On 29th of March the Grand Prix of Italy will take place at the "Crossodromo Monte Coralli" in Faenza. Today the FIM announced the entry list for this event:

Following are the allocated numbers for the 2009 FIM Moto- cross World Championships (MX1, MX2, MX3 and Women):

The ‘Steering Committee for the sound level reduction in Motocross and Enduro’ was created in February 2008 and is chaired by Mr. Jean-Pierre Mougin, FIM Deputy President, with the group participation and support of the Manufacturers and Youthstream, to define a new method to control the sound level of competition motorcycles. This new method represents much closer the real sound levels of the motorcycles perceived by the spectators and in the surrounding area during practice and competition.

The Motocross/SuperMoto Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Wolfgang Srb, President of the CMS/FIM, Giuseppe Luongo, President of Youthstream, and Takanao Tsubouchi, MSMA Secretary General, in a meeting held in Monaco, on December 4th, decided to introduce the following changes to the Regulations, all for application as from 01.01.2009.

Due to the very difficult economical situation, the FIM Moto- cross Grand Prix of South Africa, scheduled on 19 July 2009, is cancelled. The 2009 calendar is the following:

Youthstream announces the official 2009 calendars of the FIM Motocross World Championships including the MX1, MX2, MX3, Women and Junior series, the Red Bull Motocross of Nations, the Veterans’ World Cup and the EMX2 UEM European series.

A very exciting 62nd edition of the Motocross of Nations was won by Team USA for the 19th time in their history as James Stewart (MX1), Ryan Villopoto (MX2) and Tim Ferry (Open) rode strong throughout the three heats. Villopoto and Ferry also took the MX2 and Open Individual Overall wins with Stewart missing the MX1 win because of a final heat crash.

The Night of the Jumps - FIM Freestyle MX World Champion- ship, scheduled for the 28th and 29th of November in Spodek-Arena in Katowice (Poland), has been relocated to Africa.

The first race of the last event in Jauer (Saxony) finally gave the answer about the new MX3 World Champion. Belgian rider Sven Breugelmans (KTM) conquered his second MX3 World Title. Italian rider Cristian Beggi (Honda) is the World Vice-Champion, Cristophe Martin (Husqvarna) is the third rider in the MX3 Classification 2008.

The SIDI Grand Prix of Città di Faenza put a full stop on the MX1 and MX2 World Championships throughout an extremely emotional event. The 30000 home fans celebrated David Philippaerts’ MX1 World Title at the end of a hard fought Grand Prix characterized by mixed weather conditions.