The 2023 Spanish Motocross Championship season was the 65th Spanish Motocross Championship season.^[1]

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.^[2] David Braceras was the reigning champion in Elite-MX2 after he won his first title in the previous season.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

The series held its second round at a new circuit in Lugo, Galicia named after two-time world champion Jorge Prado.^[6]

Race calendar and results

The full calendar with both dates and venues was released on 2nd December.^[1]

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

Montearagón

Lugo

Albaida

Valverde del Camino

Calatayud

Bellpuig

Alhama de Murcia

2023 Spanish Motocross Championship 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.^[7] Grand Prix winner Brian Bogers did compete in the first round in preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship.^[8]

Participants

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Team	Constructor	No	Rider	Rounds
	Honda	3	José Javier Paisan	2
Osička MX Team	KTM	4	Tomáš Kohút	3
		53	Šimon Jošt	3
Team JCR&Katharsis	Kawasaki	5	Carlos Abel	All
	Yamaha	27	Aleix Diaz	All
	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
		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
		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
		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
Rentor 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
		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 LUG ALB VAL CAL BEL 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 LUG ALB VAL CAL BEL ALH Points Elite-MX2 Factory Husqvarna world championship riders Kay de Wolf and Lucas Coenen, as well as the factory KTM rider Sacha Coenen, competed in the first round in preparation for the 2023 FIM Motocross World Championship.[8] Participants [8] Team Constructor No Rider Rounds Gas Gas Spain Gas Gas 2 Samuel Nilsson 1–2, 6–7 4 Gerard Congost All Ausio Racing Team Yamaha 8 Eric Tomás 1–2 96 Víctor Alonso 1–6 128 Jana Sánchez 1, 5 217 Ivan Polvillo 4 Bud Racing España Gas Gas 11 Gilen Albisua 6–7 632 Marcos Panzano All Kawasaki 15 Carlos Ruiz 1–3, 5 Gas Gas 16 Oscar Roman 1, 5–7 DLR57 KTM 21 Aitor Aguiar 4 KTM Namura Racing KTM 24 Carlos Salvador 4 Motomon KTM 26 Pau Salas 5–7 Mad Motos Husqvarna 27 Carlos Tur 2 Boutaca Racing Team KTM 28 Pedro Rino 1–2 KTM SB Racing Team KTM 36 Nico Greutmann 6 489 Jens Walvoort 6 KTM 45 Erik Cordero 3 Moto Racing Canet Husqvarna 51 Marti Bañeres 1, 3 Mad Motos Kawasaki 55 Albert Alfonso 1–6 Kid MX JR Team Kawasaki 63 Jordi Puig 1–6 Escuderia JRB Offroad Center KTM 64 Roberto Otero 1, 5–7 Mincha Team KTM 66 José Canosa 2 GRMXPRO Husqvarna 68 Unai Larrañaga All Nestaan Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 74 Kay de Wolf 1 196 Lucas Coenen 1 Yamaha Motomon Ibiza Yamaha 74 Jorge Rey 2–3, 6 Novelda Riders Kawasaki 77 Shayne Rompelberg 3 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 79 Sacha Coenen 1 Last Lap Gas Gas 79 Gabriel Seisdedos 2 255 Daniela Guillén 2 Yamaha 84 Pedro José Alcázar 3 KTM 85 Iker Martin 2, 5–6 Team Salgueiro Yamaha 91 Francisco Salgueiro 1–2 Gas Gas TRT Motorcycles Gas Gas 97 Denis Canto 1–3, 7 Yamaha Monster Energy Geração Yamaha 109 Guilherme Bresolin 2–4 MX Specialized Gas Gas 111 Lucas Bodega All MP Racing Team Gas Gas 112 Marc Pamias 1, 6 Team Yamaha Alves Bandeira Yamaha 141 Afonso Gomes 2 KTM 174 Liam Sanjuan 1, 3, 6 Kawasaki 199 Jorge Gaspar 3 DPS Motorsport Kawasaki 207 Aleix Marti 1, 3, 5–6 UK Racing Team KTM 212 Aitana Peña 2 TRT Motorcycles KTM 214 Alejandro Miguel 1–5 365 Adriá Monné All Yamaha 216 Juan José Llamas 7 Kawasaki 218 Jorge Alcaide 1, 3 KTM 219 David Jimenez 6–7 KTM 226 Manuel Embid 1, 5–6 Team Pavo & Rueda Gas Gas 227 Pablo Gutiérrez 1–5 Team JCR & Katharsis Kawasaki 232 Unai Aguiló All Momento TT Motos Gas Gas 291 Fábio Costa 1–2 Husqvarna Spain Husqvarna 305 Antonio Gallego All KTM Namura Racing KTM 315 David Beltrán 1 Benimoto Party Satelite Husqvarna 370 Xavier Camps 3, 5–7 KTM Spain KTM 373 Edgar Canet 1–5 MX119 Factory Racing KTM 395 Mario Moreno All Gas Gas 425 Samuel Panzano 1 Jezyk Racing Team KTM 469 Jamie Astudillo 5 960 Mauro Osinalde 1 Becker Racing KTM 515 Mads Fredsøe 3 Team Lledo KTM 520 Arnau Lledo 1–5 Husqvarna 561 Elio Lorente 5–6 Willup Racing Team Globex KTM 589 Kiliann Poll 6 Motor2000 KTM Racing Team KTM 601 Kelton Gwyther 5 Gas Gas 628 Alfredo Lancha 1 Gas Gas 710 Alejandro Martin 1–3, 6–7 KTM 722 Jordi Galera 1 Young Motion powered by Resa Yamaha 817 Raf Meuwissen 1–2 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 LUG ALB VAL CAL BEL ALH Points 1 Gerard Congost Gas Gas 7+1 10 Ret+4 2 1+5 1 1+5 2 2+4 2 1+3 1 2+3 3 305 2 Adriá Monné KTM 9 8 4 4 3+2 2 3 5 1+5 1 2+5 2 9+4 1 286 3 Víctor Alonso Yamaha 4 5 2+3 1 4+4 5 2+3 4 6+1 5 3 3 237 4 Antonio Gallego Husqvarna 12 16 9+2 5 6+3 7 6+2 3 3+3 3 4 7 3+2 4 228 5 Edgar Canet KTM 8 6 3 3 2 3 5+4 1 4+2 4 193 6 Unai Aguiló Kawasaki 16 Ret 7 10 8 9 4 6 7 7 7 6 6+1 18 164 7 Samuel Nilsson Gas Gas 2+5 4 1+5 Ret Ret+4 4 1+5 2 149 8 Pablo Gutiérrez Gas Gas 11 9 5 7 10+1 4 7+1 9 5 6 140 9 Marcos Panzano Gas Gas 17 19 14 13 Ret 12 12 7 9 8 11 11 12 5 123 10 Unai Larrañaga Husqvarna 20 Ret 10 Ret 7 8 DNS DNS 8 10 10 10 8 9 110 11 Alejandro Miguel KTM 10 11 13 6 11 10 10 11 10 9 109 12 Lucas Bodega Gas Gas 26 20 16 18 15 15 14 13 15 11 17 18 10 8 83 13 Mario Moreno KTM 23 28 Ret 14 17 13 11 14 DNS DNS 14 Ret 13 10 62 14 Guilherme Bresolin Yamaha DNS DNS 5 6 9 8 56 15 Lucas Coenen Husqvarna 1+4 1 54 16 Denis Canto Gas Gas 15 21 12+1 8 Ret DNS 4 16 52 17 Xavier Camps Husqvarna 14 16 16 15 15 20 14 12 46 18 Gilen Albisua Gas Gas 13 14 7 7 43 19 Albert Alfonso Kawasaki 24 26 15 19 18 14 18 18 11 12 Ret Ret 43 20 Roberto Otero KTM Ret DNS Ret 14 12 15 11 11 42 21 David Jimenez KTM Ret 12 5 6 40 22 Fábio Costa Gas Gas 13 14 6 12 39 23 Kay de Wolf Husqvarna 5 2 38 24 Sacha Coenen KTM 6+3 3 38 25 David Beltrán KTM 3+2 7 36 26 Eric Tomás Yamaha 14 15 8 11 36 27 Jorge Rey Yamaha 18 15 12 Ret 9 16 35 28 Nico Greutmann KTM 5+1 5 33 29 Raf Meuwissen Yamaha 21 13 11 9 30 30 Kiliann Poll KTM 6 8 28 31 Marc Pamias Gas Gas 18 17 8 13 28 32 Carlos Salvador KTM 8 10 24 33 Pau Salas KTM 19 18 18 19 15 13 24 34 Arnau Lledo KTM 30 25 20 21 13 19 15 15 Ret Ret 23 35 Mads Fredsøe KTM 9 11 22 36 Aleix Marti Kawasaki 34 32 19 DNS 13 16 16 Ret 20 37 Jordi Puig Kawasaki 33 Ret 23 22 20 21 16 16 17 19 19 21 19 38 Ivan Polvillo Yamaha 13 12 17 39 Iker Martin KTM 17 20 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 40 Jens Walvoort KTM Ret+2 9 14 41 Mauro Osinalde KTM 19 12 11 42 Juan José Llamas Yamaha 17 14 11 43 Manuel Embid KTM 36 30 14 17 DNS DNS 11 44 Oscar Roman Gas Gas 37 34 22 Ret 20 22 18 15 10 45 Kelton Gwyther KTM 12 Ret 9 46 Alejandro Martin Gas Gas DNQ 33 25 27 21 23 Ret Ret 16 17 9 47 Marti Bañeres Husqvarna 31 29 16 18 8 48 Aitor Aguiar KTM 17 17 8 49 Pedro Rino KTM 29 27 19 17 6 50 José Canosa KTM 21 16 5 51 Jorge Alcaide Kawasaki 25 24 Ret 17 4 52 Elio Lorente Husqvarna 18 Ret DNS DNS 3 53 Samuel Panzano Gas Gas 22 18 3 54 Jamie Astudillo KTM 20 20 2 55 Shayne Rompelberg Kawasaki Ret 20 1 Carlos Ruiz Kawasaki Ret Ret 28 Ret 22 24 21 Ret 0 Gabriela Seisdedos Gas Gas 22 23 0 Jorge Gaspar Kawasaki 24 22 0 Liam Sanjuan KTM 27 22 DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 Pedro José Alcázar Yamaha 23 25 0 Jordi Galera KTM 28 23 0 Francisco Salgueiro Yamaha 32 31 24 24 0 Carlos Tur Husqvarna 27 25 0 Aitana Peña KTM 26 26 0 Jana Sánchez Yamaha 35 Ret Ret Ret 0 Daniela Guillén Gas Gas Ret Ret 0 Alfredo Lancha Gas Gas Ret DNS 0 Afonso Gomes Yamaha Ret DNS 0 Erik Cordero KTM DNS DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike MON LUG ALB VAL CAL BEL ALH Points References 1 2 "Calendario provisional del Campeonato de España de Motocross 2023". enduromagazine.com. 2 December 2022. 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