[1] Martin Haarahiltunen of Sweden won the World Championship series to become world champion for the first time and the first Swedish rider to win individual gold in twenty years.

He won the title by virtue of overtaking the championship leader and strong favourite Johann Weber in the final round.

Haarahiltunen completed a six race maximum while Weber crashed and was injured.

[6] In the first two rounds Russian athletes competed as a neutral competitors using the designation MFR (Motorcycle Federation of Russia), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships.

The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.