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ah yeah, that would make sense.
And De Wolf stays in 250 one more year? That doesn't make sense..
Yeah Kay needs to move up. He will just stagnate if he races a 250 in the GPs in 2026.
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He should go to the us if hé still wants to.
Just after MXoN sunday races, Renaux said to french media that he has still a lot of work to do with his bike (during the off season) to be confortable with.
So, it looks like he will stay with Yamaha, after all...
Renaux can't accept that is not a ....gaijer..coenen ...febre .. herlings is.....That's not because of that yamaha.....
Rumour -> Cas Valk to TM Moto CRD Motosport (IT)
I've heard that rumour last week as well. Would be a kinda weird move, unless there is a strong base money wise in the team.
Another rumour that I've heard; Van Doninck tested the Beta and has an option to go there
I'm so curious to know what happened with Cas towards the end of the season and why he can't stay with Van Venrooy. He seems like a very good and hard working dude. But for a Dutch team, to drop a Dutch talent like Cas. Just odd...
I dont think the problem was with the team but with KTM. And KTM and Cas wont continue, resulting in him not riding for van Venrooy.
Valk would be an upgrade for TM, so i for sure understand it from their perspective. He is also familier with italy and italian teams, spending years in italy during his emx days. Have to say i don't understand it from Valk though.
What I heard on Belgian and Dutch races is that the dad is quite a pain in the ass and complaining a lot on the bike. But I’m not sure, as they showing as a nice family.
Any idea when the PR from Gajser, Herlings signing for new teams etc will come out?
Officially their contracts expire end of 2025, but I expect the PR earlier than that.
But when exactly, no idea...
There didn't seem to be an issue at the start of the season as Cas was always around 6th to 8th. Who knows... Would be great for TM though to have a rider of his calibre though.
Herings' is up at the end of October.
One doesn't prevent the other.
Apparently not until after 12/31
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Sounded like KTM/papa Valk were not on the same page with a few things. Maybe KTM overpromised, maybe not, but sounds like they needed to split. The TM situation could be very good for Cas if he does well. Just hope the bike is good enough.
Update on Simon.
Yes maybe the TM is decent and he gets decent results. But I'm not sure how it could be "good" for Valk.
Ktm/hqv has been the factory you want to ride for in mx2 for a long time now. I dont see how ending that relationship is a plus for him.
When was the last time TM was in the top 5 in mx2......if you complain a lot about a ktm.....then you wil complain a lot more about a TM
Long long time ago when Samuele Bernardino rode for tm...he did pretty good races and his bike was something else
https://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/Vital-MX-Pit-Bits-2016-MXGP-of-…
Bernardini never was a top 5 rider. He won one race in the deep mud of Indonesia, and that's about it.
Mikula did pretty good everything considered with the TM this season. But that team also didn't had the budget to do the last 3 GP's. I don't think that Valk's goal is to miss the overseas because of budget constraints. And because of that, a decent result in the championship. Going from semifactory KTM to factory TM is a downgrade in every possible way, don't make yourself any illusions.
Whatever happened to him, victim of the the 23 yr old rule and no 450 ride? I thought that bike was pretty cool with the dual exhausts and everything, Bernardino had some good rides on that bike.
He did pretty good IMO and i checked the results and was around 5 to 8 place most of the time.
For that bike i think he did good but obviously he didnt set the world on fire.
You are right about Valk but maybe he doesnt have any other interesting options.
He is riding WEC, and doing very well.
Well from what I hear, the salary and bonus structure is not that bad for a rider with Valks results so far. Everyone I have spoken to says the bike should be pretty good. KTM factory for sure is the factory to ride for. But for the lower teams, maybe not.
Yaa I remember seeing him around those positions a lot and I’d follow him and his results because of the TM he was riding lol
out-dns-out-out-23-out-10-10-22-19-15-13-dsq-15-14-11-out-15-12-out-out-12-13-10-18-15 in 2015. Started his season in the 6th GP.
7-10-8-12-21-8-5-6-7-9-11-15-20-6-6-6-10-7-7-11-13-13-13-20-10-6-8-19-4-6-out-7-16-9-13-10 in 2016. Ended up 8th overall, his best result ever.
5-23-8-1-14-12-13-19-22-8-out-16-15-31-18-17 in 2017. The 8-1 was in the mud. Only raced in 8 out of 19 GP's.
15-17-21-20-9-16-12-17-17-12-14-16-7-14-8-out-out-17-11-out-out-16 in 2018. Left TM after 11 GP's and ended the season on a Ghidinelli Yamaha.
So that's 4 top 5 results in 4 seasons, one of them in a mud race.
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