2018 British Motocross Championship

The 2018 British Motocross Championship was the 67th British Motocross Championship season. The championship was due to start on 11 March at Lyng, but this opening event was cancelled due to bad weather. It was rescheduled to act as the final round of the season on 14 October.

Graeme Irwin started the season as defending Champion in the MX1 class, having taken his first national title in the 2017 Championship. In the MX2 class, Ben Watson started the season as defending champion, but he did not compete in the series in 2018.

MX1 Calendar and Results The championship was contested over 8 rounds. Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 1 April Culham Graeme Irwin Evgeny Bobryshev Graeme Irwin 2 22 April Canada Heights Jake Nicholls Jake Nicholls Jake Nicholls 3 6 May Blaxhall Jake Nicholls Jake Nicholls Jake Nicholls 4 24 June Desertmartin Tommy Searle Tommy Searle Tommy Searle 5 29 July Duns Evgeny Bobryshev Cancelled Evgeny Bobryshev 6 12 August Hawkstone Park Jake Nicholls Tommy Searle Jake Nicholls 7 14 October Lyng Tommy Searle Tommy Searle Tommy Searle

Participants List of confirmed riders. TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Hitachi KTM UK KTM 1 Graeme Irwin 1–6 Bells Racing with Moriwaki Honda 2 Yohei Kojima 6 Hydrogarden Honda Honda 4 Harry Bradley 1–2 Phoenix Tools Apico Honda Honda 6 Carlton Husband All 37 Gert Krestinov All Spectrum House Ltd Honda 10 James Rutter 1–3 Apico Husqvarna Husqvarna 11 Matt Burrows All 162 Stuart Edmonds 1–3 Lings Honda UK Honda 12 George Grigg-Pettitt 1–3 SJP Moto Husqvarna 14 Robert Davidson 1 SONC Concrete Cutting Suzuki 15 Jim O'Neill 1 Norman Watt Motorcycles KTM 17 Luke Smith 4–7 Husqvarna 22 Richard McKeown 7 Dulson Racing RSS Yamaha Yamaha 25 Jamie Law 1–5, 7 171 Zac Stealey 1–6 Bikesport Newcastle Husqvarna 28 John Robson 5–6 Langmead Construction Yamaha 33 Ashley Greedy 1–4 HTM Motorcycles Husqvarna 35 Jordan McCaw 7 SJT Rakennus KTM 41 Erki Kahro 1–3 Geartec Husqvarna Husqvarna 44 Elliott Banks-Browne All 141 Luke Burton 7 173 Luke Norris 1, 5–6 200 James Dunn 7 711 James Cottrell 7 Buildbase Honda Racing Honda 45 Jake Nicholls 1–6 152 Petar Petrov 7 KTM 46 Stuart Nesbitt 4 GH Motorcycles G&B Finch Husqvarna 49 Luke Parker All 190 Luke Benstead 3, 6–7 Honda 56 Edward Briscoe 6 Planet Advanced Racing Husqvarna 57 Tony Craig 1–4 714 Brad Todd 7 KTM 59 James Hutchinson 2 Verde Substance KTM KTM 60 Brad Anderson 1–3, 5–6 Powered by Evotech HR Kawasaki Kawasaki 63 Jordan Divall 1–5 Dixon Honda Racing Honda 65 Jacob Joyce 1, 7 KTM 68 Joshua Bentley 3, 7 Herts MX UK Husqvarna 74 Patrick Major 6 Honda 301 Shaun Southgate 1–6 Husqvarna 411 Declan Whittle 1–3, 5–7 Cab Screens Honda Honda 95 Dan Thornhill 1–6 135 James Harrison 1–4 Bike-IT DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 100 Tommy Searle 2–7 Honda 103 Max Broadbelt 1, 3 M Smith KTM KTM 111 Eythor Reynisson 1–6 KTM 114 Brad Cavill 3 Off-Road Southeast Kawasaki 118 Kieran Clarke 2–3 Rob Hooper Racing Yamaha Yamaha 119 Ryan Houghton All 227 Kristian Whatley 1–3, 5 I-fly JK Yamaha Yamaha 128 Ivo Monticelli 1–6 DSC Cornwall Kawasaki Kawasaki 152 Luke Sturgeon 1, 4 Fives Motorsport KTM 157 Richard Bird 4 Dirt Wheelz UK Kawasaki 166 Josh Taylor 2 HMC Sandbox Graphics Husqvarna 188 Adam Day 3 Danger UK - Feridax KTM 293 Ryan McLean 5 Site Sealants DCl KTM KTM 295 Ross Rutherford All Team Colwyn Bay Honda Honda 300 Charlie Hamlet All MB Racing Services KTM 302 Brad Woodroffe 7 RAD RSS Yamaha Yamaha 311 Aaron McCarroll 2, 5–7 RFX Crescent Yamaha Yamaha 360 Nathan Dixon 1–5 731 Jake Shipton 1, 3–4, 7 Acerbis KTM KTM 447 Simon Booth 1–3, 5–7 KTM 491 John Adamson 5 Apico Factory Racing Honda 511 Steven Clarke 7 Stebbings Car Superstore Husqvarna 553 Ryan Watts 7 Chambers Racing Husqvarna 571 George Fountain 1 South Coast Racing Honda Honda 691 Aidan Wigger All Lombard Express Suzuki Suzuki 777 Evgeny Bobryshev All

Riders Championship Pos Rider Bike CUL CAN BLA DES DUN HAW LYN Points 1 Bobryshev Suzuki 4 1 4 2 5 2 5 3 1 C 10 12 2 2 246 2 Nicholls Honda 2 4 1 1 1 1 3 5 4 C 1 2 241 3 Searle Kawasaki 5 7 2 Ret 1 1 6 C 3 1 1 1 212 4 Banks-Browne Husqvarna 18 2 2 4 3 3 4 Ret 8 C 4 4 3 7 206 5 Irwin KTM 1 3 11 3 4 7 2 4 Ret C 2 3 189 6 Houghton Yamaha 6 8 6 9 7 8 7 8 5 C 8 5 6 11 179 7 Krestinov Honda 9 Ret 7 8 6 6 9 6 15 C 5 6 4 4 169 8 Monticelli Yamaha Ret 5 3 5 12 4 6 2 2 C Ret Ret 138 9 Anderson KTM 3 6 9 10 9 9 3 C 6 8 130 10 Thornhill Honda 8 9 15 15 10 11 8 7 9 C 7 7 125 11 Law Yamaha 19 12 13 12 18 15 11 9 12 C 11 9 90 12 Husband Honda Ret 17 16 24 24 12 10 20 10 C 9 9 13 8 86 13 Whatley Yamaha 5 7 14 11 Ret 10 7 C 72 14 Rutherford KTM 17 16 22 18 23 23 13 12 13 C 11 11 14 Ret 64 15 Kahro KTM 11 13 8 Ret 11 5 57 16 Edmonds Husqvarna 22 11 10 6 8 13 57 17 Harrison Honda 7 10 12 13 14 Ret Ret DNS 49 18 Burrows Husqvarna Ret 18 Ret 17 17 19 18 19 14 C 12 14 Ret 15 47 19 Divall Kawasaki 15 22 20 14 16 18 14 14 Ret C 36 20 Petrov Honda 7 3 34 21 Dixon Yamaha 12 Ret 25 19 Ret 14 16 10 Ret C 34 22 Clarke Honda 5 6 31 23 Craig Husqvarna 10 14 Ret 20 19 Ret 12 Ret 30 24 Southgate Honda 25 Ret 17 16 20 21 22 17 19 C 15 13 30 25 Dunn Husqvarna 9 5 28 26 Reynisson KTM Ret 26 23 Ret 21 Ret 23 11 24 C 14 10 28 27 Shipton Yamaha Ret DNS 13 Ret 21 DNS 8 14 28 28 Parker Husqvarna 16 Ret 24 22 Ret 22 20 18 17 C 21 16 15 17 28 29 Greedy Yamaha 14 21 21 21 22 17 15 13 25 30 Benstead Husqvarna 15 16 Ret Ret 12 16 25 31 Smith KTM 19 16 16 C 16 17 19 19 25 32 Burton Husqvarna 10 10 22 33 Whittle Husqvarna 20 15 18 23 Ret DNS Ret C Ret 18 16 Ret 18 34 McKeown Husqvarna 17 12 13 35 McCarroll Yamaha 19 27 21 C 19 15 23 18 13 36 Adamson KTM 11 C 10 37 Bird KTM 17 15 10 38 Bentley KTM 28 25 20 13 9 39 Norris Husqvarna DNS DNS 23 C 13 Ret 8 40 Davidson Husqvarna 13 Ret 8 41 Kojima Honda 18 19 5 42 Briscoe Honda 17 Ret 4 43 McLean KTM 18 C 3 44 Joyce Honda DNS DNS 18 21 3 45 Grigg-Pettitt Honda 21 19 29 25 27 24 2 46 Hamlet Honda Ret Ret 27 26 30 26 Ret 21 25 C 20 20 Ret 23 2 47 Woodroffe KTM 22 20 1 48 Robson Husqvarna 20 C 22 Ret 1 49 Cavill KTM 26 20 1 50 Sturgeon Kawasaki 23 20 Ret Ret 1 McCaw Husqvarna 21 22 0 Booth KTM 26 25 31 30 31 29 26 C 24 21 24 24 0 Stealey Yamaha 24 24 28 31 25 27 24 22 22 C 23 Ret 0 Wigger Honda 31 29 Ret 32 32 31 26 23 27 C Ret Ret 27 25 0 Rutter Honda 29 23 26 Ret Ret DNS 0 Nesbitt KTM 25 Ret 0 Watts Husqvarna 25 Ret 0 Todd Husqvarna 26 Ret 0 Bradley Honda 28 27 30 28 0 O'Neill Suzuki 27 Ret 0 Day Husqvarna 29 28 0 Broadbelt Honda 30 28 Ret 30 0 Taylor Kawasaki 32 29 0 Clarke KTM 33 Ret 33 32 0 Major Husqvarna Ret Ret 0 Fountain Husqvarna Ret DNS 0 Cottrell Husqvarna Ret DNS 0 Hutchinson KTM DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike CUL CAN BLA DES DUN HAW LYN Points

MX2 Calendar and Results The championship was contested over 8 rounds. Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner 1 1 April Culham Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse 2 22 April Canada Heights Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse 3 6 May Blaxhall Liam Knight Conrad Mewse Martin Barr 4 24 June Desertmartin Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse 5 29 July Duns Josh Gilbert Jay Hague Mel Pocock 6 12 August Hawkstone Park Conrad Mewse Mel Pocock Mel Pocock 7 14 October Lyng Dylan Walsh Conrad Mewse Conrad Mewse

Participants List of confirmed riders. TeamConstructorNoRiderRounds Honda Adventure Centre Honda 3 Josh Gilbert All IDS Bridgestone Yamaha 4 Robert Yates 1–2, 5–7 Samson Roofing KTM KTM 6 Chubbie Hammond 1–6 Team Green Kawasaki Kawasaki 9 Lewis Hall All ASA Hitachi KTM KTM 10 Michael Ellis All RFX Crescent Yamaha Yamaha 15 Henry Williams 1–4 101 Ben Clark 2–7 Norman Watt Kawasaki Kawasaki 17 Luke Smith 1–3 Craig's Motorcycles Husqvarna 19 Tom Neal All Yamaha 115 Ashton Dickinson All Honda 303 Jake Millward All Team Green GCM Kawasaki Kawasaki 29 Keenan Hird 1–2 Rob Hooper Racing Yamaha Yamaha 31 Robbie Dowson 1–6 SR75 Suzuki Suzuki 32 Callum Mitchell 1–3, 5–7 99 Howard Wainwright 1–4, 6–7 Buildbase Honda Racing Honda 33 Josiah Natzke 1–3 Manchester MC Husqvarna Husqvarna 38 Gavin Stevenson All 148 Michael Eccles 1–4 KTM 39 Sion Talbot 6 Apico Drysdale KTM KTM 41 Alexander Brown All Vega Solutions KTM KTM 48 Adam Collings 6–7 REVO Husqvarna UK Husqvarna 50 Martin Barr All 53 Dylan Walsh 7 60 Dylan Woodcock 1–5 119 Mel Pocock All Bike-it DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 57 Darian Sanayei 1 891 Gustavo Pessoa 5 HCR Yamaha Yamaha 61 Tom Grimshaw 1–3, 7 Hitachi KTM UK KTM 63 Oliver Benton 426 Conrad Mewse All G&G Ross Hardcore Racing Yamaha 65 James Mackrel 1–2, 4–7 Putoline Planet Advanced Racing Husqvarna 66 Lewis Tombs All 72 Joe Cadwallader 1–3, 5 123 Rossi Beard 4 171 Dexter Douglas 1–2, 6 Yamaha 75 Aaron Ongley 3 JTL Scaffolding Kawasaki 77 Jay Hague All Husky Sport Husqvarna 82 Charlie Cole 1–4, 7 I-fly JK Racing Yamaha 97 Charlie Putnam 1–2, 4, 7 714 Brad Todd 3–6 Verde Substance KTM KTM 98 Todd Kellett All Honda 103 Max Broadbelt 7 KTM 110 Jason Meara 4–5 Fountain Builders Yamaha 111 Ben Putnam All Husqvarna 114 Jordan Booker 6–7 RSR Plant Services KTM KTM 122 Jake Sheridan 1, 4 Pope Racing KTM 134 Liam Knight All 575 Taylor Hammal All M Smith KTM KTM 180 Josh Spinks All Holeshot Greenstar Kawasaki Kawasaki 184 James Carpenter All Gear4 Motorcycles KTM KTM 199 Jake Edey 1, 3–4, 7 Chambers Racing Husqvarna 300 Ben Franklin 1, 3, 5–7 SJP Moto Husqvarna 331 Jordan Eccles 1, 4 Yamaha 333 Josh Greedy 1–2 KTM 337 Glenn McCormick All Honda Europe/CNC Doors Honda 511 Steven Clarke 3, 6 JNSF Racing KTM 981 Jordan Moxey 3

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