2015 FIM Motocross World Championship season

The 2015 FIM Motocross World Championship season is the 59th F.I.M. Motocross World Championship season. It includes 18 events, starting at Losail in Qatar on 28 February, and ending at San Bernardino, California in the United States on 20 September.^[1] In the main MXGP class, Tony Cairoli is the six-time defending champion, and enters the 2015 season looking to score a record seventh consecutive premier class title, for Red Bull KTM.^[2] In the MX2 class, Jordi Tixier is the defending champion, after taking the title in the final race of the 2014 season, also for Red Bull KTM.^[3] Tixier defends his title with Team Monster Energy Kawasaki.^[4]

Race calendar and results

An 18-round calendar for the 2015 season was announced on 10 October 2014.^[1] In February 2015, it was announced that the Brazilian event – scheduled to be held on 16 August in Trindade – had been cancelled due to financial and political issues.^[5] A replacement event has not yet been scheduled.

MXGP

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	28 February	Qatar	Losail	Max Nagl	Max Nagl	Max Nagl
2	8 March	Thailand	Nakhonchaisri	Ryan Villopoto	Tony Cairoli	Ryan Villopoto
3	29 March	Argentina	Neuquén	Clément Desalle	Max Nagl	Max Nagl
4	19 April	Italy	Arco di Trento	Tony Cairoli	Max Nagl	Max Nagl
5	26 April	Netherlands	Valkenswaard	Gautier Paulin	Gautier Paulin	Gautier Paulin
6	10 May	Spain	Talavera de la Reina
7	24 May	United Kingdom	Winchester
8	31 May	France	Villars-sous-Écot
9	14 June	Italy	Maggiora
10	21 June	Germany	Teutschenthal
11	5 July	Sweden	Uddevalla
12	12 July	Latvia	Ķegums
13	26 July	Czech Republic	Loket
14	2 August	Belgium	Lommel
15	16 August	TBA
16	30 August	Netherlands	Assen
17	13 September	Mexico	León
18	20 September	United States	Glen Helen

• 1°Tony Cairoli ( 2014)
• 4°Clément Desalle (2014)
• 6°Maximilian Nagl (2014)

MX2

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	28 February	Qatar	Losail	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
2	8 March	Thailand	Nakhonchaisri	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
3	29 March	Argentina	Neuquén	Dylan Ferrandis	Jeffrey Herlings	Dylan Ferrandis
4	19 April	Italy	Arco di Trento	Jeffrey Herlings	Tim Gajser	Tim Gajser
5	26 April	Netherlands	Valkenswaard	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings	Jeffrey Herlings
6	10 May	Spain	Talavera de la Reina
7	24 May	United Kingdom	Winchester
8	31 May	France	Villars-sous-Écot
9	14 June	Italy	Maggiora
10	21 June	Germany	Teutschenthal
11	5 July	Sweden	Uddevalla
12	12 July	Latvia	Ķegums
13	26 July	Czech Republic	Loket
14	2 August	Belgium	Lommel
15	16 August	TBA
16	30 August	Netherlands	Assen
17	13 September	Mexico	León
18	20 September	United States	Glen Helen

• 2° Jeffrey Herlings (2014)
• 4° Dylan Ferrandis (2014)
• 5°Tim Gajser (2014)

Participants

MXGP

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	2	Ryan Villopoto[4]	1–4
		28	Tyla Rattray[4]	1–5
GM Racing	Husqvarna	8	Mike Vanderstraeten	5
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	9	Ken De Dycker[2]	1–5
		100	Tommy Searle[2]	1–2, 4–5
		222	Tony Cairoli[2]	1–5
24MX Honda	Honda	11	Filip Bengtsson[6]	1–5
		23	Christophe Charlier[6]	1–5
Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	12	Max Nagl[7]	1–5
		47	Todd Waters[7]	1–5
		991	Nathan Watson[7]	1–3
Marchetti KTM	KTM	17	José Butrón[8]	1–5
DP19 Racing	Yamaha	19	David Philippaerts[9]	1–5
Sturm Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki	20	Gregory Aranda	4
Team HRC	Honda	21	Gautier Paulin[10]	1–5
		777	Evgeny Borbryshev[10]	1–5
Suzuki World MXGP	Suzuki	22	Kevin Strijbos[9]	1–2
		25	Clément Desalle[9]	1–5
Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	KTM	24	Shaun Simpson[11]	1–5
	Yamaha	31	Chaiyan Romphan[12]	2
Tip Top Racing Team	Yamaha	32	Milko Potisek
	Honda	36	Arnon Theplib[12]	2
	Honda	37	Marcos Guiral[13]	3
TM Racing Factory Team	TM	39	Davide Guarneri[9]	1–5
LPE Kawasaki	Kawasaki	40	Tanel Leok[14]	4–5
Team Massignani Honda	Honda	43	Davide de Bortoli	4
Wilvo Forkrent KTM	KTM	45	Jake Nicholls[15]
		183	Steven Frossard[15]	1–5
BRT KTM	KTM	50	Martin Barr	5
	Honda	58	Nicolás Carranza[16]	3
62 Motorsport Husqvarna	Husqvarna	62	Klemen Gercar	4
HSF Logistics/JTX Racing	KTM	63	Ceriel Klein Kromhof	5
	Yamaha	66	Marco Schmit[16]	3
	Kawasaki	73	Gastón Barreyra[13]	3
Team Assomotor	Honda	77	Alessandro Lupino[9]	1–5
		400	Kei Yamamoto[17]	1–5
Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	89	Jeremy van Horebeek[18]	1–4
		461	Romain Febvre[18]	1–5
	KTM	90	Nick Triest	5
Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	111	Dean Ferris[19]	1–5
2b Yamaha	Yamaha	120	Cedric Soubeyras	4
Bud Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki	121	Xavier Boog	4–5
	KTM	123	Yutaka Hoshino[12]	2
Castrol Power1 Suzuki	Suzuki	149	Dennis Ullrich	4–5
Sarholz KTM	KTM	156	Angus Heidecke	4–5
Team Caparvi	Yamaha	173	Pier Filippo Bertuzzo	4
JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	177	Paul Coates[20]	1–2
	Honda	181	Demián Villar[16]	3
	Yamaha	191	Daiki Kamakura[12]	2
GDI Husqvarna	Husqvarna	194	Rick Satink	5
SDS Racing	Yamaha	212	Jeffrey Dewulf	5
	Kawsaki	214	Samuel Zeni	4
Team Suzuki Europe Motocross	Suzuki	259	Glenn Coldenhoff[9]	1–5
	Suzuki	410	Braian Selles[16]	3
	Yamaha	411	Ezequiel Fanello[16]	3
	Suzuki	494	Flávio Sastre[16]	3
	Honda	512	Franco Calveras[16]	3
	Kawasaki	600	Davis Ivanovs	4
KTM UAE	KTM	731	Jake Shipton[17]	1
BELOGORIE Russia Racing	KTM	742	Maxim Nazarov[9]
	KTM	893	Joaquín Poli[16]	3
	Suzuki	901	Joaquín Fernández[13]	3
	Kawasaki	912	Eric Riesle[16]	3
	Kawasaki	921	Óscar Riesle[16]	3
	Suzuki	925	Jeremías Fernández[13]	3
	KTM	957	Jake Preston[17]	1
MX Racing Team	Husqvarna	999	Rui Gonçalves[21]	1–5

MX2

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Team Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	1	Jordi Tixier[4]	1–2, 4–5
		4	Dylan Ferrandis[4]	1–5
		64	Thomas Covington[4]	1–5
		338	David Herbreteau[22]	3
Kemea Yamaha Racing Team	Yamaha	6	Benoit Paturel[18]	1–5
		7	Damon Graulus[18]	1–2
		172	Brent van Doninck[23]	3–5
HSF Logistics Motorsport Team	KTM	10	Calvin Vlaanderen[9]
		95	Roberts Justs[9]	1–5
		189	Brian Bogers[24]	1–5
SDM Racing	Husqvarna	15	Davide Bonini	4
	KTM	16	Trakarn Thangthong[25]	2
Honda Jtech	Honda	18	Vsevolod Brylyakov[26]	1–5
		51	Jens Getteman[9]	1–5
Sarholz KTM	KTM	29	Henry Jacobi	4–5
CEC Scandinavian Racing Sports	KTM	30	Eddie Hjortmarker	4
Standing Construct Yamaha	Yamaha	33	Julien Lieber[18]	1–5
		92	Valentin Guillod[18]	1–5
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	41	Pauls Jonass[2]	1–5
		84	Jeffrey Herlings[2]	1–5
	Honda	48	Jugkrit Suksripaisan[12]	2
Wilvo Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing	Husqvarna	59	Aleksandr Tonkov[19]	1–5
	Suzuki	61	Nahuel Kriger[23]	3
MX Racing Team	Husqvarna	71	Christopher Valente[21]	1–5
		97	Michael Ivanov	4–5
		274	Anton Lundgren[9]	1–5
	Kawasaki	74	Phanuphong Somsawat[12]	2
	Honda	75	Piyanat Koetsiri[12]	2
	Suzuki	76	Jaturong Jomjaturong[12]	2
	Kawasaki	86	Felipe Danke[16]	3
Team Suzuki Europe Motocross	Suzuki	91	Jeremy Seewer[9]	1–5
RB Racing Suzuki	Suzuki	93	Gradie Featherstone[9]	1–2, 5
	Honda	94	Javier Vásquez[16]	3
Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	99	Max Anstie[27]	1, 3–5
		119	Mel Pocock[27]	1–2
Honda Gariboldi	Honda	101	Jorge Zaragoza[9]
		211	Sullivan Jaulin	4
		243	Tim Gajser[9]	1–5
	Honda	108	Napapol Veerakul[12]	2
	Suzuki	115	Juan Ignacio Fanello[23]	3
	Honda	117	Juan Pablo Luzzardi[16]	3
Marchetti KTM	KTM	128	Ivo Monticelli[8]	1–5
Sakhar KTM	KTM	132	Karel Kutsar	4–5
	KTM	140	Jordan Booker	5
Heads and all Threads	Suzuki	151	Harri Kullas	5
Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM	KTM	152	Petar Petrov[11]	1–5
		919	Ben Watson[11]	1–5
TE Honda	Honda	155	Gota Otsuka[12]	2
	Honda	171	Thanarat Penjan[25]	2
	Yamaha	175	Víctor Garrido[16]	3
	Kawasaki	249	Leonardo Díaz[16]	3
	Suzuki	299	Kioman Muñoz[23]	3
Motocross Marketing KTM Silver Action	KTM	300	Viacheslav Golovkin[9]	1–5
TM Racing Factory Team	TM	321	Samuele Bernardini[9]
JK Racing Yamaha	Yamaha	373	Yannis Irsuti	4
BELOGORIE Russia Racing	KTM	555	Artem Guryev[9]	1–5
Mb Honda	Honda	556	Simon Mallet	4
	Suzuki	601	Francesco Ciola	4
	Honda	614	Timoteo Nappi[16]	3
	Yamaha	695	Nicolás Fanello[16]	3
	KTM	798	Agustin Poli[23]	3
Wilvo Forkrent KTM	KTM	811	Adam Sterry[23]	3
Team KFI Yamaha	Yamaha	922	Kevin Fors	4–5
	Kawasaki	924	Nicolás Callegaris[23]	3
	Kawasaki	993	Jian Hao Xu[25]	2

Championship standings

MXGP

Riders' championship

Pos Rider Bike QAT THA ARG TRE NED ESP GBR FRA ITA GER SWE LAT CZE BEL TBA NED MEX USA Points 1 Max Nagl Husqvarna 1 1 4 11 3 1 2 1 2 2 214 2 Clément Desalle Suzuki 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 209 3 Tony Cairoli KTM 3 4 5 1 2 2 1 2 28 7 184 4 Gautier Paulin Honda 4 3 7 6 6 7 5 5 1 1 178 5 Romain Febvre Yamaha 6 7 3 4 8 6 7 3 10 5 156 6 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 8 9 10 12 5 10 8 6 3 4 138 7 Ryan Villopoto Kawasaki 9 8 1 3 4 4 4 30 124 8 Shaun Simpson KTM 7 14 11 14 15 18 12 10 5 6 98 9 Todd Waters Husqvarna 15 13 9 7 11 9 15 11 14 14 92 10 Glenn Coldenhoff Suzuki 18 10 16 13 14 8 10 18 7 10 86 11 Ken De Dycker KTM 19 15 25 27 12 11 9 7 8 9 78 12 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 5 5 24 24 9 5 6 29 75 13 Davide Guarneri TM 13 12 15 16 10 12 11 9 27 DNS 70 14 Tyla Rattray Kawasaki 17 16 8 8 17 20 DNS DNS 6 8 68 15 David Philippaerts Yamaha 10 25 12 10 20 15 13 8 29 12 68 16 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 12 6 6 5 55 17 Dean Ferris Husqvarna 23 17 20 9 21 17 18 17 15 13 42 18 Steven Frossard KTM 11 27 28 15 13 13 32 33 11 DNS 42 19 Tommy Searle KTM 16 28 29 DNS 14 13 12 11 39 20 José Butrón KTM 14 11 13 26 19 19 23 22 16 17 38 21 Christophe Charlier Honda 20 19 DNS DNS 7 16 16 31 25 18 30 22 Filip Bengtsson Honda 22 20 27 20 18 35 17 15 9 27 27 23 Rui Gonçalves Husqvarna 21 18 14 17 35 21 20 12 30 29 24 24 Xavier Boog Kawasaki 33 21 13 15 14 25 Alessandro Lupino Honda 25 21 21 22 22 22 21 14 17 19 13 26 Nathan Watson Husqvarna 29 DNS 26 DNS 16 14 12 27 Tanel Leok Kawasaki 31 20 18 16 9 28 Paul Coates Yamaha 28 24 17 18 7 29 Gregory Aranda Kawasaki 28 16 5 30 Kei Yamamoto Honda 26 23 18 19 23 23 26 25 31 26 5 31 Cedric Soubeyras Honda 19 19 4 32 Angus Heidecke KTM 22 24 19 21 2 33 Yutaka Hoshino KTM 19 21 2 34 Dennis Ullrich Suzuki 24 23 20 20 2 Martin Barr KTM 21 24 0 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 22 23 0 Jake Shipton KTM 24 22 0 Nick Triest KTM 22 25 0 Mike Vanderstraeten Husqvarna 26 22 0 Rick Satink Husqvarna 24 23 0 Daiki Kamakura Yamaha 23 25 0 Jeffrey Dewulf Yamaha 23 28 0 Joaquín Poli KTM 24 26 0 Marco Schmit Yamaha 37 24 0 Davis Ivanovs Kawasaki 25 26 0 Demián Villar Honda 25 27 0 Ezequiel Fanello Yamaha 28 25 0 Jake Preston KTM 27 26 0 Nicolás Carranza Honda 26 28 0 Pier Filippo Bertuzzo Yamaha 27 28 0 Samuel Zeni Kawasaki 30 27 0 Franco Calveras Honda 27 31 0 Joaquín Fernández Suzuki 30 29 0 Jeremías Fernández Suzuki 29 30 0 Klemen Gercar Husqvarna 29 32 0 Óscar Riesle Kawasaki 31 32 0 Eric Reisle Kawasaki 32 34 0 Braian Selles Suzuki 34 33 0 Gastón Barreyra Kawasaki 33 37 0 Flávio Sastre Suzuki 36 36 0 Marcos Guiral Honda 38 DNS 0 Arnon Theplib Honda DNS DNS 0 Davide de Bortoli Honda DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT THA ARG TRE NED ESP GBR FRA ITA GER SWE LAT CZE BEL TBA NED MEX USA Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		THA		ARG		TRE		NED		ESP		GBR		FRA		ITA		GER		SWE		LAT		CZE		BEL		TBA		NED		MEX		USA		Points
1	Husqvarna	1	1	4	7	3	1	2	1	2	2																											218
2	Suzuki	2	2	2	2	1	3	3	4	4	3																											209
3	KTM	3	4	5	1	2	2	1	2	5	6																											201
4	Honda	4	3	7	6	5	7	5	5	1	1																											179
5	Yamaha	5	5	3	4	8	5	6	3	10	5																											161
6	Kawasaki	9	8	1	3	4	4	4	16	6	8																											157
7	TM	13	12	15	16	10	12	11	9	27	DNS																											70
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT		THA		ARG		TRE		NED		ESP		GBR		FRA		ITA		GER		SWE		LAT		CZE		BEL		TBA		NED		MEX		USA		Points

MX2

Riders' championship

Pos Rider Bike QAT THA ARG TRE NED ESP GBR FRA ITA GER SWE LAT CZE BEL TBA NED MEX USA Points 1 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1 1 1 1 35 1 1 2 1 1 222 2 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki 2 5 2 4 1 2 5 4 4 13 185 3 Pauls Jonass KTM 9 4 4 2 2 3 9 12 29 6 148 4 Tim Gajser Honda 4 7 3 DNS 12 4 2 1 17 14 137 5 Aleksandr Tonkov Husqvarna 10 3 9 8 10 6 8 31 5 2 133 6 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 8 6 6 6 6 33 6 8 11 4 129 7 Jeremy Seewer Suzuki 5 8 12 DNS 5 5 7 6 9 7 125 8 Julien Lieber Yamaha 3 2 32 3 4 34 10 11 7 15 121 9 Jordi Tixier Kawasaki 6 9 13 DNS 3 3 3 3 115 10 Thomas Covington Kawasaki 11 10 5 5 7 7 21 16 14 12 102 11 Max Anstie Kawasaki 7 20 3 22 4 7 2 30 89 12 Brian Bogers KTM 18 21 11 11 15 8 18 9 6 5 88 13 Petar Petrov KTM 13 11 10 9 14 12 14 15 8 27 83 14 Benoît Paturel Yamaha 16 DSQ 7 24 8 18 12 5 16 10 76 15 Jens Getteman Honda 15 13 19 12 33 10 33 33 12 8 58 16 Roberts Justs KTM 20 15 14 10 18 15 15 17 18 11 57 17 Brent van Doninck Yamaha 9 31 11 10 10 9 56 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Honda 17 12 28 15 13 14 13 30 13 18 53 19 Ivo Monticelli KTM 14 14 15 25 32 9 16 13 20 17 50 20 Mel Pocock Kawasaki 12 23 8 7 36 21 Anton Lundgren Husqvarna 19 24 17 13 17 16 29 18 23 28 26 22 Ben Watson KTM 25 DNS 21 19 16 13 17 22 DNS 19 21 23 Adam Sterry KTM 11 11 20 24 Viacheslav Golovkin KTM 22 17 18 14 20 19 32 28 24 23 17 25 Harri Kullas Suzuki 15 16 11 26 Gota Otsuka Honda 16 16 10 27 Henry Jacobi KTM 19 14 9 28 Artem Guryev KTM 21 18 31 17 24 23 28 26 25 24 7 29 David Herbreteau Kawasaki 19 17 6 30 Gradie Featherstone Suzuki 23 16 30 22 28 29 5 31 Christopher Valente Husqvarna 24 22 20 18 22 24 31 27 27 25 4 32 Sullivan Jaulin Honda 20 19 3 33 Kevin Fors Yamaha 25 21 19 22 2 34 Damon Graulus Yamaha 26 19 29 DNS 2 35 Jordan Booker KTM 22 20 1 36 Thanarat Penjan Honda 22 20 1 37 Simon Mallet Honda 23 20 1 38 Juan Pablo Luzzardi Honda 23 20 1 Karel Kutsar KTM 27 25 21 21 0 Nahuel Kriger Suzuki 21 21 0 Phanuphong Somsawat Kawasaki 24 21 0 Michael Ivanov Husqvarna 22 23 26 26 0 Jaturong Jomjaturong Suzuki 27 23 0 Jugkrit Suksripaisan Honda 23 DNS 0 Yannis Irsuti Yamaha 26 24 0 Davide Bonini Husqvarna 24 32 0 Víctor Garrido Yamaha 27 25 0 Agustin Poli KTM 25 30 0 Jian Hao Xu Kawasaki 25 DNS 0 Javier Vásquez Honda 26 26 0 Piyanat Koetsiri Honda 26 DNS 0 Kioman Muñoz Suzuki 29 27 0 Felipe Danke Kawasaki 28 28 0 Timoteo Nappi Honda 30 29 0 Francesco Ciola Suzuki 30 29 0 Leonardo Díaz Suzuki 31 DNS 0 Nicolás Callegaris Kawasaki 34 32 0 Napapol Veerakul Honda 33 DNS 0 Juan Ignacio Fanello Suzuki DNS DNS 0 Nicolás Fanello Yamaha DNS DNS 0 Trakarn Thangthong KTM DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT THA ARG TRE NED ESP GBR FRA ITA GER SWE LAT CZE BEL TBA NED MEX USA Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate Excluded (EX)