With five rounds remaining in the 2024 MX2 championship, I think every single 250 rider in Europe, wishes they were Dutchman Kay De Wolf. The Nestaan Husqvarna rider has 725 points, six GP wins (seven in his career) and 15 moto wins to his name this year and even with a rocky Swedish GP last weekend, his position at the very top of the points standings, is a solid one.

The last month or so, after coming back from the double Indonesian rounds has been a little up and down, but what De Wolf has been able to do all season long, is maintain that big points lead, he secured in those first few rounds of the season. Funnely enough, after three rounds, the lead by de Wolf over Lucas Coenen, was very similar to now (46pt lead back in April).

At the old school Loket circuit a few weeks ago, De Wolf took victory and came back from a disappointing GP at Lombok II, Indonesia, where he finished in fifth place. He had also finished seventh a few rounds earlier at Maggiora and it looked like the wheels might be falling from the steady season, but that win in Loket cemented his series lead.

“It was amazing to get the victory, even though the starts didn't make it easy, but I’m so happy with the result. I got a little bit emotional on that podium. From last year going through so much pain, I was on the box as well, and then in 2018 I missed out on the Junior 85cc - which also just raced here this weekend - so to finally get the win here feels very special. I couldn't have done it without the amazing team behind me, they are really doing a great job. They had to do so much work overnight to fix the bike, which was completely bent after a big crash on Saturday, so a big shout out to them for sure!”

A week later in the deep, deep sand of Lommel, it was another GP victory, and he was back on track and extending that points lead over team-mate, Lucas Coenen. Winning on a rock hard, Loket and then in super soft sand, well, it showed what a complete rider the Husqvarna man now is.

“It was a really positive weekend overall. The thing is, that each weekend we are trying to get as many points as possible and preserve our position at the top of the championship. Sometimes that doesn't mean winning every single moto. I have to be critical also because the second moto wasn't good enough - I made too many mistakes, which shouldn't have happened - so I will for sure be working on that. I’m happy to finally win Lommel - I can’t thank the team enough; I think the timing is really great too. Having everyone here, just two minutes from the workshop, and with the news on Friday that Husqvarna is staying. Now we look ahead to Sweden in two weeks and will keep pushing!”

Last weekend though, the tricky and at times unreliable circuit of Uddevalla caught him out again and it was a long list of mistakes, crashes and a very disappointing fifth overall, but still, that points lead was 49 over Coenen and with Arnhem this coming weekend and just four rounds after that, that 49 points is more than enough, even with some big mistakes to hand De Wolf a World title.

"It was definitely a difficult Sunday. In the first moto, I made three mistakes, which wasn't ideal. However, my overall riding was good, so that's a positive takeaway. In the second moto, I didn't get the best start and got closed in at the first turn, which forced me to fight my way through the pack. At that point, it was about staying calm and making as many passes as possible. It was really tough to make those passes, but I’m trying to take what I can learn from this weekend. I’m feeling more positive about my home Grand Prix coming up next weekend, and I’m really looking forward to that!"

And while thousands and thousands of Dutch fans will line the circuit in Arnhem this weekend and his countryman, Jeffrey Herlings expected to dominate the MXGP class, you know, that de Wolf will be something in the shadows of his older and more experience countryman (Herlings) and that might be a good thing.

On another note, if De Wolf can pick up the 2024 MX2 World championship, he will be the first Dutch rider (without the name Jeffrey Herlings), since Pedro Tragter in 1993, to win a major World motocross championship (MXGP or MX2), so more than 30 years ago. Only four Dutch riders have won the MX2 championship, Dave Strijbos, John Van Den Berk, Tragter and Herlings. Can De Wolf be number five?

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