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As it stands now MX2 is designed to be a support class were younger riders new to GP racing gain experience. Nothing more. If it was a title in anyway equal to MX1 anybody could ride MX2.
Herlings is simply more interested in winning support class titles than moving up to race real competition. He has spoke about his hundreds of times.
This year it's really hard to watch considering several of the top riders (Not Herlings) moved up to MX1. No one has really stepped up so MX2 is incredibly weak.
The Davalos argument doesnt hold much weight, Martin is always injured, look at his total points from when he started until now. Injured quite regularly and never a champion. Should Davalos be moved up, yeah he probably should have, but I have less of a problem with Davalos staying down than I ever will with Herlings. Davalos has never had a legit chance at any title until 2014; then surprise, he got injured.
IMO nothing else really compares to keeping Herling in MX2, that I have ever seen in MX. The kid has multiple titles, tons of speed. I think it is an injustice to the fans keep him at MX2. Throw him to the lions, he is supposed to be so fast, he is supposed to outrun them anyway.
I think most fans are the same. It's not hate more frustration.
Agree, it will be interesting.
To be honest had Ferrandis not crashed at round 2 IMO he would have made the MX2 title harder on him than TG and Febvre would have in the big class. And it's not his problem that Ferrandis gets injured or that Anstie has today finally finished both motos for the first time this season.
can win...
The difference isn't how old they are or years they have spent in the class so much.
It's about years in the class while absolutely dominating. Seven years in MX2, Two titles, many years of 150 point leads early in the season, sweeping the whole series, consistent two second per lap faster lap times than his compeition, consistently lapping well into the top ten, just complete domination no matter if he won the title or got hurt nobody was in the same league as him. Honestly it's been four years since anybody could do it consistently (2012 Searle). Over the past two seasons Gasjer, Guillod, and I think Trixier all beat him straight up at certain GP's but they have all moved on to MX1 now.
Herlings can do what he wants / do what his employers requires of him.
So far, he has just 2 MX2 World Championships, and a shit load of serious injuries.
Far too many here whine about him, whilst ignoring their own multi time 125 champions, and, an over 30 rider that won a regional SX series. Plus, rabbiting on about unbeaten seasons from riders who never then ventured onto other challenges. So many of those same whiners now seem to find a bit of dominance, requires the mediocrity of 'Chase' schemes to be a good thing.
Herlings comes across as a bit of a twat - yes - an ego maniac, but most top riders are that way. Most though, hide it a far better than him. If he would back off on all his crap about getting the most GP wins ever , it would be better for his image, I think.
But, I don't think he gives a damn about opinions, here. or elsewhere. He's probably close to, if not, the highest paid MXer in the World - it's not only a few US riders that have negotiated big win bonuses, you know
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its called a worldchampionship , so must be a legit championship dont you think ? its not a national title , a national title should be called a support class title .....
keep crying Paul ........keep repeating week after week , damn you really love this mx scene he
Herlings was 18(!!!) years old when he won his second title. And after the second title everything went to shit. Most of the american prospects are still riding "amateur" events at that time. Forkner won a AX main event and rode an "amateur" race a couple of weeks after that. That is true sandbagging. And it isn't even Forkners fault.
People forget that he has had so many injuries(bad ones). Ffs, he even tried to race with the broken femur. Please tell me one rider in the world that would do the same thing?
Yes it sucks that he is still in mx2. But he is 21 years old. People often forget that and the gnarly injuries that he had to come through the past 2 seasons.
He will win the title this year and move up for 2017.
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