MXGP riders cast into limbo with eight-week season hiatus: Herlings, Cairoli, Seewer & Simpson talk delay, rest & contracts
The unknown wait
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Herlings at the start of the storm with Hawkstone Park victory
BBC News declared the storm that hit the UK last weekend was a “twice in a decade occurrence” and it created desperate, Assen-like muddy conditions at the famous English track but that didn’t deter four-times world champion Jeffrey Herlings from opening his 2020 season with customary attacking verve. Here are some observations from Shropshire.
Herlings: “I will help Tony”
MXGP World Champion Jeffrey Herlings will return to Grand Prix this weekend and will be hunting more victories in the coming weeks, but the Dutchman has also admitted he’ll play a team role
Herlings 2019 AMA decision due soon but Pit Beirer “not enthusiastic” about switch
It seems the possibility of the MXGP World Champion heading to race in the USA this summer is not off the table but Red Bull KTM could be reluctant to move the furniture to make it happen
Cairoli already gunning for Herlings revenge in 2019
Less than 100 days until the first MXGP of 2019 (apparently set for Neuquen in Argentina again) and Red Bull KTM are in the process of bracing themselves for another battle royale with Tony Cairoli fixed on matching Jeffrey Herlings’ ridiculously high level in the premier class
How to compliment greatness?
Jeffrey Herlings can be considered one of the best Grand Prix riders in the 61 year history of the sport thanks to his win tally of 84 and the fact that he managed to beat one of the greatest of all time
Beirer praises “perfect” team for 2018 dominance
KTM reach the end of their second MotoGP season at Valencia this weekend and can eye progress on the asphalt but their spoils on the dirt and in the realm of MXGP remain without peer. Director Pit Beirer right feels the motocross effort has arrived to a zenith
