onTrack

“I don’t have eyes in my back. I couldn’t scrub
otherwise I would have hit Sterry. Luckily I was
fine but the bike was yard-sale. It was tough to
leave the track on the first lap because I had
been feeling good all weekend long and was
fastest in every session,” Herlings said later in
the post-race press conference which he attended
as championship leader; a distinction
he holds despite being level on points in the
standings with Ferrandis and thanks to his superior
win rate. It did mean that any chance of
a perfect season (something looking increasingly
likely again after the early throes of 2015)
were gone. “Yeah! That’s true!” he concurred.
“Things were going really well and I had won
all the qualifying motos so far. I really felt I
could go for a good season and win as much
as possible but things like this happen. I didn’t
expect somebody to jump into my back but for
sure he did not do it on purpose. It was just a
race incident and we’ll move on. I’m happy we
are both safe but yeah…the perfect season has
gone again. Motocross is a rough sport like we
all know.”
Rockstar Suzuki’s Jeremy Seewer was in attendance
and the Swiss’ third position with a
5-5 has come early in just his second GP term
and first as a full Pro after graduating from his
studies last summer. ‘91’ is definitely one to
watch.
The traffic ebbed and flowed out of the circuit
after the more affluent fans invaded the paddock
to buy souvenirs from the teams and riders
and rumours circulated of a second Grand
Prix soon to hit Argentine shores. On the
evidence of Neuquen then there is a definitely
hungry audience in this part of the world.