There is data that suggests Herlings has the upper hand though, which should not be too much of a shock. It would be easier to list the things not to watch for! Jeffrey Herlings and Tim Gajser have never actually battled for a premier-class championship before, because of injuries, so this will be a first and very interesting to follow. Other things to watch? Will Motocross of Nations star of ’18 and ’19 Glenn Coldenhoff carry his vibrant tail-end competitiveness of last season into this new one? How quick will Romain Febvre be on the Monster Energy Kawasaki? Can Clement Desalle thrive with a very competitive teammate? Jeremy Seewer, who finished second in points in 2019, is impatient for his first 450 win on the factory Yamaha and-aside from Prado-watch out for the rookies: Adam Sterry, Mitch Evans on the HRC CRF 450R, Calvin Vlaanderen, Henry Jacobi, and the USA’s Thomas Covington (slowly coming back to race fitness) among them. The nine-time world champion and oldest rider in the division has not raced a GP since last June and re-starts his career after the most serious injury in more than 15 seasons at the top. Herlings was then KO-ed in 2019 for what he has described as “the worst year of my career.” Questions remain over the form and confidence of Tony Cairoli who has kept under the radar in the winter. Herlings was hurt in the first phases of 2017 and Gasjer wrote-off most of 2018 after his pre-season smash at Mantova in Italy. Many are hoping Herlings (25) and Tim Gajser (23) stay healthy enough to provide a spectacle that hasn’t really materialized. The Spaniard will be in the gate this weekend less than three months after breaking his left femur and with only two weeks on the Red Bull KTM 450 SX-F.
Wheeler: Jorge Prado is the most exciting addition since Jeffrey Herlings stepped into the class in 2017. I like this change for the simple fact that the name Infront sounds much more associated to racing than Youthstream ever did. Luongo has already done this type of thing with Dorna, but he still had the final ruling on everything at the end of the day. Like Adam and Lewis mentioned, Infront purchased Youthstream in 2019 and this is essentially a rebranding to include their name as part of it. Giuseppe Luongo is still the President and his son David is still the CEO, just as it has been. Kellen Brauer: It means nothing for the final product that we’ll see.
The FIM Motocross World Championship is a big entity now as well, so it is a great thing for Infront to have on their portfolio. Infront has ties to the Olympics, so the connections that they have to television networks and mainstream media could be beneficial. The biggest thing is that Youthstream now has the Infront infrastructure to fall back on, which will help them push forward on a commercial front and improve fan offerings. Giuseppe Luongo is still overseeing the whole thing and his son, David, is running the show, so nothing will change from the outside looking in. The uninformed would not have noticed a difference at all. I thought this would change the aesthetics of the championship completely but then nothing seemed too different in that respect. That is a big change, sure, but the sale was actually completed and announced prior to the opening round last year. There was a recent press release that confirmed that Youthstream will now be known as Infront Moto Racing. Lewis Phillips: I think this has all been blown out of proportion somewhat. In the long-term, perhaps MXGP can be spread to new territories or they can broaden the sponsorship portfolio, but the direction of the sport and the ethos of Grand Prix continues on the same lines. The newly established ‘Infront Moto Racing’ company is the finalization of the acquisition deal that began over a year ago and is essentially a re-naming of the same Youthstream group and the same staff roster. What does the sale/purchase of the GPs from Youthstream to Infront Moto Racing really mean?Īdam Wheeler: In the short-term absolutely nothing. We also asked some questions to our Racer X online content editor Kellen Brauer, a certified MXGP super fan! 1. These are two of the leading journalists in the GP paddock. For this week's 3 on 3, we asked our MXGP correspondent Adam Wheeler and ’s Lewis Phillips for the latest info prior to the first gate drop. The 2020 FIM Motocross World Championship kicks off this weekend at the MXGP of Great Britain at Matterley Basin.
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