Report Cards of the FIM MX World Championship.
MX1
1 Stefan Everts 739 points
2 Kevin Strijbos 529 points
3 Steve Ramon 483 points
4 Ken de Dycker 463 points
5 Tanel Leok 443 points
6 Jonathan Barragan 376 points
7 Joshua Coppins 330 points
STEFAN EVERTS:
10 out of 10.
Stefan gets a 10 out 0f 10 like the 10 world titles won by this fantastic rider; this was his last season and he trained really hard to win it. He was very determined, fast, smooth and had a racing strategy that has been the envy of all who have witnessed it. What more can be said about this man always thirsty of victory, so much so to have reached 101 GP wins over his long career. Throughout this year's season he led 503 laps, won 27 motos and overalled 14 out of 15 GPs: only Joshua Coppins managed to win another GP The GP of Ireland) to prevent Stefan from having a " perfect season."
Stefan also had his Yamaha that always functioned like a clock and that was looked after in an almost maniacal way by the Rinaldi Team.
With Pichon and Coppins out of the championship from the start, the only rider who could bother Stefan's run to the title was Tortelli, but during the GP of Portugal, Everts pulled off a masterpiece, putting a lot of pressure on the French KTM rider, causing him to make mistakes, and one of them ended in an injury. With Tortelli out of the championship, after the Portuguese GP it was almost as easy as walking for Stefan to win. Every time any rider tried to get close to his rear fender, Stefan would always pull a gap between him and his pursuer and his succession of victories got him the championship.
Everts, at 33 year of age, has decided to retire as a rider to become the KTM team manager next year; something that left many people astonished because it was thought that the pair Everts-Yamaha was inseparable, but unfortunately it wasn't so.
KEVIN STRIJBOS:
8.5 out of 10.
With Everts in a class of his own, Kevin was at the head of the class of the rest, and came away with a well deserved second place. In fact after the victory obtained in the first moto in the GP of Spain, this young pilot from Geel (Belgium) tried to limit Everts' championship runaway. His tactic was consistency, gaining a lot of runner up positions. At the end of the championship he protected what he had achieved up to that point. He has a lot of time to mature. In fact he's only 21. He will have the number 2 on his Suzuki works next year and with the right training and efforts it could well become a number 1.