2023 FIM Motocross World Championship Updated Regulations
Cycle News Staff | February 6, 2023
MXGP says it will start awarding points towards the MXGP and MX2 Championships from Saturday’s qualifying.
The top 10 qualifying riders from both classes MXGP and MX2 will score points as follows: the rider who wins the qualifying race will receive 10 points, the second will receive nine points and so on, in a sliding scale down to one point for the 10th position.
Points gained during the qualifying race will count for the MXGP and MX2 Championships standings, as well as Manufacturers’, but they’ll not be considered for the GP overall results. The Grand Prix overall results will still only count the points coming from the combination of the two main races.
After the qualifying race on Saturday, the Championship points leader will display the front red number plate on the bike with white numbers during both races on Sunday.
Another update concerns the number of MXGP riders admitted to an event. There will now be more opportunity to participate, more than 40 riders to the MXGP category. The wildcard riders will compete in an additional qualification time practice where the fastest will be able to join the regular riders in the main MXGP qualifying race. Two additional riders will remain as reserve riders and can step in, whenever one of the qualified riders cannot participate. CN
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