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Australia’s fastest female motocross rider Charli Cannon stepped into Darwin, the Australian-exclusive host city of an MXGP round in 2025, to help launch the inaugural MXGP of Australia.
Charli Cannon has been dominating the Australian women’s motocross for six years straight. She first hopped on her brother’s PeeWee50 at the age of four and has been winning competitions and beating the boys for as long as she can remember.
“I raced throughout my childhood, and I was winning a lot against the boys. And then I realised, maybe this is my thing. I became really good,” she said.
“When I was 12, I was old enough to compete in a female class, and in my first year competing I won an Australian championship. From then on, I won in all the Australian championships every single year until now.”
Charli raced in competitions from the age of six. At just 12-years-old she demonstrated her prowess at the Australian Junior Championships in the U16 girls class, coming first for three years straight before dominating in Australia Women Championships.
She really is the fastest female rider in Australia. In the last two years she started competing internationally in the world championships and is taking the global stage by storm, battling 4th place in the 2024 MXGP finale held in Turkey.
Next year she will join the WMX circuit in Europe for the entire 2025 series and hopes to take the podium at MXGP of Australia.
She mainly races in the women’s class, but will never stop racing the boys. She aims to challenge herself to reach number one.
“I always raced against the boys, but now that I’m senior, the main class I race in is women’s. When there is no women’s race, I race against the boys. The boys push me harder, it’s more aggressive racing.”
Because she has been the top women’s rider in Australia for as long as she has been racing, she is looking to push herself.
“With the women competitions in Australia I win by 50 seconds – that is why I’m trying to get over to Europe to do the whole series.
“There are five girls that are like me, top riders. In Europe the racing is longer; in Australia it is 15 minutes, whereas over there it is 25 minutes.”
Charli is looking forward to competing in the world championships on home soil. It’s a big deal that Darwin has secured five years of MXGP in Australia. It’s also the first time the WMX will be held in Australia, a sign that the sport is growing amongst women, with the likes of Charli leading the way for future female riders.
MXGP usually comprises twenty rounds, most of them taking place across traditional European venues and three fly-away rounds.
For the first time in her life Charli will get to compete in her home country, and she can look forward to that for the next five years.
“MXGP of Australia will be massive because Australia is a big country and the people that ride in Australia are so into motocross. They know everything about the European and American riders and teams – we know everyone. So when they all come here to compete, all the Australian fans are going to want to come to Darwin and watch.”
The best riders from the world will be coming to town in Darwin in 2025, so get into gear Australia.
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