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Oh and I agree Ferrandis is going well, I thought he might.
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As for the topic at hand, Prado is heavily hinted at for wanting to go to USA like other here have said. Gajser i have no idea if he'll ever move over to be honest, i can see him do some one off stuff like Monster Energy Cup but i'm starting to doubt if he'll ever go over full time. (Time is ticking on learning sx... imo)
I would love to see Prado come over. And wouldn't mind Anderson (never happen) or maybe Barcia head to the GP's
i think Gajser's decision to go to the US was thrown by winning the championship in the first year , because he gets a much bigger contract and bonus, and Honda dont need him and Kroc in the US now, I see him staying here to win back the title from Cairoli, for as long as that takes.
Hsu is another 'next big thing' that wasnt , still good but seems to have blown out a bit, but he would want to go because i dont think he has what it takes to win here .
Zach & Dylan really set the MX2 class on fire, 1 GP win, a couple of qualifying wins total between them with many mediocre seasons and they are on the top steps?
You better hope they keep sending the also rans instead of thier top dogs
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Qualified for all mains, worst finish 14th - best 7th, 2 x 11ths, 2 x 10ths. 14th overall in the series,with just those 6 races. Not bad for an injury shortened start to SX.
Then, went back to the GPs - just a simple transfer to what is just another arm of KTM - Husky. That sort of hinted at him not being enamoured of SX - but, he's now seeming to be interested in having another crack at it. I just like the idea of him getting out of Australia - as he has done, on his own bat, throughout his career. He's not a 'settler' for smaller ponds, it seems.
Largely, it's all about SX for any rider going to the US. Quite a few youngsters want to do SX. But, quite a few don't. Either way, it's fair enough.
A recent interview with Roger Harvey had him saying Gajser would (probably) not be going to the US in 2018. Something along the lines that Gajser had not been working towards it / things were not in place for it to happen. You'll find it on the dreaded MX Large website. I daresay Gajser would be offered a lot more money, on top of his existing contract, to stay in Europe. He's signed onto Honda through to the end of 2020, at the least, I think.
He has the speed but has had bad starts and tipovers. If his contract ends after this season i can see him coming over keeping Ferrandis company in the US.
From all the interviews ive seen with Ferrandis it seems like he has a hard time getting comfortable in the US .He likes his team and everythin, it seems more like a personal thing. But that is understandable. New country, new team, new tracks etc. He will get adjusted soon enough.
He intends to go in 2019 to the USA, but those plans are changing as things go, and seeing that this year is going through everything from situations, it is possible this two more years in MX2, he is very young and has Long time ahead.
Euro to US is old now.
Us to Euro seems much more exciting these days.
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