Some great footage of the late, great six time world champion, Joël Robert in his prime beating Sylvain Geboers, Roger DeCoster and more legendary pioneers of the world championship motocross including Brit, Bryan Wade, at the Italian 250 Grand Prix.
As you can see the changes in the sport have been huge but corner speed is still key and the level was high because only 7 riders have spanned the five generations until the modern era – all having raced each other as each generation handed the baton to the next.
The Grand Prix lineage can go from six-time world champ Robert who raced five-time champ DeCoster, who raced three-time champ Malherbe, who raced four-time champ Jobe, who raced two-time world and three-time AMA champ Bayle, who raced ten-time champ Everts, who raced nine-time champ Cairoli, who is currently racing the four-time champ Herlings and the future star in two-time champ, Prado!
