
Monster Energy Yamaha will be able to count on Jeremy Van Horebeek’s smooth style and versatile skill set for another year at the front of MXGP after the Belgian recently inked a contract to extend his stay on the factory YZ450FM for a fifth term. The 27 year old has been an ever-present force among the leading group of Grand Prix stars of the FIM Motocross World Championship since moving into the premier class in 2013, and has an enviable Motocross of Nations record with medals for each of his appearances in the distinctive Belgian black, yellow and red colours.
For the third season Van Horebeek will sit in the Yamaha awning next to Romain Febvre in 2018 and continue the quest to rule a competition that has increased in quality, difficulty and speed since #89 notched twelve podiums and snared runner-up status in 2014. There is an extra sweetener in the deal with the prospect of the manufacturer’s revised and revitalised YZ coming into play; there will be some interesting testing and development sessions occurring once ’17 MXGP wraps at the Grand Prix of Pays de Montbeliard (France) on September 24th.