TENS of thousands of spectators are expected at the British motocross Grand Prix to be held near Winchester this weekend.

It returns to the Matterley Basin circuit for the two-day event, part of World Motocross Championships, today and tomorrow.

Promoter Steve Dixon said he intends to hold a tribute to Bradley Hooper the 16-year-old MX rider who was killed in a crash at the Down Farm circuit near Winchester on Sunday May 11.