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Just twice: 2012 and 2017. In<br />
2011 he struggled through an<br />
injured knee and was 9th overall<br />
in Bulgaria: the worst ‘opener’<br />
in his career in the MXGP division…but<br />
he still gathered the<br />
bigger prize. And yet…we can<br />
surmise that his vitality in conquering<br />
the last Grand Prix of<br />
Qatar two years ago was also a<br />
‘latch-freeing’ exercise towards<br />
the ninth world championship?<br />
After all it was his first Grand<br />
Prix win without pain or restriction<br />
after 2015 and 2016.<br />
in Grand Prix. Who will make the<br />
two flights and 27 hour trip back<br />
to the UK with some shiny metal<br />
and a (possibly beneficial) glow?<br />
Grand Prix number one: it’s not<br />
easy to deduce it’s importance<br />
but it can be an early and possibly<br />
vital part of a racer’s story<br />
come the wind-down of another<br />
year.<br />
Pre-season activities can also<br />
muddy the water. I’ll still put a<br />
20 euro note on the table that a<br />
rider like Kemea Yamaha’s Ben<br />
Watson (whose 4th position at<br />
Neuquen kickstarted the next<br />
level of his GP career) will be<br />
fighting for the MX2 podium in<br />
Argentina…but the Brit’s 2019<br />
races so far have seen a litany<br />
of issues both bike and rider<br />
related. <strong>On</strong> the other hand countryman<br />
Adam Sterry made a<br />
fantastic GP debut in Argentina<br />
two years previously and shone<br />
at last weekend’s Hawkstone<br />
Park International but now has<br />
to step-up and prove his chops
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