Talking with Stefan Everts ahead of the Mexican MXGP

On the subject of Ben Townley, the former World Champion has now flown back from his home in New Zealand and is making progress from the after-effects of a virus that ruined his Grand Prix of Europe and caused him to miss-out on the trip across the Atlantic.

"Ben should be arriving back in Europe now and will be having some more tests. He has improved and hopefully he can start riding at the weekend and maybe be in the gate for Latvia [round six]," Everts explained.

While Strijbos continues to search for the right path to results and rostrum contention in MXGP - and Townley makes a return to the form and fitness that carried him to Pole and the runner-up spot in the second moto in Thailand, -Team Suzuki World MX2 has reason for immense satisfaction in its division with Jeremy Seewer already matching his podium tally from all of 2015 with three trophies on the mantelpiece.

The Swiss is currently second in the standings behind runaway leader Jeffrey Herlings and has sprayed champagne at the last three events, including second place at Neuquen. The sight of the RM-Z250 scrapping for the lead and adding some ‰Û÷yellow‰Ûª to the front of the Grand Prix class has been one of the bright points for the team so far in 2016.

‰ÛÏIt is great what he is doing and he has been very consistent so far,‰Û