2026 Italian Prestige Motocross Championship
The 2026 Italian Prestige Motocross Championship season is the 18th edition of the Italian Motocross Championship carrying the 'Prestige' moniker.
The series consists of six rounds, running from March to late August. Isak Gifting is the reigning champion in the MX1 Elite class, after winning his first prestige title in 2025.[1]
Valerio Lata is the reigning champion in the MX2 Elite class, after winning his second consecutive title with a round to spare in the previous season.[2]
The second race at the opening round was cancelled for both classes due to poor weather conditions and the condition of the track.[3]
Race calendar and results
The full calendar with both dates and venues was released on 9 February.[4]
MX1
| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Round Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14–15 March | Ottobiano | Alessandro Lupino | Race Cancelled | Alessandro Lupino |
| 2 | 2–3 May | Maggiora | |||
| 3 | 16–17 May | Fermo | |||
| 4 | 13–14 June | Pietramurata | |||
| 5 | 10–11 July | Faenza | |||
| 6 | 29–30 August | Castiglione del Lago |
MX2
| Round | Date | Location | Race 1 Winner | Race 2 Winner | Round Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14–15 March | Ottobiano | Valerio Lata | Race Cancelled | Valerio Lata |
| 2 | 2–3 May | Maggiora | |||
| 3 | 16–17 May | Fermo | |||
| 4 | 13–14 June | Pietramurata | |||
| 5 | 10–11 July | Faenza | |||
| 6 | 29–30 August | Castiglione del Lago |
Circuit locations
2026 Italian Prestige Motocross Championship locations
MX1
Participants
| Elite Riders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| FM CAMI Racing Team | Honda | 3 | Federico Tuani | 1 |
| 81 | Brian Hsu | 1 | ||
| MRT Racing Team Beta | Beta | 4 | Rick Elzinga | 1 |
| MCR Racing Team | Husqvarna | 37 | Yuri Quarti | 1 |
| Triumph Italia Racing | Triumph | 41 | Morgan Lesiardo | 1 |
| Yamaha Motor Schweiz | Yamaha | 53 | Flavio Wolf | 1 |
| Pedica Racing Team | Honda | 74 | Alessandro Valeri | 1 |
| Red Bull Ducati Factory Team | Ducati | 77 | Alessandro Lupino | 1 |
| MB Team | Honda | 85 | Cédric Soubeyras | 1 |
| Van Venrooy KTM Racing | KTM | 101 | Mattia Guadagnini | 1 |
| A-Team Honda | Honda | 110 | Matteo Puccinelli | 1 |
| Motormix Racing Team | Gas Gas | 111 | Alessandro Manucci | 1 |
| Bloms MX Racing Team | KTM | 118 | Jakob Zetterholm | |
| GCC Swiss Racing Team | Husqvarna | 119 | Nicolas Bender | |
| Scoccia Racing Team | Kawasaki | 128 | Ivo Monticelli | 1 |
| FZ Motorsport | KTM | 200 | Filippo Zonta | 1 |
| Millionaire Racing Team | Honda | 211 | Nicholas Lapucci | 1 |
| TEM JP253 KTM Racing Team | KTM | 253 | Jan Pancar | 1 |
| Yamaha Center Västerås | Yamaha | 403 | Neo Svensson | 1 |
| AK MDR Motocross Team | Husqvarna | 499 | Emanuele Alberio | 1 |
| Yamaha | 501 | Hugo Johansson | ||
| Caparvi Racing Team | Yamaha | 771 | Simone Croci | 1 |
| Fast Riders | ||||
| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| 55 R.S. Racing Team | Yamaha | 23 | Tommaso Sarasso | 1 |
| MCR Racing Team | Husqvarna | 35 | Alessandro Lentini | 1 |
| Triumph Padova | Triumph | 46 | Antonio Schiochet | 1 |
| Team Borz MX School | Yamaha | 67 | Luca Borz | |
| Racing Team Padovano Moto | Yamaha | 68 | Luca Cardaccia | 1 |
| GI Cross Racing Team | Husqvarna | 86 | Matteo Del Coco | 1 |
| Ducati Corse | Ducati | 122 | Mirko Dal Bosco | 1 |
| Best Matic Team | Kawasaki | 140 | Tommaso Lodi | |
| Honda | 151 | Giacomo Bosi | 1 | |
| Millionaire Racing Team | Honda | 197 | Gabriele Arbini | 1 |
| KTM | 203 | Cosimo Bellocci | 1 | |
| Triumph | 263 | Alfredo Memoli | 1 | |
| Husqvarna | 308 | Lorenzo Albieri | 1 | |
| Cabutti Team | Ducati | 399 | Pietro Trinchieri | 1 |
| Husqvarna | 440 | Andrea Brilli | 1 | |
| F.E. Racing Team | Yamaha | 450 | Andrea Fossi | 1 |
| KTM | 491 | Davide Nardi | 1 | |
| Bluemaza Motocross Team | Honda | 566 | Gianluca Nebbia | 1 |
| Aprilia | 599 | Manuel Ciarlo | 1 | |
| Triumph Verona | Triumph | 644 | Ismaele Guarise | 1 |
| Triumph Savona | Triumph | 702 | Pablo D'Aniello | 1 |
| KTM | 724 | Cristian Cantergiani | 1 | |
| Bartolini Racing Team | Honda | 821 | Nathan Mariani | 1 |
| A-Team Honda | Honda | 937 | Francesco Ranieri | 1 |
| AB Racing Team | Gas Gas | 974 | Mario Tamai | 1 |
Riders Championship
Points are awarded to riders in both the A and B group races, in the following format:
| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | 250 | 220 | 200 | 180 | 160 | 150 | 140 | 130 | 120 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| Group B | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | OTT |
MAG |
FER |
PIE |
FAE |
CDL |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Riders | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Alessandro Lupino | Ducati | 1 | C | 250 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Morgan Lesiardo | Triumph | 2 | C | 220 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholas Lapucci | Honda | 3 | C | 200 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Ivo Monticelli | Kawasaki | 4 | C | 180 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Federico Tuani | Honda | 5 | C | 160 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Alessandro Manucci | Gas Gas | 8 | C | 130 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Cédric Soubeyras | Honda | 9 | C | 120 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Yuri Quarti | Husqvarna | 10 | C | 110 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Matteo Puccinelli | Honda | 11 | C | 100 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Alessandro Valeri | Honda | 12 | C | 90 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Rick Elzinga | Beta | 13 | C | 80 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Emanuele Alberio | Husqvarna | 14 | C | 70 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Flavio Wolf | Yamaha | 26 | C | 55 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Filippo Zonta | KTM | 30 | C | 51 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Brian Hsu | Honda | 31 | C | 50 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Mattia Guadagnini | KTM | 32 | C | 49 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Jan Pancar | KTM | 36 | C | 45 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Neo Svensson | Yamaha | 4 (B) | C | 37 | ||||||||||
| Simone Croci | Yamaha | Ret | C | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fast Riders | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Antonio Schiochet | Triumph | 6 | C | 150 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Gabriele Arbini | Honda | 7 | C | 140 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Pietro Trinchieri | Ducati | 15 | C | 68 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Mirko Dal Bosco | Ducati | 16 | C | 66 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ismaele Guarise | Triumph | 17 | C | 64 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Mario Tamai | Triumph | 18 | C | 63 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Alfredo Memoli | Triumph | 19 | C | 62 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Gianluca Nebbia | Honda | 20 | C | 61 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Lorenzo Albieri | Husqvarna | 21 | C | 60 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Andrea Brilli | Husqvarna | 22 | C | 59 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Pablo D'Aniello | Triumph | 23 | C | 58 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Nathan Mariani | Honda | 24 | C | 57 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Andrea Fossi | Yamaha | 25 | C | 56 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Luca Cardaccia | Yamaha | 27 | C | 54 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Giacomo Bosi | Honda | 28 | C | 53 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Matteo Del Coco | Husqvarna | 29 | C | 52 | ||||||||||
| 17 | Tommaso Sarasso | Yamaha | 33 | C | 48 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Alessandro Lentini | Husqvarna | 34 | C | 47 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Cosimo Bellocci | KTM | 35 | C | 46 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Manuel Ciarlo | Aprilia | 1 (B) | C | 40 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Francesco Ranieri | Honda | 2 (B) | C | 39 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Cristian Cantergiani | KTM | 3 (B) | C | 38 | ||||||||||
| Davide Nardi | KTM | Ret | C | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pos | Rider | Bike | OTT |
MAG |
FER |
PIE |
FAE |
CDL |
Points | ||||||
MX2
Participants
| Elite Riders | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| Honda HRC Petronas | Honda | 1 | Valerio Lata | 1 |
| Maddii Racing Honda – ABF Italia | Honda | 2 | Nicolò Alvisi | 1 |
| 7 | Niccolò Mannini | |||
| Team Beta MRT Racing | Beta | 5 | Brando Rispoli | 1 |
| 717 | Alexis Fueri | 1 | ||
| Team Seven Motorsport | TM | 16 | Douwe Van Mechgelen | 1 |
| DP19 Racing | Yamaha | 19 | David Philippaerts | 1 |
| JK Racing Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | Jēkabs Kubuliņš | 1 |
| 371 | Manuel Iacopi | 1 | ||
| Frisk Suspension By Toftén | KTM | 64 | Edvin Olstrand | |
| FlyOver Competition | Triumph | 71 | Morgan Bennati | 1 |
| Maddii Racing Honda – ABF Italia | Honda | 83 | Maxime Grau | 1 |
| GRT Motorsport AG99 Racing Team | KTM | 99 | Alessandro Gaspari | |
| JPV Racing | KTM | 194 | Vilho Vehviläinen | 1 |
| Beta | 313 | Tommaso Isdraele | 1 | |
| Ghidinelli Racing Team | KTM | 329 | Maurizio Scollo | 1 |
| Team Reds 420 Performance | KTM | 420 | Andrea Rossi | 1 |
| M.V. 532 Racing | TM | 532 | Mirko Valsecchi | 1 |
| Yamaha | 737 | Matvei Lankin | 1 | |
| MCR Racing Team | Husqvarna | 931 | Andrea Zanotti | 1 |
| MotoXgeneration Husqvarna | Husqvarna | 963 | Mark Müller | 1 |
| SixtySeven Racing Team | KTM | 979 | Maximilian Ernecker | |
| Fast Riders | ||||
| Team | Constructor | No | Rider | Rounds |
| DigiMX Off Road Team | KTM | 9 | Francesco Bartalucci | 1 |
| Honda | 10 | Giorgio Macri | 1 | |
| TM Moto/MCV Motorsport | TM | 12 | Luca Rosati | 1 |
| 611 | Riccardo Pini | 1 | ||
| 777 | Cristian Amali | 1 | ||
| KTM | 13 | Alessandro Facca | 1 | |
| MaxBart Motorsport | Husqvarna | 25 | Alessandro Sadovschi | 1 |
| 240 | Cesar Paine | 1 | ||
| 306 | Lapo Aglietti | |||
| 336 | Lorenzo Aglietti | 1 | ||
| Beta Motorcycles | Beta | 31 | Francesco Bassi | 1 |
| Pedica Racing Team | Honda | 34 | Iacopo Fabbri | |
| 522 | Miha Vrh | 1 | ||
| Honda | 48 | Lorenzo Bonino | 1 | |
| Corsini Corse Racing Team | Honda | 55 | Daniel Bartolini | 1 |
| Racestore KTM | KTM | 58 | Andrea Roberti | 1 |
| Endurance MX | Gas Gas | 79 | Luca Ghirelli | 1 |
| Team MJC Yamaha | Yamaha | 87 | Michael Conte | |
| Honda | 91 | Nicolo Paolucci | ||
| Honda | 92 | Andrea Cipriani | ||
| TM | 115 | Giovanni Ciampi | 1 | |
| Triumph Salerno | Triumph | 120 | Ciro Tramontano | 1 |
| Loreno Race | KTM | 130 | Thomas Masciadri | 1 |
| ICM Motorsport | KTM | 191 | Davide Della Valle | 1 |
| GI Cross Racing Team | Husqvarna | 212 | Alfio Pulvirenti | 1 |
| FlyOver Competition | Triumph | 219 | Yuri Lombardo | |
| Caparvi Racing Team | Yamaha | 221 | Vincenzo Giarrizzo | 1 |
| DP19 Racing | TM | 246 | Giorgio Verderosa | 1 |
| FZ Motorsport | KTM | 269 | Pietro Dal Fitto | 1 |
| Otto Racing Technology | Husqvarna | 278 | Alessandro Di Pietro | 1 |
| MGR Kawasaki | Kawasaki | 284 | Giorgio Orlando | 1 |
| Beta | 364 | Mattia Nardo | 1 | |
| Fantic | 425 | Francesco Poeta | 1 | |
| Team Factory Paolucci Racing | Gas Gas | 500 | Francesco Zoriaco | |
| KTM | 511 | Samuele Mecchi | ||
| TM Zagreb | Yamaha | 549 | Šimun Ivandić | |
| KTM | 651 | Giovanni Meneghello | ||
| Husqvarna | 666 | Riccardo Oldani | 1 | |
| KTM | 701 | Riccardo Marchini | 1 | |
| KTM | 710 | Jeremi Scandiani | 1 | |
| Honda | 784 | Michael Tocchio | 1 | |
| Turci Racing Team | KTM | 831 | Paolo Martorano | 1 |
| Millionaire Racing Team | Honda | 878 | Stefano Pezzuto | 1 |
| Fantic Factory Racing EMX125 | Fantic | 911 | Gennaro Utech | 1 |
| Bartolini Racing Team | Honda | 920 | Luca Moro | 1 |
| Gas Gas | 928 | Vincenzo Bove | 1 | |
Riders Championship
Points are awarded to riders in both the A and B group races, in the following format:
| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | 250 | 210 | 170 | 140 | 120 | 110 | 100 | 90 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 |
| Group B | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | OTT |
MAG |
FER |
PIE |
FAE |
CDL |
Points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Riders | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Valerio Lata | Honda | 1 | C | 250 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Manuel Iacopi | Yamaha | 2 | C | 220 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Jēkabs Kubuliņš | Yamaha | 3 | C | 200 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Maxime Grau | Honda | 4 | C | 180 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Maurizio Scollo | KTM | 5 | C | 160 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Andrea Zanotti | Husqvarna | 6 | C | 150 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Alexis Fueri | Beta | 7 | C | 140 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Morgan Bennati | Triumph | 9 | C | 120 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Douwe Van Mechgelen | TM | 10 | C | 110 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Nicolò Alvisi | Honda | 11 | C | 100 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Andrea Rossi | KTM | 12 | C | 90 | ||||||||||
| 12 | David Philippaerts | Yamaha | 14 | C | 70 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Tommaso Isdraele | Beta | 15 | C | 68 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Mirko Valsecchi | TM | 20 | C | 61 | ||||||||||
| 15 | Vilho Vehviläinen | KTM | 26 | C | 55 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Matvei Lankin | Yamaha | 4 (B) | C | 37 | ||||||||||
| Brando Rispoli | Beta | Ret | C | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Müller | Husqvarna | Ret (B) | C | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fast Riders | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pos | Rider | Bike | OTT |
MAG |
FER |
PIE |
FAE |
CDL |
Points | ||||||
References
- ^ Alessio Piana (1 September 2025). "Isak Gifting e Valerio Lata Campioni italiani Motocross Prestige 2025". corsedimoto.com. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ "Italiano Prestige 2025 – Castiglione del Lago Race Report". mxnews.net. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Martina Riboni (16 March 2026). "Campionato Prestige: dopo il diluvio, Lupino e Lata". motocross.it. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
- ^ "CALENDARIO NAZIONALE MOTOCROSS 2026". mxreport.it. 9 February 2026. Retrieved 11 March 2026.