The official ballot to determine the starting grid for the qualifying heats of the 2022 Monster Energy FIM Motocross of Nations took place earlier this afternoon in the Media Centre at RedBud. The draw saw Team Morocco get the first gate pick, meanwhile, home heroes Team USA will line up 15th while defending Champions, Team Italy will take gate six.
The full qualifying starting grid is as follows:
1. Morocco
2. Switzerland
3. Latvia
4. the Netherlands
5. Estonia
6. Italy
7. Canada
8. Ecuador
9. Sweden
10. Israel
11. Belgium
12. Germany
13. FIM Europe
14. Chile
15. USA
16. Norway
17. Great Britain
18. the Philippines
19. Spain
20. Finland
21. Brazil
22. Lithuania
23. Australia
24. Japan
25. Mexico
26. Ireland
27. Venezuela
28. Guam
29. FIM Latin America
30. France
31. South Africa
32. Iceland
33. New Zealand
34. Honduras
WEEKEND TIMETABLE (Local Time UTC-4)
FRIDAY: 11:00 Opening Press Conference, 12:00 Ballot 14:00 Teams Press Conference, 15:30 Infront Moto Racing Announcement, 16:30 Teams Presentation to the crowd
SATURDAY: 10:00 MXGP Free Practice, 11:00 MX2 Free Practice, 12:00 Open Free Practice, 14:30 MXGP Qualifying Heat, 15:30 MX2 Qualifying Heat, 16:30 Open Qualifying Heat, 20:30 Pitbike of Nations.
SUNDAY: 08:45B-Final Warm-up, 09:15 MXoN Group 1 Warm-up, 09:45 MXoN Group 2 Warm-up, 11:00 B-Final, 13:10 MXGP& MX2 (MXoN Race 1), 14:40 MX2 & Open (MXoN Race 2), 16:08 Open & MXGP (MXoN Race 3).
