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Only one title since 1989, and none since 2001.
Searle has been our best hope in recent years,with three 2nd places in MX2. And Anstie has been in superb form over recent months, although winning the championship this year is a long shot, and Herlings should be back beating everyone next year.
In MX1, Simpson is a top 5 guy on his best days, but doesn't at the moment look like he's a genuine title contender. And Searle's MX1 career to date has gone from bad to worse (mainly because of injury). And then Wilson could potentially run up front if he decided to give the GPs a go, and stayed fit.
Of the riders coming through the ranks, Conrad Mewse is a former youth world champion, then there's Sterry, Steven Clarke and Nathan Watson.
What do the people who have a better idea than me think about the prospect of any of them - up and coming or established - becoming a world champion?
Searle has been our best hope in recent years,with three 2nd places in MX2. And Anstie has been in superb form over recent months, although winning the championship this year is a long shot, and Herlings should be back beating everyone next year.
In MX1, Simpson is a top 5 guy on his best days, but doesn't at the moment look like he's a genuine title contender. And Searle's MX1 career to date has gone from bad to worse (mainly because of injury). And then Wilson could potentially run up front if he decided to give the GPs a go, and stayed fit.
Of the riders coming through the ranks, Conrad Mewse is a former youth world champion, then there's Sterry, Steven Clarke and Nathan Watson.
What do the people who have a better idea than me think about the prospect of any of them - up and coming or established - becoming a world champion?
Do if I had to guess I'd say Mewse
Just my opinion, I don't think I have a better idea then you
Combine that to the fact most tracks face a constant battle to stay open if they are lucky, the future of British MX isn't to bright.
Anstie has had a brilliant year and its very slim that he will win the mx2 this year next year could be the one. Hopefully searle is 100% next year
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Gutted to see Searle's career go this way. He was so solid on the 250.
Does anyone have any links to a recent interview with him?
Nathan Watson has great potential, as does Adam Sterry. I would really like to see Ben Watson get on a really good bike. He's a serious talent.
Nathan Watson has the speed , just needs the belief , and a little bit of a run of good fortune .
Will they ever be world champ.. based on what we knew this time last year , could you ever have see Romain Febrve getting on the podium in MX1 ?? He is one race away from winning the series, and i really think he would have won anyway .
There isnt anyone else coming through that has the speed , not that i have seen, nobody else that stands out right now, which is a shame, but it goes in cycles, maybe someone has the potential , but i i dont see it just yet.
the last few races have been sandy that's why Jonass was strong and Guillod and Seewer have struggled a bit.
But if those 2 get in between Anstie and Gajser/Jonass and then at Glen Helen possibly some Americans... it's far from over.
of course first of all he needs to win the races and try to beat Martin on home soil
I think Ben & Nathan Watson & Sterry have the potential to be GP champions in MX2. IMO they need a solid team, a good result or 2 early on and then to stay injury free and keep the momentum rolling. Not to get settled into finishing out of the top5 and stay there like so many seem to.
Conrad mewse definitely has a lot of potential, same with both Watson brothers and sterry. World champion? hard to say, but unlikely in my opinion- see how mewse does when he goes in with the big boys! he's been trained by Justin morris, and got a lot of support from ktm- so could be the next top tier rider from the uk
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on the factory husky next year, he will be a force to be reckoned with, unfortunately for him, herlings will be there!!
the title race isn't over yet, all the American riders could do him a massive favour at glen Helen and get inbetween him and jonass/ gaisjer. Long shot, but if he keeps winning races anything could happen
Ended up 7 th this year and 10 th in the world junior champs
We here in England have next to no facilities, no backing like America and France/Belgium and this is y we cant compete consistantly at the top. We have people PAYING for rides instead of being paid to ride its pathetic in a lot of ways.
With Mexico and USA coming up, a lot of things can happen.
I might add that the same is true for Italy and Spain.
So to answer the original question, our next world champion(s) will be Danny Kent, and Johnny Rea.
Daniel and Jamie McCanney, Steve Holcombe, Jonny Walker and Graham Jarvis are all (paid) factory enduro riders - a sport that has way less support and facilities than MX. It's rumoured that another young, fast guy is on his way to world enduro too.
I'm not saying there isn't MX talent in the UK (there is) but there's certainly way too much money being spent on stuff that has little to do with winning races.
In answer to the original question, and as much as I wish it could be Simpson it has to be Anstie.
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