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After the announcement of the new project for a range of off-road models, Ducati established the Off-Road Division of Ducati Corse, which made its debut in the 2024 Italian championship with Alessandro Lupino. In the coming years, participation in the MXGP world championships and the AMA Supercross Championship is planned.

In American motocross, Team Honda’s tale began in 1973, when Gary Jones rode the manufacturer’s first production motocrosser—the CR250M Elsinore—to the national title. The list of Honda-mounted supercross and motocross champions grew steadily, including heroes like David Bailey, Jean-Michel Bayle, Ricky Carmichael, Donnie Hansen, Doug Henry, Rick Johnson, Jeremy McGrath, Johnny O’Mara, Marty Smith, Jeff Stanton, Chuck Sun and others. Meanwhile, the Team Honda legend was expanded through laurels earned in other genres, at both the national and international level. Now in its 51st year of racing in the U.S., Honda hopes to continue its long history of success with the talented lineup of Jett Lawrence, Hunter Lawrence, Jo Shimoda e Chance Hymas.

The Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team competes in the premier class in 2024 with Maxime Renaux, Jago Geerts, and Calvin Vlaanderen.

For eleven years, always present at the Motocross World Championship, the team led by Elio Marchetti has grown as a satellite-KTM team, with a special focus on young talents to nurture, and has debuted riders like Tim Gajser, Pauls Jonass, and Valerio Lata at the World Championship. Betamotor, founded in 1905, returned to motocross in 2021, taking on the challenge of the world's major manufacturers in the premier category, the MXGP. Starting from 2023, the MRT Racing team has chosen to don the colors of the manufacturer Betamotor S.p.A., bringing the Beta RX 450 to the MXGP world championship races. With the new Beta RX 450, Italian Ivo Monticelli and Englishman Ben Watson will take to the track in the premier category of the Motocross Internazionali d'Italia and the MXGP World Championship.

JM Honda Racing is proud to announce the lineup for the 2024 season. The team has signed Håkon Østerhagen for the MX2 and Max Werner for the EMX250, and has confirmed Brent van Doninck for the MXGP. Starting from the Sardinia Grand Prix, Tim Edberg replaces the injured Brent van Doninck.

Born in Viterbo in 1991, at the age of 8 his grandfather gave him his first motorcycle. In 1999, he made his debut in Minicross, and in 2006, he won the Italian, European, and World Championships. In 2007, he debuted in the MX2 World Championship, achieving two podium finishes in the following years. In 2014, he joined the Fiamme Oro sports group of the Italian State Police. Since 2015, he has been competing in the premier class of MXGP with excellent results. In 2021, he claimed victory at the MXON alongside his teammates Antonio Cairoli and Mattia Guadagnini. Since 2024, he has been competing in the Italian Championship with the new Ducati prototype.

Born in Sedan, in the Ardennes region, Maxime Renaux started racing at a very young age. In 2015, he won the Junior World Championship. He made his debut in MX2 in 2019, but it was in 2021 that he became the World Champion with Yamaha, marking the first world title for the Japanese manufacturer in that category since 2007. In 2023, along with his compatriots Romain Febvre and Tom Vialle, he won the Motocross of Nations.

From Baen, Belgium, he has already achieved success as a two-time European champion and junior motocross world champion. After a promising start in MX2 in 2018, he has secured several podium finishes and silver medals in the MX2 World Championship. Now, still with Yamaha, he competes in the MXGP championship.

He started his junior career in South Africa, then competed at the European level in the 125 and 250 classes before moving up to the MX2 and MXGP classes, achieving significant successes and podium finishes. He won the Motocross of Nations 2019 along with his Dutch teammates. For the 2024 season, he is part of the Yamaha's official MXGP team.

Born in Herentals, Belgium, he began competing in the European MX2 Championship in 2012 and made his debut in the MX2 Motocross World Championship in the third race of the 2015 season. In 2017, he participated with the Belgian team in the MXON, finishing the season in 4th place.

The Norwegian rider competed in the European EMX250 Championship in 2022. Since 2023, he has been competing in the Motocross World Championship with the Fantic Factory Racing team, and will then join the JM Honda Racing team in 2024.

Max Werner, a German rider, finished third in the EMX125 championship in 2023 and has been competing in the EMX250 class with the JM Honda Racing team since 2024.

He began his competitive racing career at the age of 8. In 2012, he participated in the Italian MX2 Internationals, finishing third, and in 2015, he won the European Nations Championship with his teammates. Since 2018, he has been competing in the MXGP, and in 2024, he races with the MRT Racing BETA team.

After competing in his native Australia, he won the 65cc World Championship at the age of 11 in 2014. In 2020, he claimed the Rookie of the Year title, while in 2021 and 2022, he won the AMA Pro Motocross 250 championship. Also in 2022, he won the AMA 250SX East Region, and in 2023, he secured the AMA 250SX West title. In the same year, he also won the AMA Pro Motocross 450 title.

After achieving success in Australia, he participated in the European Motocross Championship in 2016. In 2017, he won the Motocross of Nations in the MX2 category and finished second the following year. From 2021 and for the following two seasons, he finished second in the AMA Supercross 250SX West Region Championship and secured third place in the final standings of the AMA Pro Motocross 250 Championship. In 2023, he won the AMA Supercross 250SX East Region Championship and the AMA Pro Motocross 250 Championship.

Born and raised in Suzuka, Japan, he started riding motocross bikes at the age of 4. After achieving early success as an amateur rider in his homeland, he competed in Europe and the United States, winning the national AMA Supermini 2 championship in 2016 at the age of 14. In 2020, he finished third in the AMA 250SX East Region championship, earning the Rookie of the Year title. In 2021, he became the first Japanese rider to win a race in the AMA 250SX championship, finishing second in the final standings of the East Region. In 2023, he secured second place in the SuperMotocross 250 and third place in the AMA Pro Motocross 250.

In 2018, he won the bronze medal at the Monster Energy Cup Supermini and was part of the winning team at the Glen Helen 24-hour Endurance Race in 2022. In 2023, he competed in several rounds of the AMA Supercross 250SX West Region Championship, but his season in the AMA Pro Motocross Championship was prematurely cut short due to an injury.

Tim Edberg, a rider who has competed in EMX250 and MX2, replaces the injured Brent van Doninck in MXGP starting from the Sardinia Grand Prix.

Also for this year, Athena renews the partnership with MXGP and confirms its official partner for the 2024 FIM Motocross World Championship.