Antonio Cairoli interview

Antonio Cairoli is the best motocross rider in the world at the moment and in many cases the smartest. Leading the toughest series in the world, the FIM MXGP World Championship, the multi-time world champion is working hard to get to his best form. It’s little wonder that the competition continue to struggle to catch the little Italian as he storms to World title number eight and he has made another break after his double moto win in Sweden last weekend.

With 527 points Cairoli has a 45 point lead over new second placed man Jeremy Van Horebeek from the Yamaha Factory team with Clement Desalle (after his crash in Sweden) a further 12 points back.

In Sweden Cairoli once again went 1-1 and scored his 70^th Grand Prix victory. Amazing and all this in a season when he himself admits he hasn’t found his real speed.

Q: Antonio, your 70^th GP victory and another win in Sweden. How do you feel after your win in Sweden?

Cairoli: You know I am very happy, because I rode well and I think the start was really important last weekend, like the last few races and we managed to make good starts and I tried to stay in front and not make mistakes and ride smooth and try and be away from the others. The track wasn’t that difficult so the top five or six guys had similar speed. I was sick all week and wasn’t that confident with my condition, but I felt I was riding better and better and I could push in the training and I hope I can keep this speed for the coming races.

Q: You extended your championship points lead in Sweden and Clement Desalle crashed and you made up a lot of points because of that. What is the plan now for the future races?

Cairoli: I only have one GP that I think I don’t like a little and that is Loket, but I train a lot on hard pack and I am getting better even if I don’t like it. The last years the tracks seem to be getting harder and harder and a lot of the tracks are not good for the 350, because I rev a lot and I lose a lot of traction in the corners but like I said, I will do my best on the hard packed tracks.

Q: What about the championship, can you start looking at that yet, your eighth world title?

Cairoli: I don’t think about the championship yet because my goal is to be better on the bike, and I haven’t felt that great on the bike because I didn’t have my best feelings this year, but I hope I can find it in the last part of the season.