Henry Jacobi has announced his retirement. This weekend Jacobi will ride his last race as a professional motocross rider at the ADAC in Holzgerlingen.
Read his post on social media below:
Where do I start? First of all, I would like to tell you the essentials. Holzgerlingen will be the last race for me this year and also in general in my motocross career. For many it may come as a surprise, but it is not so surprising for me, because I actually said before the season that this would be my last year.
Nevertheless, I have achieved all my goals. I always wanted to ride a factory motorcycle. I wanted to be on an MX 2 podium. I was on the MX2 podium three times. I have rode two top 5 results in the MXGP. I have already raced the MX of Nations.
I think it was a successful career. That’s why I had to make the decision with a crying eye, that at this point my career is over. Next year I will go to work at my parents’ company as usual. I am there for my whole family, just like my mother and father were there for me for years. That’s why, as I said, it’s just a duty. That’s why, as I said, it was actually planned.
And because it was planned, you could actually prepare well for it. But when it’s finally over, it always comes across a little more difficult. But in the end, it was my decision. It’s a good decision. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. It’s the mental side that plays into it.
It’s the injuries I have that don’t go away that quickly. And even if, of course, there is still someone inside of me who is screaming, win the ADAC MX Masters title. But so far, everything has been good and beautiful.
And now there are just more important things. Motocross is my life and it will be. I will watch the World Championship races from the couch and I am happy when Supercross starts in America.
That’s just the way it is. Thank you very much to all the fans I was able to win over the years. People who keep checking in with me, how I’m doing and everything.
Many thanks to the teams, all the sponsors of the last 20 years. Friends, family, I don’t know who sees it all. I think you know where you helped me. I’m just incredibly grateful for that. And I hope we’ll see each other again somehow. Probably on the track, but this time I’m not the race horse.
Take care. Yours, Henry.
