Team Australia scored a first ever victory in the Motorcross of Nations at an action-packed weekend at England’s Matterley Basin with Team HRC progressive riders Jett and Hunter Lawrence along with Team Honda Australia’s Kyle Webster.
Informally referred to as the “Olympics of Motocross,” the prestigious annual event pits three-rider national teams against one another, and this 70th edition marked the first time that Team Australia came out on top. Fresh off completing a regular season that saw him take the AMA Supercross and SuperMotocross crowns in the U.S., Jett Lawrence campaigned the Open class at the MXoN aboard a 2025 CRF450RWE, while Hunter Lawrence raced another ’25 CRF450RWE in the MXGP class. Webster (the newly crowned Australian 450 Motocross Champion) competed in the MX2 class on a ’24 CRF250R.
As is required by the rules, Team Australia’s rider lineup are all Australian. However, the support team was a truly international operation, with personnel from Honda’s extended global family contributing it reinforces Honda’s strong HRC network and global collaboration. Europe-based Team HRC provided much of the infrastructure. The squad was managed by Australian Michael Byrne, who spends much of his year working closely with the Lawrence brothers’ regular Honda HRC Progressive effort, and a number of crew members from that U.S.-based team were on hand setting up the Team Australia bikes, including that of Webster.
“The Lawrence family continues to put together a long list of remarkable accomplishments, and this one puts an exclamation point on what was already an unbelievable year. I also want to recognize Kyle Webster, with whom we worked closely over the past month or so. We also collaborated very well with Motorcycling Australia [the Australian governing body for motorcycle racing], as well as Honda Australia and Honda Europe, and I think those relationships were a big part of our success. Now it’s time for a short, well-deserved break before we start ramping up for the 2025 season.” said Honda HRC Progressive Manager Lars Lindstrom.
After finishing third and second for Team Australia in the past two years, the Lawrence’s have now secured a complete set of podium positions at the MXoN. Meanwhile, for Webster, this marked a triumphant return to MXoN after his absence since 2019, after his impressive MX1 victory in the 2024 ProMX Championship.