Jed Beaton tried his upmost to stay in the MXGP paddock for the 2023 season, however has now official confirmed that he will be returning home to Australia to compete for Honda Racing Australia.
In the six years he has been in Europe competing across EMX250, MX2 and most recently MXGP. Jed has made the tough call to return back home for the 2023 season and contest the Australia ProMX Championship in the MX1 category.
“So I ended up coming home. I was speaking to a few teams over there (in Europe) and just waiting for a deal. Obviously at the end of the year the budgets and stuff get sorted. So yeah I was waiting for a bit of an extra budget over there to see what we could do. At the end of the day I was just waiting and waiting. I kind of made a decision myself. I wanted to really know what I was doing so I decided to make the decision to come home and race.” he explained to Honda Racing Australia.
“Next year is just to get back to full health and feel good. And obviously to feel good on the bike and be competitive over here. My main goal would be to go out and win races and be solid in the championship. The main goal is that, but first is just to get back into the swing of things back home obviously having been away for six years.”
It will be exciting to see what Jed will do in the Australia Motocross Championship under one of the premier teams within the paddock.
“I just want to say a huge thank you to every single person at F&H Kawasaki Racing Team, they all play a part in us going racing week in, week out. They were all behind me in the good and bad times, and I’ll be forever thankful for that! Even though it wasn’t a good year on the bike it was still awesome to be a part of the team this year. Thanks for having me.”
You can watch the full interview with Honda Racing Australia also below on their YouTube channel.
