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The FIM Motocross World Championship is a worldwide motocross series sanctioned by the F.I.M. It was inaugurated in 1957 using a 500 cc engine displacement formula. [1] In 1962 a 250cc class was added and in 1975, a 125cc class was introduced. Prior to 1957, the championship was known as the European Championship.
The 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship is the 68th FIM Motocross World Championship season. [1] In the MXGP class, Jorge Prado will start the season as the reigning champion after picking up his third world title in 2023. The reigning MX2 world champion, Andrea Adamo, will defend his title as well.
The 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 66th FIM Motocross World Championship season. [ 1 ] In the MXGP class, Jeffrey Herlings started the season as the reigning champion after picking up his fifth world title in 2021 .
The 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 65th FIM Motocross World Championship season. [ 1 ] In the MXGP class, Tim Gajser started the season as the reigning champion after picking up his fourth world title in 2020 .
Graham Noyce won the 1979 500cc world championship for the Honda factory racing team, marking Honda's first ever motocross world championship as well as the first motocross world championship for a British rider since Jeff Smith in 1965. [1] [2] Yamaha's defending champion Heikki Mikkola struggled to recover from a broken leg suffered in ...
The 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 64th FIM Motocross World Championship season. It had 18 events, starting at Matterley Basin on 1 March and ending at Pietramurata, Italy on 8 November. [1] No races were held from April to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new regulations resulted in competitors aboard four-strokes made by smaller European manufacturers, with Husqvarna, Husaberg, and KTM winning world championships on four-stroke machinery. In 1997, Yamaha unveiled a prototype 400cc four-stroke motorcycle, the YZM 400, which was debuted in the FIM Motocross World Championship.
The 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 56th F.I.M. Motocross World Championship season. It included 30 races at 15 events including The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, France, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Latvia, Russia, Czech Republic, Great Britain and Germany.