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Should have been 2-time 250 Motocross Champion (Bad luck, mechanicals, Pala injury)
Pourcel did that after overcoming an injury that left him paralyzed. He challenged Cairoli in Europe, but looked like he didn't care much towards the FIM Championship. Don't count him out of this thing, he's probably the fastest and most consistent rider entering the series, he's just the biggest question mark.
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I have mad respect for any rider who leaves their home country to chase a dream.
want it. To have a will to win when it's ugly. Does he have that? No way to know at this point. The races and finishes will tell
us that.
I hope for Kehoe's sake he's on it. Not that Eric needs this....but that it makes it easier for the other folks involved. EK will show up and do his part. The Yamaha folks will do their part. Chad can always
go do construction projects with auto dealerships in N. Cal.. which is where he makes his $ so it won't affect him if CP isn't in it to win it. And Yamaha will move on to other riders.... But, but, I hope he wants it. For him and the people around him.
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How has Pourcel’s prep been going? Was he rusty at all?
We’re taking it one step at a time. He had a couple injuries the last few years and he took some time off, but he’s never lost that racer inside of him. That never really goes away. I still have it myself when I go to the Nationals. On a crisp morning out in Pennsylvania, or wherever you are, and the bikes all fire up for that first practice and they go out on the track, my palms still start sweating. I think Chris has been the same way over the last couple years. He’s got that burning desire. He was so close to that National Championship those two times and had a couple events happen that kept it from him. He didn’t get the ultimate goal of winning the championship. He was very close, and it’s still burning in him. He wants that championship.
Is Pourcel’s speed championship caliber right now, or does he still have some work to do?
I believe that his speed right now is right on par with contending for a championship. There’s probably about ten pieces to the puzzle that all have to come together to win a championship. It goes from your preparation, your physical conditioning, your mental aspect, your team, your equipment, there’s so many pieces to the puzzle. At any given time there are competitors who have seven or eight of those pieces together and they’re really close, and every once in a while there’s a guy who’s out there and dominating, and all of his pieces have come together. We haven’t totally worked through everything yet, but I think right now things are coming together for Christophe. All of the pieces are here. We’ve got the equipment, the staff, the personnel, the experience, etc., and there’s no doubting his ability to go fast on a motorcycle. That’s a huge part of putting something like this together.
How happy is Yamaha to have Pourcel on board?
In the past I think Christophe was a little misunderstood. So far he’s been a real professional. He shows up on time and he does what’s expected of him. I think what any organization looks at is, “How serious is this competitor in putting together all of these pieces?” It might sound funny sometimes, but just putting out the effort, showing up on time, giving feedback and testing is a big deal. Christophe has been able to give us some really valuable feedback, which will help in improving Yamaha’s equipment now and in the future. They’re really happy with that, and his ability to help with all the different aspects on the technical side. He’s putting out a lot of effort and he’s shown that the equipment is good and they’re happy with that. If a rider is working hard and giving 100 percent effort, that’s what everybody wants.
Let’s close this out with your expectations for the summer.
I think that Christophe has the talent to compete for this championship. We’ve got the equipment, the backing from Yamaha and we’ve put together a solid team. Our expectations are to go out there and be competitive. It’s not realistic to think we can go out and win every race, those times don’t come along very often, but I think that we’ve got all the pieces and Christophe is capable of winning. He’s shown that he’s able to compete for championships, be it a national championship, a world championship or a supercross championship. The goal is to go out and be competitive and go after wins, and in the end if the championship comes, that’s great.
he is special:
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