2023 French Elite Motocross Championship

The 2023 French Elite Motocross Championship season was the 75th French Motocross Championship season.

The series consisted of seven rounds across the country, running from March to July. Milko Potisek was the reigning champion in the Elite MX1, after winning his first title in 2022. However, it would be Swiss grand prix rider Valentin Guillod who would be crowned champion for the first time.

Pierre Goupillon was the reigning champion in Elite MX2 after he won his second title in the previous season. Goupillon was able to successfully defend his title again, winning it with two rounds to spare.

Race calendar and results

Elite MX1 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 5 March Lacapelle-Marival Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 2 19 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Stephen Rubini Gregory Aranda Stephen Rubini 3 2 April Romagné Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings Jeffrey Herlings 4 23 April Vesoul Xavier Boog Valentin Guillod Stephen Rubini 5 7 May Bitche Max Nagl Milko Potisek Milko Potisek 6 18 June Rauville-la-Place Valentin Guillod Xavier Boog Anthony Bourdon 7 2 July Iffendic Stephen Rubini Xavier Boog Stephen Rubini

Elite MX2 Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 5 March Lacapelle-Marival Lucas Coenen Lucas Coenen Lucas Coenen 2 19 March Castelnau-de-Lévis Pierre Goupillon Quentin Prugnières Pierre Goupillon 3 2 April Romagné Pierre Goupillon Marc-Antoine Rossi Marc-Antoine Rossi 4 23 April Vesoul Pierre Goupillon Pierre Goupillon Pierre Goupillon 5 7 May Bitche Pierre Goupillon Pierre Goupillon Pierre Goupillon 6 18 June Rauville-la-Place Florian Miot Maxime Desprey Quentin Prugnières 7 2 July Iffendic Quentin Prugnières Pierre Goupillon Quentin Prugnières

Circuit locations

Elite MX1 Five time world champion Jeffrey Herlings competed in the opening round of the series as preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship. Participants TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds KMP Honda Racing powered by Krettek Honda 12 Max Nagl 5 107 Lars van Berkel 5 952 Ludovic Macler 5 Roussaly Racing Team Yamaha 15 Hugo Roussaly 1 Team GSM Dafy Michelin Yamaha Yamaha 20 Gregory Aranda All 121 Xavier Boog All Team TMX Competition Yamaha 31 Adrien Malaval All MP32 Yamaha Drag'On Tek Yamaha 32 Milko Potisek 1–5 Holeshot2Roo Honda 38 Pierre Moine 1 Sky Motos/Kawa Passion Kawasaki 70 Shaun Vinel 1 Team Berryli4ni Kawasaki 74 Romain Pape 1, 3 817 Jason Clermont 3, 6–7 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 84 Jeffrey Herlings 1, 3 Yamaha 86 Alexandre Grondin 3 KTM 91 Mathieu Letellier 6 Team Ship to Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR Honda 92 Valentin Guillod 1–4, 6 105 Cyril Genot 5–6 138 Stephen Rubini All 225 Charles Lefrançois 3 Team FT103 Honda 103 Fabien Touffet 3 Team LMSens Yamaha 145 Loic Rombaut 5 Team VHR Racing Gas Gas 156 Maxime Sot All Gas Gas 169 Martin Dubois 1, 4–5 Kawasaki 171 Melvrick Eblin 2 Team MB172 Husqvarna 172 Mathys Boisramé 1–4, 6–7 Team Bauerschmidt MB33 Husqvarna 188 Stefan Ekerold 5 Sherco 191 Jimmy Auvray 6 LeBlockPass Husqvarna 195 Loïs Carlier 3 L2H Design Armor Moto Kawasaki 212 Julien Cabioch 7 Husqvarna 218 Gregory Gavard 5 Team KB Academy Yamaha 221 Kevin Ballanger 2 NG Kit Deco/MotoTeam81 KTM 248 Ludovic Bompar 2 Yam Sand Racing Yamaha 249 Mathéo Miot 6 Team WID Motorsport KTM 320 Dorian Werlé 3, 6–7 Team BHM Racing Honda 323 Nicolas Cottenet 1–2 Vrignon Construction KTM 338 David Herbreteau 1–3, 6 LF Motorsport Honda 376 Adrien Lamour 1, 6 Honda 392 Josselin Cochennec 7 KTM 400 Florent Becker 5 JSM Honda 410 Vincent Corre 3, 7 Yamaha Motor France Drag'On Tek Yamaha 424 Valentin Madoulaud 5 Yamaha 433 Tom Provost 3 Couleurs Moto/47Design KTM 448 Tony Seignobos 1–2, 4 Yamaha 486 Thomas Le Bihan 7 JSL 83 Kawasaki Toulon Kawasaki 519 William Dho 1–5 Mekanik Annecy Honda 520 Jimmy Clochet 1–5 Honda 530 Anthony Blanchet 6 Kawasaki 544 Quentin Boudot 1, 4 KTM 546 Victor Legeard 7 KTM 547 Alexandre Lejeune 4 Honda 557 Julien Roussel 4 Podium Motos Kawasaki 571 Matéo Bouly 3, 6–7 Honda 646 Jordan Robidou 7 KTM 699 Mathis Anne 6 Floride Moto/GVP Marseille Kawasaki 725 Antonin Mille All Honda 740 Benjamin Poissonnier 4 Krismotos Challans Yamaha 752 Julien Pelletier 1, 3, 6–7 Almax Motos Husqvarna 758 Raffael Blond 2, 4, 6 GCC Swiss Racing Team Husqvarna 760 Nicolas Bender 5 STS Stocker Yamaha 783 Enzo Toriani 5, 7 Gas Gas 808 Jeremy Hauquier 5 Team Bonnaudin Racing Kawasaki 821 Julien Bonnaudin 1–2 737 Performance Gas Gas Oxmoto Gas Gas 831 Brice Maylin All Honda 838 Raphael Dauphinot 6–7 Kawasaki 859 Dany Vassel 1–2 KTM Metz KTM 873 Victor Krompholtz 5 Team Green MoTec Kawasaki 875 Kim Schaffter 1–2, 5 Suzuki 886 Paul Gautronet 4 Fantic 889 Francis Ortega 2 Yamaha 898 Alexis Laurent 2, 4 Honda 904 Pierrick Paget 6 Yamaha 933 Ugo Moors 5 KTM Faktory KTM 940 Antoine Cossé 2 9MM Energy Drink BUD Racing Kawasaki 945 Anthony Bourdon 1–6 Yamaha 986 Damien Carcreff 3 Monster Energy Yamaha France Drag'On Tek Yamaha 998 Todd Kellett 5 Husqvarna 999 Josselin Pecout 2

Riders Championship 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 Rider Bike LAC CAS ROM VES BIT RAU IFF Points 1 Valentin Guillod Honda 3 4 4 3 2 5 4 1 1 8 273 2 Stephen Rubini Honda 6 Ret 1 2 9 3 2 2 4 3 2 5 1 2 261 3 Xavier Boog Yamaha 4 5 3 7 6 6 1 5 6 6 7 1 4 1 251 4 Gregory Aranda Yamaha 2 2 6 1 4 4 5 4 9 10 6 4 3 19 232 5 Mathys Boisramé Husqvarna 5 3 5 4 5 2 17 DNS 5 2 2 3 192 6 Anthony Bourdon Kawasaki 8 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 7 7 3 3 172 7 Adrien Malaval Yamaha 9 6 11 11 7 Ret 7 7 15 14 12 9 5 4 157 8 Brice Maylin Gas Gas 10 10 12 10 13 10 8 9 14 15 8 7 8 5 155 9 Milko Potisek Yamaha Ret DNS 7 5 3 8 3 6 2 1 145 10 Jimmy Clochet Honda 12 7 2 6 12 Ret 6 3 17 12 117 11 Maxime Sot Gas Gas 15 13 13 12 18 15 12 11 18 18 9 11 11 10 108 12 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1 1 1 1 100 13 Antonin Mille Kawasaki 21 19 14 15 17 13 11 14 22 20 13 12 12 9 83 14 Cyril Genot Honda 3 2 4 6 75 15 David Herbreteau KTM 7 9 10 9 10 9 DNS DNS 72 16 William Dho Kawasaki 14 12 Ret 13 16 Ret 10 10 10 11 72 17 Jason Clermont Kawasaki 14 14 10 10 7 20 51 18 Julien Pelletier Yamaha 16 15 19 17 17 DNS 10 8 45 19 Max Nagl Honda 1 5 41 20 Romain Pape Kawasaki 13 11 11 11 38 21 Raffael Blond Husqvarna 17 DNS 14 13 11 14 36 22 Todd Kellett Yamaha 5 4 34 23 Enzo Toriani Yamaha 19 Ret 6 6 32 24 Vincent Corre Honda 20 16 9 7 32 25 Matéo Bouly Kawasaki 22 18 19 13 13 11 31 26 Dorian Werlé KTM 24 19 14 15 14 12 31 27 Lars van Berkel Honda 8 8 26 28 Tony Seignobos KTM 17 Ret 18 17 13 15 25 29 Kim Schaffter Kawasaki 18 17 16 14 20 17 24 30 Stefan Ekerold Husqvarna 11 9 22 31 Raphael Dauphinot Honda 15 16 16 15 22 32 Jeremy Hauquier Gas Gas 13 13 16 33 Charles Lefrançois Honda 15 12 15 34 Antoine Cossé KTM 9 19 14 35 Julien Cabioch Kawasaki 15 13 14 36 Josselin Cochennec Honda 17 14 11 37 Julien Bonnaudin Kawasaki Ret 16 15 Ret 11 38 Hugo Roussaly Yamaha 11 Ret 10 39 Quentin Boudot Kawasaki 22 20 15 18 10 40 Valentin Madoulaud Yamaha 16 16 10 41 Benjamin Poissonnier Honda 16 16 10 42 Ludovic Macler Honda 12 Ret 9 43 Alexandre Lejeune KTM Ret 12 9 44 Thomas Le Bihan Yamaha 18 16 8 45 Adrien Lamour Honda Ret 14 DNS DNS 7 46 Melvrick Eblin Kawasaki 19 16 7 47 Anthony Blanchet Honda 18 17 7 48 Alexis Laurent Yamaha DNS DNS 18 17 7 49 Pierrick Paget Honda 16 DNS 5 50 Jordan Robidou Honda 20 17 5 51 Victor Legeard KTM 19 18 5 52 Pierre Moine Honda 19 18 5 53 Josselin Pecout Husqvarna 20 18 4 54 Martin Dubois Gas Gas 24 22 20 19 DNS DNS 3 55 Nicolas Bender Husqvarna 21 19 2 56 Paul Gautronet Suzuki 19 Ret 2 57 Nicolas Cottenet Honda 20 Ret 21 20 2 58 Mathis Anne KTM 20 DNS 1 59 Julien Roussel Honda 21 20 1 60 Loïs Carlier Husqvarna 21 20 1 Shaun Vinel Kawasaki 23 21 0 Tom Provost Yamaha 25 21 0 Florent Becker KTM Ret 21 0 Victor Krompholtz KTM 24 22 0 Damien Carcreff Yamaha 27 22 0 Fabien Touffet Honda 26 23 0 Alexandre Grondin Yamaha 23 Ret 0 Gregory Gavard Husqvarna 23 DNS 0 Dany Vassel Kawasaki DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 Loic Rombaut Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Ugo Moors Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Kevin Ballanger Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Ludovic Bompar KTM DNS DNS 0 Francis Ortega Fantic DNS DNS 0 Mathéo Miot Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Mathieu Letellier KTM DNS DNS 0 Jimmy Auvray Sherco DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike LAC CAS ROM VES BIT RAU IFF Points

Elite MX2

Participants