Former British champion Kevin Strijbos will be racing alongside Valentin Guillod in the Standing Construct MXGP team which has returned to KTM machinery for 2018.

Although the team have not yet made any official announcement, the pair are listed in the official list of approved teams for the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship.

They will make their 2018 race debuts at the Hawkstone Park international in February.

Strijbos last rode KTMs in 2012 when he won the British championship.

The final official  list is expected at the end of January, the 2018 provisional GP teams are:

MX2 Teams

	Team	Riders
	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Darian Sanayei
	BUD Racing Monster Energy Kawasaki	Brian Hsu
	E2T- Racing Team	Enzo Toriani
	F&H Racing Team	Adam Sterry Jed Beaton Ruben Fernandez
	Hitachi KTM UK	Conrad Mewse
	Honda 114 Motorsports	Hunter Lawrence Bas Vaessen
	Husqvarna 8biano Motorsport	Brent Van Doninck Iker Larranaga Olano
	I Fly JK Racing	Anton Gole
	JD 191 KTM RACING TEAM	Richard Sikyna
	Jumbo No Fear Vamo Honda	Micha Boy De Waal Marhsal Weltin
	KEMEA Yamaha yamalube Racing Team	Vsevolod Brylyakov Ben Watson Jago Geerts
	KTM Sarholz Racing Team	Tom Koch
	KTM Silver Action	Stephen Rubini Nicola Bertuzzi
	LRT KTM	Davy Pootjes
	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	Morgan Lesiardo
	RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING	Pauls Jonass Jorge Prado
	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Thomas Covington Thomas Olsen
	STC Racing – Colin Streubel	Henry Jacobi
	Team AUSIO YAMAHA YAMALUBE MAXXIS	Jorge Zaragoza
	Team HRC	Calvin Vlaanderen
	Team Martin Racing Honda	Michele Cervellin
	Team VHR	David Herbreteau Alexis Verhaeghe
	TM RACING FACTORY TEAM	Samuele Bernardini
	YAMAHA SM ACTION – M.C. MIGLIORI	Simone Furlotti Alvin Ostlund

MXGP Teams

	Team	Riders
	62 MotoSport Husqvarna	Klemen Gercar
	920 Fly group Team	Ander Valentin
	A1M Husqvarna	Tanel Leok
	Bike It DRT Kawasaki	Tommy Searle
	BOS PROJECT	Jordi Tixier Benoit Paturel
	Ceres 71	Milko Potisek
	Hitachi KTM UK	Graeme Irwin
	I Fly JK Racing	Ivo Monticelli
	JD 191 KTM RACING TEAM	Jaromir Romancik
	KMP-Honda-Racing	Nathan Renkens
	KTM Sarholz Racing Team	Stefan Ekerold
	Marchetti Racing Team KTM	Jose Butron
	Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team	Clement Desalle Julien Lieber
	Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team	Jeremy Van Horebeek Romain Febvre
	RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING	Antonio Cairoli Jeffrey Herlings Glenn Coldenhoff
	Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing	Gautier Paulin Max Anstie
	Scandinavian Racing Sports	Jonathan Bengtsson
	Standing Construct KTM	Kevin Strijbos Valentin Guillod
	Team Gebben V Venrooy  Kawasaki Racing	Alessandro Lupino Maxime Desprey
	Team HONDA REDMOTO ASSOMOTOR	TBA Petar Petrov
	Team HRC	Tim Gajser Brian Bogers
	Team Steelsdrjack	Bonini Davide
	TM RACING FACTORY TEAM	Max Nagl
	Wilvo Yamaha official team MXGP	Shaun Simpson Arnaud Tonus Jeremy Seewer