Crendon Fastrack Honda has a fresh MX1 squad for 2023 after signing Conrad Mewse and Josh Gilbert. Triple British MX2 champion Mewse will join Dave Thorpe’s squad as he makes a full-time step up to the MX1 class. It’s the first time the 23-year-old will race a Japanese motorcycle after contesting the MX2 world championship on European bikes since 2016. After clinching the 2022 UK MX2 crown, he made a move up to a 450 to prepare for next season and has instantly been challenging for wins. “It’s a big change for me as I have raced MX2 GPs all my professional career, to now racing exclusively in ..read more

Tommy Searle clinched the 2022 Revo ACU British Motocross crown with another podium finish in the series finale at Landrake in Cornwall, marking back-to-back MX1 titles for the Crendon Fastrack Honda team.   The 33-year-old took the holeshot in both motos and led on the opening laps, but wisely avoided risking the title by going all-out for race wins. He followed title rival Harri Kullas home for second place in the opener, then circulated in a safe fourth place in the second race to make sure the title was his. “We got the job done again! I’m so happy I won the championship which is obvi ..read more

Reigning MXGP champ Tim Gajser has signed a multi-year contract to remain with Honda in the blue riband class. Gajser bagged his fourth MXGP title a couple of weeks ago which made him a five-time world champion. “It was an easy decision to continue this amazing relationship with Team HRC. It is like a second-family to me and there is no other place where I feel it is such a nice environment,” said Gajser. “I always say ‘Happy Rider, Fast Rider’ and working with everyone in Team HRC, from all the technicians in Japan, to my practice mechanic, to my physio, it is all so enjoyable and I always lo ..read more

MXGP bosses have this morning revealed the provisional 2023 calendar. It is is set to kick off on the 12th of March at the MXGP of Patagonia Argentina in the stunning Villa la Angostura, followed by two events in locations to be confirmed on the 26th of March and then 8th and 10th of April. Grand Prix are set to take place in Trentino, Portugal and Spain, before MXGP will return to Villars sous Ecot for the MXGP of France. Then MXGP of Latvia and the Liqui Moly MXGP of Germany are scheduled in early June and w ..read more

Australian Mitch Evans will join Romain Febvre in the factory Kawasaki MXGP squad for 2023 – leaving Britain’s Ben Watson in the dole queue. The twenty-three-year-old from Cairns first contested MXGP in 2019 after securing his national MX2 title the previous summer. He had already secured international recognition in 2016 when, as under-nineteen champion, he was selected to represent his country in the Motocross of Nations as a seventeen-year-old. In a sensational debut on the world stage, he mounted the podium at his very first GP in Argentina and has displayed stunning speed ever since thoug ..read more

Triumph has confirmed plans to compete in MXGP’s MX2 classfor the 2024 season, with a factory supported race programme under an all-new Triumph Racing banner. This landmark new team has been set-up in partnership with Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, one of the sport’s most experienced and successful team owners, who will field two of Triumph’s all-new 250cc 4-stroke MX bikes in the 2024 MX2 class and will add an entry into the 450cc MXGP class in 2025. “Triumph has made a major commitment to build an MX bike and go racing in the FIM World Motocross Championship. I am happy that my team is going to be ..read more

Revo MXGB boss Gareth Hockey and MX Nationals chief Paul Irwin have agreed to work together in 2023 to make a more coherent race system in Britain. The aim is to rebuild elite domestic motocross and produce two quality championships for riders to compete in, while promoting the sport to new audiences, developing youth riders and sourcing new circuits. “I’m tired of hearing people complain about the state of British Motocross. It needs to change for the better and I am confident that by working together we can make improvements that sets us on the right path. The two Championships share a passi ..read more

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle secure his second title in the MX2 class after a hard-fought battle with Monster Energy Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jago Geerts. The pair entered the final heat of 2022 separated by just one point, with Vialle having the upper hand. Though despite plenty of tense moments and Geerts’ best effort, Vialle was able to get the job done and celebrate in style with the perfect 1-1 scorecard. In race one, the Fox Holeshot was won by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Tom Vialle who was the leading rider ahead of Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Kay de Wolf, Red Bull G ..read more