Team Norway has confirmed the three riders they will be sending to RedBud to represent their nation at this year’s Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations! Team Brazil has also selected their team, as you can see below.

MXGP will be Cornelius Tøndel. Cornelius, who is currently in 2nd place in the EMX250 standings, will be racing the 450 Fantic factory bike for the first time this year. He will be supported by his team Fantic Factory Team Maddi for the event.

Grand Prix charger Kevin Horgmo will race the MX2 class. Horgmo currently 4th in the MX2 world championship, will race his F&H tuned Kawasaki 250f at Red Bud with the support from his team F&H Kawasaki racing team.

In the open class is Håkon Østerhagen. Only 18 years old and with race wins in the EMX250 class this year, will be riding his Fantic 250 two stroke factory bike in the open class in Red Bud, supported by Fantic Factory Team Maddi

Team manager: Espen Blikstad “I’m really happy to announce that Team Norway are going to the MXoN this year. The boys have made really good results so far in 2022, so we have done everything we could to make this happen. But it wouldn’t be possible without the great support from Fantic factory Team Maddi and F&H Kawasaki Racing Team. We are lining up with a young team, and coming in like underdogs. We want to improve on the 12th place from Assen, and if the riders ride like normal I think we can surprise a lot of people. Also a big thank you to the federation for great support”.

Team Brazil has also selected their team for the event, with Enzo Lopes in for MX2, Ramyller Alves for MX1 and Fábio Santos for MXGP .

Ramyller Alves: I started competing since I was five years old, competing in all the state and national championships here in the United States. At the age of 19 I turned professional competing in AMA Supercross and AMA Motocross where I had good results. I have represented Brazil at the Junior World Championships in Belgium and twice at the Nations in Italy in 2016 and in the Netherlands in 2019. It is always an honor to be one of the riders to be chosen to represent Brazil in the biggest event we have in our sport. I am very grateful to have this opportunity once again this year. I think we have the team with the potential to achieve a good result in the defense of Brazil, even more so that RedBud is a track that I love and has already competed several times in the AMA Motocross.

Enzo Lopes: I was Brazilian champion twelve times, between Brazilian and Arenacross, and I was twice in fifth position in the AMA Supercross, being considered until today the best result of a Brazilian in the competition. In 2018 I was at the Nations together with Fabinho and Gustavo on the same track where the Nations this year will be held, and together we managed to qualify Brazil for the finals after 10 years. I ended up in sixth position in my heat, which was very good for me. And since 2018 I have been nominated to defend Brazil in the competition, but due to injury issues I cannot make the commitment. But now I feel prepared and I am very happy and grateful to be able to participate in the Nations again. I’m doing a strong preparation and I feel very confident.

Fábio Santos: “I am very happy with the call-up to the Motocross das Nações, it was a goal of mine since the beginning of the year! And for being the first rider who is going for the sixth consecutive time to represent Brazil in the Motocross des Nations gives me an extra motivation. I already know Redbud from MXoN from 2018, even with a lot of clay that year it was one of the tracks I liked the most in my entire career. I believe I have everything to have a better result than 2018, as I already know the track, I know the adjustments I will need to make to the bike and at the moment I feel more confident and better adapted on the yz450f. By then I will be 100% recovered from my injury and physically well prepared! We have a good team to be able to repeat Brazil’s classification in MXoN and we count on everyone’s support”.