The FIM first started handing out gold medals for World Championships way back in 1949. First it was the FIM Road Racing Championship Grand Prix (now called MotoGP), and then in 1957, the Motocross World Championship was launched. Beginning with the great Jeff Smith and his futuristic BSA in 1964,...

‘Latvia. 3.5 for fourth overall. I was a bit off all day today, I didn’t have a great feeling, but hey, I won’t complain. My first ever holeshot and we just missed the podium. Thanks to everyone for getting behind me.’So read the Twitter post Ben Watson wrote a few...

Since the inception of the FIM Motocross world championship in 1957, racers from the United Kingdom have won 10 FIM Gold Medals: Dave Bickers (1960, 1961), Jeff Smith (1964, 1965), Graham Noyce (1979), Neil Hudson (1981), Dave Thorpe (1985, 1986, 1989) and James Dobb (2001).It’s a great history, yet it...