Four top British riders will be in the MXGP class and three in the MX2 as the official entry lists for the first round of the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship for the MXGP of Patagonia Argentina which is set to take place in Neuquen, one of riders’ favourite tracks, on the 3rd and 4th March. British champ Graeme Irwin is making his 450 KTM debut and is joined by Tommy Searle, Shaun Simpson and Max Anstie on 450s. The MX2 class has Ben Watson, Conrad Mewse and Adam Sterry.
The MXGP of Patagonia Argentina has been a stop on the MXGP season calendar since 2015 and always hosts some amazing racing. After looking at the 2018 entry list you can expect more of the same with the best riders from around the world entered. One of the reasons the racing is top notch is likely that the entire MXGP Paddock enjoys the venue and looks forward to coming each and every year.
While the inaugural race was won by TM Factory Racing’s Max Nagl, the past two years have been taken by the 2016 MXGP World Champion Tim Gajser who will return to Neuquen looking to get three in a row this March aboard his HRC Honda. It will however be no easy task for Gajser with the likes of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio and Jeffrey Herlings lining up beside him among other top competitors.
To see all those who will be lining up in Argentina you can find the MXGP & MX2 Entry Lists here below:
MXGP Entry List
N° | Surname | First Name | Bike | Team | |
1 | 4 | Tonus | Arnaud | Yamaha | Wilvo Yamaha MXGP |
2 | 7 | Leok | Tanel | Husqvarna | A1M Husqvarna |
3 | 12 | Nagl | Maximilian | TM | TM Racing Factory Team |
4 | 17 | Butron | Jose | KTM | Marchetti Racing Team KTM |
5 | 21 | Paulin | Gautier | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
6 | 22 | Strijbos | Kevin | KTM | Standing Construct KTM |
7 | 24 | Simpson | Shaun | Yamaha | Wilvo Yamaha MXGP |
8 | 25 | Desalle | Clement | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team |
9 | 27 | Jasikonis | Arminas | Honda | Honda Redmoto |
10 | 33 | Lieber | Julien | Kawasaki | Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team |
11 | 55 | Irwin | Graeme | KTM | Hitachi KTM UK |
12 | 77 | Lupino | Alessandro | Kawasaki | Gebben V Venrooy Kawasaki |
13 | 84 | Herlings | Jeffrey | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
14 | 89 | Van Horebeek | Jeremy | Yamaha | Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team |
15 | 91 | Seewer | Jeremy | Yamaha | Wilvo Yamaha MXGP |
16 | 92 | Guillod | Valentin | KTM | Standing Construct KTM |
17 | 93 | Bengtsson | Jonathan | KTM | Scandinavian Racing Sports |
18 | 99 | Anstie | Max | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
19 | 100 | Searle | Tommy | Kawasaki | Bike It DRT Kawasaki |
20 | 120 | Zecchina | Simone | Yamaha | Ceres 71 |
21 | 128 | Monticelli | Ivo | Yamaha | iFly JK Racing |
22 | 134 | Landa | Rodrigo Jose | Yamaha | |
23 | 152 | Petrov | Petar | Honda | Honda Redmoto |
24 | 171 | Luzzardi | Juan Pablo | KTM | |
25 | 222 | Cairoli | Antonio | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
26 | 243 | Gajser | Tim | Honda | Team HRC MXGP |
27 | 259 | Coldenhoff | Glenn | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
28 | 461 | Febvre | Romain | Yamaha | Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team |
29 | 733 | Barreyra | Gaston | Kawasaki | |
30 | 777 | Bobryshev | Evgeny | Suzuki | BOS GP |
31 | 901 | Fernandez | Joaquin | Suzuki | |
32 | 911 | Tixier | Jordi | KTM | BOS GP |
33 | 925 | Fernandez | Jeremias | Yamaha | |
34 | 952 | Felipe | Jose Gerardo | Kawasaki |
MX2 Entry List
N° | Surname | First Name | Bike | Team | |
1 | 1 | Jonass | Pauls | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
2 | 10 | Vlaanderen | Calvin | Honda | Team HRC MXGP |
3 | 14 | Beaton | Jed | Kawasaki | F&H Racing Team |
4 | 18 | Brylyakov | Vsevolod | Yamaha | Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team MX2 |
5 | 19 | Olsen | Thomas Kjer | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
6 | 26 | Bertuzzi | Nicola | KTM | KTM Silver Action |
7 | 29 | Jacobi | Henry | Husqvarna | STC Racing Husqvarna |
8 | 44 | Lesiardo | Morgan | KTM | Marchetti Racing Team KTM |
9 | 46 | Pootjes | Davy | KTM | LRT KTM |
10 | 56 | Weltin | Marshal | Honda | Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda Team |
11 | 57 | Sanayei | Darian | Kawasaki | Bike It DRT Kawasaki |
12 | 61 | Prado | Jorge | KTM | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing |
13 | 64 | Covington | Thomas | Husqvarna | Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing |
14 | 66 | Larranaga Olano | Iker | Husqvarna | 8Biano Racing Husqvarna |
15 | 70 | Fernandez | Ruben | Kawasaki | F&H Racing Team |
16 | 95 | Furlotti | Simone | Yamaha | YAMAHA SM ACTION – M.C. MIGLIORI |
17 | 96 | Lawrence | Hunter | Honda | Honda 114 Motorsports |
18 | 98 | Vaessen | Bas | Honda | Honda 114 Motorsports |
19 | 118 | Rubini | Stephen | KTM | KTM Silver Action |
20 | 155 | Mana | Nicolas | KTM | |
21 | 161 | Östlund | Alvin | Yamaha | YAMAHA SM ACTION – M.C. MIGLIORI |
22 | 172 | Van doninck | Brent | Husqvarna | 8Biano Racing Husqvarna |
23 | 175 | Garrido | Victor | Yamaha | |
24 | 193 | Geerts | Jago | Yamaha | Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team MX2 |
25 | 194 | Vasquez | Javier | Honda | |
26 | 297 | Gole | Anton | Yamaha | iFly JK Racing |
27 | 321 | Bernardini | Samuele | TM | TM Racing Factory Team |
28 | 375 | Seibel | Pablo Julian | Honda | |
29 | 426 | Mewse | Conrad | KTM | Hitachi KTM UK |
30 | 747 | Cervellin | Michele | Honda | Team Martin Racing Honda |
31 | 783 | Toriani | Enzo | Husqvarna | E2T RACING TEAM |
32 | 811 | Sterry | Adam | Kawasaki | F&H Racing Team |
33 | 919 | Watson | Ben | Yamaha | Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Racing Team MX2 |