Mitch Evans makes his return to the MXGP World Championship in February, after a year’s absence in 2021 due to a complicated wrist injury. He continues to represent Team HRC, which is one of the main teams, but not because of that he feels under pressure to get results.
The Australian rider said in an interview with MX Large that he doesn’t go into this season with expectations and pressure, wanting to just enjoy the return to top-level motocross after the season he was forced to miss:
– I am kind of not having any expectations this year. Racing is different to riding, and it is going to be different racing and I don’t see any pressure on myself and really, I have nothing to lose, because my last race was so long ago and everyone else has been riding, training and racing. I am just going to enjoy being at the races, with the team and back at Grand Prix and traveling around the World. For me, it is about enjoyment and being happy and as Tim always says, a happy rider is a fast racer.