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Jonass<br />

exercising<br />

patience for<br />

MXGP Husky<br />

debut<br />

2017 MX2 World Champion Pauls Jonass<br />

will have to wait in anticipation of his<br />

MXGP debut this year as he negotiates<br />

the rehabilitation process of ACL surgery<br />

to his right knee, performed last<br />

September.<br />

The 22 year old Latvian forms part of an<br />

all-new and young line-up for the factory<br />

Rockstar Energy Ice<strong>On</strong>e Husqvarna team<br />

alongside Arminas Jasikonis but has<br />

only just started to ride his new FC450.<br />

“Things have actually been quite complicated<br />

since the surgery and I didn’t<br />

expect that it would take so long and<br />

would be so difficult…but we are on the<br />

right way and I feel much better,” Jonass<br />

said recently.<br />

“ACL surgery means you need time to<br />

get strength and stability back in the<br />

knee and it’s a hard process,” he added.<br />

“At the last check-up with the doctor and<br />

physio they were really satisfied with<br />

how it’s going. In terms of strength I’m<br />

Photo by Ray Archer

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