Interview: Kevin Strijbos on his new Factory KRT role, Watson and Febvre
It’s all change for Kevin Strijbos this year. The Belgian has been riding at the highest level in the Grand Prix paddock for twenty-one years but after deciding to hang up the boots at the […]
Interview: Antti Pyrhönen on the KRT switch, working with Watson and Räikkönen’s involvement
Coming into the 2022 season, it’s all change for Antti Pyrhönen and the IceOne racing team as after running the Factory Husqvarna effort in MXGP for a number of years they’ve now switched to run […]
Ben Watson discusses Kawasaki switch and working with Strijbos
Ben Watson’s transfer from factory Yamaha to Kawasaki teams for 2022 is one of the few high-profile rider switches for the new season. The 24-year-old MX2 Grand Prix winner is still relatively fresh to the […]
Watson and Pyrhonen on KRT debut in Sardinia
Ben Watson started his Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP career with a solid fourth place in the opening race of the European motocross season at the tortuous Alghero facility in Sardinia The KRT team had travelled […]
Talking point: Ben Watson and his Factory Kawasaki MXGP deal
Back in October we reported the following on Ben Watson’s future, “the Brit has been linked to Factory Kawasaki with IceOne expected to go green but it remains to been seen if that will materialize”. We […]
Confirmed: Ben Watson secures Factory Kawasaki MXGP ride
Kawasaki confirms that Ben Watson will be the new teammate of Romain Febvre next season, joining the Frenchman in the Kawasaki Racing Team assault on the FIM MXGP Motocross World Championship. Considered one of the […]
Viewpoint: Factory Yamaha’s tough choices for 2022
The news that MX2 World Champion Maxime Renaux will pivot from two successful seasons in the 250 class and jump into the three-man Monster Energy factory team at the age of 21 is unsurprising to […]
Ben Watson assesses the start of his MXGP career
Ben Watson posted his second consecutive top ten finish in his maiden MXGP season with 9th place overall in Maggiora for the Grand Prix of Italy. The Monster Energy Yamaha man has registered 20th, 9th […]
Coldenhoff, Watson and Seewer on Maggiora
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP’s Glenn Coldenhoff raced his YZ450FM to the second step of the podium in contrasting conditions at the third round of the FIM Motocross World Championship in Maggiora, Italy. The talented […]
Video: Seewer, Coldenhoff and Watson – race action from Ernee
Some great footage from the Factory Yamaha MXGP team as they contested the opening round of the French Elite series which took place at Ernee – a technical hard pack circuit. Pic: Kevin Frelaud/DailyMotocross.fr