On Track Off Road No. 194
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FEATURE<br />
then you end up needing something<br />
more aggressive.<br />
You just seemed to gas the<br />
KTM and learned much at the<br />
front of MX2. Were there more<br />
parameters to your racecraft in<br />
MXGP?<br />
It’s a different challenge but I<br />
would not say the mindset has<br />
changed. The focus is to win<br />
but I know I’m a bit off, so it<br />
means looking at everything<br />
that can be done better to be<br />
in contention. The 250 was all<br />
about winning and with the<br />
MXGP class I know I’m looking<br />
for the few percent more to<br />
reach that same level.<br />
Being one of the top MX2 riders<br />
in the MXGP category and<br />
also with the profile and all the<br />
resources at Ice<strong>On</strong>e; was it a<br />
relief to get that first podium<br />
result?<br />
To a point it was a relief. I<br />
thought ‘we made it, that’s<br />
good’ but then the expectation<br />
goes up and people kinda expect<br />
it on a much more regular<br />
basis. It put a bit more pressure<br />
on my shoulders. I knew<br />
the season would be tough<br />
all the way through but I felt<br />
a positive push from the midpoint.<br />
I was battling for 6th-7th<br />
and on a good day I was going<br />
for the podium. It was also<br />
good that I didn’t swing from<br />
those 6th-7th positions to outside<br />
the top ten or somewhere<br />
further down. There was a bit<br />
of consistency.
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