The Red Hurricane, Kay de Wolf..

Rockstar Energy Factory Husqvarna’s MX2 young gun Kay de Wolf, is a talent i’m sure we will be talking of in many many years to come, especially after signing a two year deal with the Rockstar Energy Factory team towards the end of 2020.

Kay De Wolf started his career coming from a none motocross background, after persuading his parents to buy him a motocross bike after riding a pushbike in the back garden without stabilizers. This then snowballed into a hunger for motocross racing for the young dutch rider, after his mum used to take him practicing and training on the weekends.

Kay took some time out to chat to me during his training out in spain at CDG Mx retreat these past couple of weeks and discuss the future.

DBR: Thanks for chatting to us Kay, tell us first about how you feel your 2020 season went for you, did it go how you hoped?

“The 2020 season was really good, we started off with a solid weekend in Valkenswaard but that went from a dream into a nightmare, with receiving a points penalty from jumping on a yellow flag, but we moved on. We then had Covid to deal with, and came back to Latvia and had two really tough rounds, but I managed to bounce back with what we thought was a 1st overall, but on the way to the press room we were actually told I finished 2nd overall due to some penalty points gained by other riders.”

“Then we had three rounds in Mantova and i didnt feel good on the bike i struggled so bad, then Moving onto lommel a rider in front cross jumped me and I landed on top of him, this left me lying face down and another rider landed on the back of my helmet so i ended up with a broken nose and concussion, but we ended up with 4th overall in the EMX championship so its not bad for my debut year!”

DBR: What is it like riding and testing a factory bike?

“At the moment we just have a lot of fun on the bike and enjoy every moment, because i moved from the EMX to MX2 and i now have the factory bike, we have done a lot of testing with the engine and the frame, which we really improved, so im very happy with that.”

DBR: Looking forward to this race season, are you setting yourself any goals or going with it?

“My goal for 2021 is to be consistent in every moto, show the best of my abilities, and hope we can finish inside the top ten at the end of the season.”

DBR: Who would you say is a rider you look up to?

“My favourite rider in Europe is Jeffrey Herlings for sure, he is a really good rider and in the USA, its Ken Roczen, he has such a good style i love to watch him.”

DBR: What is your favourite part about racing the MXGP series?

“My favourite thing i think is going to be the travelling and i think you get to see the whole world, and that’s a dream of every person, and also racing the best guys in the world of course will be so good!”

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