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Yeah i'm not buying the Suzuki - Kemea - Smets back in '28 talk. At the start of the week Kemea was still supposed to have the Yamaha factory role, on wednesday they get the news they lose it, and the next day they have a deal with Suzuki. That seems farfetched.

What sucks the most is that it is this late in the season. Kemea could have continued a year as a privateer team with a good rider. I mean i'm not under the impression a guy like Jonass signed for much at Kawa given with how little options he had. But now mid october? Not sure if there is much...

i am not aware of the situation of Toendel, but is he getting a decent payday in the US?

Yeah its insane. Its a bit frustrating to see all those succesfull businessmen being copycats and come up with huge teamstructures (both facilities as nr of people), spend millions, dont get the resultsand then leave the sport frustrated a few years later. Most of them would have been more succesfull if the hadnt put the money in the teaminfrastructure but...

So am i reading this correct that basically Monster took a late out and now Yamaha has Gajser under contract but not the budget for Gasjer + MXGP program + MX2 program? So they cut of the Reisulis to be able to fund Gajser?

Well to be honest in 2026 we had like 23 or 24 riders signed up as oat teams/riders (so to do all GPs) for mxgp. I find that a significant number. Especially since it excludes guys like Watson, Sterry, vd Moosdijk etc who all did a bunch of wildcards and seem to be living of mx. imo Horgmo is simply...

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.

God what a mess by Yamaha. In 2023 they had very strong teams all a the level they should be, with Vosters (MXGP), Kemea (MX2), Hutten (EMX250) and MJC (125), with also van Venrooy in MXGP in 6th with Vlaanderen. They finished 3rd & 4th in MXGP, 2nd (due to injury of Geerts) in MX2, 1st in EMX250 and 1st...

The thing is Pancar is not solid top 5 top 10. If you take away the last 3 fly-aways (where we only had like 14 riders) he did 26 sunday motos and had 5 top 10 finishes in those 26 motos, with a best finish of 7th. I can see why a factory team isnt going to offer a big...

Many mxgp/mx2 teams have complained over the costs of overseas races over the past few years. No team boycotted a race all major emx250 teams complained over the trip to Finland last year. No team boycotted the race many of the top riders complained about the safety and medical situation after certain accidentes. No rider boycotted a race. We have...

I dont know @Motofinne, he is a professional rider so i think what he should do is look for the combination of best financial opportunity + a decent enjoyment from the work you do. I can imagine doing Brits for a British team suits him better then riding for an italian ''factory'' team that isnt solving that bike to begin...

Yeah he was impressive. I figured he would simply continue with CAT Moto but havnt heard anything. Gatedrop rumoured that team to do MX2 with one rider so maybe with him?

Well i feel a team like van Venrooy is used by KTM to place younger talents that potentially can grow in to factory riders. Like Valk and Zanocz (although that didnt work out that way). Walvoort is a good rider, but i can see why he wouldnt be considered potential factory rider material. And there are just really not that...

I would think the Pootjes-method: put him at a smaller team to honor ktm's contractual obliguations and let Zanocz figure things out himself... either he gets back to what he did at Honda or its over at ktm once the contract ends

Doensen and Brookes are pretty likely to end up in MX2. Valk as well (Chambers according to gatedrop). I'm pretty sure Zanocs has a multiyear deal with KTM so he will be placed somewhere. Hutten is finished. Walvoort is weird It was such an abrupt ending of the season and nothign on socials anymore. I might be mistaken, but it...

This seems way of the mark. Elzinga will only continue with any team if he brings money, and i'm pretty sure van Venrooys love for Zanocz has cooled quite a bit so i imagine KTM has to place him somewhere else.

Getting paid to ride on a bike that got top 10s this season. Seems to me that beats having no ride or pay for a ride...

If i lowball the costs for mechanic+rider+bikes to go to china for a week at 5k that is still 200.000 for 20 riders in each class. Thats a lot of money to just ask for Infront to pay. European rounds is a different story

The system is clearly not working. Having said that if you are a decent fast rider and willing to make the trip Infront actually helps with a bunch of kg free shipping. You can get your bikes without cost at the GP and no entry fee. It's why Braceras could race in Argentina at the start of the year. It...

Loket is a great GP and nice region. Lommel is obviously something special with the sand. Arco is special having the mountains at the background and you are 20 minutes from lake garda, which if the weather is good is a great area. If Portugal is in Agueda then the combo of either Lissbon or porto as city trip and...