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He's my take on MXGP , the racing has been good , I'll keep watching it. Could not care less about the rest of it as it affects me in no way.
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I just read the Dr Who section, that does not leave SRB in a very good light. They make a very strong case on credentials and the lack thereof.
Gert Jan van Doorn (former GP winner and former rider for a Luongo managed team in the 80's or early 90's) stated some years ago in an interview that Luongo had done time in jail and that this is common knowledge.
Bottom line YS have delivered a proper professional model of a world championship.
They have delivered a decent feeder class system
They delivered plenty of riders capable of arriving at the home of US motocross & teaching them a lesson on how to ride.
YS isn't perfect nothing is, but IMO world level motocross has improved under their direction.
Also it seems to me the FIM should have a rule in place that no blind trusts or partners may hold any part of of their contracted series.
Hint: the part were they said costs would increase they were correct, the part were they said exposure would iincrease leading to more sponsorship income they failed to deliver big time.
Pit Row
All the old farts hated YS with such a passion, YS could do nothing positive. The GP's were constantly compared to a previous era & world dynamic.
AMA was bar far the better series & YS were making everything worse.
I argued the positives YS were doing & personally preferred the approach they had.
So I must admit it leaves me with some quiet satisfaction to see so much GP & EMX riders succeed when for years all what we heard was negatives.
What will happen when YS disappear after destroying the infrastructure, how are delegates to the FIM who are supposed to be elected from their own Governing Body, not members of their own Governing Body, why did they virtually give away the rights to our sport for nothing, why are journalists who criticize YS in any way banned from GP's, why are there only 20 odd riders on the gate, why are riders not paid prize money/start money, why has the MX2 World Championship been downgraded to a junior World Championship, why are most of the circuit advertisers associated with one motorcycle manufacturer, where are all the major outside sponsors promised by YS, why does YS need to not only charge nearly a million euros to run a race, then take the advertising fees as well, why are only certain riders allowed to race (those who can afford it), why do they have to ride for preferred teams, who charge them 100,000 euro for the privilege?
The FIM & YS are both corrupt, possibly unlike you I can remember both era's of the sport as you call it, I remember GPs at great tracks with thousands of spectators, sponsors like Pepsi, Skittles etc., and 40 riders on the gate and a full gate of non qualifiers too, and riders getting paid enough to get to the next round.
I have also attended 10-15 GP's per year since the return of YS and have seen the standard drop, gates falling to ridiculous levels, talented riders losing their jobs and careers because they can't compete with riders 'placed' by YS to boost viewing in certain areas, and the downgrading of a Championship to Junior levels, as well as seeing many people and sometimes governing bodies nearly bankrupted by YS demands, and what do they put back into the sport, nothing!!
I appreciate you may be only interested in what happens on track, and that's fine, but the 'old farts' as you call them that actually put on the racing for you to enjoy, maybe see further than that, so why have a go without seeing the incredible levels of corruption here, people in the Soccer/football world have gone to jail for less than what is contained in this website, if you don't care then that's fine, but some of us do care about the future, not just the here and now, as for your earlier post about benefits of YS, the only thing I can see they have improved is paddock hard standing, the 'feeder series' you mention used to be the National Championships which YS have stated they want to destroy, look at the MAXXIS in GB, where are the GP riders that you were able to see, gone, ever ask yourself why, and maybe you don't care that GP's are in countries with dubious human rights records, maybe you think watching 20 riders in the dark in the desert with no spectators in a country where no dirt bikes have ever been sold id good for the sport, I don't myself, or maybe you think dragging riders to countries to garner votes for upcoming FIM Presidential elections is spreading the gospel of motocross worldwide, then I'm afraid you are extremely naïve.
YS has killed the soul of our sport, they are money grabbing corrupt organisation that have done nothing good for the sport, nothing, and one day they will walk away and then we'll see who really cares about the sport, although to be fair, the real villains are the FIM who have sold out, and by the way, look out USA, they are coming for you too.
Could there ever be another series to run alongside mxgp? say like MotoGP vs WSBK. One in dorna, one fim. That would be the only way to have a series for the riders and not the bosses. Start decent prize money, just old school tracks, around Central Europe?
it's almost like people think be as corrupt as you want as long as we beat USA.
It would be even cooler if the class structure would be traditional 125,250 and Open
Sadly I don't think that is not happening because the industry is still supporting YS
We allready have a bunch of national championships, and reality is that riders can't make a living racing these events. combine a couple of these championships and you'd have your alternative serie but not sure how a guy like Max Nagl would make a living riding this series
Or the connections that Youthstream and Luongo have with Pier Carlo Bottero and his shipping/logistics company. It should be no surprise that SEL has been the official carrier for MXGP.
It all makes me wonder if there are any WADA/FIM connections that deserve some scrutiny.
As for Youthstream, well they're like new F1 owners Liberty, shit on all the classic venues and people who helped make and establish World Motocross to chase the third world dollar. What they did regarding the age rule for EMX and the sudden introduction of it with not a thought for teams and riders shows the utter disregard Youthstream have. If you don't know the password or funny handshake well expect a big F.U from Luongo.
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