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On the other hand he has been injured for most of the past 2 years so there is also the option Livia feels thats she wants a less injury prone rider.
Vaessen started the season talking about getting in the top 5 of the points (!) and ended up never even being close to a top 5 finish. So it hasnt been as expected/wanted.
They also got rid of Bernardini a few weeks or months ago.
Hope Max can find a ride. That could be the end of his GP career if he doesn't...
Regarding F&H, the Guy never looks happy, hear only negatieve comments, riders, mechanics, truckdrivers , changing on a regular base, because They got in a argument with him.
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Shame, he was showing some good improvement before his injury.
Injury right now, so I would take a guess that he was not re-signing for next year. Maybe they both thought it was in his best interest to look for
Opportunities for next year as soon as possible.
Imagine scrapping the age rule in mx2 or change it to 25 or make it so you can ride a maximum of 3-4 seasons in mx2 so riders wouldnt have as much pressure on them to be at the top the first 2 seasons and even older mx2 racers out there would maybe be able to get a chance of proving themselves to get a ride in mxgp later instead of teams not wanting to take a risk on older dudes, and imagine loungo stop just doing everything he can to fill his pockets and tricking fim so he can get them where he want!. As it is now mxgp needs to pay way more money to the participating teams so they can afford their costs and they need to raise the riders purse so even up n comers can afford to race and to make the racing cheaper for privateer teams who are Currently struggling to make it go around. They should also reduce far away races like asia, south america, losail etc because its huge amounts of money to get there for the non factory teams and that effects both the teams and the riders in a negative way.
Would be so so much better and cheaper for teams if they stayed in europe so the teams could take their trailers with them and freight everything they needed for the most part and maybe have 2-3 rds in the us where ads, tv coverage and spectators would be massive compared to europe and for loungo and fim to pay for the teams to get over there. Think about this , suzuki pulled out because the cost to race in the gp's was to high compared to their earnings and so many other teams have gone from 3 riders to 2 the last decade to make their efforts cheaper. Nah its time for a change. More money for riders n teams , cut down the costs for teams and expand to 40 rider Gates!.
To help you out of your dream: FIM will do nothing.
Must make place for the new Son in law I think, heard sunday he is out at ktm...
Next race MXDN, then to monster cup, Looking forwards to this trip!!
You're bloody right there.
Luongo "owns" the GPs, lock, stock and barrel.
Until at least 2026, to my recollection. And, from things I've read, it appears He's (in the process of , or it's already a 'done deal') having that extended.
It would take a revolution at the FIM, to break the contract / take Luongo / Youthstream to task and change things, and, as Srb looks to be very close to becoming the head of the FIM, and not just the European 'branch', I think there's not a snowballs chance in hell that the FIM will ever reduce Luongos vampire-ism on MX.
Let's hope the Teams / Riders have some influence. It's a World Championship(s), so it should go to many places around the globe. But Luongo / Youthstream should be providing real travel assistance to those that do the Racing.
Edit weird, my phone showed you as the last comment, never mind.
Damn, in a week time it looks like they have a new line-up for next year
IMO age rule 25 (or completely gone) and EMX250 with age 23.
The careers of riders like Butron, Roelants, Searle, Kras, Kouwenberg and many others were over before they could peak
What i think is crazy is that riders who finished in the top 5 in mx2 but who turn out not good enough to keep a factory ride in mxgp (or have injuries) cannot move back to mx2. They either have to stop or ride for smaller teams (and likely smaller $). Guys like Searle, Tixier, Butron, guillod, Nichols, Ferris, Paturel, etc. And those are just the top 5 guys. The result is that you have very young guys have a factory (or factory supported) ride for 3 to 5 years in mx2 (hello Davy Pootjes, and i'm a big big fan but still) who don't perform and have guys like Bobryshrev having to do a privateer effort in mxgp. Ít's just a career killer.
Get rid of the age rule in mx2 and EMX250, and use EMX250 to develop talent and have them showcase their talent. The real big talents (Prado, Geerts, Hofer etc.) will be signed by factories by their 125cc days anyways, and the more unknown talents will get factory support once they dominate in emx 250 (like TKO).
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