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My first thought was Australia and someone form there. Webster, Beaton?
Unless Mewse is bringing a shit ton of cash, I highly doubt it.
Who else is on the Kawi team? I thought Febvre was going to Triumph.
Triumph MXGP is being pushed until 2026, so Febvre will stay at Kawi one more year.
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Nestaan gas gas? Hard to picture no husqvarna
Last rumor says Nestaan Husqvarna finally.
HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING AND NESTAAN-MX EXTEND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPMULTI-YEAR CONTRACT WILL SEE CURRENT MX2 LEADING TEAM CONTINUE IN THE FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INTO 2025 AND BEYOND
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Great news, happy to keep them around
If Seewer goes to Ducati then one of mine Italian friend lied to me, he said "All money is going towards R&D expect Lupino & Guadagnini and Cairoli in the back ground." On the other side I wouldn't be surprised because Seewer and Febvre doesn't match (Febvre doesn't match with anyone to be honest) and Seewer expected Febvre to be out for 2025 to Triumph but sadly for the Swiss the Triumph 450 bike has a little delay. So the French world champion will stay one year longer with Kawasaki, as second rider I see two options: Japanese rider pushed by Kawasaki or Kyle Webster or long shot but decent kid Kayden Minear.
Di Carli will probably be: Herlings - Coenen - Coenen - Adamo
Husqvarna stays in MXGP because the factory bikes will be leased (read payed for so no extra costs for KTM Group) and besides the salary from De Wolf (who is signed with the KTM Group till 2026) will all riders be payed by Nestaan. With other words we but also the KTM Group who bloody sells those bikes can say thanks to Kay Hennekes for keeping an extra pair of factory Husqvarna bikes in the championship.
Not in MXGP or not in GPs?
No japanese rider alongside Febvre in 2025 (KRT Kawasaki). Haarup could be the man...
After his impressive rookie season, and watching him live in the weekend. I would give Horgmo a 2 year deal if i would be Kawasaki.
I am very, very impressed with his riding and fitness at the moment.
Agree, he's performing very well. But he may be one of those riders who struggles when they step up to a factory team. He seems happy with where he's at on his vlogs. An ideal situation would be to stay on the same team but with a little extra HRC support. However i could be completely wrong and moving to a factory team could make him a regular top five guy
Haarup on Kawi would be a good fit I think.
Why, they have destroyed the last 3 riders to go there , Watson , Beaton and now Seewer.
Watson and Beaton simply are not good enough. No shame in that, good mx2 career but unfortunately they went the Button/Paturel mxgp career trajectory and not Vlaanderen like. It happens.
Seewer is a surprise though.
Watson is a solid 8-12 place guy and there's no shame in that. He's got the same results on three factory bikes although it's well known that things with the team weren't the best.
Beaton rode for F&H.
Seewer is currently fifth behind Gajser, Prado, Herlings, and Vlaanderen. And way ahead of the rest.
Watson was nowhere near the level he’s capable on that Kawi and was actively being held back by bad decisions within the team. The same applies to Mitch Evans.
Seewer has been pretty anonymous all season, just 3 moto finishes inside the Top 3 compared to the 15 he had last year. I know the return of Gajser and Herlings comes into play a bit there, but he is not at the level he was at on the Yamaha. Everyone who has gone there to that second Kawi seat has got worse when they’ve gone there
Pit Row
Febvre with Kawasaki for another 2 seasons.
Roczen?
Seems confirmed now. And Cairoli going to race the bike at the Dutch GP this year.
That was Evans, not Beaton.
And Evans had basically a completely destroyed wrist, he was screwed from the get go and it was never going to go well. Watson is performing pretty much similarly on the Beta as the Kawasaki.
Seewer is the strange one, he looks so bad on the bike (still 5th in the standings). Lets see how the next rider looks on it in 2025. In my opinion that is when we can actually say with confidence if Kawasaki has an issue with the second bike or not.
2 HRC MX2 factory riders in 2025, just unknown who the 2nd rider will be according to gatedrop. But nice news.
And 6 riders from Australia & Nze will do the Chinese round of MXGP.
Interesting, because I remember reading somewhere that the Honda MX2 program was more of a Gariboldi project rather than a HRC project, and who will be there? Everts maybe?
But I don’t think anyone would say that a Beta is on par with a Kawasaki (or any of the other OEM’s). So the fact that Ben has gone from Kawi to Beta and his results haven’t really changed, should tell you something.
For me Seewer is the definitive answer. He looks a shadow of the rider he’s been the last 3-4 years, he’s been almost anonymous. Also, he had the option to stay there for another year and chose to leave after just one season for a big unknown in Ducati. So that for me says something about the bike and the way the team is operating
Heard in a podcast that Webster was approached by Kawi in Europe but the deal fell through because he is 28. My problem with that is that Webster is just getting better and better and I am sure will be at the top for many many years. Sometimes experience counts if you are physically and mentally ready for the next step. As an Aussie I’m disappointed they won’t give him the nod. He’s clearly fast enough and has proven that on the big stage at MXON and US.
How about Bonacorsi to Kawasaki MXGP? That guy will loose his seat when Geerts and Renaux are back I guess. Don’t know about Vlaanderen his contract, but he has probably a second year option and won’t refuse that.
Bogers staying at Fantic for another year.
I think Bonacorsi will end up at Fantic.
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