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mxgp<br />
Feature<br />
honourable mentions<br />
Glenn Coldenhoff<br />
Glenn’s three years with Red Bull KTM came with<br />
7-10-7 championship finishes and where the likeable<br />
and professional Dutchman played a solid supporting<br />
role to the wins and titles that were floating<br />
around him. In 2018 he was more consistent<br />
with his performances and points and very rarely<br />
dropped out of the top ten. Fourth and fifth on more<br />
occasions that he’d like, Coldenhoff chased an elusive<br />
podium finish that sadly never arrived this year<br />
but then ended his term with the team in the most<br />
emphatic way possible at RedBud.<br />
Julien Lieber<br />
Much in the same vein as Jeremy Seewer, rookie<br />
Julien Lieber caused some ripples in MXGP at the<br />
first attempt and with a factory Monster Energy<br />
Kawasaki that some cynical parts of the Grand Prix<br />
paddock felt the Belgian barely deserved. Lieber<br />
was quick and occasionally a match for teammate<br />
Clement Desalle, all the more surprising considering<br />
he missed most of the winter and pre-season<br />
after knee surgery. A very decent effort.<br />
Gautier Paulin<br />
The whys and wherefores of how the Ice<strong>On</strong>e and<br />
Gautier Paulin combo did not quite kick-on to<br />
greater prizes after a satisfying 2017 are bound to<br />
emerge over time and as the Frenchman returns<br />
to Yamaha and his fourth team in six years in the<br />
premier class. Fifth place in the championship and<br />
four podiums (fifth in the list) meant that 2018 was<br />
far from a disaster but still this exceptional athlete<br />
is capable of delivering a lot more.
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