Column: The lament
There is unrest in the paddock, many were not happy with the course they were given in 'Villars Sous Ecot'. Antonio Cairoli, Tyla Rattray and Clément Desalle, among others, complained about the course in France.
For example, KTM pilot Tony Cairoli stated on Instagram that the course had not been properly prepared and prepared for the arrival of the Grand Prix. According to the Italian there were many dangerous places. Tyla Rattray, who took to the deck several times and saw his partner Thomas Covington fall out injured on Saturday, even went a few steps further and called this the worst course he had ever had to ride on. Once again the word dangerous came up and, according to 'Styla', this manifested itself in many crashes and injuries.
One of those injured was Clément Desalle who also immediately pointed a finger at the course. This was not Grand Prix worthy according to de Waal, he explained himself further by adding that the jumps on the jumps seemed to have been constructed by an amateur... Now it is unfortunately a fact that CD25 often blames someone else for injuries.
The public has been delighted with this beautiful 'old-school' course. But that obviously does not rule out that last weekend's course might have been more dangerous than average. However, it should not be forgotten that motocross is in principle a sport of man and machine against the elements.
In addition, press releases increasingly resemble letters of complaint and it increasingly appears that pilots are only satisfied with perfectly prepared jobs on which they can mindlessly accelerate. Reading a course like a blind person reads a Braille book is hardly possible anymore. Although we should not tar all pilots with the same brush.
On a course where supposedly no overtaking was possible, we saw someone like Valentin Guillod drive the first series from just inside the top ten to first place. In the second moto he returned from almost last position to thirteenth after a fall. The fact that his Yamaha had no front brake and was very crooked did not matter to the Swiss. The Dutchmen Glenn Coldenhoff and Jeffrey Herlings also did not cry but took advantage of the situation at hand. Jeffrey Herlings took the holeshot from an impossible starting position according to Tyla Rattray and Glenn contested the best MXGP Grand Prix of his career.
I like to end with a quote from the world-famous 'Hollywood' through 'Living for the Weekend'. For real traditional tracks like this you need two big balls, no even three balls!!
Text: Matthias Van Eeckhoven – Photo: LivingForTheWeekend.mx
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