At yesterday's round of the MotoGP championship from Austria, Jeffrey Herlings was interviewed on the grid by BT Sport's Neil Hodgson. In response to one of the questions, JH said he'd love to race a MotoGP bike one day.
I wonder if he'll rack-up a couple of 450 world championships and then make the transition. Once Cairoli retires he won't have too much competition, and so before the boredom sinks in maybe he'll follow in the wheel tracks of JMB. Granted he'll be coming it to it w-a-y late compared to the riders who take the usual Red Bull Rookies/Moto3/Moto2/MotoGP path, but part of me thinks it would be cool if he did attempt it. Plus the KTM MotoGP project will doubtless advance in the next 2 to 3 years, so the bike would be more competitive than it is currently. And if the rumor that Stefan Pierer has targeted Marc Marquez to join KTM comes true, it would be incredible to have a Marquez/Herlings MotoGP team.
Probably won't happen though ;-)
