2023 British Motocross Championship Explained

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

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

MX1

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

MX2

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

MX1

Participants

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 MX2 Participants 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 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 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

Notes and References

1. News: Searle crowned 2022 British Motocross Champion. David Miller. dirtbikerider.com. 12 September 2022. 10 December 2022.
2. News: New Deal: Mewse, Gilbert. Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 4 October 2022. 16 March 2023.
3. News: British Championship - Postponed. mxlarge.com. 29 March 2023. 5 April 2023.
4. News: Press Statement - Foxhill MXGB. RHL Activities. 15 May 2023. 18 April 2023.
5. News: REVO ACU BRITISH MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDER MOVES TO MONSTER MOUNTAIN MX. RHL Activities. 15 August 2023. 10 September 2023.
6. News: 2023 Revo ACU British Motocross Championship Calendar Update. Auto-Cycle Union. acu.org.uk. 16 February 2023. 16 May 2023.
7. News: MONTICELLI JOINS ADAMSON & BRUCE AT ASA UNITED GASGAS FOR 2023!. dirthub.co.uk. 17 March 2023.
8. News: Miro Sihvonen signs with SC Sport Homes Husqvarna. gatedrop.com. 7 February 2023. 17 March 2023.
9. News: Tommy Searle completes signing GTCI Revo Kawasaki for 2023. tmxnews.co.uk. 12 October 2022. 17 March 2023.
10. News: 2023 Calendar & Results. mxgb.co.uk. 17 March 2023.