Russians in Russia

With the MXGP of Russia coming up next week, at the beautiful Orlyonok circuit, will see the best riders in the world attend, and the appearance of local riders will once again give the spectators attending something to get excited about years. A long list of Russian riders appear on the start list in all four classes, from MXGP, MX2, EMX250 and EMX300.

MXGP will see three Russian riders going for it, with Viacheslav Golovkin, Artem Guryev and of course their leading man Evgeny Bobryshev. MX2 it will be Vsevolod Brylyakov and Sergey Kurashev, and in the EMX250 class will be, Ilya Ilyukhin, Daniil Shashkov, Aleksandr Fedorov, Ilya Ryzhikh, Svyatoslav Pronenko, and Timur Petrashin. EMX300 Presented by FMF Racing has three with Egor Skorobogatov, Ignatii Lopatin, and Iurii Lukash.

The big star for Russian motocross over the last decade has been Bobryshev, and despite his lack of a factory machine in 2018, you can be sure he will want to put on a great show for his massive fan base back home. The former GP winner can’t wait to get home, visit family and experience a possible podium finish.

“Now I’m looking forward to my home GP,” Bobryshev said. “I’m going to get ready for that and hopefully get some good results over there. We are still working on the bike for GPs and hopefully after Kegums we will be able to try a new engine. My goal now is to get on the podium at a GP. That’s my main goal and everybody is working hard to get there.’’

One rider who won’t be racing but is just as excited to be attending as a fan, is former GP rider, Alexandr Tonkov.

“Yes, I will be watching,” Tonkov said. “I am there now, because it’s good weather down here. I look forward to seeing Rui, Jeffrey, Tony and some other guys. Every day 25 degrees and no rain. It’s been a year since I saw everyone, so I look forward to it. “

So now, with 14 Russians on the starting list, perfect weather reported, and a large crowd expected you can be sure this Russian Grand Prix will be a huge success.