The man who beat Ken Roczen and Jeffrey Herlings in the European 250 championship, Christophe Charlier, is to switch to the enduro world championship after three lacklustre seasons in GPs. The Frenchman, who rode for the factory Ice One Husky team in 2016, has had three injury-hit seasons and has been replaced at Ice One by Gautier Paulin.

With no other factory GP rides on the table, Frenchman Charlier will ride for the factory Rockstar Husky team in the world enduro championship and will have Mathias Bellino as his team-mate.