2018 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship

Last updated December 28, 2024

The 2018 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship was the 14th Women's Motocross World Championship season. Kiara Fontanesi successfully defended her title, after taking her fifth title in 2017.

2018 Calendar

A 6-round calendar for the 2018 season was announced on 25 October 2017.^[1]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner	Report
1	April 8	Italy	Pietramurata	Larissa Papenmeier	Courtney Duncan	Larissa Papenmeier	Report
2	April 15	Portugal	Agueda	Courtney Duncan	Courtney Duncan	Courtney Duncan	Report
3	May 20	Germany	Teutschenthal	Courtney Duncan	Courtney Duncan	Courtney Duncan	Report
4	June 17	Italy	Ottobiano	Kiara Fontanesi	Nancy van de Ven	Nancy van de Ven	Report
5	September 16	Netherlands	Assen	Kiara Fontanesi	Kiara Fontanesi	Kiara Fontanesi	Report
6	September 30	Italy	Imola	Nancy van de Ven	Kiara Fontanesi	Kiara Fontanesi	Report

Participants

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
	Kawasaki	2	Sandra Karlsson	1
MXFontaRacing	Yamaha	8	Kiara Fontanesi	All
Team Dragon Moto	KTM	9	Virginie Germond	1–4, 6
	KTM	10	Lara de Kruif	1, 5
Bloms MX Racing	Honda	11	Beatrice Galthe	1
Team VHR	KTM	14	Mathilde Martinez	All
Orlen Team Duust KTM	KTM	19	Joanna Miller	1
Chiemgau Racing Team	KTM	20	Tanja Schlosser	3
Team Yvana Demaria 21	Kawasaki	21	Yvana Demaria
Baydale D3 Racing	KTM	25	Stacey Fisher	1–5
Absolut MX	Kawasaki	27	Ida Djärf Björklund	5
Disetti Moto	Yamaha	31	Giorgia Montini	1, 4
	Honda	33	Adele Innocenzi	6
KTM Diga Junior Racing	KTM	36	Avrie Berry	All
Team Kawasaki Zweirad Pfeil	Kawasaki	38	Linda-Linsay Kramell	3
	KTM	42	Britt Van Muylem	5
Team Honda MX Sweden	Honda	44	Natalie Kane	1–5
	Honda	46	Kadri Ehamäe	6
Motoland Amiens	Yamaha	52	Justine Charroux	All
Twenty Suspension Racing	Suzuki	55	Kim Irmgartz	1–4
Twenty Suspension Racing	Suzuki	423	Larissa Papenmeier	All
	Yamaha	62	Madelen Hofseth Pedersen	3–4
Team Ecomaxx	KTM	71	Demi Verploegh	1, 4–5
	Kawasaki	79	Gabriela Seisdedos	3–6
	KTM	81	Anna-Lena Weinmann	1
Lakerveld Racing	Yamaha	84	Emma Milesevic	1–2
Lakerveld Racing	Yamaha	425	Amber Simons	5–6
NoFear Yamaha	Yamaha	85	Nancy van de Ven	All
	Honda	88	Charlotte Deharbe	3
SK Racing	Kawasaki	90	Sandra Keller	1, 4
	Honda	93	Floriana Parrini	1, 6
Team AC 171	Yamaha	99	Manon Haudoire	All
Team AC 171	Yamaha	203	Camille Viaud	All
R2R Store KTM	KTM	100	Eline Burgmans ^[2]	1, 3–6
Čepelak Racing Team	Yamaha	101	Kristyna Vitkova	1
	Yamaha	106	Julia Blatter	1
Mena Racing	Honda	108	Miriam Mena	2
	KTM	110	Steffi Laier	All
Stielergruppe.mx	Suzuki	111	Anne Borchers	1–3
Francy Racing Suzuki Valenti	Suzuki	116	Francesca Nocera	1, 4, 6
Cofain Racing Team	KTM	118	Vanessa Umschaden	6
Cofain Racing Team	KTM	699	Elena Kapsamer	1–4, 6
	KTM	121	Bethany Farmer	1
	Honda	131	Line Dam	All
I-Fly JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	138	Kathryn Booth	1–2, 5
I-Fly JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	172	Lynn Valk ^[3]	All
	Husqvarna	143	Stephanie Stoutjesdijk	3–6
	Yamaha	146	Lisa Michels	1, 3, 5–6
Altherm JCR Yamaha	Yamaha	151	Courtney Duncan	1–4
Team MX Life DK	Yamaha	153	Barbara Aagaard	3–4
3MX Motorsport Team	KTM	174	Giorgia Giudici	1
ORPS Motocross Team	Kawasaki	181	Tatiana Graça	2
	KTM	188	Shana van der Vlist	All
	Kawasaki	193	Kimberley Braam	1–5
	Yamaha	214	Morgane Soulier	1, 3
PM34 Motos	Kawasaki	242	Filipa Leite	2
	Kawasaki	251	Amandine Froment	4
Jomotos Honda	Honda	268	Ana Santos	2
Team Silver Action KTM	KTM	274	Amandine Verstappen ^[4]	All
	Yamaha	290	Mathilde Denis	All
Portugalenses Transportes Lda.	Husqvarna	303	Ana Alves	2
Flex-Box KTM	KTM	325	Sara Andersen	All
Motos UK Racing	KTM	346	Sara Coloret	2
	Husqvarna	364	Joana Gonçalves	2
	KTM	381	Ilse Hoenson	5
	Kawasaki	386	Lianne Muilwijk	3–4
Garcia Motos	Suzuki	387	Oihane Albizuri	6
	Honda	473	Julia Degout	3
	Yamaha	555	Emelie Dahl	1–2
	Yamaha	612	Mathea Selebø	1–2, 5
	Husqvarna	613	Alice Magnoli	1, 4
Fly Over Racing	KTM	711	Claudia Paradisi	6
	KTM	777	Ekaterina Guryeva	3
Nine Six Four	Yamaha	964	Nicky van Wordragen	1
	Suzuki	969	Fiona Hoppe	1, 3–6
	Suzuki	974	Janina Lehmann	All
	Suzuki	987	Erica Lago	1, 4, 6
	Honda	997	Andrea Grazia	6

Riders Championship

Pos	Rider	Bike	TRE		POR		GER		ITA		NED		ITA		Points
1	Fontanesi	Yamaha	4	2	7	3	2	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	260
2	Van De Ven	Yamaha	2	4	2	4	3	4	3	1	3	2	1	2	252
3	Papenmeier	Suzuki	1	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	6	6	3	3	231
4	Duncan	Yamaha	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	2					184
5	Laier	KTM	5	8	6	7	5	7	8	10	2	4	5	6	183
6	Verstappen	KTM	3	5	4	8	23	10	7	5	4	3	4	5	180
7	van der Vlist	KTM	20	13	11	5	9	6	5	6	8	5	7	7	150
8	Kane	Honda	8	7	5	11	6	8	6	8	5	14			132
9	Andersen	KTM	14	6	9	19	7	5	12	30	Ret	10	6	4	119
10	Dam	Honda	10	19	17	24	11	12	9	7	7	7	Ret	9	102
11	Valk	Yamaha	26	17	12	15	16	13	10	9	10	8	10	16	95
12	Berry	KTM	24	24	20	16	13	16	11	12	9	9	13	13	78
13	Charroux	Yamaha	12	18	14	18	10	11	24	16	13	19	11	11	78
14	Germond	KTM	11	9	10	9	25	23	14	19			14	8	74
15	Borchers	Suzuki	16	10	8	6	8	9							69
16	Denis	Yamaha	17	27	15	Ret	12	18	21	14	11	18	9	10	65
17	Nocera	Suzuki	9	11					13	11			8	15	59
18	Martinez	KTM	21	16	16	12	14	17	26	21	DSQ	12	12	12	57
19	Braam	Kawasaki	23	20	19	10	15	15	16	17	Ret	15			41
20	Burgmans	KTM	22	25			17	22	15	13	12	11	22	21	37
21	Selebø	Yamaha	19	14	22	14					17	13			28
22	Lehmann	Suzuki	38	31	21	27	19	14	19	27	20	20	15	14	26
23	Dahl	Yamaha	7	12	24	23									23
24	Milesevic	Yamaha	13	Ret	13	Ret									16
25	Parrini	Honda	25	15									16	18	14
26	Irmgartz	Suzuki	15	22	18	20	26	19	22	22					12
27	Seisdedos	Kawasaki					28	Ret	18	20	Ret	Ret	17	17	12
28	Fisher	KTM	27	23	25	17	21	20	17	24	19	22			11
29	Verploegh	KTM	28	38					Ret	29	15	17			10
30	Stoutjesdijk	Husqvarna					32	27	28	26	16	25	18	19	10
31	Montini	Yamaha	18	21					23	15					9
32	Gonçalves	Husqvarna			23	13									8
33	Booth	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ	30	Ret					14	24			7
34	Muilwijk	Kawasaki					18	21	25	18					6
35	Simons	Yamaha									Ret	16	26	23	5
36	Kapsamer	KTM	29	29	26	21	30	24	20	23			19	20	4
37	de Kruif	KTM	33	30							18	Ret			3
38	Viaud	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ	29	25	29	30	36	34	24	27	20	26	1
39	Hofseth Pedersen	Yamaha					20	26	30	33					1
	Michels	Yamaha	30	26			22	Ret			22	21	28	Ret	0
	Hoppe	Suzuki	DNQ	32			24	25	29	28	21	29	23	22	0
	Haudoire	Yamaha	37	33	28	22	35	29	33	32	25	28	21	27	0
	Van Muylem	KTM									23	26			0
	Djärf Björklund	Kawasaki									Ret	23			0
	Lago	Suzuki	DNQ	DNQ					35	37			24	24	0
	Umschaden	KTM											25	25	0
	Aagaard	Yamaha					31	28	27	25					0
	Mena	Honda			32	26									0
	Ehamäe	Honda											27	29	0
	Guryeva	KTM					27	32							0
	Coloret	KTM			27	Ret									0
	Albizuri	Suzuki											29	28	0
	Giudici	KTM	31	28											0
	Paradisi	KTM											30	30	0
	Hoenson	KTM									Ret	30			0
	Keller	Kawasaki	34	36					31	31					0
	Innocenzi	Honda											31	31	0
	Soulier	Yamaha	DNQ	35			37	31							0
	Santos	Honda			31	Ret									0
	Magnoli	Husqvarna	32	34					32	36					0
	Grazia	Honda											32	32	0
	Deharbe	Honda					36	33							0
	Leite	Kawasaki			33	Ret									0
	Kramell	Kawasaki					33	Ret							0
	Froment	Kawasaki							34	35					0
	Degout	Honda					38	34							0
	Alves	Husqvarna			34	Ret									0
	Schlosser	KTM					34	Ret							0
	Miller	KTM	35	Ret											0
	Vitkova	Yamaha	36	37											0
	Karlsson	Kawasaki	Ret	DNS											0
	van Wordragen	Yamaha	Ret	DNS											0
	Graça	Kawasaki			DNS	DNS									0
	Blatter	Yamaha	DNQ	DNQ											0
	Galthe	Honda	DNQ	DNQ											0
	Farmer	KTM	DNQ	DNQ											0
	Weinmann	KTM	DNQ	DNQ											0
Pos	Rider	Bike	TRE		POR		GER		ITA		NED		ITA		Points

Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Bike	TRE		POR		GER		ITA		NED		ITA		Points
1	Yamaha	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	297
2	Suzuki	1	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	6	6	3	3	231
3	KTM	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	4	4	212
4	Honda	8	7	5	11	6	8	6	7	5	7	27	9	152
5	Kawasaki	23	20	19	10	15	15	16	17	Ret	15	17	17	49
6	Husqvarna	32	34	23	13	32	27	28	26	16	25	18	19	18
Pos	Bike	TRE		POR		GER		ITA		NED		ITA		Points

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References

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↑ "FIM: Eline Burgmans gaat weer het Wereld Kampioenschap in". Steven van Kempen. crossxl.nl. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
↑ "FIM: Lynn Valk met iFly JK Racing in het WK MXW!". Steven van Kempen. crossxl.nl. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
↑ "TEAM SILVER ACTION WORKING FOR 2018 SEASON". KTM Silver Action. mxgp.com. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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[1] "Women's Motocross Calendar". fim-live.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[2] "FIM: Eline Burgmans gaat weer het Wereld Kampioenschap in". Steven van Kempen. crossxl.nl. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[3] "FIM: Lynn Valk met iFly JK Racing in het WK MXW!". Steven van Kempen. crossxl.nl. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[4] "TEAM SILVER ACTION WORKING FOR 2018 SEASON". KTM Silver Action. mxgp.com. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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