Spanish Motocross Competition in 2023
2023 Spanish Motocross Championship season
The 2023 Spanish Motocross Championship season was the 65th Spanish Motocross Championship season.[1]
The series had seven rounds across the country, running from February to May. José Butrón was the reigning champion in the Elite-MX1, after winning his eighth title in 2022.[2] David Braceras was the reigning champion in Elite-MX2 after he won his first title in the previous season.[3] Butrón was able to successfully defend his title in Elite-MX1, ahead of longterm rival Carlos Campano, whilst Gerard Congost took his first Elite-MX2 title.[4]
For 2023 points were awarded to the top-five qualifiers for the first time. These points did not count towards the overall total for a rider per round, but counted towards the points total in the championship standings.[5]
The series held its second round at a new circuit in Lugo, Galicia named after two-time world champion Jorge Prado.[6]
Race calendar and results
The full calendar with both dates and venues was released on 2 December.[1]
Elite-MX1
Elite-MX2
Round | Date | Location | Pole Position | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Round Winner |
1 | 4–5 February | Montearagón | Samuel Nilsson | Lucas Coenen | Lucas Coenen | Lucas Coenen |
2 | 25–26 February | Lugo | Samuel Nilsson | Samuel Nilsson | Víctor Alonso | Víctor Alonso |
3 | 4–5 March | Albaida | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost |
4 | 18–19 March | Valverde del Camino | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Edgar Canet | Gerard Congost |
5 | 1–2 April | Calatayud | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné |
6 | 22–23 April | Bellpuig | Adriá Monné | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost |
7 | 13–14 May | Alhama de Murcia | Samuel Nilsson | Samuel Nilsson | Adriá Monné | Samuel Nilsson |
Circuit locations
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2023 Spanish Motocross Championship locations
Elite-MX1
Five time world champion Jeffrey Herlings was scheduled to compete at the opening round of the series but had to withdraw due to flu.[7] Grand Prix winner Brian Bogers did compete in the first round in preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship.[8]
Participants
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Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Honda | 3 | José Javier Paisan | 2 |
Osička MX Team | KTM | 4 | Tomáš Kohút | 3 |
53 | Šimon Jošt | 3 |
Team JCR&Katharsis | Kawasaki | 5 | Carlos Abel | All |
Yamaha | 27 | Aleix Diaz | All |
Kawasaki | 225 | Marc Fontanals | All |
B.R. Motos Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 7 | Nil Bussot | All |
Escuela de Pilotos Román Pérez | Yamaha | 9 | Román Pérez | 2 |
| Husqvarna | 11 | Jonathan Rincon | 5 |
| Husqvarna | 13 | Ivan Lacuesta | 1, 3 |
Motos Arribas - Xalo Offroad | Husqvarna | 14 | Breogan Touriñan | 2 |
Hardworkbikes | KTM | 15 | Ángel Perales | 5–6 |
TRT Motorcycles | KTM | 17 | José Butrón | All |
Kawasaki BoxZero Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | Francesc Mataró | 1, 3, 5–7 |
DLR57 | Honda | 25 | Bruno Darias | All |
57 | Pablo de la Rosa | 4 |
Team Pajareros | KTM | 26 | Pau Salas | 3 |
Team Motorland Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 29 | Jonathan Gimenez | 1, 3 |
Team Bernárdez | Honda | 29 | Aarón Bernárdez | 2 |
| Kawasaki | 33 | Lluis Sanz | 1–3, 5–7 |
Team Motocebri | Honda | 35 | Pablo Cebrian | 1–2 |
94 | Alvaro Cebrian | 1–2 |
| Honda | 35 | Pedro Jesus Herrera | 4 |
Yamaha Monster Energy Geração | Yamaha | 38 | Fábio Santos | 2–4 |
| KTM | 40 | José Luis Dauden | 1, 7 |
Ausio Racing Team | Yamaha | 44 | Nil Arcarons | 1–3, 6–7 |
| Yamaha | 45 | Sunier | 5 |
Team Castro | Kawasaki | 51 | Sergio Castro | 1–6 |
MJR Racing | Yamaha | 60 | Julián Simón | 3 |
Red Bull Gas Gas Factory Racing | Gas Gas | 61 | Jorge Prado | 2 |
KTM Spain | KTM | 67 | Yago Martínez | All |
Team Honda HRC | Honda | 70 | Rubén Fernández | 2, 5 |
Txarandaka - UTR Racing | KTM | 71 | Iker Uterga | 2 |
| KTM | 78 | José Javier Corbalán | 3, 7 |
Mad Motos | Kawasaki | 80 | Sergio Sánchez | 1–4 |
| Husqvarna | 84 | Sergio Arias | 2 |
Andreu28 Competicion | Gas Gas | 88 | Bruno Bozzo | 3 |
IRS Nurcris Sevilla la Nueva | Kawasaki | 90 | Angel Farias | 7 |
Valiente Racing | KTM | 91 | Carlos Valiente | 7 |
GRMXPRO | Husqvarna | 92 | Ander Valentín | 1–3, 5–7 |
125 | Ion Ander Rodríguez | All |
| KTM | 98 | Sergio Valera | 5–6 |
E.Castro | Yamaha | 99 | Isaac García | 4 |
Motos Arribas | Husqvarna | 101 | Xurxo Prol | All |
Yamaha E.Castro Bedetec | Yamaha | 115 | Carlos Campano | All |
| Gas Gas | 118 | Carlos Sanz | 1 |
Filten Racing | Yamaha | 121 | Mathias Jørgensen | 2 |
Motorgas | Husqvarna | 124 | Simeó Ubach | All |
| Husqvarna | 133 | José Daniel Martín | 2 |
Gas Gas TRT Motorcycles | Gas Gas | 135 | Heriberto Cruz | All |
| Honda | 169 | David Noya | 5–7 |
Standing Construct Honda MXGP | Honda | 189 | Brian Bogers | 1 |
Tecnibikes | Kawasaki | 192 | David Villalba | 4 |
Renter Racing | KTM | 197 | Denis Poláš | 3 |
ETG Racing | KTM | 201 | Roger Gallart | 1, 5 |
Yamaha Speedcity | Yamaha | 211 | Paulo Alberto | 2 |
CGA Talleres Pedro Fernandez | Kawasaki | 241 | Borja Ramon Mugica | 7 |
Jezyk Racing Team | KTM | 276 | Joan David Rosell | 5 |
501 | Roger Oliver | All |
KRTZ Motorsport | KTM | 311 | Marek Nešpor | 3 |
| KTM | 313 | Alex Romero | 5, 7 |
| Honda | 333 | Ruben Herrera | 5–6 |
| Gas Gas | 628 | Alfredo Lancha | 2–5 |
| Yamaha | 817 | Patricio Zamora | 3 |
| KTM | 961 | Oscar Corominas | 1 |
Riders Championship
Points are awarded to the top-five finishers of the qualifying race, in the following format:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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 | MON
| LUG
| ALB
| VAL
| CAL
| BEL
| ALH
| Points | 1 | José Butrón | KTM | 2+4 | 1 | Ret+4 | DNS | 2+5 | 4 | 1+5 | 1 | 3+3 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 | 2+4 | 2 | 303 | 2 | Carlos Campano | Yamaha | 3+3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1+4 | 1 | Ret+4 | 2 | 2+4 | 3 | 20+4 | 2 | 1+5 | 1 | 289 | 3 | Yago Martínez | KTM | 6 | 12 | 3+3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6+2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2+1 | 3 | 3+2 | 3 | 238 | 4 | Xurxo Prol | Husqvarna | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6+1 | 6 | 4+3 | 5 | 8+2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4+3 | 4 | 238 | 5 | Simeó Ubach | Husqvarna | 5+1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 3+1 | 4 | 5+1 | 4 | 5+3 | 5 | 5+1 | 7 | 215 | 6 | Roger Oliver | KTM | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 176 | 7 | Nil Bussot | Husqvarna | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 163 | 8 | Carlos Abel | Kawasaki | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 142 | 9 | Ander Valentín | Husqvarna | Ret+2 | DNS | 4+1 | Ret | 7 | 18 | | | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 136 | 10 | Sergio Castro | Kawasaki | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9+2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | | | 131 | 11 | Fábio Santos | Yamaha | | | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 106 | 12 | Rubén Fernández | Honda | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 1+5 | 1 | | | | | 102 | 13 | Heriberto Cruz | Gas Gas | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 101 | 14 | Francesc Mataró | Kawasaki | 14 | 10 | | | 11 | 13 | | | 10 | 8 | Ret+2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 99 | 15 | Marc Fontanals | Kawasaki | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 88 | 16 | Nil Arcarons | Yamaha | 9 | 5 | DNS | DNS | 15 | DNS | | | | | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 81 | 17 | Bruno Darias | Honda | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 61 | 18 | Jorge Prado | Gas Gas | | | 1+5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 52 | 19 | Šimon Jošt | KTM | | | | | 3+3 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 37 | 20 | Ángel Perales | KTM | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | | 34 | 21 | Paulo Alberto | Yamaha | | | 6+2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 33 | 22 | Lluis Sanz | Kawasaki | 19 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 20 | | | Ret | DNS | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 23 | Brian Bogers | Honda | 1+5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 | 24 | Sergio Sánchez | Kawasaki | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | 30 | 25 | Tomáš Kohút | KTM | | | | | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 29 | 26 | Aleix Diaz | Yamaha | 20 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 27 | David Noya | Honda | | | | | | | | | 17 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 25 | 28 | Pedro Jesus Herrera | Honda | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | 19 | 29 | Román Pérez | Yamaha | | | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 30 | Sergio Valera | KTM | | | | | | | | | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | | | 15 | 31 | Isaac García | Yamaha | | | | | | | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | 14 | 32 | Ivan Lacuesta | Husqvarna | 16 | 17 | | | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 14 | 33 | David Villalba | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 12 | 17 | | | | | | | 13 | 34 | Denis Poláš | KTM | | | | | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 13 | 35 | Ruben Herrera | Honda | | | | | | | | | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | | | 12 | 36 | Pablo de la Rosa | Honda | | | | | | | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | 11 | 37 | Ion Ander Rodríguez | Husqvarna | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 10 | 38 | Alex Romero | KTM | | | | | | | | | 19 | 14 | | | Ret | DNS | 9 | 39 | Borja Ramon Mugica | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 17 | 9 | 40 | Alfredo Lancha | Gas Gas | | | 21 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | | | | | 9 | 41 | José Luis Dauden | KTM | 22 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 8 | 42 | Marek Nešpor | KTM | | | | | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | 7 | 43 | Oscar Corominas | KTM | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 44 | Bruno Bozzo | Gas Gas | | | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 4 | 45 | Aarón Bernárdez | Honda | | | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 46 | Breogan Touriñan | Husqvarna | | | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 47 | José Javier Corbalán | KTM | | | | | 26 | 26 | | | | | | | 20 | 20 | 2 | 48 | Iker Uterga | KTM | | | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 49 | Carlos Sanz | Gas Gas | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | Roger Gallart | KTM | 24 | 21 | | | | | | | 22 | 22 | | | | | 0 | | José Daniel Martín | Husqvarna | | | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Carlos Valiente | KTM | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 21 | 0 | | Angel Farias | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 22 | 0 | | Alvaro Cebrian | Honda | 23 | 22 | Ret | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Julián Simón | Yamaha | | | | | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Joan David Rosell | KTM | | | | | | | | | 23 | 23 | | | | | 0 | | Sergio Arias | Husqvarna | | | 23 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Pau Salas | KTM | | | | | 24 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Jonathan Gimenez | Husqvarna | 25 | 23 | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 | | José Javier Paisan | Honda | | | 26 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Pablo Cebrian | Honda | Ret | Ret | 25 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Sunier | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 25 | Ret | | | | | 0 | | Patricio Zamora | Yamaha | | | | | 27 | 27 | | | | | | | | | 0 | | Jonathan Rincon | Husqvarna | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 | | Mathias Jørgensen | Yamaha | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | Pos | Rider | Bike | MON
| LUG
| ALB
| VAL
| CAL
| BEL
| ALH
| Points | Elite-MX2 Factory Husqvarna world championship riders Kay de Wolf and Lucas Coenen, as well as the factory KTM rider Sacha Coenen, competed in the first round in preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship.[8] Participants [8] Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds | Gas Gas Spain | Gas Gas | 2 | Samuel Nilsson | 1–2, 6–7 | 4 | Gerard Congost | All | Ausio Racing Team | Yamaha | 8 | Eric Tomás | 1–2 | 96 | Víctor Alonso | 1–6 | 128 | Jana Sánchez | 1, 5 | 217 | Ivan Polvillo | 4 | Bud Racing España | Gas Gas | 11 | Gilen Albisua | 6–7 | 632 | Marcos Panzano | All | | Kawasaki | 15 | Carlos Ruiz | 1–3, 5 | | Gas Gas | 16 | Oscar Roman | 1, 5–7 | DLR57 | KTM | 21 | Aitor Aguiar | 4 | KTM Namura Racing | KTM | 24 | Carlos Salvador | 4 | Motomon | KTM | 26 | Pau Salas | 5–7 | Mad Motos | Husqvarna | 27 | Carlos Tur | 2 | Boutaca Racing Team | KTM | 28 | Pedro Rino | 1–2 | KTM SB Racing Team | KTM | 36 | Nico Greutmann | 6 | 489 | Jens Walvoort | 6 | | KTM | 45 | Erik Cordero | 3 | Moto Racing Canet | Husqvarna | 51 | Marti Bañeres | 1, 3 | Mad Motos | Kawasaki | 55 | Albert Alfonso | 1–6 | Kid MX JR Team | Kawasaki | 63 | Jordi Puig | 1–6 | Escuderia JRB Offroad Center | KTM | 64 | Roberto Otero | 1, 5–7 | Mincha Team | KTM | 66 | José Canosa | 2 | GRMXPRO | Husqvarna | 68 | Unai Larrañaga | All | Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing | Husqvarna | 74 | Kay de Wolf | 1 | 196 | Lucas Coenen | 1 | Yamaha Motomon Ibiza | Yamaha | 74 | Jorge Rey | 2–3, 6 | Novelda Riders | Kawasaki | 77 | Shayne Rompelberg | 3 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 79 | Sacha Coenen | 1 | Last Lap | Gas Gas | 79 | Gabriel Seisdedos | 2 | 255 | Daniela Guillén | 2 | | Yamaha | 84 | Pedro José Alcázar | 3 | | KTM | 85 | Iker Martin | 2, 5–6 | Team Salgueiro | Yamaha | 91 | Francisco Salgueiro | 1–2 | Gas Gas TRT Motorcycles | Gas Gas | 97 | Denis Canto | 1–3, 7 | Yamaha Monster Energy Geração | Yamaha | 109 | Guilherme Bresolin | 2–4 | MX Specialized | Gas Gas | 111 | Lucas Bodega | All | MP Racing Team | Gas Gas | 112 | Marc Pamias | 1, 6 | Team Yamaha Alves Bandeira | Yamaha | 141 | Afonso Gomes | 2 | | KTM | 174 | Liam Sanjuan | 1, 3, 6 | | Kawasaki | 199 | Jorge Gaspar | 3 | DPS Motorsport | Kawasaki | 207 | Aleix Marti | 1, 3, 5–6 | UK Racing Team | KTM | 212 | Aitana Peña | 2 | TRT Motorcycles | KTM | 214 | Alejandro Miguel | 1–5 | 365 | Adriá Monné | All | | Yamaha | 216 | Juan José Llamas | 7 | | Kawasaki | 218 | Jorge Alcaide | 1, 3 | | KTM | 219 | David Jimenez | 6–7 | | KTM | 226 | Manuel Embid | 1, 5–6 | Team Pavo & Rueda | Gas Gas | 227 | Pablo Gutiérrez | 1–5 | Team JCR & Katharsis | Kawasaki | 232 | Unai Aguiló | All | Momento TT Motos | Gas Gas | 291 | Fábio Costa | 1–2 | Husqvarna Spain | Husqvarna | 305 | Antonio Gallego | All | KTM Namura Racing | KTM | 315 | David Beltrán | 1 | Benimoto Party Satellite | Husqvarna | 370 | Xavier Camps | 3, 5–7 | KTM Spain | KTM | 373 | Edgar Canet | 1–5 | MX119 Factory Racing | KTM | 395 | Mario Moreno | All | | Gas Gas | 425 | Samuel Panzano | 1 | Jezyk Racing Team | KTM | 469 | Jamie Astudillo | 5 | 960 | Mauro Osinalde | 1 | Becker Racing | KTM | 515 | Mads Fredsøe | 3 | Team Lledo | KTM | 520 | Arnau Lledo | 1–5 | | Husqvarna | 561 | Elio Lorente | 5–6 | Willup Racing Team Globex | KTM | 589 | Kiliann Poll | 6 | Motor2000 KTM Racing Team | KTM | 601 | Kelton Gwyther | 5 | | Gas Gas | 628 | Alfredo Lancha | 1 | | Gas Gas | 710 | Alejandro Martin | 1–3, 6–7 | | KTM | 722 | Jordi Galera | 1 | Young Motion powered by Resa | Yamaha | 817 | Raf Meuwissen | 1–2 | Riders Championship Points are awarded to the top-five finishers of the qualifying race, in the following format: Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 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 | |