2016 Motocross des Nations

The 2016 Motocross des Nations is a motocross race to be held on 24 September and 25 September 2016 in Maggiora, Italy.[1]

Preview edit

The Motocross des Nations travels to Italy this year for the first time since 2009 and will visit the Maggiora track for the first time since 1986.

France are the defending champions having won their third title, on home soil in 2015. The French Motorcycle Federation were the first to announce their team for this years event with Romain Febvre, Dylan Ferrandis and Gautier Paulin being chosen to represent their country.[2] A few weeks later, Ferrandis broke his arm at the MXGP of Switzerland.[3] His position in the squad will be taken by reserve Benoît Paturel.[4]

Australia were the next to be announced, with Motorcycling Australia putting up a team of domestic championship based riders.[5]

Team USA put forward a squad that lacked some of their fastest riders. Ryan Dungey ruled himself out because of injury problems and Eli Tomac decided not to compete. As a result of injury, Jeremy Martin also ruled himself out. This left a squad of Cooper Webb, Alex Martin and Jason Anderson.[6]

Entry List edit

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.

Country Nr Rider Class Motorcycle
1   France[2] 1 Romain Febvre MXGP Yamaha 450
2 Benoît Paturel[4] MX2 Yamaha 250
3 Gautier Paulin Open Honda 450
2   United States[6] 4 Cooper Webb MXGP Yamaha 450
5 Alex Martin MX2 Yamaha 250
6 Jason Anderson Open Husqvarna 450
3   Belgium 7 Kevin Strijbos MXGP Suzuki 450
8 Jeremy van Horebeek MX2 Yamaha 250
9 Brent van Doninck Open Yamaha 450
4   Estonia 10 Priit Rätsep MXGP Honda 450
11 Harri Kullas MX2 KTM 250
12 Tanel Leok Open Husqvarna 450
5   Switzerland 13 Valentin Guillod MXGP Yamaha 450
14 Jeremy Seewer MX2 Suzuki 250
15 Arnaud Tonus Open Kawasaki 250
6   Netherlands 16 Glenn Coldenhoff MXGP KTM 450
17 Brian Bogers MX2 KTM 250
18 Jeffrey Herlings Open KTM 450
7   Australia[5] 19 Todd Waters MXGP Suzuki 450
20 Mitchell Evans MX2 Yamaha 250
21 Dean Ferris Open Yamaha 250
8   New Zealand 22 Cody Cooper MXGP Honda 450
23 Josiah Natzke MX2 KTM 250
24 Hamish Harwood Open KTM 450
9   Germany 25 Max Nagl MXGP Husqvarna 450
26 Henry Jacobi MX2 KTM 250
27 Dennis Ullrich Open KTM 450
10   Austria 28 Lukas Neurauter MXGP KTM 450
29 Michael Sandner MX2 KTM 250
30 Pascal Rauchenecker Open Husqvarna 250
11   Spain 31 José Butrón MXGP KTM 450
32 Jorge Prado MX2 KTM 250
33 Jorge Zaragoza Open Honda
12   Russia 34 Semen Rogozin MXGP Husqvarna 450
35 Vsevolod Brylyakov MX2 Kawasaki 250
36 Evgeny Bobryshev Open Honda 450
13   Sweden 37 Anton Gole MXGP Husqvarna 450
38 Alvin Östlund MX2 Yamaha 250
39 Fredrik Noren Open Honda 450
14   Italy 40 Tony Cairoli MXGP KTM 450
41 Samuele Bernardini MX2 TM 250
42 Michele Cervellin Open Honda 250
15   Denmark 43 Nikolaj Larsen MXGP KTM 450
44 Thomas Kjer Olsen MX2 Husqvarna 250
45 Glen Meier Open KTM 250
16   Portugal 46 Rui Gonçalves MXGP Husqvarna 450
47 Hugo Basaula MX2 Kawasaki 250
48 Paulo Alberto Open Honda 450
17   Ireland 49 Graeme Irwin MXGP Honda 450
50 Martin Barr MX2 Honda 250
51 Stuart Edmonds Open TM 450
18   Great Britain 52 Tommy Searle MXGP Kawasaki 450
53 Max Anstie MX2 Husqvarna 250
54 Shaun Simpson Open KTM 450
19   Latvia 55 Davis Ivanovs MXGP Yamaha 450
56 Karlis Sabulis MX2 Yamaha 250
57 Toms Macuks Open Kawasaki 450
20   Japan 58 Akira Narita MXGP Honda 450
59 Chihiro Notsuka MX2 Honda 250
60 Kei Yamamoto Open Honda 450
21   Slovenia 61 Tim Gajser MXGP Honda 450
62 Jan Pancar MX2 Yamaha 250
63 Jernej Irt Open Yamaha 450
22   Czech Republic 64 Jaromir Romancik MXGP Suzuki 450
65 Filip Neugebauer MX2 Kawasaki 250
66 Petr Smitka Open KTM 450
23   Poland 70 Lukasz Lonka MXGP KTM 450
71 Szymon Staszkiewicz MX2 KTM 250
72 Tomasz Wysocki Open KTM 450
24   Lithuania 73 Vytautas Bucas MXGP Yamaha 450
74 Dovydas Karka MX2 KTM 250
75 Arminas Jasikonis Open Suzuki 450
25   Slovakia 76 Tomáš Šimko MXGP Honda 450
77 Richard Šikyňa MX2 KTM 250
78 Tomáš Kohút Open KTM 250
26   Brazil 79 Fabio Dos Santos MXGP Yamaha 450
80 Ramyller Alves MX2 Yamaha 250
81 Jean Ramos Open Yamaha 450
27   Finland 82 Valterri Malin MXGP KTM 450
83 Miro Sihvonen MX2 KTM 250
84 Kim Savaste Open Kawasaki 250
28   Croatia 88 Hrvoje Karas MXGP Yamaha 450
89 Luka Crnkovic MX2 Yamaha 250
90 Matej Jaros Open Kawasaki 450
29   Ukraine 91 Roman Morozov MXGP Kawasaki 450
92 Volodymyr Tarasov MX2 KTM 250
93 Yuriy Naumchyk Open Yamaha 450
30   Greece 94 Dimitrios Kontoletas MXGP Yamaha 450
95 Emmanouil Kritikos MX2 Yamaha 250
96 Panagiotis Kouzis Open Honda 450
31   Puerto Rico 97 Jason Astudillo MXGP Kawasaki 450
98 Gino Aponte MX2 Kawasaki 450
99 Noah McConahy Open Husqvarna 450
32   Luxembourg 100 Eric Tabouraing MXGP Kawasaki 450
101 Yves Frank MX2 Honda 250
102 Björn Frank Open Honda 450
33   Israel 106 Ziv Karmi MXGP
107 Dan Maya MX2
108 Oren Hasson Open
34   South Africa 109 Kerim Fitz-Gerald MXGP KTM 450
110 Nicholas Adams MX2 Honda 250
111 Michael Docherty Open Kawasaki 450
35   Canada 112 Kaven Benoit MXGP KTM 450
113 Shawn Maffenbeier MX2 KTM 250
114 Tyler Medaglia Open KTM 450
36   Hungary 115 Erik Hugyecz MXGP KTM 450
116 Bence Szvoboda MX2 KTM 250
117 Mark Szoke Open Suzuki 450
37   Iceland 118 Ingvi Bjorn Birgisson MXGP KTM 450
119 Eythor Reynisson MX2 Kawasaki 250
120 Andri Gudmundsson Open KTM 450
38   Thailand* 121 Chaiyan Romphan MXGP Yamaha 450
122 Traiphop Boontaeng MX2 KTM 250
123 Kritsada Potaton Open Kawasaki 450
39   San Marino 124 Thomas Marini MXGP Husqvarna 450
125 Andrea Gorini MX2 Suzuki 250
126 Bryan Toccaceli Open Yamaha 250
Country Nr Rider Class Motorcycle
  • Thailand withdrew from the event.

Practice edit

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

Open edit

Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference
1 6   Anderson Husqvarna 1:52.252
2 3   Paulin Honda 1:52.814 +0.562
3 18   Herlings KTM 1:53.207 +0.955
4 54   Simpson KTM 1:54.120 +1.868
5 15   Tonus Kawasaki 1:54.407 +2.155
6 42   Cervellin Honda 1:54.597 +2.345
7 36   Bobryshev Honda 1:54.698 +2.446
8 26   Ferris Husqvarna 1:54.709 +2.457
9 9   Van Doninck Yamaha 1:55.665 +3.413
10 39   Noren Honda 1:56.023 +3.771
11 75   Jasikonis Suzuki 1:56.290 +4.038
12 27   Ullrich KTM 1:56.503 +4.251
13 33   Zaragoza Honda 1:56.594 +4.342
14 12   Kullas KTM 1:56.724 +4.472
15 114   Medaglia Husqvarna 1:57.262 +5.010
16 66   Smitka KTM 1:57.692 +5.440
17 99   McConahy Kawasaki 1:57.755 +5.503
18 60   Yamamoto Honda 1:58.002 +5.750
19 48   Alberto Honda 1:58.664 +6.412
20 63   Irt Yamaha 1:58.884 +6.632
21 45   Meier KTM 1:59.027 +6.775
22 30   Rauchenecker Husqvarna 1:59.110 +6.858
23 111   Docherty Kawasaki 1:59.176 +6.924
24 51   Edmonds TM 1:59.433 +7.181
25 126   Toccaceli Yamaha 2:00.356 +8.104
26 72   Wysocki KTM 2:00.509 +8.257
27 78   Kohut KTM 2:00.594 +8.342
28 57   Macuks Kawasaki 2:00.894 +8.642
29 24   Harwood KTM 2:01.247 +8.995
30 81   Ramos Yamaha 2:01.464 +9.212
31 117   Szoke Suzuki 2:03.154 +10.902
32 90   Jaros Kawasaki 2:03.322 +11.070
33 84   Savaste* Kawasaki 2:05.460 +13.208
34 120   Gudmundsson Honda 2:07.350 +15.098
35 96   Kouzis Honda 2:07.514 +15.262
36 102   Frank Honda 2:10.513 +18.261
37 93   Naumchyk Yamaha 2:17.704 +25.452
38 108   Hasson Honda 2:21.092 +28.840
Place Nr Rider Motorcycle Time Difference
  • Team Finland's Kim Savaste picked up an injury during practice. He will take no further part in the event.

Qualifying Races edit

The Qualifying races are also run on a class by class basis and are used to decide which nations qualify directly to the main final. Each nation will be awarded points that correlate with their riders finishing position in the race, with the top 19 teams going to the Motocross of Nations main races. The remaining nations will go to the two smaller finals where they will have the chance to become the 20th team in the main finals. Only the best two scores count for each nation, with their third being dropped. Team Ireland and Team Iceland only have two riders remaining, meaning both of their scores will count. The points allocated for qualifying are not carried over to the finals.

References edit

  1. ^ "Calendar". www.mxgp.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. ^ a b "France". www.racerxonline.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  3. ^ "Ferrandis out with broken arm". www.dirtaction.com. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  4. ^ a b "Paturel for MXDN". www.mxlarge.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  5. ^ a b "Australia". www.gatedrop.com. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  6. ^ a b "USA". www.motocrossplanet.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2016-08-13.