LS Honda Racing is delighted to announce that Jonathan Barragan will join the team for their 2012 FIM MX1 World Championship campaign. The 26-year old is Spain’s greatest ever motocross hero. Jonathan has 6 MX1 GP wins under his belt and boasts 3 Spanish MX1 titles, he collected two podium finishes and finished the GP season eighth overall. Belgian star Ken De Dycker, 27, will be back on the CRF450R for another assault on the pinnacle of motocross racing. Ken is a former German and British MX1 champ who previously racked up 5 MX1 GP victories. With De Dycker and Barragan the Honda Europe supported squad of team owner Steven Lettani presents their strongest rider line up ever!

Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 will tackle the 2012 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship with Clement Desalle for a third season in a row and the Belgian will be joined by Estonian Tanel Leok as the pair look to continue the team's lofty presence at the top of the premier class of the sport on the works RM-Z450 machinery.

Team CLS Monster Energy Kawasaki Pro Circuit has signed the Pourcel brothers for their assault on the 2012 FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship. The Pourcel family is back to Kawasaki!

KTM is pleased to announce the addition of Supercross/Motocross racer Ryan Dungey to the US Red Bull KTM Factory Race Team for the 2012 and 2013 AMA Pro Supercross and Motocross Championship Series, a move that underlines KTM’s determination to be a major player in leading US competition in both SX and MX disciplines.

Monster Energy Yamaha are delighted to welcome a new second faction for 2012 with Steve Dixon’s professional and successful British set-up turning ‘black and green’ with their Cosworth-powered YZ250F machinery.

Following Tony Cairoli’s MX1 World Championship title last week in Gaildorf, Italy, it was a difficult weekend for the Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing Team at the final round of the season in Fermo Italy. This was capped when Max Nagl sustained a wrist fracture that put paid to his chances of finishing in the top three for the season.

Monster Energy Yamaha’s Steven Frossard had a clear message for his team on Sunday evening after the Grand Prix of Europe: “get the bike ready for Fermo”. The Frenchman who is currently second in the FIM MX1-GP Motocross World Championship standings had to suffer his first DNF of an incredible rookie season in the premier class of the sport and on the factory YZ450FM after a first moto crash at Gaildorf saw him taken to hospital for a precautionary check.

Monster Energy Yamaha have confirmed one half of the six-rider crew that will tackle the 2012 FIM Motocross World Championship on factory YZ450FM and YZ250FM technology and are delighted to announced that Steven Frossard, David Philippaerts and Christophe Charlier will continue to run the distinctive ‘black and green’ livery for next year.

Suzuki Europe MX2 were dealt a heavy blow only days before its second home Grand Prix of the FIM Motocross World Championship when Valentin Teillet was diagnosed with another crack in the shoulder blade he fractured at the start of the season.