Speaking to Jason Macalpine from GypsyTales, Jason Anderson has revealed that he is considering racing the MXGP World Championship in the future.
“I talk to my wife about it a lot but I think my next contract, I really have the opportunity, it would be my last opportunity to maybe race in Europe. That is something that I really think would be cool to do for the challenge. I think personally we need to understand different cultures. I think it is cool, so you know, for us, I want to go there”, Anderson stated.
Anderson has raced the MXoN event before in Maggiora (Italy) and Assen (the Netherlands) so has experience racing European tracks. The American in the past has called the MXoN his favourite event of the year.
When does his current contract expire?Â
It was revealed in October 2023, that Anderson signed a renewal with Factory Kawasaki for the next two years, this means we will see him race the AMA championships – Supercross, the outdoors and SMX until the end of 2025.
If Anderson was to end up making the move to race the MXGP World Championship, it would be for the 2026 season. He will turn 33 just before the start of the season so it would be interesting to see if a factory MXGP team would sign him up.
One thing to note that by 2026, it would be unlikely we’d see Romain Febvre, Jeffrey Herlings, Glenn Coldenhoff all still racing and Jorge Prado will likely be racing in America. It will be a new generation at the front of MXGP with the likes of Maxime Renaux, Jago Geerts, Jeremy Seewer, Ruben Fernandez, Tim Gajser and the current MX2 crop.
It’s also worth pointing out that Ducati and Triumph will be two more factory teams taking on the MXGP World Championship from 2025 which will help create at least four more rides in the class.
Is it likely to happen? Probably not, but wouldn’t it be cool to see a top American come and race MXGP? Something that hasn’t really happened since Ryan Villopoto. Plenty of riders from Europe go to America to race so wouldn’t it be cool to see it happening the other way around?
A lot can happen within the next two years of racing so let’s see what the future holds.
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Article: Andy McKinstry
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