MXGP Rumours/Silly season

The implosion of Yamaha is impressive.

Now, if the Reisulis brothers are out. Who do they ride for in -27? They would be a great fit for KTM but i don't know if they have the budget for two more factory riders?

Seems like they have a contract with Yamaha, but which team will fund/lead the offical Factory program is still a question.

Maybe at van Venrooy?  I dont think van Venrooy has announced anyone yet? They had 1 MXGP, 1 MX2 and 1 EMX250 this year, so replacing these 3 spots with 2 MX2 seats seems pretty doable if their budget has stayed the same.

 

Janis will ride for Factory Ktm Austrian side (mx2) team, together with Simon. Adamo will move to Di Carli side that will become the 450 side together with Renaux.

Karlis will ride for van verooy with factory bike.

Yamaha will not have a 250 factory team

Does this signal the possibility of an end to the MX2/EMX issue where money is being spent for fun, on looking for 'new talent' , without there actually being any teams left to take the riders. 

Drastic measures in these tough times, cut travel, cut races, and roll up classes, make EMX something that domestic teams can step up to occasionally, and MX2 a proper series that is Europe only , that doesnt do the fly aways.  Add local classes to support those GP's 

There is a point where being a sustainable sport has to come first.  The materials to race are a small part of the budget, staff, travel and accommodation is where the big bucks vanish. 

When F1 tries to save money, the cost of the car used to be 10% of the spend, the rest was staff & R&D and travel, so if you halved the cost of the actual car , it was 5% of the money you used. 

We need less races, not more. Everywhere. 

All hail the McLellan, Valin & Garcia vs. KTM-swarm cup... also known as 2027 FIM MX2 World Championship.

In the KTM-swarm/murder/pocket we got:

Everts (Factory white KTM)

Laengenfelder (Factory KTM)

Lata (Factory KTM)

JMR (Factory KTM/VanVenrooy?)

KAR (VanVenrooy)

Ricardo Bauer (Gabriel SS24)

And others

What about Lata? Team factory KTM (MX2) alongside Lagenfelder and Reisulis?

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There is also a Dutch/Belgium podcast with regular guests De Reuver, Joel Smets, Joel Roelants, Stefan Everts, team owner Hans Corvers. The latest episode they focus on the travel costs and oversea's races. Apparently things got a big heated in China this year, where factory Ducati MXGP team owner Louis Vosters had a hard debate with Infront how many 100's thousands of Euro's he had to spend each year to do a race with a 10 men gate. 

I think all manufacturers and teams should make a point towards Infront and demand a max. of 16 races with 2-3 oversea's races max. 16 races, 6-7 EMX125-250 races with an age cap of 21 in EMX250, MX2 age cap raised to 26 and more travel support for the top 20 in each MX2/MXGP championship.