2026 FIM Motocross World Championship

2026 Motocross World Championship

Champions

MXGP:

MX2:

Women:

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The 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship is the 70th FIM Motocross World Championship season. ^[1]

In the MXGP class, Romain Febvre is the defending champion, after winning his second title in the 2025 season. ^[2]

Simon Längenfelder is the reigning champion in the MX2 class, after taking his first world title in the previous season. ^[3]

Race calendar and results

A provisional calendar was released on . ^[1] The championship is to be contested over nineteen rounds in Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa.

MXGP

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Pole position	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner	Report
1	8 March	MXGP of Argentina	Bariloche	Tom Vialle	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
2	22 March	MXGP of Andalucia	Almonte
3	29 March	MXGP of Switzerland	Frauenfeld
4	12 April	MXGP of Sardegna	Riola Sardo
5	19 April	MXGP of Trentino	Pietramurata
6	24 May	MXGP of France	Lacapelle-Marival
7	31 May	MXGP of Germany	Teutschenthal
8	7 June	MXGP of Latvia	Ķegums
9	21 June	MXGP of Italy	Montevarchi
10	28 June	MXGP of Portugal	Águeda
11	5 July	MXGP of South Africa	Johannesburg
12	19 July	MXGP of Great Britain	Foxhill
13	26 July	MXGP of Czech Republic	Loket
14	2 August	MXGP of Flanders	Lommel
15	16 August	MXGP of Sweden	Uddevalla
16	23 August	MXGP of The Netherlands	Arnhem
17	6 September	MXGP of Turkey	Afyonkarahisar
18	13 September	MXGP of China	Shanghai
19	20 September	MXGP of Australia	Darwin

MX2

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Pole position	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner	Report
1	8 March	MXGP of Argentina	Bariloche	Sacha Coenen	Simon Längenfelder	Simon Längenfelder	Simon Längenfelder
2	22 March	MXGP of Andalucia	Almonte
3	29 March	MXGP of Switzerland	Frauenfeld
4	12 April	MXGP of Sardegna	Riola Sardo
5	19 April	MXGP of Trentino	Pietramurata
6	24 May	MXGP of France	Lacapelle-Marival
7	31 May	MXGP of Germany	Teutschenthal
8	7 June	MXGP of Latvia	Ķegums
9	21 June	MXGP of Italy	Montevarchi
10	28 June	MXGP of Portugal	Águeda
11	5 July	MXGP of South Africa	Johannesburg
12	19 July	MXGP of Great Britain	Foxhill
13	26 July	MXGP of Czech Republic	Loket
14	2 August	MXGP of Flanders	Lommel
15	16 August	MXGP of Sweden	Uddevalla
16	23 August	MXGP of The Netherlands	Arnhem
17	6 September	MXGP of Turkey	Afyonkarahisar
18	13 September	MXGP of China	Shanghai
19	20 September	MXGP of Australia	Darwin

Grand Prix locations

Bariloche

Johannesburg

Shanghai

Darwin

Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2026.

Almonte

Frauenfeld

Riola Sardo

Pietramurata

Lacapelle-Marival

Teutschenthal

Ķegums

Montevarchi

Águeda

Foxhill

Loket

Lommel

Uddevalla

Arnhem

Afyonkarahisar

Location of European Grands Prix in 2026.

MXGP

Entry list

Officially Approved Teams & Riders [4]
Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP	Kawasaki	1	Romain Febvre	1
		41	Pauls Jonass	1
MRT Racing Team Beta	Beta	4	Rick Elzinga [5]
		93	Jago Geerts [6]	1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	5	Lucas Coenen	1
Team Honda Motoblouz SR Motul	Honda	9	Thibault Benistant [7]	1
		24	Kevin Horgmo [7]	1
Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team	Ducati	10	Calvin Vlaanderen [8]	1
		91	Jeremy Seewer [8]	1
		132	Andrea Bonacorsi [8]	1
Honda HRC PETRONAS	Honda	16	Tom Vialle [9]	1
		70	Rubén Fernández [9]	1
		84	Jeffrey Herlings [10]	1
Fantic Factory Racing MXGP	Fantic	32	Brent Van Doninck [11]	1
		303	Alberto Forato [11]	1
Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	74	Kay de Wolf [12]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	80	Andrea Adamo [13]	1
Gabriel SS24 KTM	KTM	83	Oriol Oliver	1
MX-Handel Husqvarna Racing	Husqvarna	87	Kevin Brumann	1
Van Venrooy KTM Racing	KTM	101	Mattia Guadagnini	1
Team Leoparden Racing	Honda	180	Leopold Ambjörnsson
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Yamaha	243	Tim Gajser [14]	1
		959	Maxime Renaux	1
TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team	KTM	253	Jan Pancar [15]	1
JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	517	Isak Gifting [16]
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
TRT Motorcycles Team	KTM	17	José Butrón [17]
Meuwissen Motorsports Honda	Honda	36	Nico Greutmann [18]
KTM Kosak Team	KTM	39	Roan van de Moosdijk [19]
MRA Racing Team	Husqvarna	45	Tomáš Kohút
Maneco MX	Yamaha	85	Agustín Carrasco	1
SMX Escuela de Pilotos/LIESS Motos	Gas Gas	102	Santiago Montero	1
Fantic Argentina	Fantic	107	Lars van Berkel	1
		191	Juan Ignacio Salgado	1
	KTM	145	Víctor García	1
	Kawasaki	151	Tomás Montes Gadda	1
Venemotos Racing Team	Yamaha	165	Carlos Badiali	1
RAB Racing Team	Honda	176	Sergio Villaronga	1
Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	179	Joaquín Poli	1
Lorenzo Racing Team	Yamaha	181	Fermín Ciccimarra	1
Millionaire Racing Team	Honda	211	Nicholas Lapucci [20]
KTM Sarholz Racing Team	KTM	226	Tom Koch
	Honda	494	Flavio Nicolás Sastre	1
MXDevesa	Yamaha	789	Marco Antezana	1
Chambers KTM Racing	KTM	811	Adam Sterry [21]
Dirt Store Triumph Racing	Triumph	919	Ben Watson [22]
Source: [23]

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to the top-ten finishers of the qualifying race, in the following format:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	25	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Nr	Rider	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points
1	84	Jeffrey Herlings	Honda	1	1																																					50
2	16	Tom Vialle	Honda	2+10	4																																					50
3	1	Romain Febvre	Kawasaki	3+6	2																																					48
4	5	Lucas Coenen	KTM	4+9	6																																					42
5	243	Tim Gajser	Yamaha	6+1	3																																					36
6	959	Maxime Renaux	Yamaha	7+7	8																																					34
7	80	Andrea Adamo	KTM	11+8	7																																					32
8	70	Rubén Fernández	Honda	10+5	5																																					32
9	41	Pauls Jonass	Kawasaki	5+4	13																																					28
10	10	Calvin Vlaanderen	Ducati	8+2	12																																					24
11	9	Thibault Benistant	Honda	9	9																																					24
12	32	Brent Van Doninck	Fantic	13	11																																					18
13	101	Mattia Guadagnini	KTM	15+3	14																																					16
14	24	Kevin Horgmo	Honda	16	10																																					16
15	253	Jan Pancar	KTM	12	18																																					12
16	83	Oriol Oliver	KTM	14	16																																					12
17	91	Jeremy Seewer	Ducati	17	17																																					8
18	303	Alberto Forato	Fantic	20	15																																					7
19	179	Joaquín Poli	Kawasaki	18	19																																					5
20	107	Lars van Berkel	Fantic	19	20																																					3
	789	Marco Antezana	Yamaha	21	21																																					0
	181	Fermín Ciccimarra	Yamaha	22	23																																					0
	165	Carlos Badiali	Yamaha	25	22																																					0
	176	Sergio Villaronga	Honda	23	Ret																																					0
	151	Tomás Montes Gadda	Kawasaki	24	24																																					0
	191	Juan Ignacio Salgado	Fantic	28	25																																					0
	494	Flavio Nicolas Sastre	Honda	26	26																																					0
	102	Santiago Montero	Gas Gas	27	Ret																																					0
	93	Jago Geerts	Beta	29	DNS																																					0
	85	Agustín Carrasco	Yamaha	30	Ret																																					0
	132	Andrea Bonacorsi	Ducati	Ret	Ret																																					0
	87	Kevin Brumann	Husqvarna	Ret	DNS																																					0
	145	Víctor García	KTM	Ret	DNS																																					0
Pos	Nr	Rider	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points

Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points
1	Honda	1+10	1																																					60
2	Kawasaki	3+6	2																																					48
3	Yamaha	6+7	3																																					42
4	KTM	4+9	6																																					42
5	Ducati	8+2	12																																					24
6	Fantic	13	11																																					18
	Gas Gas	27	Ret																																					0
	Beta	29	DNS																																					0
	Husqvarna	Ret	DNS																																					0
Pos	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points

MX2

Entry list

Officially Approved Teams & Riders [24]
Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	1	Simon Längenfelder	1
Triumph Racing MX2 Factory Team	Triumph	8	Camden McLellan	1
		99	Guillem Farrés	1
Honda HRC PETRONAS	Honda	18	Valerio Lata	1
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	19	Sacha Coenen	1
Osička MX Team	KTM	20	Julius Mikula [25]	1
Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	26	Liam Everts	1
Dixon Racing Team Kawasaki	Kawasaki	33	Kay Karssemakers [26]	1
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2	Yamaha	47	Kārlis Reišulis [27]	1
		772	Jānis Reišulis [27]	1
Beddini Racing Ducati Corse Factory MX2 Team	Ducati	73	Ferruccio Zanchi [28]
		97	Simone Mancini	1
Maddii Racing Honda – ABF Italia	Honda	83	Maxime Grau	1
TM Moto CRD Motorsport Factory Racing Team	TM	172	Cas Valk [29]	1
Kawasaki Racing Team MX2	Kawasaki	317	Mathis Valin	1
SixtySeven Racing Team	Husqvarna	408	Scott Smulders	1
Van Venrooy KTM Racing	KTM	716	Noel Zanócz [30]	1
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Jet Motorsport	Gas Gas	13	Manuel Torrado	1
Lacoste Racing Team/RPM Cross	Honda	15	Juan Ignacio Piermarini	1
Castrol Axion Energy MX by Radikal	Triumph	22	David Braceras [31]	1
	Fantic	34	Rodrigo Stuardo	1
KTM SB Racing Team	KTM	48	Jens Walvoort	1
	KTM	66	Miguel Rojas	1
KTM Kosak Team	KTM	70	Valentin Kees [19]
Young Motion powered by Resa	KTM	98	Alessandro Gaspari [32]
		220	Martin Michelis [33]
		920	Sandro Sols [34]
	Kawasaki	104	José Morera	1
Fantic Argentina	Fantic	117	Juan Felipe García	1
KTM Uruguay	KTM	146	Alfonso Bratschi	1
	Gas Gas	154	Carlos Andrés Padilla	1
Honda Marengo Motos	Honda	204	Felipe Quirno Costa	1
JP Pro Honda Baterias Pioneiro	Honda	398	Benjamin Garíb	1
Vos Oss MX Team	KTM	432	Ivano van Erp [35]
Chambers KTM Racing	KTM	456	Ollie Colmer [21]
Husqvarna Scandinavia	Husqvarna	471	Pelle Gundersen [36]
	Gas Gas	555	Dante Poggio	1
Source: [23]

Riders Championship

Points are awarded to the top-ten finishers of the qualifying race, in the following format:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
Points	25	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Nr	Rider	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points
1	1	Simon Längenfelder	KTM	1	1																																					50
2	99	Guillem Farrés	Triumph	3+9	4																																					47
3	8	Camden McLellan	Triumph	6+6	2																																					43
4	26	Liam Everts	Husqvarna	7+7	3																																					41
5	317	Mathis Valin	Kawasaki	5+8	7																																					38
6	772	Jānis Reišulis	Yamaha	4+5	6																																					38
7	19	Sacha Coenen	KTM	2+10	Ret																																					32
8	47	Kārlis Reišulis	Yamaha	9+1	5																																					29
9	172	Cas Valk	TM	14+2	8																																					22
10	48	Jens Walvoort	KTM	10	11																																					21
11	398	Benjamín Garib	Honda	12	12																																					18
12	18	Valerio Lata	Honda	8+4	Ret																																					17
13	408	Scott Smulders	Husqvarna	15	10																																					17
14	20	Julius Mikula	KTM	Ret+3	9																																					15
15	33	Kay Karssemakers	Kawasaki	11	Ret																																					10
16	154	Carlos Andrés Padilla	Gas Gas	19	13																																					10
17	97	Simone Mancini	Ducati	13	20																																					9
18	204	Felipe Quirno Costa	Honda	20	14																																					8
19	117	Juan Felipe García	Fantic	17	18																																					7
20	66	Miguel Rojas	KTM	22	15																																					6
21	716	Noel Zanócz	KTM	16	Ret																																					5
22	146	Alfonso Bratschi	KTM	21	16																																					5
23	34	Rodrigo Stuardo	Fantic	26	17																																					4
24	104	José Morera	Kawasaki	18	Ret																																					3
25	13	Manuel Torrado	Gas Gas	25	19																																					2
	555	Dante Poggio	Gas Gas	24	21																																					0
	15	Juan Ignacio Piermarini	Honda	23	22																																					0
	22	David Braceras	Triumph	Ret	DNS																																					0
	83	Maxime Grau	Honda	DNS	DNS																																					0
Pos	Nr	Rider	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points

Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points
1	KTM	1+10	1																																					60
2	Triumph	3+9	2																																					51
3	Husqvarna	7+7	3																																					41
4	Yamaha	4+5	5																																					39
5	Kawasaki	5+8	7																																					38
6	Honda	8+4	12																																					26
7	TM	14+2	8																																					22
8	Gas Gas	19	13																																					10
9	Ducati	13	20																																					9
10	Fantic	17	17																																					8
Pos	Bike	ARG		AND		SUI		SAR		TRE		FRA		GER		LAT		ITA		POR		RSA		GBR		CZE		FLA		SWE		NED		TUR		CHN		AUS		Points

See also

• 2026 FIM Women's Motocross World Championship
• 2026 European Motocross Championship
• 2026 Motocross des Nations
• 2026 FIM Supercross World Championship
• 2026 ProMX Championship
• 2026 AMA Supercross Championship
• 2026 AMA National Motocross Championship

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