Ken Roczen silenced the doubters again as he took the red plate on the Suzuki, a bike many thought he wouldn’t be able to have this success on!
“I was remincising about the red plate last week,” said Ken in the press conference. “If I could have made the pass for third, I could have shared it with Eli, which would have been really rad. Besides having the red plate frequently in 2022, I haven’t had a taste of it in a long time, especially not on yellow so it’s just a dream come true.
“And honestly, Anaheim 2 is bit of a funky one, I just feel…I try not to but I just feel more anxious after what happened in 2017 (devastating crash at A2). It’s just kind of lingering a little bit, so in practice and stuff I am just a little careful. Also, we tried some things this week, I had a new shock in but for the last practice I just went back to my base, that was the perfect decision we could have made as well, just because it felt a lot more familiar to me. It feels like everything we have done today was a success.
“If someone had told me you are going to have the red plate after three rounds, I would have been like, ‘Are you sure?’ But it’s pretty rock and roll, I am not going to lie, I am just going to enjoy the moment and of course the work doesn’t stop, I am just going to try and put it on the box as much as I can.”
Hear more from Ken about the work he has put in on the Suzuki to get to this level below:
