Best rookie in the MXGP class this season and currently eighth in the FIM Motocross World Championship, Kevin Horgmo will stay next season with team Ship To Cycle Honda Motoblouz SR. Words: SR Honda
It’s never easy to move from the MX2 class to the MXGP, but Kevin Horgmo has had a perfect season so far and thanks to his great results (he celebrated in the Netherlands his tenth top 10 MXGP result within sixteen rounds). While he had several options for next season, the young Norwegian, who will turn 24 in September, chose to continue with Josse Sallefranque.
Kevin Horgmo: “I’m very happy to stay here, it’s a good team for me and they helped me to adapt to the 450. The goal now is to build on that and improve next season, with similar or even better results at the GPs and to fight for the French title. It’s good living in the South of France and training with Yves (Demaria). He’s really helped me and we had a good winter, which helped me going into the season. At the races we have a good partnership and he helps a lot with the bike settings if I have some difficulties. We are always training together between the races, it helps a lot to make it fun. It’s not a problem to work alone, but it’s nice to be training with a group of people who have the same goals.”
Coach of the riders of the team, Yves Demaria, is looking forward to continuing this fruitful collaboration. “It’s great to continue working together, as it’s always difficult to work only one year with a rider. Kevin improves at each training session and each race. He has a good connection with all the team members, trains with passion and the goal, of course, was to continue with him. Some other teams with bigger budgets than us approached him, and we are proud that he preferred to continue with us. We do everything possible to ensure that our riders have all the tools to perform. I wasn’t surprised by his results this season. I know his potential as I see what he does in training, but I must say that he still surprised me in the mud races.”
Manager of the team that was created a few years ago, Josse Sallefranque, is of course delighted to continue working with his young, fast and smiling Norwegian.
“Very happy to continue with Kevin, we have had a great season together. It was not easy to keep him with us, as thanks to his great results, some other teams were interested in signing him. We had to fight and we are super happy to sign him. He will approach the 2025 season with one year of experience in the MXGP class. He knows everyone in the team and he knows the 450 Honda perfectly. All the tools are there to perform even better. A big thank you to all our partners who are fully behind us, and who allow us to race at the highest level, to make their colours shine on all continents!”
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