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Yamaha wanted to give him more support in upcoming GPs and possibly next year. But he said his JK Bike is better, more stable... After testing he said he doesn't need something from them, he's ok with JK Set-up. Kawasaki will by the way stay with the same riders.

Yesterday was Yamaha presentation in Holland. Interesting rumor there from someone in the know: Gifting tested the factory bike and declined.

You can see that many MX2 guys have obviously been taking the sand riding seriously and practicing it, Adamo and McLelan especially seem to have worked at this particular skill, De Wolf is something to behold though and definitely looks similar to Herlings at his best, but I'm not sure we will see the likes of Herlings premium sand riding skills again. I was at Lommel this year and you are correct CPR, as long as the Jupiler is flowing I'd also watch him all day.

I would like to add that I don’t think De Wolf is at the same level as Herlings when he was riding MX2, he nearly lapped the field at an incredibly rough Leirop. I haven’t seen anyone get close that that feat again. Plus Herlings put a minute into Cairoli at Lommel in 2018 before falling on the last lap.

Could be, but he has to gain ground on two riders instead of one. He has to gain an average of 13 points per GP on Längenfelder, and I don't see that happen. Längenfelder just had a bit of bad luck at Arnhem. The broken wheel on Saturday messed up his entire weekend. Losing points on De Wolf on a sand track is evident and was calculated, believe me. Maybe not that much, that's all. For me, Simon is still the favourite to take the title. Turkey should suit him more as De Wolf.

Adamo won't make it.

Thanks for the info Mattii, but even though I really respect your opinion I will disagree on a few points here. Gajser is the man this moment, so I can see why he was shopping for a deal higher then his current. He has won 5 World Championships (4 of them in the premier class, with one of them in his rookie season) against riders like Herlings, Febvre, Prado, Cairoli, Paulin, Desalle. He still is relatively young and in the prime of his career. Herlings and Febvre have 2, maybe 3, years to go and the only ones I see...

Wilvo ran a better Yamaha 450 program then the guys who currently run it huh

Believe it or not, the JK Racing team has their semi parked right by my local burger van RIGHT NOW. They actually came out to order at the same time I was there so naturally I talked to them about it. The bike was fine, Gifting crashed on his own. The start motor broke so thats why he couldnt get back going. The did absolutely not sound gutted about it. They were sooo pumped that he did what he did. Extremely friendly guys to talk to.

I know I'm a Gifting fan but his trajectory is just straight up. Renaux is leaving. Surely Gifting is a better sign than Geerts at this point.

Prado should take a look at Gifting to see what it looks like to race with your heart.