A brand new event to encourage rookie motocross riders will take place at the 11th World MX1 Championship round at Lommel in Belgium on August 1st.
The event is dedicated to all the MX2 machine-mounted amateur riders who will have the privilege to race the final on the GP circuit.
With the selection process being carried out on a separate race track during Wednesday and Thursday, the scenery of the final will move to the Grand Prix circuit and the eventual top three finishers will receive their trophies on the World Championship podium.
MX Rookie General Director Eric Geboers and FAM (Federation of Amateurs Motocross) Secretary Guido Verboven recognised the amateur riders as the base of a pyramid structure where the top is represented by the FIM Motocross World Championship. Setting up the MX Rookie right next to the Grand Prix circus will represent the chance to connect the base with the top, with the event representing the bridging.
FIM Motocross World Championship promoter, Youthstream's President. Giuseppe Luongo said: "What matters for us is the sport of Motocross. Of course we have professionals and amateurs, and of course all professionals have been amateurs in their early days of racing. Now subject to the FIM final approval and to the homologation of the track, I will give the Youthstream approval to make the MX Rookie final on the official Grand Prix track on the Friday and to use the World Championship structures, including the podium."
