Vital MX GP Bits: 2022 MXGP of Flanders (Belgium) 5

Dive into the paddock of MXGP from the legendary Lommel.

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7/26/2022 9:09pm

Check out some of the goodies from around the paddock and on the track at the 2022 MXGP of Flanders, held at the infamous Lommel, Belgium.

Jeremy van Horebeek's Beta 450 is in its second season of MXGP racing, and sadly it'll be the last with Jeremy aboard as he's announced his retirement from the sport at the end of 2022.

Little Belgium flair on his side plate. In his final season, van Horebeek will be on Team Belgium for the 2022 MXoN.

This all-new 450 engine is the biggest piece of the puzzle for his new machine. We were hoping to see it in the US for 2023 Supercross...but it sounds like that might be getting pushed back to Pro Motocross in '23 or Supercross in '24.

Little extra air flow.

The team works with Technical Touch for KYB factory support up front and out back.

Twin cam 450 engine with what looks to be a manual cam chain tensioner.

It's crazy to think that Jeremy van Horebeek has been at it on the World stage for 17 years now!

The KRT crew has pit bikes for the both riders and their team owner, ex-F1 racer Kimi Raikkonen.

The new pod trailers are getting some backlash and it sounds like the series promoters are going to lay down some regulations on blinds and other obstructions that hides the team work are from the public.

Kay de Wolf is quite the wild child on the bike.

The under-seat electronics area tray is quite a bit different on the Nestaan machines...

Liam Everts has been receiving factory support from KTM, onboard the old generation bike, through the Diga team. For 2023 though, Liam will join Red Bull KTM's MX2 effort.

Bell has been matching their lids to the Fox kits that Neestan Husky has used all season.

Tom Vialle is still on the "old engine club" and he's coming to the US in 2023!

Simon Längenfelder is in a similar boat, running the older engine. This means all of Austria's factory level MX2 efforts are utilizing the old bore and stroke.