The 2023 Motocross des Nations is a motocross race to be held on 7 and 8 October 2023 in Ernée, France. This is the third time that the event is held at this track. The event was due to take place here in 2020, but got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. USA goes into the event as the defending champions after winning their twentythird title in 2022.
Entry list Start numbers were allocated based on the team finishes from the 2022 competition. This allocated number plates 1, 2 & 3 to USA (1st), 4, 5 & 6 to France (2nd) and 7, 8 & 9 to Australia (3rd).
The official entry list was published on 16 September.
CountryNrRiderClassMotorcycle 1 United States 1 Aaron Plessinger MXGPKTM 2 RJ Hampshire MX2 Husqvarna 3 Christian Craig Open Husqvarna 2 France 4 Romain Febvre MXGP Kawasaki 5 Tom Vialle MX2 KTM 6 Maxime Renaux Open Yamaha 3 Australia 7 Jett Lawrence MXGPHonda 8 Hunter Lawrence MX2 Honda 9 Dean Ferris Open Yamaha 4 Italy 10 Alberto Forato MXGPKTM 11 Andrea Adamo MX2 KTM 12 Andrea Bonacorsi Open Yamaha 5 Belgium 13 Jago Geerts MXGP Yamaha 14 Lucas Coenen MX2 Husqvarna 15 Liam Everts Open KTM 6 Spain 16 Jorge Prado MXGP Honda 17 Oriol Oliver MX2 KTM 18 Rubén Fernández Open Gas Gas 7 Netherlands 19 Calvin Vlaanderen MXGPYamaha 20 Kay de Wolf MX2 Husqvarna 21 Glenn Coldenhoff Open Yamaha 8 Germany 22 Ken Roczen MXGP Suzuki 23 Simon Längenfelder MX2 Gas Gas 24 Tom Koch Open KTM 9 Switzerland 25 Jeremy Seewer MXGP Yamaha 26 Arnaud Tonus MX2 Yamaha 27 Valentin Guillod Open Honda 10 Great Britain 28 Ben Watson MXGP Beta 29 Josh Gilbert MX2 Honda 30 Conrad Mewse Open Honda 11 Latvia 31 Pauls Jonass MXGP Honda 32 Jānis Reišulis MX2 Yamaha 33 Kārlis Alberts Reišulis Open Yamaha 12 Sweden 34 Alvin Östlund MXGP Honda 35 Filip Bengtsson MX2 KTM 36 Isak Gifting Open Gas Gas 13 Norway 37 Cornelius Tøndel MXGP Honda 38 Kevin Horgmo MX2 Kawasaki 39 Håkon Fredriksen Open Yamaha 14 Finland 40 Miro Sihvonen MXGPHusqvarna 41 Emil Weckman MX2 Honda 42 Jere Haavisto Open KTM 15 Canada 43 Dylan Wright MXGP Honda 44 Ryder McNabb MX2 KTM 45 Jess Pettis Open KTM 16 Chile 46 Matías Pavez MXGP Gas Gas 47 Benjamín Garib MX2 Kawasaki 48 Nicolás Israel Open Gas Gas 17 Guam 49 Grant Harlan MXGP Yamaha 50 Joshua Varize MX2 KTM 51 Sean Lipanovich Open KTM 18 South Africa 52 Cameron Durow MXGP KTM 53 Camden McLellan MX2 Honda 54 Jesse Wright Open Yamaha 19 Estonia 55 Tanel Leok MXGP Husqvarna 56 Jörgen-Matthias Talviku MX2 Husqvarna 57 Harri Kullas Open Yamaha 20 New Zealand 61 Cody Cooper MXGP Gas Gas 62 James Scott MX2 Yamaha 63 Hamish Harwood Open KTM 21 Lithuania 64 Domantas Jazdauskas MXGPKTM 65 Erlandas Mackonis MX2 KTM 66 Dovydas Karka Open Yamaha 22 Ireland 67 Martin Barr MXGP Husqvarna 68 Glenn McCormick MX2 Gas Gas 69 Jason Meara Open Gas Gas 23 Brazil 73 Eduardo Lima MXGP Husqvarna 74 Guilherme Bresolin MX2 Yamaha 75 Fábio Santos Open Yamaha 24 Mexico 76 Arturo Humberto Fierro MXGP Kawasaki 77 Víctor García Hernández MX2 KTM 78 Jorge Rubalcava Open Husqvarna 25 Iceland 82 Máni Freyr Pétursson MXGP Fantic 83 Eiður Orri Pálmarsson MX2 Yamaha 84 Alexander Adam Kuc Open Gas Gas 26 FIM Latin America 88 Miguel Cordovez MXGP KTM 89 Marco Antezana MX2 KTM 90 Joaquín Poli Open Kawasaki 27 Morocco 94 Saad Soulimani MXGP Kawasaki 95 Noam Jayal MX2 Kawasaki 96 Maxime Simon Open Honda 28 Portugal 103 Luís Outeiro MXGPYamaha 104 Afonso Gomes MX2 Yamaha 105 Paulo Alberto Open Yamaha 29 Croatia 106 Matija Kelava MXGPHonda 107 Luka Kunić MX2 Yamaha 108 Matija Šterpin Open Yamaha 30 Luxembourg 109 Damien De Muyser MXGP Honda 110 Jamie Heinen MX2 KTM 111 Joé Stark Open Honda 31 Slovakia 112 Pavol Repčák MXGP KTM 113 Jaroslav Katriňák MX2 KTM 114 Šimon Jošt Open KTM 32 Czech Republic 115 Václav Kovář MXGP KTM 116 Julius Mikula MX2 Yamaha 117 Jakub Terešák Open Husqvarna 33 Slovenia 118 Tim Gajser MXGPHonda 119 Jan Pancar MX2 KTM 120 Miha Bubnič Open KTM 34 Austria 124 Michael Kratzer MXGPHonda 125 Marcel Stauffer MX2 KTM 126 Johannes Klein Open KTM 35 Greece 127 Andreas Andreou MXGPYamaha 128 Dimitrios Bakas MX2 Yamaha 129 Athanasios Avgeris Open Yamaha 36 Ukraine 130 Pavlo Kizlyak MXGP KTM 131 Dmytro Marchuk MX2 Gas Gas 132 Vasyl Kurosh Open KTM 37 Poland 133 Jakub Barczewski MXGPKTM 134 Damian Zdunek MX2 Honda 135 Jakub Kowalski Open Gas Gas 38 Puerto Rico 136 Rodny González MXGP Kawasaki 137 Jack Chambers MX2 Kawasaki 138 Edwardo Morales Open Kawasaki
Qualifying Races Qualifying is run on a class by class basis. Top 19 countries after qualifying go directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries go to a smaller final. Best 2 scores count.
MXGP PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleLapsGap 1 16 Jorge Prado Gas Gas 12 2 7 Jett Lawrence Honda 12 +4.376 3 25 Jeremy Seewer Yamaha 12 +6.438 4 22 Ken Roczen Suzuki 12 +8.476 5 4 Romain Febvre Kawasaki 12 +15.670 6 118 Tim Gajser Honda 12 +23.761 7 13 Jago Geerts Yamaha 12 +32.181 8 1 Aaron Plessinger KTM 12 +45.364 9 31 Pauls Jonass Honda 12 +46.219 10 28 Ben Watson Beta 12 +49.578 11 19 Calvin Vlaanderen Yamaha 12 +1:04.191 12 40 Miro Sihvonen Husqvarna 12 +1:16.973 13 34 Alvin Östlund Honda 12 +1:25.463 14 61 Cody Cooper Gas Gas 12 +1:31.310 15 37 Cornelius Tøndel Honda 12 +1:41.369 16 10 Alberto Forato KTM 12 +1:46.010 17 67 Martin Barr Husqvarna 12 +2:00.501 18 64 Domantas Jazdauskas KTM 11 +1 Lap 19 55 Tanel Leok Husqvarna 11 +1 Lap 20 88 Miguel Cordovez KTM 11 +1 Lap 21 112 Pavol Repčák KTM 11 +1 Lap 22 52 Cameron Durow KTM 11 +1 Lap 23 106 Matija Kelava Honda 11 +1 Lap 24 103 Luís Outeiro Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 25 94 Saad Soulimani Kawasaki 11 +1 Lap 26 76 Tre Fierro Kawasaki 11 +1 Lap 27 133 Jakub Barczewski KTM 11 +1 Lap 28 73 Eduardo Lima Husqvarna 11 +1 Lap 29 82 Máni Freyr Pétursson Fantic 11 +1 Lap 30 127 Andreas Andreou Yamaha 10 +2 Laps 31 130 Pavlo Kizlyak KTM 10 +2 Laps 32 109 Damien De Muyser Honda 9 +3 Laps 33 43 Dylan Wright Honda 4 Did Not Finish 34 46 Matías Pavez Honda 1 Did Not Finish 35 49 Grant Harlan Yamaha 0 Did Not Finish DSQ 115 Václav Kovář KTM - Disqualified DNS 136 Rodny González Kawasaki - Did Not Start
MX2 PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleLapsGap 1 5 Tom Vialle KTM 12 2 23 Simon Längenfelder Gas Gas 12 +1.856 3 8 Hunter Lawrence Honda 12 +5.737 4 20 Kay de Wolf Husqvarna 12 +13.429 5 2 RJ Hampshire Husqvarna 12 +14.139 6 53 Camden McLellan Honda 12 +44.115 7 119 Jan Pancar KTM 12 +58.045 8 17 Oriol Oliver KTM 12 +58.564 9 137 Jack Chambers Kawasaki 12 +1:02.945 10 11 Andrea Adamo KTM 12 +1:04.701 11 38 Kevin Horgmo Kawasaki 12 +1:08.169 12 47 Benjamín Garib Kawasaki 12 +1:12.686 13 26 Arnaud Tonus Yamaha 12 +1:20.588 14 56 Jörgen-Matthias Talviku Husqvarna 12 +1:23.573 15 32 Jānis Reišulis Yamaha 12 +1:26.986 16 50 Joshua Varize KTM 12 +1:28.201 17 29 Josh Gilbert Husqvarna 12 +1:33.049 18 41 Emil Weckman Honda 12 +1:39.984 19 116 Julius Mikula Yamaha 12 +1:41.980 20 62 James Scott Yamaha 12 +1:43.807 21 14 Lucas Coenen Husqvarna 12 +1:45.344 22 74 Guilherme Bresolin Yamaha 12 +1:59.038 23 113 Jaroslav Katriňák Gas Gas 11 +1 Lap 24 44 Ryder McNabb KTM 11 +1 Lap 25 65 Erlandas Mackonis KTM 11 +1 Lap 26 35 Filip Bengtsson KTM 11 +1 Lap 27 104 Afonso Gomes Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 28 68 Glenn McCormick Gas Gas 11 +1 Lap 29 110 Jamie Heinen KTM 11 +1 Lap 30 89 Marco Antezana KTM 11 +1 Lap 31 134 Damian Zdunek Honda 11 +1 Lap 32 95 Noam Jayal Kawasaki 11 +1 Lap 33 107 Luka Kunić Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 34 83 Eiður Orri Pálmarsson Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 35 77 Víctor Francisco García KTM 10 +2 Laps 36 128 Dimitrios Bakas Yamaha 10 +2 Laps 37 131 Dmytro Marchuk Gas Gas 10 +2 Laps
Open PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleLapsGap 1 6 Maxime Renaux Yamaha 12 2 18 Rubén Fernández Honda 12 +11.139 3 15 Liam Everts KTM 12 +14.659 4 57 Harri Kullas Yamaha 12 +21.036 5 3 Christian Craig Husqvarna 12 +29.938 6 27 Valentin Guillod Honda 12 +34.351 7 12 Andrea Bonacorsi Yamaha 12 +36.304 8 24 Tom Koch KTM 12 +50.560 9 75 Fábio Santos Yamaha 12 +55.992 10 63 Hamish Harwood KTM 12 +57.441 11 117 Jakub Terešák Husqvarna 12 +58.691 12 39 Håkon Fredriksen Husqvarna 12 +1:05.392 13 114 Šimon Jošt KTM 12 +1:22.022 14 45 Jess Pettis KTM 12 +1:04.724 15 90 Joaquín Poli Kawasaki 12 +1:28.475 16 33 Kārlis Reišulis Yamaha 12 +1:35.472 17 69 Jason Meara Gas Gas 12 +1:38.596 18 42 Jere Haavisto KTM 12 +1:56.356 19 51 Sean Lipanovich KTM 12 +2:00.208 20 48 Nicolás Israel KTM 11 +1 Lap 21 66 Dovydas Karka Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 22 30 Conrad Mewse Honda 11 +1 Lap 23 78 Jorge Rubalcava Husqvarna 11 +1 Lap 24 120 Miha Bubnič KTM 11 +1 Lap 25 135 Jakub Kowalski Gas Gas 11 +1 Lap 26 84 Alexander Adam Kuc Gas Gas 11 +1 Lap 27 108 Matija Šterpin Yamaha 10 +2 Laps 28 54 Jesse Wright Yamaha 10 +2 Laps 29 96 Maxime Simon Honda 10 +2 Laps 30 129 Athanasios Avgeris Yamaha 9 +3 Laps 31 111 Joé Stark Honda 9 +3 Laps 32 132 Vasyl Kurosh KTM 9 +3 Laps 33 9 Dean Ferris Yamaha 3 Did Not Finish 34 105 Paulo Alberto Yamaha 2 Did Not Finish 35 36 Isak Gifting Gas Gas 1 Did Not Finish 36 138 Edwardo Morales Kawasaki 1 Did Not Finish 37 21 Glenn Coldenhoff Yamaha 1 Did Not Finish
Qualification Standings
Qualified Nations PlaceNationPoints 1 2 2 3 3 5 4 6 5 9 6 10 7 10 8 13 9 15 10 17 11 18 12 23 13 24 14 24 15 27 16 28 17 30 18 30 19 31
Nations admitted to the B-Final PlaceNationPoints 20 32 21 34 22 34 23 FIM Latin America 35 24 35 25 38 26 39 27 39 28 45 29 49 30 50 31 51
Nations admitted to the C-Final PlaceNationPoints 32 52 33 54 34 55 35 60 36 60 37 63
C-Final The C-Final is for the nations who finished 31st-37th in qualifying. The top nation from the C-Final qualify for the B-Final, the remaining are eliminated. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.
Race PlaceNrRiderMotorcycleLapsGap 1 94 Saad Soulimani Kawasaki 12 2 82 Máni Freyr Pétursson Fantic 12 +14.224 3 133 Jakub Barczewski KTM 12 +14.645 4 135 Jakub Kowalski Gas Gas 12 +50.447 5 83 Eiður Orri Pálmarsson Yamaha 12 +59.432 6 84 Alexander Adam Kuc Gas Gas 12 +1:18.687 7 110 Jamie Heinen KTM 12 +1:24.886 8 95 Noam Jayal Kawasaki 12 +1:30.816 9 134 Damian Zdunek Honda 12 +1:33.179 10 96 Maxime Simon Honda 12 +1:47.970 11 132 Vasyl Kurosh KTM 11 +1 Lap 12 131 Dmytro Marchuk Gas Gas 11 +1 Lap 13 128 Dimitrios Bakas Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 14 130 Pavlo Kizlyak KTM 11 +1 Lap 15 109 Damien De Muyser Honda 11 +1 Lap 16 129 Athanasios Avgeris Yamaha 11 +1 Lap 17 111 Joé Stark Honda 11 +1 Lap DNS 127 Andreas Andreou Yamaha - Did Not Start
C-Final Standings
Iceland qualify for the B-Final. PlaceNationPoints 1 7 2 7 3 9 4 22 5 23 6 29
B-Final The B-Final is for the nations who finished 20th-31st in qualifying. The top nation from the B-Final qualify for the main Motocross des Nations races, the remaining are eliminated. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.
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