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Valentina Ragni on working with Herlings

Valentina Ragni on working with Herlings

Valentina Ragni has been working as part of the Red Bull KTM team for a number of years as the team coordinator. What’s her role involved, you might ask? “In the winter I register the riders for races. I also organise trips, flights, hotels and rental cars. During the season I take care of maintaining sponsor relationships and that the clothing and drinks are always in order for the riders. Sometimes they have to wear a new shirt on stage so that the sponsors are clearly visible, things like that”, Ragni told Dutch journalist Tim Gerth from Motorsport.com.

Herlings has a tight group around him and Ragni reveals it’s not easy to earn his trust. “It took me two years to really earn his trust. When you get to know people, you have to understand how they behave and why, sometimes there was some tension. I have also been strict about his behaviour, but it also teaches you to respect and know each other. In recent years, he has gathered a permanent team that he trusts and is close to him”, added Ragni.

Being so young and winning GP’s since the age of 15 years old, people tend to come and go from your life as they please which Ragni understands. “Unfortunately, people like to be around him to get their own money. I warned him about that too. But sometimes you also have to make mistakes to learn and to develop”.

This year, judging from the first two rounds of the MXGP World Championship we seem to be seeing a more mature and smarter Herlings for the first time in his career. In the past he wanted to win at all costs but it looks like this year he’s thinking about the bigger picture – the championship as he’s lost too many due to injury.

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“I think that during last year with Ruben Tureluren (mechanic), Joël Smets (trainer), Pit Beirer and Robert Jonass they tried to tell him again that you don’t have to win every race and not always with a huge lead. Finish the races healthy and finish the championship healthy, then the results will speak for themselves”, Ragni says.

After many years of working with Herlings, Ragni has a great relationship with the Dutch talent calling herself his motocross mother. “I love him. He is like my adopted son and I think I am his second mother. Of course nobody replaces the real mother, but then I am only the motocross mother”, Ragni concluded.

One thing all sports athletes need are people around them they trust, it’s clear to see that Herlings and Ragni make a good team and work well together.

Source: Motorsport.nl 

Pic: Ray Archer