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Ahh yeah indeed, forget that one. The Riley guy was quite some time in jail due ‘drugs’ if I was informed correctly.
Also, the FH team don’t need the illegal money, as the Fase family has a good running company and a lot of money by them self. They got screwed by Kawasaki, that’s why they are black in 2024 season. They will be back in 2026, and again in black, only an other brand in the awning.
SM Action is under investigation for financial fraud in Italy is was a source tells me. About Dutch MX Teams, there is a joke "If you yell DEA, 95% of all material and people disappear".😆 But I've no idea if Riley is one of those teams.
Let us be realistic, there are teams that aren't 100% legit and sometimes they get used to launder money. But same happens at lower tier football (soccer) clubs, top tier football (soccer) clubs with untraceable foreign money, F1 got his fair share of very shady sponsors and team owners like Jean-Pierre Van Rossem (Brilliant Belgian fraud)...
EDIT: Riley is from Olaf Haazen, Kevin Strijbos his brother-in-law. I guess that a lot of the "Green Dutch Stuff" rumors come from the fact that in 2023 they worked with Jef Janssen (JimmyJoe Riding Factory). Back around 2016 I estimate he got caught while transporting a few kilo Weed/Hash from Holland to Germany. He served his punishment and afterwards he just started working in the scene again for teams such as Hostettler Yamaha racing, Riley, Schmicker Racing,...
A few months before he took his youth team to the next level, to a MXGP team if I'm not mistaken...
"In the MX scene, rumors spread that the Dutch MX Team Jimmy Joe Yamaha, led by team manager Jef Janssen, would be ceasing operations. In Fürstlich-Drehna, there were solid reports.
It was confirmed at the MX Masters in Fürstlich-Drehna that the closure of Jimmy Joe Yamaha was more than just a rumor. This surprising news came along with the team switch of the two Jimmy Joe riders, Mike Stender and Jaap Corneth!
While the German MX2 champion found a spot with Michael Peters' Castrol Suzuki Team, the Dutchman Corneth is set to ride internationally for the Yamaha team of former world champion David Philippaerts. At the Masters race in Drehna, the 20-year-old Dutchman competed in the Youngster Cup on his Yamaha and impressed with a fifth-place finish in the day's standings.
Behind the team's dissolution likely lies a delicate matter. According to unconfirmed reports from the Netherlands and the German police, former team manager Jef Janssen was arrested by police two weeks ago during a traffic stop on the A2 near Hanover, with more than 5 kilograms of marijuana in his vehicle.
Translated article from Speedweek.com"
PS: Did anyone noticed this
Team organization Riley
– Team owner and manager: Olaf Haazen
– Advisor and assistant manager: Jean-Jacques Luisetti
– Technical manager: Harry Nolte
– Bike trainer: William Saris
Team base
Head office based in Dubai, United Arab Amirates
Workshop based in the Netherlands
Was this the guy that ran Vamo Honda?
F&H never had Jumbo logos on the gear or bikes afaik. With the money numbers mentioned in the article posted a few posted earlier (2.3 million for Hutten Yamaha) it would be weird if F&H would receive this kind of money without offering visibility (i think the fiscal department would have some questions if you sponsor these amounts without anything in return).
They have also never been mentioned in newsreports, which if they somehow would have been involved very likely they would have been mentioned since they are a much bigger company then Hutten is. Hutten is mentioned quite often in this case, also about their accountant.
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Ah ok did not hear/know taht about SM. As for Riley i don't think the stories have much to do with the trainer but more with the team just dissappearing after a couple of GP's in '23.
FIM Grand Prix Teamoverzicht 2025:
– Team Red Bull-KTM-DeCarli
Simon Langenfelder (MX2)
Sacha Coenen (MX2)
Lucas Coenen (MXGP)
- Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Jeffrey Herlings (MXGP)
Marc Antione Rossi (MX2)
Andrea Adamo (MX2)
- Van Venrooij Racing-KTM
Cas Valk (MX2)
- Gabriels-SS24-KTM
Gyan Doensen (EMX250)
Maximillian Werner (EMX250)
- Racestore KTM Factory Rookies
Aron Katona (EMX125)
Nicolo Alvisi (EMX125)
- WZ Racing Team-KTM
Maxime Grau ? (MX2)
Quentin Prunières ? (MX2)
Maximilian Ernecker ? (EMX250)
- Kosak KTM Racing
Tom Koch ? (MXGP)
Roan van Moosdijk ? (MXGP)
Bradley Mesters ? (EMX250)
- Osicka MX Team
? (MXGP)
Julius Mikula ? (MX2)
- AIT Racing
? (MXGP)
? (MX2)
? (EMX250)
? (EMX125)
- Beddini GasGas Factory Juniors ?
Francesco Bellei ? (EMX250)
Maximilian Ernecker ? (EMX250)
- KEMEA-Monster Energy-Yamaha Racing Team
Jago Geerts (MXGP)
Maxime Renaux (MXGP)
Calvin Vlaanderen (MXGP)
- Hutten Metaal Monster Energy-Yamaha Racing Team
Thibault Benistant (MX2)
Rick Elzinga (MX2)
Kārlis Albert Reišulis (MX2)
- VRT Yamaha Juniors Racing
Ivano van Erp (EMX250)
Janis Reišulis (EMX250)
– MJC Yamaha Team
Mauno Faure ? (EMX125)
Dani Heitink ? (EMX125)
Jarne Bervoets ? (EMX125)
– JK Racing-Yamaha
Isak Gifting (MXGP)
? (MXGP)
? (EMX125)
? (EMX Open)
- SDM Corse-Fantic Factory
? (EMX125)
Douwe Vanmechgelen ? (EMX125)
Noel Zanocz ? (EMX250)
Simone Mancini ? (EMX250)
– Team SM Action-Fantic Factory ?
David Braceras ? (MX2)
Andrea Bonacorsi ? (MX2)
- Fantic Factory Racing Team MXGP
Glenn Coldenhoff (MXGP)
Brian Bogers (MXGP)
Andrea Bonacorsi ? (MXGP)
– Kawasaki Racing Team-IceOne Racing
Romain Febvre (MXGP)
Pauls Jonass (MXGP)
Mathis Valin (MX2)
– BikeIt-Kawasaki-Dixon Racing Team
Jack Chambers ? (MX2)
Bobby Bruce ? (MX2)
Billy Askew ? (EMX250)
– BUD Racing-Kawasaki
? (EMX250)
? (EMX250)
- Riley Racing-Kawasaki
Tom Guyon (MX2)
Kay Karssemakers (MX2)
– Team HRC-Gariboldi Racing
Tim Gajser (MXGP)
Ruben Fernandez ? (MXGP)
Ferruccio Zanchi (MX2)
Valerio Lata ? (MX2)
- Team Honda SR-Ship2 Cycle-Motoblouz
Kevin Horgmo (MXGP)
Ben Watson ? (MXGP)
Andrea Bonacorsi ? (MXGP)
- JM Racing-Honda
Brent Van doninck (MXGP)
Delvintor Alfarizi ? (MXGP)
Leopold Ambjornsson ? (MXGP)
David Braceras ? (MX2)
- JWR Honda Racing
? (MXGP)
– Nestaan MX-Husqvarna Factory Racing
Kay de Wolf (MX?)
Liam Everts ? (MX2)
– Marchetti Racing-Beta Factory ?
Ivo Monticelli ? (MXGP)
Andrea Bonacorsi ? (MXGP)
- Monster Energy Triumph MX Racing
Camden McLellan (MX2)
Guillem Farres ? (MX2)
- SixtySeven Racing
? (MXGP)
? (MXGP)
? (MX2)
? (125cc)
- Team JP253
Jan Pancar (MXGP) ?
- Leoparden Racing
Leopold Ambjornsson ? (MXGP)
- KTM SB-Racing
? (MX2)
? (MX2)
- Chambers Racing
Adam Sterry (MXGP)
Ollie Colmer (EMX250)
- Young Motion Powered by Resa Racing
? (MX2)
? (MX2)
- KTM SILVE Racing Team
? (MXGP)
? (EMX250)
- Schmicker Racing-KTM
? (MX2)
? (MXGP)
? (EMX250)
Lynn Valk ? (WMX)
- FMX4Ever Team
? (EMX125)
? (EMX125)
- RFME-GasGas-Mequitec Racing
? (EMX250)
? (EMX250)
? (EMX125)
? (EMX125)
- Jezyk Racing
? (MX2)
? (EMX250)
? (EMX125)
- Team Steels Dr Jack-TM Racing
David Braceras ? (MX2)
Brandon Rispoli ? (EMX125)
- Ducati Maddii Racing
Jeremy Seewer (MXGP)
Mattia Guadagnini (MXGP)
- Millionaire Racing Team
? (EMX Open)
? (EMX Open)
- Celestini Racing-KTM
? (EMX125)
? (EMX125)
- VM Racing Team-SolarPro
Torre Vanmechgelen (EMX85)
- Team Seven Motorsports
? (EMX250)
? (EMX125)
- Maggiora Park Racing Team
? (EMX250)
? (EMX250)
- Ghidinelli Yamaha Racing
? (EMX250)
? (EMX250)
- Cat Moto-Bauerschmidt-Husqvarna
Nico Greutmann ? (EMX250)
Mads Fredsoe ? (EMX250)
Liam Owens ? (EMX250)
- K-Tech Aristo Cars Racing
? (EMX250)
? (EMX250)
- DreamsRacing
? (EMX125)
? (EMX125)
- Voss KTM Racing Team
Dean Gregoire ? (EMX125)
- Veidec Miba MX Team
Brian Gyles (EMX85)
- 426 KTM Motorsport
Joe Brookes ? (EMX250)
- Motovation Motorsport
Dean Gregoire ? (EMX125)
? (EMX125)
- Team VHR-Bihr
? (EMX250)
? (WMX)
- Carmen KTM Racing
? (EMX125)
- Milwaukee Fantic by Maddii
Cole McCullough? (EMX125)
Door: Steven van Kempen/KEMCO
Some rumours and linking things together
- Forato to stay on Honda, Guillod is leaving SR Honda
- Haarup to race in USA and develop 450 Triumph in 2025, coming back to MXGP with them in 2026
- VRT shutting their doors as official EMX250 Yamaha program, F&H interested, but keen to have the Ducati program in 2026
- Bonarcorsi to Wilvo (not sure if mentioned in this thread)
- Farres signed at Triumph (yes!!)
- Gariboldi will expand HRC MX2 program. Heard some rumours of Lata ending up there
Why is VRT shutting down?
They seemed to have some troubles, but just got an update from a pilots agent that they have found solutions and will be back in 2025.
Haarup outdoors only in the US or racing supercross too?
- Ghidinelli Racing-KTM
Elias Escandell (EMX250)
Alexis Fueri (EMX250)
Brando Rispoli (EMX250)
Where is Guillod going? Heard rumors about WZ Racing..
What is Mewse his plan? Back in GPs next year? Would make the most sense since his “turn around” this year.
Guillod won't ride for WZ KTM next year.
Think Mewse will continue on the same deal he’s had for the last two years but with hopefully more opportunity to race more GP’s
Mewse needs to do the ADAC or Dutch Championship too
Dutch won’t make any sense. Only 3 races. Cool for being a side hustle but not ur main focus. Maybe combine some local championships. But he belongs in the gp paddock in my eyes.!
Mewse is a 15-20 guy in GP’s.
He showed some real speed this year. Only he has to bring his gb speed overseas.. then he could be a 7-12 guy I think. He ripped at the nations and at the British rounds
Pit Row
Historically yes. But I do think that racing Herlings this year has unlocked something in him that has been missing for a long time. His riding at Matterley was amazing, if he can continue that he’s way better than a 15th place guy
Francisco Garcia from Spain will ride for Bud Racing Kawasaki. EMX250 and French Elite.
Way too many chances at GP level, no overseas teams will put their money into him now.
Racing on home soil is completely different to racing abroad. Let’s be honest, he’s done nothing at the top level, I can’t see it changing now. He’ll dominate the British Championship for years to come because the series has no talent.
Not saying anyone will put their money into him to do GP’s full time, but if he carries on his current deal and does the occasional GP here and there I think he can make a good showing.
I think talent wise British is pretty much on par with most national series around Europe to be honest, with the exception of Germany. It’s missing the numbers but MX2 in particular this year was pretty strong
BUD Kawi will have an Ozzie kid for 2025 in EMX
An MX3 kid or MX2?
Isn't it meant to be Jake Cannon?
Yes...
Bonacorsi racing for four teams? Cool.
What would he prove and/or gain by doing any GP's? It certainly isn't the mountains of prize money available, if anything it'll cost him/someone else thousands. Spend that money an go race some Canadian Nationals, mix it up a bit and experience something different. Lars van Berkel did and got an offer off a team! (I think?)
Why would he want a ride in Canada probably on less money than he’s on already?
Why go Canada when he can Kullas his way to America?
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