Short interview but Max makes a few interesting points on the tracks, his crash, and getting back on the bike ... Never watched much of these guys racing till this yr due to RV2, but I think this guy still has a good chance of winning the Championship for Husqvarna in their 1st yr in this FIM racing. -- Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna rider Max Nagl is fighting hard to be back on track for the Grand Prix of Sweden. The former red-plate owner and multiple GP winner broke his ankle last weekend at the Grand Prix of Germany. Geoff Meyer gave him a call this evening and asked him how his recovery is going. Max, first sorry about your injury. How is it going, what have you done to try and be ok for Sweden? On Saturday night straight away I had surgery to put two screws in the broken bone and now I am back home making the therapy to make the healing as fast as possible. Do you have any idea if you will be able to race in Sweden? I don’t know yet, I have an appointment with Doctor Claes, but in the hospital in Germany they couldn’t tell me if I could ride that quickly or not. I will race if I can race with pain killers, but I won’t race if I can damage something more. What happened, how did you get involved in the accident that injured you? I had a spin in the second jump after the start, but nothing serious, then I got hit really hard by Paulin, and I went to the ground. I was still ok, nothing broken, but then I got hit on the ground by Philippaerts. There was dust and he couldn’t see me probably. I knew straight away it was broken, so I went on my bike back to the paddock. What was your first thought after the crash? At first I thought my season was over, that was my first thought, but then of course you try and fight back and try and make something from it. It has been a really crazy MXGP season with Ryan Villopoto first getting injured, then Antonio, then Clement and now you. It’s been a really competitive season in the MXGP class. Is that the reason for the injuries? It is also that, because it is very competitive, but also another part the tracks are different this year. The first three overseas GP’s were prepared well, but since we return to Europe the tracks are different. They are not prepared like before, not ripped and not watered like last year, plus we have a lot of classes riding, maybe too many classes, and that makes it difficult for us. Seeing somebody like Antonio riding with the injury he has, how much more do you respect somebody who rides against the pain? I always have respect for riders like that, because some riders if they have a small injury they stop and don’t want to ride with pain or the injury, then you have the really good riders (like Cairoli) who ride through the pain, they go through it, if it isn’t serious you can ride through it. Camera angles change pics alot many times but MAX looks like he doing a whip via the same technique in RC4s' whip video that was posted out here once ...
