Alessio Chiodi
The Italian 125 legend of the late 1990s. Three straight 125 titles.
MXGP Trivia
Play free MXGP trivia and quiz games — 35 questions and 30 riders profiles. Jump into the game, or read on.
MXGP Riders
Andrea Bartolini
One-time 500 world champion, later a national team manager. 1999 500cc world champion.
Antonio Cairoli
Retired in 2021 with 94 Grand Prix victories on KTM. 9 world championships.
Ben Townley
The Kiwi 2004 MX2 world champion. 2004 MX2 world champion.
Clement Desalle
A Belgian warrior who retired in 2020 without a crown. 23 GP wins, no world title.
David Philippaerts
The 2008 premier-class world champion on Yamaha. 2008 premier-class world champion.
Evgeny Bobryshev
A Russian Honda rider with a single career GP victory. Russia's top Honda rider.
Frederic Bolley
Two-time 250 world champion from Marseille. Back-to-back 250 titles, 1999-2000.
Gautier Paulin
A French premier-class contender who never took the title. 2015 premier runner-up.
Jeffrey Herlings
Holds the all-time record with 112 Grand Prix wins. All-time record 112 GP wins.
Jeremy Seewer
A Swiss premier contender who races number 91. 3-time premier runner-up.
Joel Smets
Five-time champion with 57 GP wins, later a KTM team boss. 5 world titles.
Jorge Prado
Spanish holeshot king who races number 61. 4 world titles.
Josh Coppins
A long-serving Kiwi with 11 Grand Prix wins. Best never to win a title.
Kay de Wolf
The Dutch 2024 MX2 world champion on Husqvarna. 2024 MX2 world champion.
Kevin Strijbos
A Belgian premier-class stalwart of the 2000s and 2010s. Two-time premier runner-up.
Lucas Coenen
A teenage Belgian KTM star, premier runner-up as a rookie in 2025. Youngest-ever premier GP winner.
Marc de Reuver
A cult-hero Dutch MX2 rider, later a respected coach. 4 career GP wins.
Max Nagl
A German premier contender who never won the title. 2009 premier runner-up.
Maxime Renaux
The French 2021 MX2 world champion on Yamaha. 2021 MX2 world champion.
Mickael Pichon
Won 38 Grands Prix but never a premier-class title. Back-to-back 250 titles, 2001-02.
Pauls Jonass
Latvia's first motocross world champion. 2017 MX2 world champion.
Romain Febvre
French number 461 on the green machine. 2015 & 2025 premier champion.
Ruben Fernandez
A Spanish Honda premier rider of the 2020s. 2023 Argentina GP winner.
Stefan Everts
Ten-time world champion, the most in the sport's history. Record 10 world titles.
Steve Ramon
A Belgian double world champion of the 2000s. 2007 premier-class world champion.
Thomas Kjer Olsen
A Danish MX2 contender of the late 2010s. 2019 MX2 runner-up.
Tim Gajser
Slovenian who wears number 243 on the red machine. 5 world titles (4 premier).
Tyla Rattray
The South African 2008 MX2 world champion. 2008 MX2 world champion.
Yves Demaria
Three-time MX3 world champion from southern France. Three-time MX3 world champion.
MXGP Trivia Questions
Which rider holds the record for the most FIM Motocross World Championship titles with 10?
Answer: Stefan Everts
Belgium's Stefan Everts won a record 10 motocross world titles between 1991 and 2006.
Stefan Everts also set the all-time record for Grand Prix race wins with how many career victories?
Answer: 101
Stefan Everts amassed 101 Grand Prix victories, a mark later surpassed only by Jeffrey Herlings.
How many world championships did Italy's Antonio 'Tony' Cairoli win during his career?
Answer: 9
Antonio Cairoli won 9 FIM Motocross World Championships, the second-most in history behind Stefan Everts.
What is the nickname of five-time world champion Jeffrey Herlings?
Answer: The Bullet
Jeffrey Herlings is nicknamed 'The Bullet' for his blistering speed.
Which rider surpassed Stefan Everts' all-time record for most Grand Prix wins in motocross?
Answer: Jeffrey Herlings
Jeffrey Herlings broke Everts' record of 101 GP wins, taking his 102nd victory in 2023.
In 2023 Jeffrey Herlings broke the all-time GP wins record by taking which milestone victory?
Answer: His 102nd
Herlings matched Everts at 101 in Portugal, then broke the record with his 102nd GP win at the next round in Spain.
Slovenia's Tim Gajser won his first premier-class MXGP title in which rookie season?
Answer: 2016
Tim Gajser won the MXGP world title in 2016 as a 19-year-old rookie in the class.
Spain's Jorge Prado won back-to-back premier MXGP world titles in which two years?
Answer: 2023 and 2024
Jorge Prado won the MXGP crown in 2023 and 2024 after taking MX2 titles in 2018 and 2019.
Belgium's Roger De Coster won how many premier 500cc Motocross World Championships?
Answer: 5
Roger De Coster won five 500cc world titles with Suzuki in the 1970s.
Belgium's Joel Robert set a class record with how many 250cc world championships?
Answer: 6
Joel Robert won six 250cc world titles, including five in a row from 1968 to 1972.
Eric Geboers earned the nickname 'Mr. 875' by being the first rider to win titles in which combination of classes?
Answer: 125cc, 250cc and 500cc
Eric Geboers was the first to win world titles in all three classes; 125 + 250 + 500 = 875.
Heikki Mikkola, the original 'Flying Finn,' was the first rider to win world titles in which two classes?
Answer: 250cc and 500cc
Heikki Mikkola won four titles and was the first competitor to be champion in both the 250cc and 500cc classes.
Belgium's Georges Jobe collected how many motocross world championships across the 250cc and 500cc classes?
Answer: 5
Georges Jobe won five world titles: two in 250cc (1980, 1983) and three in 500cc (1987, 1991, 1992).
Who remains the last British rider to win the premier class of the Motocross World Championship?
Answer: Dave Thorpe
Dave Thorpe won three 500cc world titles (1985, 1986, 1989) and is the last Briton to take the premier crown.
Who won the inaugural FIM 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957?
Answer: Bill Nilsson
Sweden's Bill Nilsson won the first FIM Motocross World Championship in 1957 on an AJS-powered machine.
In which year did the FIM Motocross World Championship first begin, starting with the 500cc class?
Answer: 1957
The 500cc European Championship was upgraded to World Championship status in 1957.
When the FIM restructured the displacement classes in 2004, what was the premier class renamed to?
Answer: MX1
In 2004 the old 500/250/125 classes became MX1, MX2 and MX3, with MX1 as the premier class.
In which year was the premier class rebranded from MX1 to its current name, MXGP?
Answer: 2014
The premier class was renamed from MX1 to MXGP in 2014, with MX2 keeping its name.
The MX2 class restricts riders to a maximum age of what?
Answer: 23
MX2 is capped at riders aged up to 23, funnelling older riders into the premier MXGP class.
At the 2003 finale in Ernee, Stefan Everts made history by doing what in a single day?
Answer: Winning all three GP classes
At Ernee in 2003 Everts became the first rider to win all three Grand Prix classes on the same day.
Stefan Everts followed in the footsteps of his father, who was also a motocross world champion. Who was he?
Answer: Harry Everts
Harry Everts was a four-time world champion; his son Stefan then won a record ten titles.
The Citadelle circuit, often called the 'cathedral of motocross,' wound around an ancient fortress in which town?
Answer: Namur
Namur in Belgium hosted GP motocross around its citadel from 1947 to 2007 and is revered as the sport's most famous track.
Which Belgian circuit is famous as the toughest deep-sand track on the MXGP calendar?
Answer: Lommel
Lommel's punishing deep sand makes it widely regarded as the toughest track in the world.
The scenic Matterley Basin circuit hosts the MXGP of which country?
Answer: Great Britain
Matterley Basin near Winchester hosts the British round and has staged the Motocross of Nations multiple times.
At the 1988 Belgian GP at Namur, Hakan Carlqvist famously did what before going on to win?
Answer: Stopped mid-race to drink a beer
Carlqvist stopped for a beer during the race at Namur in 1988 and still won the overall.
Which nation is the most successful in Motocross of Nations history?
Answer: United States
Team USA leads all nations with 23 Motocross of Nations victories, ahead of Great Britain and Belgium.
Frenchman Romain Febvre won the 2025 MXGP world title on which manufacturer's machine, a first for the brand in the premier class?
Answer: Kawasaki
Febvre's 2025 MXGP crown, ten years after his first, was the first premier-class title for Kawasaki.
Who won the 2025 MX2 World Championship, holding off Kay de Wolf at the finale?
Answer: Simon Langenfelder
Germany's Simon Langenfelder took his first MX2 title in 2025, finishing 9 points ahead of Kay de Wolf.
Which Dutch rider won the 2024 MX2 World Championship?
Answer: Kay de Wolf
Kay de Wolf won the 2024 MX2 title at age 20, beating teammate Lucas Coenen.
In his rookie 2025 MXGP season, Lucas Coenen achieved what notable feat?
Answer: Became the youngest premier-class GP winner and finished runner-up
Coenen won six Grands Prix as the youngest-ever premier-class race winner and finished second to Febvre in 2025.
Antonio Cairoli claimed his very first world championship in 2005 in which class?
Answer: MX2
Cairoli won the MX2 title in 2005 before dominating the premier MX1/MXGP class.
Before dominating MXGP, Tim Gajser won the MX2 World Championship in which year?
Answer: 2015
Gajser won the MX2 world title in 2015, then took the premier MXGP crown the following year.
Jorge Prado in 2018 became the first rider from which country to win the MX2 World Championship?
Answer: Spain
Prado was the first Spanish rider to win an MX2 title, taking it in 2018 at age 17.
Stefan Everts made his Grand Prix debut in the 125cc class at 17 and won his first world title how long after?
Answer: Two years later
Everts debuted in 125cc at 17 and secured his first world championship two years later, in 1991.
Jeffrey Herlings holds the record for most premier-class GP wins, but how many total world titles has he won?
Answer: 5
Herlings won five world titles: three in MX2 (2012, 2013, 2016) and two in MXGP (2018, 2021).
