
↑ "KTM Silver Action ready for 2017!". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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[1] "Women's Motocross Calendar". fim-live.com. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[2] "Fontanesi back in blue for 2017 WMX". Yamaha Motor Europe. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[3] "KTM Silver Action ready for 2017!". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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