EU is still waiting to start their MX season in ~2 more weeks? Anyway, from what I gather, these guys race a few events prior to the actual season starts ... RV2 is not gonna bother with any of this pre-season but Rattray is apparently ... TR28 has been practice racing RV2 for weeks now... These guys know each others' speed on the EU track; TR28s' finish and lap times are gonna tell the green team just where they stand against the competition. Not that its gonna leak out but TR28 should have a big clue on RV2s' EU speed ... - South African Tyla Rattray will enter its first race of the season this weekend in Valence (France), home of a pre season International event. Two weeks prior the opening Grand Prix in Qatar, Tyla will race against some of his main contenders in the MXGP World Championship. http://www.motoxaddicts.com/2015/02/13/tyla-rattray-is-back-2015-mxgp-world-championships/ -- The Frenchman that dominated the 450 cc MXdN last year has beaten Cairoli once this yr already ...Not sure how hard these guys race in the pre-season so not sure what this really means ... World MXGP champion Antonio Cairoli won the Elite race today in Italy. The elite race pits the MXGP and MX2 riders together. You can check out the Elite race, MX1 race and MX2 race results below. MX1 Results 1 21 PAULIN Gautier FRA MX1 Team HRC Honda 2 222 CAIROLI Antonio ITA MX1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 3 89 VAN HOREBEEK Jeremy BEL MX1 Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube Yamaha 4 12 NAGL Max GER MX1 Red Bull Iceone Husqvarna Factory Husqvarna 5 461 FEBVRE Romain FRA MX1 Yamaha Factory Racing Yamalube Yamaha 6 9 DE DYCKER Ken BEL MX1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 7 100 SEARLE Tommy GBR MX1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8 17 BUTRON OLIVA Jose’ Antonio ESP MX1 . KTM 9 37 KRESTINOV Gert GBR MX1 . Honda 10 991 WATSON Nathan GBR MX1 Red Bull Iceone Husqvarna Factory Husqvarna 11 19 PHILIPPAERTS David ITA MX1 . Yamaha 12 999 GONCALVES Rui POR MX1 . Husqvarna 13 227 WHATLEY Kristian GBR MX1 . Honda 14 111 FERRIS Dean AUS MX1 . Husqvarna 15 47 WATERS Todd AUS MX1 Red Bull Iceone Husqvarna Factory Husqvarna (Plenty of Husqvarna riders for the 450cc class in EU)