The FIM Motocross World Championship is set to be rebranded ahead of the 2014 season with a range of revised rules and regulations to be put in place.

Meeting at the FIM headquarters in Mies on 19 June, the Motocross/Supermoto Grand Prix Commission unanimously adopted the changes to the 2014 regulations.

The governing body is composed of Mr Giuseppe Luongo (Youthstream president), Messrs Wolfgang Srb (Director of the CMS/FIM) and Takanao Tsubouchi (Motorcycle Sport Manufacturers’ Association secretary general).

The premier class, formerly known as MX1, will now be changed to MXGP. This name is to be used exclusively for the FIM Motocross World Championship.

Race formats will now resemble the US style two 30-minute moto plus two laps format, wiping out the usual 40-minute format used for several years. A maximum 30-rider limit applies to the MXGP category.

In the MX2 class the race format will match the MXGP 30-minute plus two laps schedule with a maximum limit of 40 riders lining up behind the gate.

For 2014 and beyond, a rider is now allowed to defend his championship for an unlimited amount of years until he hits the 23-year-old age limit for the class which will remain in place.

The unique Super Final concept will be abolished, along with the FIM MX3 Motocross World Championship which will also be removed from the series.

The 108 percent qualification rule is abolished but the FIM Race Direction has the authority to prevent a rider from starting or order his withdrawal from the event if he does not perform at FIM Motocross World Championship level.

The FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship will run together with the MXGP and MX2 
classes at selected events and each event will reward FIM World Championship points according to the current system.

FIM will also discuss the future of two-stroke engines and the parity between two-stroke and four-stroke engines with the Japanese and European manufacturers.