Jeremy Seewer: Going for Number One

While we will all again concentrate on the guys in the MXGP class with many GP wins and championships, those being Antonio Cairoli, Tim Gajser, Jeffrey Herlings and Jorge Prado, there is a man waiting in the wings to make life tough for the big four and that man is Monster Energy Yamaha factory rider Jeremy Seewer.

Seewer, who at one point in 2020 was the fastest rider in the class, even winning a Grand Prix at the MXGP of Lombardia. The rider from Switzerland also finished with 15 top five finishes and of those 15, six were on the podium.

Just as impressive is the fact Seewer has gone 2-2-8-2-2 in the last five championship battles and is without question one of the most consistent riders in the sport, keeping away from injuries and scoring major points throughout his career. One thing is for sure, Seewer is going into this season with confidence he can get even closer to that group and improve on his multiple runner-up finishes in the World motocross championships.

“I have improved,” Seewer said recently. “Those guys have a lot of championships and GP wins and I also finished second in the championships, so that is also something. I have improved with the bike and also myself. I want to be up front, and as you said, four guys have a lot of titles, but I also have four vice World championships.”

Good friend to Seewer and also a Grand Prix winner and MXGP heavy hitter, Shaun Simpson knows that those top four guys have many championship and GP wins, but he has a sneaking feeling his good mate will shine through and possibly shock the World.

“Tough,” Simpson said. “I do probably say Jeffrey needs to win one again and he hasn’t won one for a while now and he is probably sitting at home kicking himself, because he has the tools to do it. Tim is very consistent, Cairoli is such a smart rider, always there or there abouts. I mean I would slot Jeremy Seewer in there, because if you look at his results at the start of last year, he had a horrible time in Valkenswaard, but by the middle of the year, he had pulled it back.”

So, as we wait for the opening Grand Prix, you can be sure the big four will have one eye on the former or present World champions, but they will also have an eye on the guy dressed in blue and carrying the number 91. If Seewer can start strong and fight with the likes of Herlings and Gajser, then his confidence will grow, and he might be able to get over the line for his first ever World motocross championship.

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