Interviews
Interview: Maxime Renaux
Frenchman shares his thoughts.
Following his solid outing at Riola to claim fourth overall, where an untimely mistake ultimately left him frustrated again, James Burfield caught up with MXGP heavy hitter Maxime Renaux to get his thoughts on a brutal day, how comfortable he is in the sand and how he just wants to get the balance right when to push or ease off in his quest to get back on the box in this exclusive MX Vice interview.
This interview was also released as an MX Vice post-race podcast, presented by Acerbis.
MX Vice: Maxime, kind of a different day for you because the speed was there. You looked good. You looked comfortable. Everything was clicking, but the results didn’t kind of show the effort and the speed that you had today?
Maxime Renaux: Yeah, I would say that the last two GPs have been more or less the same. You know, obviously in Argentina crashes in both motos didn’t help. Especially the second moto where I got really knocked out. But yeah, it’s getting better and better.
Today again, we lost a couple of points so obviously it’s a bit frustrating. But I have to say that my riding was good. I showed myself that I’m on a good level in the sand this year so we keep on working – this season will be long. I put some good points on the board so we keep on building.
MXV: How much have you been working in the sand in the off-season?
MR: Not especially much, you know, we always work in it and obviously the team is from Holland so we are used to riding a lot in the sand. But yeah, we have a few more races in the sand this year. So obviously, we have to be performing, you know, it’s a really important part of the championship. And it looks like this year, it’s going to be a tight championship, you know, with a lot of contenders so you need to be on it in every race.
Yeah, like I said, it’s just a bit frustrating to miss the podium twice when you know you have the speed to be on it, and maybe even to win races when you don’t put all the pieces of the puzzle together. But yeah, there’s many races to come and hopefully we get some wins and podiums in the next rounds.
MXV: What advice have people been giving you because I expect you are a little bit frustrated at the moment. So are there people around you that kind of say trust the process, it’s going to come?
MR: Yeah, they just told me to keep calm because sometimes I would like to climb the trees when I’m angry (laughs). I’m still young, you know, I’m 22 years old so I need to keep learning to achieve what I know I can and to ride at the right intensity – not too much, not too little. And this sometimes is a bit difficult for me. But I just know that I have what it takes under my belt to get that win and to get that championship. So we just need to put all the pieces of the puzzle together and get the ball rolling. We will keep working with confidence and try to make steps.
MXV: The track seemed a little bit tougher than previous years. Is this something you agree with?
MR: I’m not sure, you know. It didn’t seem as rough as last year I would say because it was less hot first of all, but it was more like sharp braking bumps this year – last year’s were maybe a bit more wavy. But for me it’s the toughest race of the year – even more than Lommel. We know that when we come here it’s going to be a tough one. It’s going to be a real man’s race. It never disappoints and again this year it didn’t disappoint.
MXV: Is Switzerland a track that you are looking forward to?
MR: Yeah actually looking forward to it because they changed places this year, they will not ride on the track we rode at a couple years ago. So brand new track for me and I think brand new track for most of the people in the paddock except the Swiss colleague. It’s going to be nice. I don’t know what to expect so much, I guess it will be a rocky surface, so I think it’s going to be a nice race and I’ll try to finally get on the podium.
MXV: Good luck for Switzerland and see you soon. Thanks for your time.
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Luke Clout speaks ahead of the WSX and AUSX finales in Australia, as he and other top WSX riders arrived in Melbourne, and came together for a media opportunity at iconic surf venue, URBNSURF.
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Shane McElrath shares his thoughts ahead of the WSX finale in Australia, as he and other top WSX riders arrived in Melbourne, and came together for a media opportunity at iconic surf venue, URBNSURF.
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Max Anstie speaks ahead of the WSX and AUSX finales in Australia, as he and other top WSX riders arrived in Melbourne, and came together for a media opportunity at iconic surf venue, URBNSURF.
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