After an extended off-season, the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP and MX2 teams are motivated to start their 2021 campaigns with the opening round of the FIM Motocross World Championship set to take place on the coastline of the Black Sea in Orlyonok, Russia, this weekend – June 13th.
Joining Seewer and Coldenhoff on the works YZ450FM, young MX2 graduate Watson is thrilled to enter his rookie MXGP season with the full support of the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP team. After an incredible end to his 250cc career where he celebrated two race and Grand Wins and extended his podium tally to nine, the recently turned 24-year-old Brit is set for a buoyant 450cc debut.
Check out what Ben had to say before the start of the first round of the FIM Motocross World Championship below.
“I am feeling good heading to Russia. We have had some great preparation races and in general my feeling with everything has been good. Russia isn’t really my type of track, but I have had good speed in the past and stood on the podium there so no excuses. My goal always remains the same, I keep those to myself but I want to have fun, come away with some solid points and find the areas in which I can improve so I can keep building over the next few weeks.”
