# 2018 Motocross des Nations

The 2018 Motocross des Nations was a motocross race held on 6 October and 7 October 2018. The event was held at the Red Bud circuit, in Michigan, United States. Motocross des Nations was last held in United States in 2010 but never at this venue.
France went into the event as the defending champions after taking their fifth title in 2017 and successfully defended their title.

## Entry List

Start numbers are allocated based on the team finish from the previous year's edition. France are the reigning champions so they start with numbers 1, 2 and 3.
| | Country | Nr | Rider | Class | Motorcycle |
| 1 | France | 1 | Gautier Paulin | MXGP | Husqvarna |
| 1 | France | 2 | Dylan Ferrandis | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 1 | France | 3 | Jordi Tixier | Open | KTM |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | Jeffrey Herlings | MXGP | KTM |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | Calvin Vlaanderen | MX2 | Honda |
| 2 | Netherlands | 6 | Glenn Coldenhoff | Open | KTM |
| 3 | Great Britain | 7 | Tommy Searle | MXGP | Kawasaki |
| 3 | Great Britain | 8 | Ben Watson | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 3 | Great Britain | 9 | Max Anstie | Open | Husqvarna |
| 4 | Belgium | 10 | Clément Desalle | MXGP | Kawasaki |
| 4 | Belgium | 11 | Jago Geerts | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 4 | Belgium | 12 | Jeremy Van Horebeek | Open | Yamaha |
| 5 | Switzerland | 13 | Valentin Guillod | MXGP | KTM |
| 5 | Switzerland | 14 | Killian Auberson | MX2 | KTM |
| 5 | Switzerland | 15 | Jeremy Seewer | Open | Yamaha |
| 6 | Australia | 16 | Kirk Gibbs | MXGP | KTM |
| 6 | Australia | 17 | Hunter Lawrence | MX2 | Honda |
| 6 | Australia | 18 | Mitchell Evans | Open | KTM |
| 7 | Italy | 19 | Antonio Cairoli | MXGP | KTM |
| 7 | Italy | 20 | Michele Cervellin | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 7 | Italy | 21 | Alessandro Lupino | Open | Kawasaki |
| 8 | Estonia | 22 | Tanel Leok | MXGP | Husqvarna |
| 8 | Estonia | 23 | Hardi Roosiorg | MX2 | KTM |
| 8 | Estonia | 24 | Harri Kullas | Open | Husqvarna |
| 9 | United States | 25 | Eli Tomac | MXGP | Kawasaki |
| 9 | United States | 26 | Aaron Plessinger | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 9 | United States | 27 | Justin Barcia | Open | Yamaha |
| 10 | Sweden | 28 | Filip Bengtsson | MXGP | Yamaha |
| 10 | Sweden | 29 | Alvin Östlund | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 10 | Sweden | 30 | Anton Gole | Open | Yamaha |
| 11 | Canada | 37 | Colton Facciotti | MXGP | Honda |
| 11 | Canada | 38 | Jess Pettis | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 11 | Canada | 39 | Tyler Medaglia | Open | Kawasaki |
| 12 | Ireland | 43 | Gary Gibson | MXGP | KTM |
| 12 | Ireland | 44 | Martin Barr | MX2 | Husqvarna |
| 12 | Ireland | 45 | Richard Bird | Open | KTM |
| 13 | Portugal | 46 | Rui Gonçalves | MXGP | Yamaha |
| 13 | Portugal | 47 | Luis Outeiro | MX2 | Honda |
| 13 | Portugal | 48 | Diogo Graça | Open | Suzuki |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 49 | Kevin Windham | MXGP | Honda |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 50 | Ryan Sipes | MX2 | Husqvarna |
| 14 | Puerto Rico | 51 | Travis Pastrana | Open | Suzuki |
| 15 | Spain | 52 | José Butrón | MXGP | KTM |
| 15 | Spain | 53 | Jorge Prado | MX2 | KTM |
| 15 | Spain | 54 | Carlos Campano | Open | Yamaha |
| 16 | Germany | 58 | Ken Roczen | MXGP | Honda |
| 16 | Germany | 59 | Henry Jacobi | MX2 | Husqvarna |
| 16 | Germany | 60 | Max Nagl | Open | TM |
| 17 | New Zealand | 61 | Cody Cooper | MXGP | Honda |
| 17 | New Zealand | 62 | Hamish Harwood | MX2 | KTM |
| 17 | New Zealand | 63 | Rhys Carter | Open | Yamaha |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 64 | Václav Kovář | MXGP | KTM |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 65 | Martin Krč | MX2 | KTM |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 66 | Martin Michek | Open | KTM |
| 19 | Brazil | 67 | Gustavo Pessoa | MXGP | Kawasaki |
| 19 | Brazil | 68 | Enzo Lopes | MX2 | Suzuki |
| 19 | Brazil | 69 | Fabio Santos | Open | Yamaha |
| 20 | South Africa | 76 | Michael Docherty | MXGP | Husqvarna |
| 20 | South Africa | 77 | Bradley Lionnet | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 20 | South Africa | 78 | Caleb Tennant | Open | Husqvarna |
| 21 | Ukraine | 82 | Dmytro Asmanov | MXGP | KTM |
| 21 | Ukraine | 83 | Dmytro Chernov | MX2 | Husqvarna |
| 21 | Ukraine | 84 | Volodymyr Tarasov | Open | KTM |
| 22 | Iceland | 85 | Einar Sigurðsson | MXGP | Husqvarna |
| 22 | Iceland | 86 | Andri Snær Guðmundsson | MX2 | Husqvarna |
| 22 | Iceland | 87 | Ingvi Björn Birgisson | Open | Husqvarna |
| 23 | Argentina | 88 | Juan Pablo Luzzardi | MXGP | KTM |
| 23 | Argentina | 89 | Dario Arco | MX2 | Honda |
| 23 | Argentina | 90 | Jose Felipe | Open | Honda |
| 24 | Israel | 112 | Dan Maya | MXGP | Yamaha |
| 24 | Israel | 113 | Ariel Dadia | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 24 | Israel | 114 | | Open | |
| 25 | Philippines | 115 | Kenneth San Andres | MXGP | Kawasaki |
| 25 | Philippines | 116 | Mark Reggie Flores | MX2 | Kawasaki |
| 25 | Philippines | 117 | Carlo Rodriguez | Open | Kawasaki |
| 26 | Japan | 118 | Taiki Koga | MXGP | Honda |
| 26 | Japan | 119 | Haruki Yokoyama | MX2 | Kawasaki |
| 26 | Japan | 120 | Toshiki Tomita | Open | Honda |
| 27 | Mexico | 121 | Julio César Zambrano | MXGP | Husqvarna |
| 27 | Mexico | 122 | Tre Fierro | MX2 | KTM |
| 27 | Mexico | 123 | Félix Lopez | Open | KTM |
| 28 | Austria | 124 | Roland Edelbacher | MXGP | KTM |
| 28 | Austria | 125 | Marcel Stauffer | MX2 | KTM |
| 28 | Austria | 126 | Pascal Rauchenecker | Open | Husqvarna |
| 29 | Venezuela | 127 | Carlos Badiali | MXGP | Yamaha |
| 29 | Venezuela | 128 | Anthony Rodríguez | MX2 | Yamaha |
| 29 | Venezuela | 129 | Lorenzo Locurcio | Open | Yamaha |
| 30 | Guatemala | 136 | José Fernandez | MXGP | KTM |
| 30 | Guatemala | 137 | Rodrigo Bardales | MX2 | KTM |
| 30 | Guatemala | 138 | Jorge González | Open | Honda |
| | Country | Nr | Rider | Class | Motorcycle |

## Practice

Practice is run on a class by class basis.

### Open

| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Time | Difference |
| 1 | 9 | Anstie | Husqvarna | 2:00.575 | |
| 2 | 6 | Coldenhoff | KTM | 2:00.593 | +0.018 |
| 3 | 12 | Van Horebeek | Yamaha | 2:01.644 | +1.069 |
| 4 | 27 | Barcia | Yamaha | 2:01.977 | +1.402 |
| 5 | 60 | Nagl | TM | 2:02.242 | +1.667 |
| 6 | 24 | Kullas | Husqvarna | 2:02.734 | +2.159 |
| 7 | 3 | Tixier | KTM | 2:02.976 | +2.401 |
| 8 | 15 | Seewer | Yamaha | 2:03.045 | +2.470 |
| 9 | 126 | Rauchenecker | Husqvarna | 2:03.156 | +2.581 |
| 10 | 21 | Lupino | Kawasaki | 2:03.234 | +2.659 |
| 11 | 30 | Gole | Yamaha | 2:03.890 | +3.315 |
| 12 | 39 | Medaglia | Kawasaki | 2:04.107 | +3.532 |
| 13 | 18 | Evans | KTM | 2:04.679 | +4.104 |
| 14 | 54 | Campano | Yamaha | 2:05.630 | +5.055 |
| 15 | 66 | Michek | KTM | 2:06.964 | +6.389 |
| 16 | 69 | Santos | Yamaha | 2:07.765 | +7.190 |
| 17 | 63 | Carter | Yamaha | 2:07.993 | +7.418 |
| 18 | 129 | Locurcio | Yamaha | 2:08.300 | +7.725 |
| 19 | 84 | Tarasov | KTM | 2:08.484 | +7.909 |
| 20 | 120 | Tomita | Honda | 2:09.965 | +9.390 |
| 21 | 123 | López | KTM | 2:12.707 | +12.132 |
| 22 | 78 | Tennant | Husqvarna | 2:12.991 | +12.416 |
| 23 | 90 | Felipe | Honda | 2:14.209 | +13.634 |
| 24 | 45 | Bird | KTM | 2:14.620 | +14.045 |
| 25 | 48 | Graça | Suzuki | 2:14.814 | +14.239 |
| 26 | 51 | Pastrana | Suzuki | 2:16.371 | +15.796 |
| 27 | 87 | Birgisson | Husqvarna | 2:19.299 | +18.724 |
| 28 | 117 | Rodríguez | Kawasaki | 2:34.809 | +34.234 |
| 29 | 138 | González | Honda | 2:36.573 | +35.998 |
| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Time | Difference |

## Qualifying Races

Qualifying is run on a class by class basis. Top 19 countries after qualifying go directly to the main Motocross des Nations races. The remaining countries go to a smaller final. Best 2 scores count.

### MXGP

| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Laps | Gap |
| 1 | 19 | Cairoli | KTM | 11 | |
| 2 | 58 | Roczen | Honda | 11 | +21.286 |
| 3 | 4 | Herlings | KTM | 11 | +36.455 |
| 4 | 1 | Paulin | Husqvarna | 11 | +38.939 |
| 5 | 7 | Searle | Kawasaki | 11 | +54.353 |
| 6 | 52 | Butrón | KTM | 11 | +1:05.652 |
| 7 | 28 | Bengtsson | Yamaha | 11 | +1:08.403 |
| 8 | 13 | Guillod | KTM | 11 | +1:45.321 |
| 9 | 16 | Gibbs | KTM | 11 | +1:46.994 |
| 10 | 124 | Edelbacher | KTM | 11 | +1:50.371 |
| 11 | 76 | Docherty | Husqvarna | 11 | +1:58.746 |
| 12 | 118 | Koga | Honda | 11 | +2:04.765 |
| 13 | 46 | Gonçalves | Yamaha | 11 | +2:05.809 |
| 14 | 43 | Gibson | KTM | 11 | +2:13.341 |
| 15 | 61 | Cooper | Honda | 11 | +2:24.817 |
| 16 | 64 | Kovář | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 17 | 37 | Facciotti | Honda | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 18 | 127 | Badiali | Yamaha | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 19 | 82 | Asmanov | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 20 | 67 | Pessoa | Kawasaki | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 21 | 49 | Windham | Honda | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 22 | 121 | Zambrano | Husqvarna | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 23 | 88 | Luzzardi | Honda | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 24 | 136 | Fernández | KTM | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 25 | 22 | Leok | Husqvarna | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 26 | 115 | San Andres | Kawasaki | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 27 | 10 | Desalle | Kawasaki | 8 | Did Not Finish |
| 28 | 112 | Maya | Yamaha | 8 | +3 Laps |
| 29 | 25 | Tomac | Kawasaki | 7 | Did Not Finish |
| 30 | 85 | Sigurðsson | Husqvarna | 7 | Did Not Finish |

### MX2

| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Laps | Gap |
| 1 | 2 | Ferrandis | Yamaha | 11 | |
| 2 | 17 | Lawrence | Honda | 11 | +00.766 |
| 3 | 59 | Jacobi | Husqvarna | 11 | +34.130 |
| 4 | 20 | Cervellin | Yamaha | 11 | +38.511 |
| 5 | 53 | Prado | KTM | 11 | +44.348 |
| 6 | 68 | Lopes | Suzuki | 11 | +47.486 |
| 7 | 8 | Watson | Yamaha | 11 | +48.457 |
| 8 | 38 | Pettis | Yamaha | 11 | +1:00.775 |
| 9 | 29 | Östlund | Yamaha | 11 | +1:01.127 |
| 10 | 128 | Rodríguez | Yamaha | 11 | +1:05.909 |
| 11 | 26 | Plessinger | Yamaha | 11 | +1:07.767 |
| 12 | 5 | Vlaanderen | Honda | 11 | +1:09.726 |
| 13 | 125 | Stauffer | KTM | 11 | +1:37.283 |
| 14 | 50 | Sipes | Husqvarna | 11 | +1:55.455 |
| 15 | 44 | Barr | Husqvarna | 11 | +1:57.279 |
| 16 | 23 | Roosiorg | KTM | 11 | +2:01.460 |
| 17 | 62 | Harwood | KTM | 11 | +2:05.395 |
| 18 | 11 | Geerts | Yamaha | 11 | +2:13.069 |
| 19 | 47 | Outeiro | Honda | 11 | +2:15.376 |
| 20 | 65 | Krč | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 21 | 86 | Guðmundsson | Husqvarna | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 22 | 77 | Lionnet | Yamaha | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 23 | 89 | Arco | Honda | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 24 | 119 | Yokoyama | Kawasaki | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 25 | 122 | Fierro | KTM | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 26 | 116 | Flores | Kawasaki | 7 | +4 Laps |
| 27 | 83 | Chernov | Husqvarna | 4 | Did Not Finish |
| 28 | 14 | Auberson | KTM | 0 | Did Not Finish |
| | 137 | Bardales | KTM | 0 | Did Not Start |
| | 113 | Dadia | Yamaha | 0 | Did Not Start |

### Open

| Place | Nr | Rider | Motorcycle | Laps | Gap |
| 1 | 6 | Coldenhoff | KTM | 11 | |
| 2 | 27 | Barcia | Yamaha | 11 | +03.444 |
| 3 | 12 | Van Horebeek | Yamaha | 11 | +27.885 |
| 4 | 15 | Seewer | Yamaha | 11 | +34.906 |
| 5 | 24 | Kullas | Husqvarna | 11 | +35.900 |
| 6 | 21 | Lupino | Kawasaki | 11 | +40.365 |
| 7 | 3 | Tixier | KTM | 11 | +41.172 |
| 8 | 60 | Nagl | TM | 11 | +59.068 |
| 9 | 9 | Anstie | Husqvarna | 11 | +1:13.365 |
| 10 | 84 | Tarasov | KTM | 11 | +1:27.256 |
| 11 | 30 | Gole | Yamaha | 11 | +1:28.665 |
| 12 | 66 | Michek | KTM | 11 | +1:43.678 |
| 13 | 39 | Medaglia | Kawasaki | 11 | +1:51.378 |
| 14 | 63 | Carter | Yamaha | 11 | +1:53.340 |
| 15 | 18 | Evans | KTM | 11 | +1:54.960 |
| 16 | 129 | Locurcio | Yamaha | 11 | +2:20.771 |
| 17 | 126 | Rauchenecker | Husqvarna | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 18 | 69 | Santos | Yamaha | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 19 | 120 | Tomita | Honda | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 20 | 48 | Graça | Suzuki | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 21 | 87 | Birgisson | Husqvarna | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 22 | 123 | López | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 23 | 45 | Bird | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 24 | 78 | Tennant | KTM | 10 | +1 Lap |
| 25 | 90 | Felipe | Honda | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 26 | 138 | González | Honda | 9 | +2 Laps |
| 27 | 51 | Pastrana | Suzuki | 6 | Did Not Finish |
| 28 | 117 | Rodríguez | Kawasaki | 3 | Did Not Finish |
| 29 | 54 | Campano | Yamaha | 2 | Did Not Start |

### Qualification Standings

* Qualified Nations
| Place | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 5 |
| 3 | France | 5 |
| 4 | Germany | 5 |
| 5 | Australia | 11 |
| 6 | Spain | 11 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 12 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 12 |
| 9 | United States | 13 |
| 10 | Sweden | 16 |
| 11 | Canada | 21 |
| 12 | Estonia | 21 |
| 13 | Belgium | 21 |
| 14 | Austria | 23 |
| 15 | Brazil | 24 |
| 16 | Venezuela | 26 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 28 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 29 |
| 19 | Ireland | 29 |
* Nations Admitted to the B-Final
| Place | Nation | Points |
| 20 | Ukraine | 29 |
| 21 | Japan | 31 |
| 22 | Portugal | 32 |
| 23 | South Africa | 33 |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | 35 |
| 25 | Iceland | 42 |
| 26 | Mexico | 44 |
| 27 | Argentina | 46 |
| 28 | Guatemala | 50 |
| 29 | Philippines | 52 |
| 30 | Israel | 28 |

## B-Final

The B-Final is for the nations who finished 20th-31st in qualifying. The top nation from the B-Final qualify for the Motocross des Nations races. Best 2 scores for each nation counts.

## Motocross des Nations races

The main Motocross des Nations races consist of 3 races which combine two classes together in each. Lowest score wins with each nation allowed to drop their worst score after the final race.

## Final standings

Following the event, Italy were disqualified from second place overall due to failing fuel tests.
| Place | Nation | Points | Total |
| 1 | France | 2 + 3 + 6 + 8 + 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 34 | 39 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 4 + 4 + 8 + 12 + 13 | 41 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 + 7 + 10 + 12 + 12 | 43 |
| 5 | United States | 4 + 5 + 9 + 11 + 14 | 43 |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 + 6 + 9 + 11 + 16 | 47 |
| 7 | Spain | 3 + 3 + 15 + 16 + 20 | 57 |
| 8 | Estonia | 7 + 10 + 10 + 17 + 19 | 63 |
| 9 | Germany | 6 + 7 + 11 + 23 + 23 | 70 |
| 10 | Canada | 8 + 18 + 19 + 21 + 24 | 90 |
| 11 | Sweden | 15 + 18 + 20 + 21 + 22 | 96 |
| 12 | Austria | 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 26 | 98 |
| 13 | Ireland | 14 + 15 + 28 + 29 + 31 | 117 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 14 + 17 + 24 + 31 + 33 | 119 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 18 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 | 120 |
| 16 | Brazil | 21 + 22 + 26 + 29 + 29 | 127 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 9 + 27 + 30 + 33 + 35 | 134 |
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 28 + 30 + 34 + 36 + 37 | 165 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 5 + 25 + 27 + 32 | 89 |
| 20 | Portugal | | |
| 21 | Japan | | |
| 22 | Argentina | | |
| 23 | South Africa | | |
| 24 | Iceland | | |
| 25 | Mexico | | |
| 26 | Ukraine | | |
| 27 | Guatemala | | |
| 28 | Philippines | | |
| 29 | Israel | | |
| 2 | Italy | 4 + 5 + 6 + 10 + 12 | 37 |