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In MX2 Prado obviously will be the biggest contender for the title. He made some mistakes in 2018, mostly in the first half of the season, but still took it home. I think he will be even stronger this year.
After him you've got Olsen, Watson, Vlaanderen, Sanayei and Geerts as biggest opponents for the GP-wins and podiums.
Jacobi, Beaton, Sterry, Mewse, Cervellin and Larrañaga will be the following guys who are capable of getting an overall podium, but chances of them winning a GP are small imo. Van Doninck, Vaessen, Östlund and Pootjes will probably have most of their finishes between 10th-15th place.
Then we've got the rookies: Vialle (on the factory KTM), Boisramé, Moreau, Renaux, Evans, Walsh, Edelbacher and Zanotti. I expect a lot from Moreau personally. And don't forget: the return (again) of Brian Hsu.
MXGP doesn't need an introduction: Herlings and Cairoli. With another injury for Herlings it's a big questionmark on when and how he will make his return. He has to hope that guys like Gajser, Desalle and Febvre can steal as many points as possible from Tony.
Lets see if Paulin, now that he's reunited with Yamaha, can get his drive back. His teammate Tonus missed the entire season 2018 due to injuries. Husqvarna changed his lineup and has Jasikonis and rookie Jonass under their tent. Seewer took the place at Yamaha from Van Horebeek, who got a last minute deal with the French Hondateam Motoblouz.
Also Standing Construct got a brand new lineup with Anstie, Coldenhoff and (slight surprise) Monticelli. BOS GP signed Searle and Bobryshev, who will race a whole new bike after racing a Honda for years, and a Suzuki last season. Julien Lieber showed some of his skills and speed in 2018, wondering if he can step it up a bit. Bogers first full season also starts, after missing almost all of 2018 due to two injuries on the same foot. Lupino stays with Gebben Kawasaki, and got Paturel as his teammate, who will miss the first GP.
Simpson signed a deal with RFX KTM, and Strijbos (who also is injured at the moment) and Brylyakov signed with the Swedish JWR Yamaha. Max Nagl found a spot with Sarholz KTM and thanks to a private sponsor he will be able to race the entire series. Gladiator Tanel Leok remains in his own team, but will sit out the overseas due to costs. Tixier found another team with VHR KTM after a disappointing 2018.
Rookies: Jonass, Brylyakov, Bernardini, Furlotti, Koch and Gole.
It will be interesting to follow Jasikonis this year. He has a lot of crashes, and he is also on a one year deal and is out to prove a point. Before he gets armpump he can battle with anyone, and I'm honestly quite afraid he will get other riders injured when he is full of adrenaline the first few laps. Hopefully I'm wrong.
I actually think Haarup in MX2 can do some damage. He is riding without pressure and he has a really fast bike beneath him. I think he will do better than Vialle
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Gatedrop: I believe the initial plan for Mikkel this year was to race the EMX250 series again but he’s been so good this pre-season have you considered letting him race the MX2 World Championship instead?
Antti Pyrhönen: Actually we weren’t sure whether we would race with him in the EMX or MX2 rounds in Europe. But we have decided to let him race MX2 (European rounds only as well as Argentina). I think it will be good for him, he likes a challenge and he can try to keep up with the fast guys and learn from them.
@De Stouwer: I think you had a good preview. Just surprised you'd mention Larranaga in that first group. Iker has a best finish of 6th (once) and a couple of 8ths/9ths/10ths. He hasnt scored more then 25 points in a single GP, he will have to seriously step up to podium. I mean Pootjes scored more points (218 vs 185), more top 5's, more points in a single gp and more top 10's the Larranaga.
Looking good!!
Pit Row
At this moment
The ktm's en husq last year got 2 hp more ore something, in the sand tracks you could see them pull away.
Track looks great as always!
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