# 2023 Spanish Motocross Championship

The 2023 Spanish Motocross Championship season was the 65th Spanish Motocross Championship season.
The series had seven rounds across the country, running from February to May. José Butrón was the reigning champion in the Elite-MX1, after winning his eighth title in 2022. David Braceras was the reigning champion in Elite-MX2 after he won his first title in the previous season. Butrón was able to successfully defend his title in Elite-MX1, ahead of longterm rival Carlos Campano, whilst Gerard Congost took his first Elite-MX2 title.
For 2023 points were awarded to the top-five qualifiers for the first time. These points did not count towards the overall total for a rider per round, but counted towards the points total in the championship standings.
The series held its second round at a new circuit in Lugo, Galicia named after two-time world champion Jorge Prado.

## Race calendar and results

The full calendar with both dates and venues was released on 2 December.

### Elite-MX1

| Round | Date | Location | Pole Position | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 4—5 February | Montearagón | Brian Bogers | Brian Bogers | José Butrón | José Butrón |
| 2 | 25–26 February | Lugo | Jorge Prado | Jorge Prado | Rubén Fernández | Rubén Fernández |
| 3 | 4–5 March | Albaida | José Butrón | Carlos Campano | Carlos Campano | Carlos Campano |
| 4 | 18–19 March | Valverde del Camino | José Butrón | José Butrón | José Butrón | José Butrón |
| 5 | 1–2 April | Calatayud | Rubén Fernández | Rubén Fernández | Rubén Fernández | Rubén Fernández |
| 6 | 22–23 April | Bellpuig | José Butrón | José Butrón | José Butrón | José Butrón |
| 7 | 13–14 May | Alhama de Murcia | Carlos Campano | Carlos Campano | Carlos Campano | Carlos Campano |

### Elite-MX2

| Round | Date | Location | Pole Position | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Round Winner |
| 1 | 4–5 February | Montearagón | Samuel Nilsson | Lucas Coenen | Lucas Coenen | Lucas Coenen |
| 2 | 25–26 February | Lugo | Samuel Nilsson | Samuel Nilsson | Víctor Alonso | Víctor Alonso |
| 3 | 4–5 March | Albaida | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost |
| 4 | 18–19 March | Valverde del Camino | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Edgar Canet | Gerard Congost |
| 5 | 1–2 April | Calatayud | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné | Adriá Monné |
| 6 | 22–23 April | Bellpuig | Adriá Monné | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost | Gerard Congost |
| 7 | 13–14 May | Alhama de Murcia | Samuel Nilsson | Samuel Nilsson | Adriá Monné | Samuel Nilsson |

### Circuit locations
## Elite-MX1

Five time world champion Jeffrey Herlings was scheduled to compete at the opening round of the series but had to withdraw due to flu. Grand Prix winner Brian Bogers did compete in the first round in preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship.

### Participants

| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| | Honda | 3 | José Javier Paisan | 2 |
| Osička MX Team | KTM | 4 | Tomáš Kohút | 3 |
| Osička MX Team | KTM | 53 | Šimon Jošt | 3 |
| Team JCR&Katharsis | Kawasaki | 5 | Carlos Abel | All |
| Team JCR&Katharsis | Yamaha | 27 | Aleix Diaz | All |
| Team JCR&Katharsis | Kawasaki | 225 | Marc Fontanals | All |
| B.R. Motos Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 7 | Nil Bussot | All |
| Escuela de Pilotos Román Pérez | Yamaha | 9 | Román Pérez | 2 |
| | Husqvarna | 11 | Jonathan Rincon | 5 |
| | Husqvarna | 13 | Ivan Lacuesta | 1, 3 |
| Motos Arribas - Xalo Offroad | Husqvarna | 14 | Breogan Touriñan | 2 |
| Hardworkbikes | KTM | 15 | Ángel Perales | 5–6 |
| TRT Motorcycles | KTM | 17 | José Butrón | All |
| Kawasaki BoxZero Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | Francesc Mataró | 1, 3, 5–7 |
| DLR57 | Honda | 25 | Bruno Darias | All |
| DLR57 | Honda | 57 | Pablo de la Rosa | 4 |
| Team Pajareros | KTM | 26 | Pau Salas | 3 |
| Team Motorland Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 29 | Jonathan Gimenez | 1, 3 |
| Team Bernárdez | Honda | 29 | Aarón Bernárdez | 2 |
| | Kawasaki | 33 | Lluis Sanz | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Team Motocebri | Honda | 35 | Pablo Cebrian | 1–2 |
| Team Motocebri | Honda | 94 | Alvaro Cebrian | 1–2 |
| | Honda | 35 | Pedro Jesus Herrera | 4 |
| Yamaha Monster Energy Geração | Yamaha | 38 | Fábio Santos | 2–4 |
| | KTM | 40 | José Luis Dauden | 1, 7 |
| Ausio Racing Team | Yamaha | 44 | Nil Arcarons | 1–3, 6–7 |
| | Yamaha | 45 | Sunier | 5 |
| Team Castro | Kawasaki | 51 | Sergio Castro | 1–6 |
| MJR Racing | Yamaha | 60 | Julián Simón | 3 |
| Red Bull Gas Gas Factory Racing | Gas Gas | 61 | Jorge Prado | 2 |
| KTM Spain | KTM | 67 | Yago Martínez | All |
| Team Honda HRC | Honda | 70 | Rubén Fernández | 2, 5 |
| Txarandaka - UTR Racing | KTM | 71 | Iker Uterga | 2 |
| | KTM | 78 | José Javier Corbalán | 3, 7 |
| Mad Motos | Kawasaki | 80 | Sergio Sánchez | 1–4 |
| | Husqvarna | 84 | Sergio Arias | 2 |
| Andreu28 Competicion | Gas Gas | 88 | Bruno Bozzo | 3 |
| IRS Nurcris Sevilla la Nueva | Kawasaki | 90 | Angel Farias | 7 |
| Valiente Racing | KTM | 91 | Carlos Valiente | 7 |
| GRMXPRO | Husqvarna | 92 | Ander Valentín | 1–3, 5–7 |
| GRMXPRO | Husqvarna | 125 | Ion Ander Rodríguez | All |
| | KTM | 98 | Sergio Valera | 5–6 |
| E.Castro | Yamaha | 99 | Isaac García | 4 |
| Motos Arribas | Husqvarna | 101 | Xurxo Prol | All |
| Yamaha E.Castro Bedetec | Yamaha | 115 | Carlos Campano | All |
| | Gas Gas | 118 | Carlos Sanz | 1 |
| Filten Racing | Yamaha | 121 | Mathias Jørgensen | 2 |
| Motorgas | Husqvarna | 124 | Simeó Ubach | All |
| | Husqvarna | 133 | José Daniel Martín | 2 |
| Gas Gas TRT Motorcycles | Gas Gas | 135 | Heriberto Cruz | All |
| | Honda | 169 | David Noya | 5–7 |
| Standing Construct Honda MXGP | Honda | 189 | Brian Bogers | 1 |
| Tecnibikes | Kawasaki | 192 | David Villalba | 4 |
| Renter Racing | KTM | 197 | Denis Poláš | 3 |
| ETG Racing | KTM | 201 | Roger Gallart | 1, 5 |
| Yamaha Speedcity | Yamaha | 211 | Paulo Alberto | 2 |
| CGA Talleres Pedro Fernandez | Kawasaki | 241 | Borja Ramon Mugica | 7 |
| Jezyk Racing Team | KTM | 276 | Joan David Rosell | 5 |
| Jezyk Racing Team | KTM | 501 | Roger Oliver | All |
| KRTZ Motorsport | KTM | 311 | Marek Nešpor | 3 |
| | KTM | 313 | Alex Romero | 5, 7 |
| | Honda | 333 | Ruben Herrera | 5–6 |
| | Gas Gas | 628 | Alfredo Lancha | 2–5 |
| | Yamaha | 817 | Patricio Zamora | 3 |
| | KTM | 961 | Oscar Corominas | 1 |

### Riders Championship

Points are awarded to the top-five finishers of the qualifying race, in the following format:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Points | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points are awarded to finishers of the main races, in the following format:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| Points | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MON | MON | LUG | LUG | ALB | ALB | VAL | VAL | CAL | CAL | BEL | BEL | ALH | ALH | Points |
| 1 | José Butrón | KTM | 2$^{+4}$ | 1 | Ret$^{+4}$ | DNS | 2$^{+5}$ | 4 | 1$^{+5}$ | 1 | 3$^{+3}$ | 2 | 1$^{+5}$ | 1 | 2$^{+4}$ | 2 | 303 |
| 2 | Carlos Campano | Yamaha | 3$^{+3}$ | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1$^{+4}$ | 1 | Ret$^{+4}$ | 2 | 2$^{+4}$ | 3 | 20$^{+4}$ | 2 | 1$^{+5}$ | 1 | 289 |
| 3 | Yago Martínez | KTM | 6 | 12 | 3$^{+3}$ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6$^{+2}$ | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2$^{+1}$ | 3 | 3$^{+2}$ | 3 | 238 |
| 4 | Xurxo Prol | Husqvarna | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6$^{+1}$ | 6 | 4$^{+3}$ | 5 | 8$^{+2}$ | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4$^{+3}$ | 4 | 238 |
| 5 | Simeó Ubach | Husqvarna | 5$^{+1}$ | 3 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 8 | 3$^{+1}$ | 4 | 5$^{+1}$ | 4 | 5$^{+3}$ | 5 | 5$^{+1}$ | 7 | 215 |
| 6 | Roger Oliver | KTM | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 176 |
| 7 | Nil Bussot | Husqvarna | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 163 |
| 8 | Carlos Abel | Kawasaki | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 142 |
| 9 | Ander Valentín | Husqvarna | Ret$^{+2}$ | DNS | 4$^{+1}$ | Ret | 7 | 18 | | | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 136 |
| 10 | Sergio Castro | Kawasaki | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9$^{+2}$ | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | | | 131 |
| 11 | Fábio Santos | Yamaha | | | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 106 |
| 12 | Rubén Fernández | Honda | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | 1$^{+5}$ | 1 | | | | | 102 |
| 13 | Heriberto Cruz | Gas Gas | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 101 |
| 14 | Francesc Mataró | Kawasaki | 14 | 10 | | | 11 | 13 | | | 10 | 8 | Ret$^{+2}$ | 12 | 8 | 6 | 99 |
| 15 | Marc Fontanals | Kawasaki | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 88 |
| 16 | Nil Arcarons | Yamaha | 9 | 5 | DNS | DNS | 15 | DNS | | | | | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 81 |
| 17 | Bruno Darias | Honda | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 14 | Ret | DNS | 61 |
| 18 | Jorge Prado | Gas Gas | | | 1$^{+5}$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 52 |
| 19 | Šimon Jošt | KTM | | | | | 3$^{+3}$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | 37 |
| 20 | Ángel Perales | KTM | | | | | | | | | 16 | 13 | 10 | 11 | | | 34 |
| 21 | Paulo Alberto | Yamaha | | | 6$^{+2}$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 22 | Lluis Sanz | Kawasaki | 19 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 20 | | | Ret | DNS | 16 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 33 |
| 23 | Brian Bogers | Honda | 1$^{+5}$ | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 24 | Sergio Sánchez | Kawasaki | 7 | 6 | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | 30 |
| 25 | Tomáš Kohút | KTM | | | | | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 26 | Aleix Diaz | Yamaha | 20 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | Ret | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 29 |
| 27 | David Noya | Honda | | | | | | | | | 17 | Ret | 14 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 25 |
| 28 | Pedro Jesus Herrera | Honda | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | 19 |
| 29 | Román Pérez | Yamaha | | | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 15 |
| 30 | Sergio Valera | KTM | | | | | | | | | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | | | 15 |
| 31 | Isaac García | Yamaha | | | | | | | 15 | 13 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 32 | Ivan Lacuesta | Husqvarna | 16 | 17 | | | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | | | 14 |
| 33 | David Villalba | Kawasaki | | | | | | | 12 | 17 | | | | | | | 13 |
| 34 | Denis Poláš | KTM | | | | | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | 13 |
| 35 | Ruben Herrera | Honda | | | | | | | | | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | | | 12 |
| 36 | Pablo de la Rosa | Honda | | | | | | | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | 11 |
| 37 | Ion Ander Rodríguez | Husqvarna | 26 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 19 | 10 |
| 38 | Alex Romero | KTM | | | | | | | | | 19 | 14 | | | Ret | DNS | 9 |
| 39 | Borja Ramon Mugica | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 17 | 9 |
| 40 | Alfredo Lancha | Gas Gas | | | 21 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | | | | | 9 |
| 41 | José Luis Dauden | KTM | 22 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 18 | 8 |
| 42 | Marek Nešpor | KTM | | | | | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | 7 |
| 43 | Oscar Corominas | KTM | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 44 | Bruno Bozzo | Gas Gas | | | | | 17 | Ret | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 45 | Aarón Bernárdez | Honda | | | Ret | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 46 | Breogan Touriñan | Husqvarna | | | 19 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 47 | José Javier Corbalán | KTM | | | | | 26 | 26 | | | | | | | 20 | 20 | 2 |
| 48 | Iker Uterga | KTM | | | 20 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 49 | Carlos Sanz | Gas Gas | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| | Roger Gallart | KTM | 24 | 21 | | | | | | | 22 | 22 | | | | | 0 |
| | José Daniel Martín | Husqvarna | | | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Carlos Valiente | KTM | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | 21 | 0 |
| | Angel Farias | Kawasaki | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 | 22 | 0 |
| | Alvaro Cebrian | Honda | 23 | 22 | Ret | 25 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Julián Simón | Yamaha | | | | | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Joan David Rosell | KTM | | | | | | | | | 23 | 23 | | | | | 0 |
| | Sergio Arias | Husqvarna | | | 23 | 24 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pau Salas | KTM | | | | | 24 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jonathan Gimenez | Husqvarna | 25 | 23 | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | José Javier Paisan | Honda | | | 26 | 23 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Pablo Cebrian | Honda | Ret | Ret | 25 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Sunier | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | 25 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Patricio Zamora | Yamaha | | | | | 27 | 27 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jonathan Rincon | Husqvarna | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Mathias Jørgensen | Yamaha | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MON | MON | LUG | LUG | ALB | ALB | VAL | VAL | CAL | CAL | BEL | BEL | ALH | ALH | Points |