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Seewer adjusting to life<br />
as a Yamaha factory rider<br />
Jeremy Seewer was the MXGP Rookie of the<br />
Year in 2018 thanks to an 8th place finish<br />
in his maiden attempt at the premier class,<br />
and the former MX2 world championship<br />
runner-up is now contemplating the hardest<br />
season of his career on the works Monster<br />
Energy Yamaha next to Romain Febvre.<br />
While the 24 year old will be able to shift his<br />
knowledge of the YZ450F across from his<br />
Wilvo Yamaha set-up from 2018, the transfer<br />
to Michele Rinaldi’s factory set-up represents<br />
a third different team in three years<br />
for the Swiss who has previously spent his<br />
youth and entire career in Suzuki yellow.<br />
Seewer takes the saddle of the outgoing<br />
Jeremy Van Horebeek; the Belgian notched<br />
five years with the Italian crew. Van Horebeek<br />
was part of a small and special elite<br />
that achieved remarkable success with the<br />
team at the very first attempt: Josh Coppins,<br />
David Philippaerts, Van Horebeek and<br />
Febvre all finished their initial season as<br />
world champion, runner-up or as a solid title<br />
contender. Seewer will be aware of the trend.<br />
Although remaining part of Yamaha Motor<br />
Europe’s racing structure means relatively<br />
little upheaval (certainly compared to his<br />
protracted departure from the dissolved<br />
Suzuki team at the end of 2017 and the late<br />
confirmation with Wilvo) Seewer was able<br />
to exclusively explain that the change does<br />
require vast readjustment.
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