With the 2009 MX of Nations only a few days away now, our crew are busy preparing for the biggest race of the year. However before the actions kicks off, we've decided to stick our necks out and predict exactly how events in Italy will turn out. Obviously we aren't all going to be 100% correct, but we've given it our best shot and afterwards, we'll give a detailed breakdown of which our four correspondents is the most knowledgable in world motocross.

Position Country Bulmer (UK) Brent (USA) Gary (UK) Chase (USA) Average 1 Italy 1 3 1 2 1.75 2 USA 3 1 3 3 2.50 3 Australia 2 2 8 1 3.25 4 Belgium 4 6 6 4 5.00 5 France 6 5 2 7 5.00 6 Germany 5 8 4 5 5.50 7 Great Britain 9 4 9 6 7.00 8 South Africa 7 12 7 9 8.75 9 Spain 10 9 13 8 10.00 10 New Zealand 11 10 5 16 10.50 11 Canada 13 7 10 12 10.50 12 Estonia 8 15 12 10 11.25 13 Switzerland 19 11 11 13 13.50 14 Finland 15 14 15 14 14.50 15 Brazil 12 16 17 15 15.00 16 Latvia 14 13 16 18 15.25 17 Portugal 16 17 18 11 15.50 18 Ireland 22 20 14 20 19.00 19 Netherlands 21 18 22 17 19.50 20 Sweden 17 23 19 21 20.00 21 Denmark 23 27 20 19 22.25 22 Puerto Rico 24 24 21 23 23.00 23 Russia 18 30 23 22 23.25 24 Slovenia 20 19 27 27 23.25 25 Norway 27 21 25 25 24.50 26 Czech Republic 26 25 24 28 25.75 27 Iceland 25 28 28 26 26.75 28 Croatia 31 22 31 30 28.50 29 Slovakia 28 29 29 29 28.75 30 Austria 30 26 26 33 28.75 31 Greece 33 36 33 24 31.50 32 Hungary 35 30 32 31 32.00 33 Ukraine 32 31 34 32 32.25 34 Thailand 29 33 36 34 33.00 35 Cyprus 34 35 30 35 33.50 36 Mongolia 36 34 35 36 35.25