Seewer Goes Home

Monster Energy Yamaha rider Jeremy Seewer heads to his home Grand Prix this weekend with a lot of points to make up on names like Jorge Prado, Jeffrey Herlings and Romain Febvre. Always known as a slow starter to a season, the rider from Switzerland is also known as a rider who gets through a season without major injury and eventually finishes Vice Motocross World Champion. 

That has been the script now for a handful of years, so entering round three and his home race, you get the feeling he might start making that run to the front as quickly as this weekend. In front of his countrymen and on a track he has enjoyed so far.

Since his first Grand Prix win in 2017, at the MXGP of Indonesia, Seewer has claimed another nine GP wins in that six-year period. While his five wins in MX2 and five in MXGP are numbers a long way down from riders like Jeffrey Herlings, Tim Gajser, Jorge Prado and Romain Febvre, he is the next guy (along with Glenn Coldenhoff) to really create some interest and be a real serious contender in MXGP. 

At the first round in Argentina, a huge crash costed him any momentum and Seewer knew from that moment that it might be a tough one in the 2023 season opener. The Saturday’s accident didn’t make him comfortable on Sunday and that was where his weekend more or less ended.

“The frustrating thing to start about this weekend,” Seewer said. “None of what happened in the Qualifying Race and in Race One today was in my hands. This is a tough pill to swallow. You only need to look at the second moto to see where I belong. I didn’t do anything special to finish inside the top-three, I just rode my race. I think if the RAM Qualifying Race ended differently, I would have been able to get better starts and potentially fight for the win. Anyway, the result is not the end of the world, there are still a lot of points on the table, so it’s fine.”

When the MXGP riders headed to round two in Sardinia, Seewer had some confidence, but despite showing blistering speed, more crashes and unfortunate situations saw him finish in sixth overall with 6-7 scores. Not what he wanted and not what his fans expected.

“This is Riola, one of the toughest GPs of the year, and for me, my result on paper is not even close to what I am looking for. But, all in all, I had the pace. I did everything I could, I wasn’t “off” or anything, I was still up there battling up front, but something didn’t click. I gave all I had. I rode well, I enjoyed the track but I think the others were running a good pace too and maybe taking more risks. Still, I took solid points, and I am just looking forward to the next rounds now.”

And now, onto Switzerland, a race he has enjoyed in the past with success and a race that might show exactly where he is when it comes to making up that points gap to Prado and Herlings. Don’t be surprised if he stands on top of the podium, or at least on one of the top three steps. 

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