2017 British Motocross Championship

The 2017 British Motocross Championship is the 66th British Motocross Championship season. Tommy Searle will start the season as the defending Champion in the MX1 class having taken his first national title in . In the MX2 class, starts the season as defending champion, but he will not compete in the series in 2017. For 2017, a new national 2-stroke championship will be contested at four rounds of the championship.^[1]

MX1[]

Calendar and Results[]

An 8-round calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 28 October 2016.^[2]

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	12 March	Culham
2	9 April	Lyng
3	30 April	Canada Heights
4	14 May	Hawkstone Park
5	18 June	Desertmartin
6	16 July	Blaxhall
7	30 July	Preston Docks
8	27 August	Foxhill	Tommy Searle	Tommy Searle	Tommy Searle

Participants[]

List of confirmed riders.^[3]

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Lombard Express Suzuki	Suzuki	2		8
FUS cps Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	4		1
	Husqvarna	4		7–8
Buildbase Honda Racing	Honda	5		All
Phoenix Tools Honda	Honda	6		1–7
		37		All
Freestyle Bikes Yamaha	Yamaha	7		1–3
Smokevent KTM	KTM	8		5
Spectrum House Ltd	Honda	10		All
Apico Husqvarna	Husqvarna	11		All
		25		All
		227		1–3
Lings Honda	Honda	12		1–3, 6–8
AJP Moto Husqvarna	Husqvarna	14		All
VMX Moto	KTM	15		5, 7–8
Norman Watt Kawasaki	Kawasaki	16
Sissens Property Services	KTM	17		1, 3–6
Manchester MC Husqvarna	Husqvarna	23		1, 3–4
		691		1–5
Moffstar Racing	KTM	36		1–2
Geartec Husqvarna Racing	Husqvarna	44		All
		173		6–8
Hitachi KTM UK	KTM	45	[4]	1–2
		919	Ben Watson	8
Preston Docks Motocross	Kawasaki	48		1–3, 6–7
GH Motorcycles	Husqvarna	49		1–4, 6–8
		190		1–4, 6–8
Cheddar MX	KTM	54		3–4
Planet Suspension Husqvarna	Husqvarna	57		2–7
Verde Sports Racing	KTM	60		All
Altherm JCR	Yamaha	61	Josh Coppins	7
Dixon Honda Racing	Honda	69		6
Herts MX	Husqvarna	74		1–3
		188		6
		301		1–6, 8
Team VMSX	Kawasaki	75
	KTM	88		1, 8
	KTM	91		5
Red Bull KTM EnduroGP	KTM	91		7
Cab Screens Husqvarna	Husqvarna	95		All
		153		All
Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	100	Tommy Searle	8
G and S Yamaha	Yamaha	111		3
M Smith Worx Racing	Kawasaki	111		6–8
CH Construction Husqvarna	Husqvarna	118		3
iFly JK Yamaha Racing	Yamaha	119		All
	KTM	134		1
MVR-D Route 77 Energy Husqvarna	Husqvarna	151		1–2, 4, 7–8
D.S.C Cornwall Kawasaki	Kawasaki	152		8
		681		1–2
ASA Honda	Honda	155		1
		214		2
CCM Racing - Metcon TM		162		2–8
JD Racing - Moto 33	KTM	166		8
Apico CPS Husqvarna	Husqvarna	172		1–2
One Twenty Motorsports	KTM	222		8
Meredith MX	Suzuki	274		1–2
Acerbis AK Feridax	Honda	293
Site Sealants KTM	KTM	295		1–5, 7–8
MB Racing	Husqvarna	302		6
	KTM	311		7
Danger UK	Husqvarna	411		1–4, 6–7
Service UK	KTM	447		1–4, 6–8
WM Moto - Cumbria MX World	Husqvarna	511		All
Dyer & Butler Kawasaki	Kawasaki	685		1–4
RFX KTM	KTM	704		1–3
Trevor Pope Kawasaki	Kawasaki	711
Crescent RHR Yamaha	Yamaha	731		1–5, 7–8
422 Racing	Kawasaki	818		3
VMX Moto	KTM	915		6
	Suzuki	957		7

Riders Championship[]

Pos Rider Bike CUL LYN CAN HAW DES BLA PRD FOX Points 1 Honda 4 3 2 2 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 DNS 332 2 Honda 11 8 7 1 2 1 13 3 3 3 6 2 7 3 4 3 286 3 KTM 7 2 10 5 5 4 8 14 4 2 2 3 2 4 3 7 273 4 Husqvarna 6 7 12 20 Ret 10 6 5 6 6 4 10 8 11 7 11 187 5 Husqvarna 3 Ret 4 13 1 3 4 Ret 2 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 2 2 175 6 Husqvarna 9 9 8 15 8 9 12 6 9 15 15 5 11 9 12 10 174 7 Yamaha 12 11 23 10 11 Ret Ret 9 8 4 3 4 5 8 13 8 171 8 Husqvarna 10 12 15 11 6 6 9 11 10 8 11 14 14 12 9 9 169 9 Kawasaki 2 5 3 4 3 2 2 2 162 10 Husqvarna Ret 13 13 23 12 23 11 8 7 9 5 8 4 10 10 Ret 143 11 Husqvarna Ret 4 6 8 3 4 3 5 DNS DNS 120 12 Yamaha 17 16 11 12 7 7 5 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 5 118 13 18 9 10 8 10 12 5 Ret Ret 7 10 7 Ret DNS 114 14 Honda Ret 14 21 27 9 17 7 10 11 10 Ret 6 9 6 111 15 KTM 1 1 1 3 95 16 Husqvarna 15 15 16 14 21 12 16 19 15 12 10 12 12 17 15 Ret 94 17 Husqvarna 14 20 17 17 15 13 15 16 9 13 Ret DNS 19 14 70 18 KTM Ret 22 Ret 19 13 Ret 14 15 12 11 13 15 16 13 69 19 Kawasaki 20 18 20 Ret 17 13 20 7 8 9 17 13 69 20 Husqvarna 5 10 5 6 Ret DNS 58 21 KTM 8 6 9 7 17 Ret 58 22 Searle Kawasaki 1 1 50 23 Husqvarna 7 Ret Ret DNS 11 6 39 24 Husqvarna 21 25 19 21 19 Ret 25 18 13 16 16 18 14 17 39 25 KTM 6 2 37 26 B. Watson KTM 6 4 33 27 Kawasaki 14 11 15 Ret 27 12 32 28 Husqvarna 26 21 24 29 25 15 19 Ret 17 13 Ret DNS 17 15 30 29 Husqvarna 20 Ret Ret 24 24 Ret 18 17 13 14 Ret Ret 18 Ret DNS DNS 26 30 Honda 27 28 Ret DNS 22 14 24 Ret 16 20 19 19 23 Ret 18 16 25 31 KTM 14 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 21 18 19 32 Yamaha Ret Ret DNS DNS 14 11 17 33 Kawasaki 23 17 Ret DNS DNS DNS 21 15 21 14 17 34 KTM 24 26 18 16 20 20 18 17 Ret DNS 17 35 Suzuki 8 Ret 13 36 Husqvarna Ret 27 25 26 26 19 22 21 Ret 17 19 16 13 37 Honda 30 Ret 27 30 23 18 16 18 Ret DNS 22 Ret 11 38 Husqvarna 13 19 10 39 Husqvarna 12 Ret 9 40 Kawasaki 18 23 26 16 8 41 Honda 14 25 7 42 Yamaha 16 Ret 5 43 Honda 16 24 5 44 KTM 19 18 5 45 Husqvarna 18 20 4 46 Suzuki 25 18 Ret 31 3 47 Kawasaki 20 19 3 48 KTM 20 19 3 49 KTM 21 19 2 50 KTM 19 Ret 22 22 2 51 KTM 24 20 1 52 Husqvarna 22 20 23 21 1 53 KTM 28 30 28 33 28 22 26 24 20 22 24 21 26 22 1 54 Husqvarna Ret Ret 30 20 21 23 1 KTM 27 21 23 22 0 Honda 22 21 0 Husqvarna 22 29 Ret 32 0 Husqvarna 29 24 0 KTM 25 Ret 0 Husqvarna Ret 33 29 Ret DNS DNS 27 Ret DNS DNS 0 KTM 29 32 28 Ret 0 Husqvarna Ret 31 DSQ 28 DNS DNS 0 Suzuki Ret Ret 0 Kawasaki Ret DNS 0 Coppins Yamaha Ret DNS 0 KTM DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike CUL LYN CAN HAW DES BLA PRD FOX Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

MX2[]

Calendar and Results[]

An 8-round calendar for the 2017 season was announced on 28 October 2016.^[2]

Round	Date	Location	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Round Winner
1	12 March	Culham	Ben Watson	Ben Watson	Ben Watson
2	9 April	Lyng
3	30 April	Canada Heights		Ben Watson
4	14 May	Hawkstone Park	Ben Watson		Ben Watson
5	18 June	Desertmartin		Ben Watson
6	16 July	Blaxhall
7	30 July	Preston Docks	Ben Watson
8	27 August	Foxhill

Participants[]

List of confirmed riders.^[3]

Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
Lombard Express Suzuki	Suzuki	2		1–2
		25		8
		272		4–7
Dave Thorpe Honda Off Road Centre	Honda	3		All
		71		1–2
IDS Yamaha	Yamaha	4		2–4, 6
Buildbase Honda Racing	Honda	5		8
		50		All
iFly JK Yamaha Racing	Yamaha	6		1–2
		48		3
		48		7
		371		5
		481		4
P&H Motorcycles	KTM	10		1–5
Nitro Kawasaki	Kawasaki	11		5
Apex Geartec KTM	KTM	12		4
Colwyn Bay Feehily MX KTM	KTM	14		1–2, 5, 7
RFX KTM	KTM	15		1, 6–7
		360	[5]	1–3, 6–8
Craigs Motorcycles Yamaha	Yamaha	15		3
Moto 4 Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	17		1, 3–4, 7–8
SJP Moto	Husqvarna	19		All
		171		1–2, 4–5
Crescent KTM	KTM	24
Bikesport Newcastle KTM	KTM	28		1–4
Graham Charlton Motorcycles	Yamaha	31		1–3, 5–8
Hitachi KTM UK	KTM	33		All
		98		6–8
		631		1, 3–5, 7
		919	Ben Watson	1–7
SaddMX	Yamaha	38		All
Apico Husqvarna	Husqvarna	41		1–3, 5, 7–8
MVR-D Route 77 Energy Husqvarna	Husqvarna	49		4
		151		All
Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki	Kawasaki	57		7–8
Team Green UK - Monster Energy Kawasaki	Kawasaki	60		1–2, 4–8
Apico Factory Racing	Yamaha	61		6
Powered by Evotech - BOS Suspension	KTM	63		All
	KTM	65		5
Lings Husqvarna	Husqvarna	66		All
JTL - Plant Suspension Husqvarna	Husqvarna	77		1–7
St Blazey MX - SJ Hodder	Husqvarna	98		1–5
HMC Honda UK	Honda	101		6
G and S Yamaha	Yamaha	111		1–2, 4
Craigs Motorcycles Yamaha	Yamaha	115		6–7
Revo Husqvarna UK	Husqvarna	119		All
		184		1–2
RSR Plant Services	KTM	122		1–7
Hobbs Racing Kawasaki	Kawasaki	134		All
		575		All
	Kawasaki	148		1–4
Planet Advanced Racing Suspension	Husqvarna	148		5–8
		714		1–2, 4–8
Geartec Husqvarna Racing	Husqvarna	173		1–5
		981		6
Manchester MC Husqvarna	Husqvarna	180		1–3
SPS Suspension Services	KTM	180		4–8
CCM Racing		195		3
		200
Valley Developments	Yamaha	300		3–4, 6
Verde Sports Racing	KTM	303		All
	Husqvarna	331		1–7
Agnew Recovery - Watt Motorcycles	KTM	337		1–6, 8
Cab Screens Husqvarna	Husqvarna	661		1–4, 6–8
MX Autos - Watson Engineering	KTM	751	Joe Jeffries	1
Norman Watt Motorcycles KTM	KTM	771		1–2
Samson Roofing	Husqvarna	874		All

Riders Championship[]

Pos Rider Bike CUL LYN CAN HAW DES BLA PRD FOX Points 1 Watson KTM 1 1 2 2 5 1 1 2 3 1 7 2 1 2 310 2 Honda 14 2 3 4 9 3 2 4 1 2 6 3 4 4 Ret DNS 257 3 Husqvarna 2 8 1 1 1 2 Ret 3 11 13 8 18 7 3 8 6 248 4 Husqvarna 4 10 4 3 2 11 4 12 Ret 5 2 5 10 6 2 4 246 5 Husqvarna 9 11 8 8 4 13 3 5 4 4 241 KTM 4 1 19 7 5 3 6 KTM 3 Ret 12 27 3 4 5 1 17 Ret 1 9 3 5 4 2 225 7 Honda 12 6 7 15 8 6 12 7 7 9 12 8 14 9 6 5 193 8 Husqvarna 8 9 6 6 7 8 10 21 10 11 3 7 12 12 11 7 190 9 Kawasaki 6 Ret 19 12 6 5 8 6 188 Husqvarna 2 3 9 Ret 5 8 13 9 10 Husqvarna 5 5 5 5 9 17 8 6 5 10 16 11 15 14 163 11 Husqvarna 11 12 32 17 13 10 154 KTM 11 10 5 7 14 4 Ret 10 9 8 12 KTM 7 7 13 21 Ret 9 7 9 6 8 11 11 9 Ret Ret 11 144 13 Kawasaki 10 Ret 14 9 17 7 6 8 13 10 17 6 Ret 14 10 10 143 14 Kawasaki 2 1 1 1 97 15 KTM Ret 3 10 7 10 16 16 24 Ret 20 15 16 18 17 12 Ret 94 16 Husqvarna 20 4 9 13 Ret 15 13 11 9 16 80 17 Yamaha 13 16 15 11 27 18 24 13 Ret 14 19 20 8 15 Ret DNS 69 18 Kawasaki Ret 15 18 14 26 Ret 15 19 Ret 17 13 Ret 14 13 51 19 Suzuki 14 14 12 12 10 Ret Ret 13 51 20 Husqvarna Ret Ret 27 31 16 19 14 15 6 19 18 16 45 21 Husqvarna 18 Ret 21 22 15 20 15 Ret 16 18 20 Ret 17 20 17 Ret 34 22 KTM 16 18 26 28 12 17 22 15 20 17 32 23 Husqvarna 23 Ret 25 24 14 12 DNS DNS 23 Ret Ret Ret 11 16 31 24 Yamaha Ret Ret 30 20 11 14 25 Ret 22 15 22 Ret 23 19 26 25 Husqvarna 28 20 28 Ret 21 25 31 Ret 22 Ret Ret 12 21 Ret 16 12 24 26 Kawasaki 21 21 22 25 18 Ret 20 16 21 21 16 19 20 Ret 19 17 23 27 KTM 17 28 24 32 25 26 19 22 Ret Ret 13 14 22 20 22 28 Suzuki 24 DNS 11 10 21 29 Suzuki 3 Ret 20 30 Husqvarna 15 17 29 18 19 Ret 23 19 19 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 19 31 Yamaha 20 Ret Ret 13 15 21 15 32 KTM 22 13 16 19 15 33 Honda 7 DNS 14 34 Yamaha 19 Ret 17 16 11 35 KTM 26 23 33 33 29 27 30 23 18 24 18 21 23 18 9 36 Husqvarna Ret 14 23 Ret 7 37 Yamaha Ret 22 Ret Ret 17 18 7 38 KTM 27 Ret Ret 23 24 23 24 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 6 39 Husqvarna Ret 26 31 29 28 29 32 28 Ret Ret 25 22 21 18 3 40 Yamaha 18 Ret 3 41 Husqvarna Ret 19 20 26 25 27 Ret 25 3 42 Husqvarna Ret 30 23 21 27 20 28 24 20 Ret 2 Yamaha 35 30 22 24 Ret 31 21 22 0 KTM 21 25 0 Yamaha 26 22 29 26 23 Ret 0 Yamaha 26 22 0 KTM 30 27 25 23 24 23 0 KTM Ret 25 Ret DNS 28 29 Ret 23 26 Ret 0 Honda 27 24 0 Kawasaki 24 Ret 0 Jeffries KTM DNQ 24 0 Yamaha 26 25 0 KTM DNQ 29 Ret 34 Ret Ret 27 25 0 Honda 25 Ret Ret Ret 0 Yamaha 30 28 0 Husqvarna 28 Ret 0 KTM 29 Ret 34 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 0 Husqvarna 33 30 0 KTM Ret Ret 0 Yamaha Ret Ret 0 Ret DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike CUL LYN CAN HAW DES BLA PRD FOX Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

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