The official ballot to determine the starting grid for the qualifying heats of the 2023 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations took place earlier this afternoon in the Media Centre at Ernee. The draw saw Team Morocco get the first gate pick for the second time in a row after last year, meanwhile, home heroes Team France will line up 26th while defending Champions, Team USA will take the gate 6th.
The qualifying starting grid is as follows:
1. Morocco
2. Brazil
3. Ireland
4. Slovenia
5. Iceland
6. USA
7. Puerto Rico
8. Sweden
9. Croatia
10. Germany
11. Finland
12. Belgium
13. Australia
14. Mexico
15. South Africa
16. New Zealand
17. Spain
18. Slovakia
19. Guam
20. Estonia
21. Ukraine
22. Chili
23. Switzerland
24. The Netherlands
25. Italy
26. France
27. Luxembourg
28. Poland
29. Norway
30. FIM Latin America
31.Portugal
32.Lithuania
33. Czech Republic
34.Greece
35. Latvia
36.Great Britain
37. Canada
WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Time/CEST)
FRIDAY: 11:00 Opening Press Conference, 12:00 Ballot, 14:00 Teams Press Conference, 16:30 Teams and Riders Presentation to the crowd
SATURDAY: 08:30 bLU cRU 125 Free/Timed Practice, 09:10 bLU cRU 85 Free/Timed Practice, 10:00 MXGP Free Practice, 10:50 MX2 Free Practice, 11:40 Open Free Practice, 13:00 bLU cRU 65 Free/Timed Practice,13:45 bLU cRU 85 Race, 14:30 MXGP Qualifying Heat, 15:30 MX2 Qualifying Heat, 16:30 Open Qualifying Heat, 17:20 bLU cRU 65 Race, 18:10 C-Final Race
SUNDAY: 08:35 B-Final Warm-up, 09:20 bLU cRU 125 Race, 10:00 MXoN Group 1 Warm-up, 10:20 MXoN Group 2 Warm-up, 11:00 B-Final, 13:10 MXGP & MX2 (MXoN Race 1), 14:40 MX2 & Open (MXoN Race 2), 16:08 Open & MXGP (MXoN Race 3).
