2023 British Motocross Championship

The 2023 ACU British Motocross Championship season (known for sponsorship reasons as the Revo MXGB fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels) was the 71st British Motocross Championship season.

Tommy Searle started the season as the reigning champion in the MX1 class after picking up his fourth title in 2022.[1] In the MX2 class, Conrad Mewse was the defending champion after winning his third national title in the previous season. However, Mewse did not defend his title as he moves into the MX1 class for 2023.[2]

In his debut season in the MX1 class, Mewse was able to win the title, taking six race wins and three overall wins along the way. In the MX2 class, Swedish rider Isak Gifting took his first British title.

The second round of the series at Canada Heights, initially scheduled to be held on 2 April 2023, was postponed and later cancelled due to the forecasted weather.[3]

The third round of the series at Foxhill was abandoned after the first race in all classes due to a fatal accident involving photographer Simon Mitchell.[4]

The final round was initially scheduled to be held at Oxford Moto Parc, however, it was later moved to the new Monster Mountain track in Merthyr Tydfil.[5]

Race calendar and results

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The full calendar with both dates and venues was released on 16 February 2023.[6]

Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner
1 19 March Oakhanger   Harri Kullas   Harri Kullas   Harri Kullas
2 23 April Lyng   Harri Kullas   Josh Gilbert   Josh Gilbert
3 14 May Foxhill   Jeffrey Herlings Race Cancelled No Overall
4 28 May Blaxhall   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse
5 18 June Hawkstone Park   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse
6 2 July Schoolhouse   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse   Conrad Mewse
7 10 September Monster Mountain   Harri Kullas   Conrad Mewse   Harri Kullas
Round Date Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner
1 19 March Oakhanger   Isak Gifting   Isak Gifting   Isak Gifting
2 23 April Lyng   Isak Gifting   Jack Chambers   Jack Chambers
3 14 May Foxhill   Elliott Banks-Browne Race Cancelled No Overall
4 28 May Blaxhall   Isak Gifting   Isak Gifting   Isak Gifting
5 18 June Hawkstone Park   Bobby Bruce   Isak Gifting   Isak Gifting
6 2 July Schoolhouse   Taylor Hammal   Elliott Banks-Browne   Taylor Hammal
7 10 September Monster Mountain   Tommy Searle   Tommy Searle   Tommy Searle

Circuit locations

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Participants

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Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
ASA United Gas Gas[7] Gas Gas 2   John Adamson All
128   Ivo Monticelli 1, 5–7
Crendon Fastrack Honda Racing Honda 3   Josh Gilbert All
426   Conrad Mewse All
Design Scaffolding ORW Kawasaki 4   Harry Bradley 2–5
Ultimate Wheels Thunder Road Honda Honda 7   Louie Kessell 1–6
17   Luke Smith 1–4
200   James Dunn 6
Moto-Cycle Racing Gas Gas 10   Jason Meara 1–2, 5–6
Chambers Racing Gas Gas 16   Tom Grimshaw All
95   Dan Thornhill 1–6
AJP Geartec Racing Husqvarna 21   Jayden Ashwell 1, 5
Mr Dig Groundworks 91 Moto Honda 23   John Joe Wright 6
Gabriel SS24 KTM Racing Team KTM 24   Shaun Simpson 1–4
141   Tristan Purdon All
Honda 38   Gavin Stevenson 5
LAAB Park MX MLM GFX Honda 40   Jamie Fort 6
Yamaha 41   Nathan Green 3
Tru7 Honda Racing Academy Honda 49   Callum Green All
Apico Husqvarna Husqvarna 50   Martin Barr 1–4, 6–7
SR75 Suzuki 51   Ben Harrison 2, 4–5
Danger UK RSS Stafford Vans Honda 57   Tony Craig 5
Holeshot Kawasaki Kawasaki 62   Charlie Way 3
Kawasaki 68   Josh Bentley 1
GMR Magic Mushroom Yamaha Yamaha 74   Tom Murphy 4–7
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 84   Jeffrey Herlings 3
SC Sporthomes Husqvarna Husqvarna 91   Charlie Putnam All
147   Miro Sihvonen[8] 1–3, 6
777   Evgeny Bobryshev 2–6
874   Zack Williams 7
GTCI Revo Kawasaki Kawasaki 100   Tommy Searle[9] 1–3, 5–6
MV Haulage Store 114 Honda Honda 101   Michael Ellis 2–3
Eastwood Racing Suspension Honda 103   Max Broadbelt 4–5
T.A.L.K Templant Racing Team KTM 115   Ashton Dickinson 1–6
NE10 Vodka Dirt Wheelz Yamaha 118   Jaydon Murphy 7
Gabriel KTM KTM 134   Liam Knight All
Matt Pope Motorcycles Gas Gas 149   Luke Parker 2, 4
Kior/Shaw/Tamworth Yamaha Yamaha 150   Aaron Patstone 3–5
Cabscreens Crescent Yamaha Yamaha 151   Harri Kullas All
184   James Carpenter All
S Briggs Commercials Honda Honda 162   Stuart Edmonds All
Oakleaf Worx Motorsport Honda 166   Josh Taylor 5
Comptons Cars and Commercials KTM 190   Luke Benstead 2, 4–5
Modu Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 211   Billy MacKenzie 1–3, 6
KTM 246   Jonah Pijnen 2
Phoenix Tools Evenstrokes Kawasaki Kawasaki 277   Jay Hague 1–4
HertsMX Honda Honda 301   Shaun Southgate 2
Lings Gas Gas Gas Gas 411   Declan Whittle 2–5
PP Sports Southside MX Bickers Husqvarna 425   Drew Anderson 1–4
Grizzly Racing Service Husqvarna 469   Ryan de Beer 5
GH Motorcycles Husqvarna 499   Ben Cole 4
Store 114 Racing Honda 511   Steven Clarke 1–5
Trueline/MX Dreams California KTM 546   Max Lewis 1, 3
C-Res Bikesport Newcastle Honda 714   Brad Todd All

Riders Championship

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Pos Rider Bike OAK
 
LYN
 
FOX
 
BLA
 
HAW
 
SCH
 
MON
 
Points
1   Conrad Mewse Honda 2 2 2 2 3 C 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 303
2   Josh Gilbert Honda 5 3 3 1 2 C 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 275
3   Harri Kullas Yamaha 1 1 1 3 5 C 3 3 2 4 4 5 1 2 272
4   Tristan Purdon KTM 13 12 13 15 6 C 5 6 5 9 7 6 5 8 163
5   John Adamson Gas Gas Ret 19 4 5 8 C 19 5 6 7 8 8 6 6 152
6   Evgeny Bobryshev Husqvarna 6 4 14 C 4 4 4 3 5 3 150
7   James Carpenter Yamaha 9 13 9 9 24 C 6 10 13 11 9 7 8 7 141
8   Brad Todd Honda 12 8 7 6 11 C 12 12 8 Ret 10 9 7 10 140
9   Tom Grimshaw Gas Gas 7 5 16 Ret 13 C 15 9 14 12 13 11 9 5 123
10   Tommy Searle Kawasaki 4 DNS 5 17 4 C 7 6 6 4 118
11   Liam Knight KTM 14 11 12 16 12 C 8 8 12 Ret 11 10 11 11 116
12   Ashton Dickinson KTM 8 7 18 11 9 C 7 7 9 8 Ret DNS 105
13   Ivo Monticelli Gas Gas 3 DNS 10 5 3 20 4 4 104
14   Martin Barr Husqvarna Ret 6 8 7 15 C 10 14 15 14 12 14 95
15   Shaun Simpson KTM 6 4 11 8 7 C DNS DNS 70
16   Stuart Edmonds Honda Ret 9 14 13 Ret C 11 13 17 14 19 13 17 DNS 70
17   Jason Meara Gas Gas 10 20 15 12 11 10 16 17 57
18   Dan Thornhill Gas Gas 15 18 19 21 16 C 18 11 21 13 14 15 50
19   Miro Sihvonen Husqvarna 17 10 17 10 Ret C 12 12 48
20   Callum Green Honda 18 16 26 20 23 C 22 18 19 Ret 18 19 13 12 36
21   Steven Clarke Honda Ret DNS 21 14 10 C 9 Ret 16 20 36
22   Charlie Putnam Husqvarna 16 17 27 22 21 C 20 17 18 17 17 Ret 15 DNS 31
23   Luke Parker Gas Gas 10 18 13 16 27
24   Jay Hague Kawasaki 11 15 20 Ret 19 C 16 19 26
25   Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1 C 25
26   Zack Williams Husqvarna 10 9 23
27   Tom Murphy Yamaha Ret 23 28 24 24 21 14 13 15
28   Billy MacKenzie Kawasaki 22 14 23 Ret 17 C 20 18 15
29   Luke Benstead KTM 24 23 14 15 23 16 18
30   Tony Craig Honda 15 15 12
31   Declan Whittle Gas Gas 22 19 20 C 17 Ret 26 23 7
32   Jaydon Murphy Yamaha 16 DNS 5
33   James Dunn Honda 21 16 5
34   Gavin Stevenson Honda 20 18 4
35   Michael Ellis Honda 25 24 18 C 3
36   Jayden Ashwell Husqvarna 21 21 22 19 2
37   Josh Bentley Kawasaki 19 Ret 2
38   Max Broadbelt Honda 21 20 25 21 1
39   Louie Kessell Honda 20 23 30 27 22 C 24 21 24 22 22 DNS 1
  Harry Bradley Kawasaki 29 26 25 C 23 22 Ret DNS 0
  Luke Smith Honda 23 22 32 28 29 C 29 25 0
  John Joe Wright Honda 23 Ret 0
  Ben Cole Husqvarna 25 24 0
  Drew Anderson Husqvarna Ret DNS 28 25 26 C 26 Ret 0
  Josh Taylor Honda 27 25 0
  Aaron Patstone Yamaha 30 C 28 Ret 29 26 0
  Ben Harrison Suzuki 31 29 27 Ret 31 28 0
  Ryan de Beer Husqvarna 30 27 0
  Max Lewis KTM Ret DNS 27 C 0
  Nathan Green Yamaha 28 C 0
  Jonah Pijnen KTM Ret Ret 0
  Shaun Southgate Honda Ret Ret 0
  Charlie Way Kawasaki Ret C 0
  Jamie Fort Honda Ret DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike OAK
 
LYN
 
FOX
 
BLA
 
HAW
 
SCH
 
MON
 
Points

Participants

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Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Husqvarna 5   Mitch Armour 6
Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki Kawasaki 6   Carlton Husband All
127   Sam Atkinson 1
Ultimate Wheels Thunder Road Honda Honda 7   Louie Kessell 7
GTCI Revo Kawasaki Kawasaki 9   Mel Pocock 3–6
53   Dylan Walsh 1
100   Tommy Searle 7
441   Billy Askew 7
Meredith MX Fantic 9   Lewis Hall 3
Chambers Racing Gas Gas 10   Harvey Cashmore 1–6
300   Ben Franklin 1–5, 7
337   Glenn McCormick 1–4, 7
Husqvarna 731   Alfie Jones 1–2, 7
Croft Garage/Goggle Tek Yamaha 11   Robert Holyoake 1–6
Big Van World MTX Kawasaki Kawasaki 12   Jack Chambers 2–3, 7
Southside MX KTM 20   William Farrow 1–2, 4–5
Stan Civils Groundworks Gas Gas 22   Travis Steels 2–3
Gabriel SS24 KTM KTM 23   Taylor Hammal All
411   Shaun Mahoney All
Offroad Network UK Holeshot MX KTM 24   Liam Garland 7
426 Motorsport KTM 28   Charlie Griffiths 1–6
DMH Vantage Husqvarna 38   Daniel Hutchinson 6
WPH/SBE/Pure/Redline KTM KTM 40   Jamie Wainwright All
Geartec Husqvarna 44   Elliott Banks-Browne All
DS Lausnir Yamaha 49   Eiður Orri Pálmarsson 1, 4–5
M Smith KTM 53   Dylan Walsh 7
Algas Medical KTM 57   Kyle McNicol 1–4, 6
Team Ando Honda 60   Brad Anderson 6
PSU Designs Ltd KTM 63   Dan Arkell 1
Yamaha 66   Lewis Tombs 2
Foxwood Trade AU7 KTM 71   James Cottrell 2, 4
723 Race Bikes Fantic 72   Raife Broadley 3
GMR Magic Mushroom Yamaha Yamaha 74   Tom Murphy 1–2
723 Racebikes Westsole Fencing Gas Gas 75   Aaron Ongley 1–4
Blade Bikes Kawasaki 82   Charlie Cole 1–5
Wulfsport/MarshMX Honda 99   Howard Wainwright 1, 3
Armor Vision Gas Gas 101   Tyla Hooley 7
Verde Shiloh KTM KTM 119   Bailey Johnston 1–6
260   Dylan Woodcock 7
303   Jake Millward 1–4
RSR Plant Services KTM KTM 122   Jake Sheridan 1–4
Apico Husqvarna Husqvarna 131   Henry Siddiqui 1–3
433   Jack Lindsay 1
TEG Sport Fantic 157   James Dent 6
ASA United Gas Gas[7] Gas Gas 163   Ben Mustoe All
579   Bobby Bruce 1–5
Oakleaf Worx Motorsport Honda 166   Josh Taylor 1–4
JSMX Coaching KTM 180   Josh Spinks 3
Yamaha 241   Nathan Claughan 6
SC Sporthomes Husqvarna Husqvarna 261   Jörgen-Matthias Talviku 1, 5–7
Armor Vision RJP Yamaha 272   Neville Bradshaw 5
Cabscreens Crescent Yamaha Yamaha 365   Sam Nunn All
KTM 410   James Barker 1–6
GRT Impact KTM KTM 419   Joe Brookes 1, 3–7
Tru7 Honda Racing Academy Honda 422   Charlie Heyman All
DP Brakes/Tallon/Joov Husqvarna 470   Tom Hughes 1–3, 7
Team PP Sports powered by Southside KTM 500   Callum Murfitt All
Stebbings Car Superstore powered by Bikesure 426 Motorsport Gas Gas 517   Isak Gifting All
T.A.L.K Templant Racing Team KTM 616   Ollie Colmer 1, 5–6
Holeshote Motocross KTM KTM 661   Josh Coleman 3, 7
Southside Motocross Honda 687   Jake Rackham 1, 4
Jim Aim Racing KTM 712   Josh Peters 4–6
AJP Gas Gas Husqvarna 719   James Margetson 1–2, 5
MV Haulage KTM 771   Ollie Beamish 3, 6
Yamaha 807   Luca Pegg 4
DK Offroad Gas Gas 912   Joel Rizzi 4–7

Riders Championship

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Pos Rider Bike OAK
 
LYN
 
FOX
 
BLA
 
HAW
 
SCH
 
MON
 
Points
1   Isak Gifting Gas Gas 1 1 1 2 4 C 1 1 2 1 6 11 15 2 265
2   Taylor Hammal KTM 4 6 3 12 3 C 11 2 5 3 1 3 9 5 223
3   Elliott Banks-Browne Husqvarna 6 11 5 5 1 C 3 3 3 4 Ret 1 2 7 221
4   Bobby Bruce Gas Gas 3 2 4 3 17 C 2 4 1 2 171
5   Jamie Wainwright KTM 7 5 11 11 16 C 6 7 14 7 10 8 12 10 149
6   Carlton Husband Kawasaki 10 9 9 Ret 14 C 8 11 8 6 2 5 10 15 148
7   Charlie Heyman Honda 18 13 21 4 13 C 9 8 7 9 7 7 20 8 130
8   Sam Nunn Yamaha 12 10 6 9 10 C Ret DNS 9 8 13 15 4 9 127
9   Jörgen-Matthias Talviku Husqvarna 2 8 6 5 4 2 13 Ret 114
10   Charlie Cole Kawasaki 29 7 7 6 2 C 4 5 12 Ret 108
11   Ben Mustoe Gas Gas 11 33 10 17 11 C 13 14 18 15 11 10 6 13 103
12   Joel Rizzi Gas Gas 5 6 13 11 5 6 14 6 102
13   Jack Chambers Kawasaki 2 1 5 C 7 3 97
14   Mel Pocock Kawasaki 6 C 7 DNS 4 10 3 4 96
15   Glenn McCormick Gas Gas 15 12 12 7 9 C 10 10 8 14 92
16   Jake Millward KTM 5 3 8 8 8 C Ret DNS 75
17   Ben Franklin Gas Gas 13 14 13 13 15 C 12 9 10 Ret 19 18 74
18   Bailey Johnston KTM 14 15 Ret DNS 22 C 14 12 11 13 14 14 61
19   Joe Brookes KTM 16 19 Ret C 19 15 16 12 8 9 16 Ret 59
20   Tommy Searle Kawasaki 1 1 50
21   James Barker KTM 26 21 14 16 24 C 17 13 15 Ret 12 18 42
22   Alfie Jones Husqvarna 8 4 Ret DNS 11 Ret 41
23   Dylan Walsh Kawasaki Ret DNS 38
KTM 3 4
24   Kyle McNicol KTM 32 29 20 15 26 C 16 Ret 18 13 23
25   Brad Anderson Honda 9 12 21
26   Josh Peters KTM Ret 16 17 20 15 16 21
27   Ollie Colmer KTM 9 DNS Ret 14 24 Ret 19
28   Robert Holyoake Yamaha 17 16 Ret DNS Ret C 15 Ret 21 18 Ret DNS 18
29   Billy Askew Kawasaki 5 Ret 16
30   Josh Spinks KTM 7 C 14
31   Shaun Mahoney KTM 19 27 25 27 27 C Ret 26 19 17 17 19 Ret DNS 14
32   Lewis Tombs Yamaha 19 10 13
33   James Margetson Husqvarna 30 17 26 18 Ret 16 12
34   Aaron Ongley Gas Gas 24 22 15 19 21 C 20 19 11
35   Jake Sheridan KTM Ret 20 18 14 Ret C Ret DNS 11
36   Dylan Woodcock KTM Ret 11 10
37   Josh Coleman KTM 20 C 17 16 10
38   Tyla Hooley Gas Gas 21 12 9
39   Howard Wainwright Honda 21 Ret 12 C 9
40   Daniel Hutchinson Husqvarna 19 17 6
41   Callum Murfitt KTM 34 23 17 22 28 C 26 23 23 21 22 DNS 23 19 6
42   Josh Taylor Honda 25 25 23 DNS 18 C 18 25 6
43   Ollie Beamish KTM 23 C 16 24 5
44   James Cottrell KTM 16 21 Ret Ret 5
45   Louie Kessell Honda 22 17 4
46   Jake Rackham Honda 22 30 23 17 4
47   Sam Aktinson Kawasaki Ret 18 3
48   Charlie Griffiths KTM 27 28 27 23 29 C 27 20 25 19 21 21 3
49   Liam Garland KTM 18 Ret 3
50   William Farrow KTM 33 24 22 24 21 18 24 23 3
51   Lewis Hall Fantic 19 C 2
52   James Dent Fantic 20 20 2
53   Tom Hughes Husqvarna Ret 32 28 26 Ret C 24 20 1
54   Neville Bradshaw Yamaha 20 Ret 1
55   Travis Steels Gas Gas Ret 20 31 C 1
56   Tom Murphy Yamaha 20 Ret Ret DNS 1
  Harvey Cashmore Gas Gas 28 26 24 25 30 C 25 21 DSQ 22 Ret 23 0
  Eiður Orri Pálmarsson Yamaha 23 31 24 22 22 Ret 0
  Mitch Armour Husqvarna 23 22 0
  Luca Pegg Yamaha 22 24 0
  Raife Broadley Fantic 25 C 0
  Henry Siddiqui Husqvarna 31 Ret Ret DNS Ret C 0
  Dan Arkell KTM Ret 34 0
  Nathan Claughan Yamaha Ret Ret 0
  Jack Lindsay Husqvarna DNS DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike OAK
 
LYN
 
FOX
 
BLA
 
HAW
 
SCH
 
MON
 
Points

References

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