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WHEN YOUTH TAKES OVER STORY GEOFF MEYER IMAGES RAY ARCHER, MASSIMO ZANZANI
There is without a doubt a new era of MXGP stars just around the corner. Already the performances of 23 year old Romain Febvre has shown that, but there are a long list of riders under 23 that have shown they are ready for the big time. From Febvre, to Valentin Guillid, Tim Gajser, Max Anstie, Jeremy Seewer, Julien Lieber, Jordi Tixier, Pauls Jonass and so many more. And let us not forget Jeffrey Herlings is only 20 years old. All these guys have the style to move up to the MXGP class and that is just mouth-watering.
And under these riders is an even longer list of future stars. While we were very lucky with the Herlings, Roczen, Musquin era, this current era might not have the stand-outs like Herlings and Roczen, but the depth of young talent has never been better. Watching last weekend’s World Junior championship is seem that the production line of quality riders will continue for many years to come. Of course this didn’t all happened by accident it’s been one of the major projects of Youthstream to build a system that produces quality riders, both on and off the track. Listening to the young teenagers at the world junior’s it isn’t hard to understand how much work Youthstream, the teams, and the parents of these riders are putting into the future of the sport. Professional, determined and all looking to put their best foot forward on the world scene. What is also interesting is not too many are looking at America as their future, but instead wanting to be world champions is their goal. At just 23 years old Febvre owns the red plate in the MXGP class and is a little surprised by his sudden success in the big bike class. Already a GP win in the MX2 class in 2014 but he has now added another four in the MXGP class and has won seven MXGP motos. He has fine credentials though with the EMX250 championship in 2011, not to mention third place in last year’s MX2 title race. “I never expected this so quickly,” Febvre said. “I hoped to be racing for podiums and maybe a GP win in my first MXGP season, if I rode well I was happy, but to have the red-plate and be winning so many motos and GP’s, I never expected that and it surprised me. I start to feel comfortable with the wins, and it really helps my confidence. I am loving riding the bigger 450 and working with the Factory Yamaha team.” While 20 year old Max Anstie has been around forever, and he is without
question the most experienced rider in the MX2 class having raced all over the world. With around 50 GP’s to his name he has two GP wins and multiple moto wins, but he is really only now starting to show his real speed. “You know we have had it stacked against us with mechanical issues and stuff, but now hopefully we have the ball rolling and we can be consistent, we have lacked consistency. It is important to keep consistent and that is what we are working on the whole team and we want to keep it tight for the rest of the season.
You know Jeffrey is amazing in the sand and if he was in full fitness he would be mega fast. He has had some injuries, but he is still leading the championship and he isn’t a world champion for nothing. He has won a lot of races and I know what it is like just to win one race, it is hard work. “It isn’t only Jeffrey, there are a lot of fast guys out there, Jonass, Tixier, Gajser, Guillod, Seewer, a lot of fast guys and it’s made for a good championship and everyone needs to be inside the top five in the first corner. This whole group of riders is a great group and I need to be at my best to keep performing.” Another 23 year old is Hollands, Glenn Coldenhoff and like Anstie also has two GP wins, one in MX2 and one in MXGP. While he struggled in the early going of 2015 (due to injuries), he is now fighting hard to improve his position in the MXGP points, and his GP victory in Latvia sure helped that progress. “The Latvian weekend started good and I was fast right away. I’ve always had a
good feeling on this track and the ‘Nations went well last year and this GP also. The goal was top-10 in the beginning, and later-on move up to the top-five and this came a bit unexpectedly! Winning a GP is something different! I’m really happy and the team has worked hard…it is just great.” Giuseppe Luongo who has worked really hard to support the whole youth system knew what to expect when Youthstream put a bigger effort into the EMX series. “I am not surprised on the improvement in young riders,” Luongo said. “When we started our program with the European championship, with riders racing 125cc and 250cc on the same circuits as the MXGP and the age limit for the MX2 riders, I think this has been one of our best programs and why the GP riders are now so fast and there are so many. “Look at Gautier Paulin when he came from the European championship to MX2, he was good straight away, now we have Romain Febvre and Valentin Guillod in MXGP and MX2, and so many others, so many young riders showing amazing speed. When these young kids come up it brings a new motivation to the older riders. Older riders ride smart, they conserve energy, they ride careful because they are experienced, the younger riders, they don’t look at anybody, they come and they give it 100% straight away, for this the older riders must adapt and attack more. Also the track being very technical, and the diversity we have in the circuits. I mean the rider who wins the FIM Motocross World Championship at the end of the year is the best rider in the world, because they have ridden every single type of circuits possible and all over the world, from Thailand, Qatar, Argentina, American, Mexico, and all over Europe.”
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PAULS JONASS
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When young Latvian rider Pauls Jonass crossed the finish line at the Grand Prix of Latvia, held at the Kegums circuit last weekend, and was awarded second overall there was something special about the celebrations. Not only had the Latvian rider completed a nearly perfect weekend, but he has also completed a goal he and his manager had many years ago.
“I can’t explain how much it meant to me to be on the podium in Kegums,” Jonass said. “You know when I first worked with KTM I came to Kegums for a test, and my manager, who was the KTM dealer here in Latvia asked me what my goal was. I told him I want to be the best. That was like a week before the first Grand Prix was ever held at Kegums. He said his goal is to have a Latvian rider standing on the podium, he asked me if I could do that, and I said I would do my best. Now he is the track owner and that makes it more special, and we were so happy that I made the podium together.” The podium finish was also time to celebrate with his massive fan base. Hundreds of Latvians followed every move of the Red Bull KTM Factory rider as he tried to do the impossible, after not having the best preparation. Jonass who crashed hard at the Grand Prix of Sweden limped into the Kegums circuit and not even he could ever imagined he would walk away with a top three finish. His fellow Latvians though never had any doubt as they screamed his name and motivated him to fight on despite the pain. “I want to thank my family, the team, my girlfriend, Willy and Stefan and all the fans around the track. I could hear them in all the corners. It was so special to lead the first race and my heart rate was pumping so hard like it was like 220 the first laps, I got more tired from my heart rate than the riding. After my crash in Sweden I am lucky to be here. “After the Swedish GP I could only ride like five laps in practice during the week. Nobody expected I could ride here, but I felt good and while the speed and fitness wasn’t there, it was good for me to be able to get on the box. Max was riding very well, he deserved to win.” Now a week’s break to rest his wearing body and then onto the last hurdle of the 2015 MX2 championship. No matter what happens now in this season you know that the goals Jonass made with his manager has been accomplished.
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Standing Construct Yamaha Yamalube Team owner Tim Mathys is very passionate about motocross and with the support of Yamaha and his own company Standing Construct things are looking very exciting for 2016. Despite already showing huge results in the MX2 class Mathys wants to help his rider Valentin Guillod make the big step to the MXGP class. Anyone who knows anything about the sport knows that Guillod on a 450 machine will be something very special. Next season Standing Constuct Yamaha Yamalube will be running an even stronger team, and with their commitment to both the MXGP and MX2 class. This is a major move in the GP paddock and one that will make the big bike class even more exciting. We caught up with Mathys and asked him about the plans for 2016 and also about the retirement of Ryan Villopoto. Motocross Illustrated: Tim, I don’t want to compare teams, but like the Steve Dixon team you have really been able to find young riders and bring them big success on the Grand Prix scene. Mathys: For sure, and like you said I think in the past years we have proven we have an eye for talent with guys like Coldenhoff, Guillod, Lieber and all riders that not many people believe in and we saw they had a lot of potential and the results are there. I think the difference with other teams is we listen to the riders and if they want something changed we do that. Motocross Illustrated: 2015 has been a big season for you so far hasn’t it? Mathys: For sure, and straight off the second place in Qatar by Julien (Lieber) was a surprise and we didn’t expect that result, we knew he was fast but we didn’t expect a podium that quickly. Soon after that result he lost his grandfather and they are a really close family and that had a big impact on him, but he is now starting to show good results again. With Valentin (Guillod) we knew from last year he could do good results. The
change to Yamaha we had to do a lot of work, the Yamaha is a very good bike,
but to compete on this level we needed a few things and since the last two or three months he has a bike that is perfect for him and the results are there. He is now third in the world championship points and second is possible, even first is possible. Motocross Illustrated: If you watch Guillod, he is so nice to watch on the bike, and has the perfect style of the 450, probably the best style in my opinion. What is your opinion? Mathys: For sure his riding style is better on a 450 than a 250. This year we always have to tell him to use the clutch, while most 250 riders you need to tell them not to abuse the clutch. We are confident on the 450 he will be very good. The contract between Valentin and Yamaha and our team is something between us, but for now we are pretty sure he will ride MXGP in my team. Motocross Illustrated: So what is the plan for 2016? You have a two year deal with Valentin and he moves to the MXGP class? Mathys: Next year we will be even more important to Yamaha, we will continue to do the development with Yamaha in Europe, like Star Racing does in American, and we will have a good cooperation with Star Racing. Our team will be Julien (Lieber), who has already signed for next year, and we have a second MX2 rider who is signed who has already won moto’s this year, but we can’t talk about that until September 15 as he has a contract with his current team and we respect that contract. We have a lot of confidence he will do next year and will be a contender in the MX2 championship. Motocross Illustrated: And you must be excited with Guillod moving up to the MXGP class? Mathys: Like I said, we are confident on the 450 he will be really good and he has proven that two years ago at the Motocross of Nations in Germany when he led one of the moto’s for three laps on a stock 350, pulling away from Roczen. We know he can do well, but every race has to be ridden and we won’t put too much pressure on him and we will listen to him and his desires and make a bike that suits him.
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The soaring temperatures had nothing on how hot the battle for junior motocross supremacy was. Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux and HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Raivo Dankers overcame the heat and the chewed up hard pack track of El Molar to be crowned the respective 2015 FIM Junior 125cc and 85cc Motocross World Champions, while young Dutch sensation Kay Karrsemakers was crowned European Open 65cc winner. The depth of talent in the premier junior class is absolutely mind blowing and this weekend was a good example of how exciting the future of motocross is. When the gates fell it was the youngest rider in the
class, KTM Factory Juniors Jorge Prado who got off to a killer start and claimed the first Fox Holeshot but was pushed wide and instantly dropped outside of the top five.
At the end of lap one it was Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux who emerged in the lead with Spain’s heavy hitter Ruben Fernandez hot on his heels. Fernandez showed a wheel to Renaux on a number of occasions and was flying the flag high for his home nation but couldn’t make a pass stick. KTM Factory Juniors Conrad Mewse didn’t get off to the best start but was absolutely hauling and soon found himself vying for the opening race win after passing Fernandez with a few laps to go. France’s Stephen Rubini and Australia’s Hunter Lawrence also put in strong performances to finish within striking distance of the winner Renaux and round out the top five. As an epic end to what was an amazing 2015 FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, both of the race one front runners Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux and KTM Factory Juniors Conrad Mewse fought tooth and nail for the final race win and championship overall. When the gate dropped Conrad Mewse was right where he wanted to be, up front and ruling the roost. That turned out to be briefer than he expected as surprise contender Richard Sikyna from Slovakia blitzed past him for the early lead. Mewse responded almost immediately but didn’t get a chance to enjoy the lead as the race one winner Maxime Renaux was already on him. Without wasting anytime Renaux put the pass on Mewse, but it was clear Mewse wasn’t going to go down without a fight and responded immediately. In a demonstration of motocross at it’s finest, Renaux and Mewse went bar to bar, not only for the race win, but the 2015 FIM Junior 125cc motocross world title. The race went down to the wire, and was hands down one of the best races the FIM Junior 125cc World Championship has ever witnessed, but it was Maxime Renaux who held on ever so tightly for the race win and the gold plate. Meanwhile in the shadow of that awesome battle, Sikyna rode home in a lonely third while Australian Hunter Lawrence crossed the line in an unchallenged fourth. Yesterday’s Group B top qualifier Mathys Boisrame rounded out the top five. Taking home the most prestigious youth title of the year was Kemea Yamaha Yamalube’s Maxime Renaux who did so with a hard fought double race victory. KTM Factory Junior’s Conrad Mewse came so close but had to settle for second while Australia’s
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Stabilo Kawasaki MX Team’s Basitan Boegh Damm put in an impressive charge for second ahead of Austria’s Rene Hoffer. Moreau salvaged fourth despite snapping his rear fender when he crashed out of the lead while Benistan rounded out the top five. The heat and humidity didn’t seem to phase the super talented youngsters competing for the Junior 85cc crown as they fought all the way to the finish for world championship glory. Stabilo Kawasaki MX Team’s Brian Van Der Klij took the final Fox Holeshot and led the opening lap before being dropped back by Czech Republic’s Petr Polak who was riding at a blindingly quick pace. Polak layed in an early charge while race one winner Raivo Dankers closed the gap on his fellow countryman Van Der Klij. In a battle for second and for the pride of The Netherlands, Dankers and Van Der Klij went head to head for a lap before Dankers made the pass stick in an outright uphill drag. A few laps later, both Netherlanders were dropped back as the top qualifier Brian Moreau clocked a bunch of fast laps and blitzed pass them with ease. With four minutes plus two laps to go, Moreau opened fire on the race leader Polak and ran away for what turned out to be an easy race win. Polak, who was only tenth in race one, rode impressive for second ahead of Dankers and Boegh Damm while Holland’s Rick Elzinger was gifted fifth after the holeshotter, Van der Klij, stacked it with two laps to go. After a scorching hot day in the office HSF Logistics Motorsport Team’s Raivo Dankers added the 2015 FIM Junior 85cc World Championship gold plate to his dazzling resume, which already consists of two European Championship titles. The top qualifier Bud Racing Kawasaki Monster Energy’s Brian Moreau stood on the second step of the podium while Stabilo Kawasaki MX Team’s Bastian Boegh Damm rounded out the top three. 85cc Junior Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Raivo Dankers (NED, KTM), 25:26.208; 2. Bastian Boegh Damm (DEN, Kawasaki), +0:09.628; 3. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), +0:10.838; 4. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), +0:13.168; 5. Thibault Benistant (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:25.737; 6. Raf Meuwissen (NED, Honda), +0:27.345; 7. John Bova (AUS, KTM), +0:29.814; 8. Rick Elzinga (NED, KTM), +0:34.935; 9. Emilio Scuteri (ITA, KTM), +0:38.184; 10. Christopher Mills (GBR, KTM), +0:43.744.
85cc Junior Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, Kawasaki), 24:55.758; 2. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), +0:06.113; 3. Raivo Dankers (NED, KTM), +0:09.265; 4. Bastian Boegh Damm (DEN, Kawasaki), +0:21.731; 5. Rick Elzinga (NED, KTM), +0:25.675; 6. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), +0:36.847; 7. Rhys Budd (AUS, KTM), +0:41.111; 8. Christopher Mills (GBR, KTM), +0:42.633; 9. Raffaele Giuzio (ITA, Honda), +0:43.177; 10. Pierre Cantournet (FRA, Husqvarna), +0:43.929. 85cc Junior Overall Top Ten: 1. Raivo Dankers (NED, KTM), 45 points; 2. Brian Strubhart Moreau (FRA, KAW), 43 p.; 3. Bastian Boegh Damm (DEN, KAW), 40 p.; 4. Petr Polak (CZE, KTM), 32 p.; 5. Rick Elzinga (NED, KTM), 29 p.; 6. Rene Hofer (AUT, KTM), 28 p.; 7. Christopher Mills (GBR, KTM), 24 p.; 8. Rhys Budd (AUS, KTM), 23 p.; 9. Marcel Stauffer (AUT, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Emilio Scuteri (ITA, KTM), 21 p. It may have seemed like the longest start straight in the world for most of the 65’s but it was the perfect distance for Spain’s own Raul Sanchez who was oozing adrenaline at the start of race one and took the holeshot and early race lead. Unfortunately, the freshly watered track caught the little Spaniard out which saw him drop back to sixteenth when he crashed on an uphill. Holland’s little ripper Kay Karssemakers took full advantage of the gifted lead and knuckled down right away while France’s Florian Miot tried to keep up. Although he put in a good effort, Miot couldn’t quite match the pace of Karssemakers and ended up exerting too much energy, which allowed the top qualifier, Hungary’s Adam Kovacs to close in. At the half way mark Kovacs dropped the hammer on Miot and took over second, where he remained for the rest of the race. Meanwhile, it wasn’t over for Miot who soon had company in the form of Czech Republic’s Radek Vertovsky and Russia’s Matvey Vopilov. A missed line late in the race saw Miot drop back to fourth as Vetrovsky capitalized on the error. Karssemakers took a convincing victory ahead of Kovacs, Vetrovsky, Miot and Vopilov. Speedy little Dutchman Kay Karssemakers sealed the deal on his European Open 65cc title mission by claiming the Fox Holeshot and controlling the final race from start to finish.
While that sounds smooth sailing for the youngster who also won race one, it was not that easy as the poleman Adam Kovacs was on him from gate drop. Kovacs put in a good effort but as the wind picked up he fell off balance and looped out into the infield. The small Hungarian managed to re-enter the track instantly, but lost second position to Radek Vetrovsky. Although he was handed second, take nothing away from Vetrovsky, he was ripping in race two and pushed Karssemakers all the way to the finish. Kovacs managed to regroup and rode smart for third while Spain’s Adria Monne and Florian Miot rounded out the top five. A double victory for Holland’s Kay Karssemakers crowned him the European Open 65cc winner ahead of yesterday’s top qualifier, Hungarian Adam Kovacs and Czech Republic’s Petr Vetrovsky. European Open 65cc Race 1 Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 19:22.427; 2. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), +0:16.394; 3. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), +0:28.672; 4. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), +0:34.701; 5. Pablo Gutierrez Solis (ESP, KTM), +0:35.525; 6. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), +0:43.010; 7. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), +0:49.215; 8. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), +1:13.324; 9. Raul Sanchez (ESP, KTM), +1:23.224; 10. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), +1:36.107 European Open 65cc Race 2 Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 17:59.258; 2. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), +0:01.357; 3. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), +0:04.277; 4. Adria Monne Viles (ESP, KTM), +0:26.250; 5. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), +0:29.440; 6. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), +0:37.182; 7. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), +0:42.036; 8. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), +0:53.545; 9. Xavier Cazal (FRA, KTM), +0:56.639; 10. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), +1:01.342 European Open 65cc Overall Top Ten: 1. Kay Karssemakers (NED, KTM), 50 points; 2. Adam Zsolt Kovacs (HUN, KTM), 42 p.; 3. Radek Vetrovski (CZE, KTM), 37 p.; 4. Florian Miot (FRA, KTM), 34 p.; 5. Matvey Vopilov (RUS, KTM), 34 p.; 6. Martin Venhoda (CZE, KTM), 29 p.; 7. Zakhar Osmolovskiy (RUS, KTM), 26 p.; 8. Pablo Gutierrez Solis (ESP, KTM), 25 p.; 9. Vinnie Guthrie (GBR, KTM), 22 p.; 10. Adria Monne Viles (ESP, KTM), 18 p.
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