Het Motocross topic #14 Wie wordt er kampioen?

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Op woensdag 23 maart 2022 15:28 schreef ChipsZak. het volgende:
Even een kick want ik vraag me ineens af of de GP van Rusland wel doorgaat? Niet dat ik van plan was heen te gaan ofzo, .

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MATTERLEY BASIN (Great Britain) 26 February 2022 – The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) together with Infront Moto Racing announce that due to the current situation, it is not possible to hold the MXGP of MFR set to take place on 30th April / 1st May in Orlyonok.

The local Organizer has been informed.

The entire MXGP Collective thoughts are with the people suffering the consequences of the present situation.

A replacement Grand Prix will be announced shortly.

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Op woensdag 23 maart 2022 18:56 schreef ChipsZak. het volgende:

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Ik vermoedde al zoiets maar op de website van MXGP staat dat weekend nog wel steeds benoemd.

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So, Jeffrey. Unbelievable that this happened and I am very happy that he won the title last year, because that takes a bit of the pain away. I heard that everything is healing as it should and there have been no complications. Everything is going okay, although it sounds it is taking a little bit longer now. What is the situation with the injury?

It is a difficult bone, put it that way. It is healing slowly and he just got off of the crutches; he is starting more intense rehab now and putting pressure on the foot. We need to take it week by week – a foot is quite important in motocross. You need to be healthy to go out there and compete. I also wish that it would go quicker, but we cannot rush things. It makes no sense to get him out here when he has only healed up to seventy percent. He would be able to ride, but why take the risk? He is not fit and the championship is gone. It would just be for wins, which is of course a nice thing to have as well. We need to wait.

If he just got off crutches, does that mean that the best-case scenario would be that he starts riding at the beginning of May? Would that be realistic?

I hope that it will be sooner than this. Once he gets back into the programme, then he could make big leaps. He could jump back on the bike, feel good and have no pain. We are not at that stage yet. We need to wait.

There is another championship coming up. I am not sure if you are aware of that [laughs]. It is one that KTM would like to win and could do with winning, because MXGP is not going to happen and 450SX has been difficult. I have heard that we are at 50/50 at the moment. What can you tell us about those conversations? I heard that he was in Austria last week for a meeting. Is that true? What can you tell us? We will take anything.

From the PIERER Mobility Group’s point of view then, of course, it would make sense that he rides in America, because if he is fit then he will be a championship contender. For him also, it would be nice to win a championship. He needs to be fit though. It is not like it is a walk in the park to fly to America and race there in the AMA. Nothing is decided and everything is still on hold. We need to wait and see the progress with his healing, then at some point we need to make a decision.

Jeffrey is a very competitive person and likes to win things. I think that it is safe to say that he would like to go to America and have a go at winning a championship, instead of coming here and just going from race to race with no end goal.

Yeah, of course. I mean, for us it would also be nice to win races and GPs as well.

Well, he is one away from one hundred. That is a weird situation as well.

Exactly! This is also a nice thing to achieve, but over there it is a title on the line. For the company, it would make perfect sense. For me, having the team here and only one rider, I would prefer that he would stay with my team, but it is not my decision at the end of the day. It all depends on how he heals up and then we decide on which championship he is going to compete in.

Say he goes to America, can you run an entire season without a 450F rider under this tent or would you have to get a fill-in rider in? KTM have done a lot in this championship and won it last year. I feel like you have earnt some good credit with your sponsors, but would there be pressure to make that happen?

Even for us, it would be good to have that bike out there. It would help us develop it quicker and everything, but who are you going to take? We tried with Mathys Boisrame and it went wrong. The 450F is not a toy at this level and, unfortunately, he got hurt straight away in the first outing. What can I say? There are not many names on the list where I can go, “Okay, let’s pick this guy now and give it a try.” It is a potential danger. The bike gets bad mouthed quickly when another guy crashes, just because they are not ready to ride it or not on that level. It is a potential risk as well. It is not a bad bike, do not get me wrong, and people crash on our bike as well as other bikes. It is just the sport lately – it is happening a bit too much. I do not see anybody who could step in.

The problem is that you cannot get any fill-in rider. You need a guy who will be in the top ten at least. There are expectations at KTM. If a guy gets on your bike and rides around in sixteenth, that is not going to help anyone. You cannot take any ol’ rider.

It is also about developing our bike. We need to have a certain speed and base with it. Like you said, we cannot just let a guy ride around in twentieth and then we will be happy. That is not the case, for sure not.

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Op maandag 25 april 2022 10:17 schreef Nober het volgende:

Sunday race day newsfeed GP Markelo

Etiënne Bax antwoordt criticasters met dominante zege op nieuwe machine: ‘Mooier kan niet’
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1-1 (50) E. Bax 🇳🇱/ Čermák 🇨🇿
3-2 (42) Varik 🇪🇪/ Kunnas 🇫🇮
6-3 (35) Wilkinson 🇬🇧 / Millard 🇬🇧
4-6 (33) Van Werven 🇳🇱 / Van den Bogaart 🇳🇱
2-11 (32) Veldman 🇳🇱 / Janssens 🇧🇪
7-7 (28) Wijers 🇳🇱 / Van der Putte 🇳🇱

https://speedhive.mylaps.com/Events/1970954
https://www.fimsidecarcross.com/standings

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Is this the most shocking news of the decade? 1820 days on from his final professional race, it’s been confirmed that Ryan Dungey will return to racing and compete in the opening rounds of the 2022 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross series. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team confirmed the news via the following statement that was released moments ago. This is a breaking news story, so there is more to come.

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