Glenn Coldenhoff interview

When Dutchman Glenn Coldenhoff signed for the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team many people were excited for his 2016 season. The former MX2 GP winner hasn’t had the best of starts though with many crashes and bad luck.

In the last round of the MXGP championship Coldenhoff finished in 18^th place, and could only muster 8 points. In the series points it’s a little better as he holds down 14^th place, with 33 points. We caught up with the likeable Dutchman and asked him about his weekend in Thailand.

Q: It looks like it was hard work from the moment you arrived at the circuit. How did your weekend in Thailand start?

Coldenhoff: I had a little bit of bad luck on Saturday in Thailand. Made a small crash and it cost me a good gate pick.

Q: The first moto you started well, got up to ninth place, but crashing was again a problem for you wasn’t it?

Coldenhoff: First moto I had a decent start, but I had to come from the back to the front and the riding wasn’t that good. I struggled a little bit and I had Kevin behind me and then I made a mistake and had a big crash. I hit something on the side of the track and lost my hand on the handlebar. I went over the bars and went down pretty hard. I had to cruise to the finish, so not a perfect moto.

Q: You crashed on the start in the second moto and you and your team-mate Antonio Cairoli rounded the second turn in last and second last. What happened?

Coldenhoff: Second moto something strange happened to me at the start gate. They checked the gate and it looks like I made an error. The gate normally goes down, but this one didn’t go down and it was bouncing and my rear suspension hit the gate and I went over the bars again. With the heat it was really tough and I knew that. I kept fighting and was riding well and felt good on the track, but then the front wheel broke and I was scared to crash and had to cruise again.

Q: What will it take to get to where you want to be?

Coldenhoff: Last year I had some ups and down and this year my goal was to get the bad moto’s in the top ten, so we work on that and I think we all have to ride the same tracks, so I just have to work for it. Riding was ok, also in Qatar, but some bad luck, and in the end my riding is ok, my time will come I think.