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Herlings to Miss Start of MXGP Championship F ive-time World Champion Jeffrey Herlings will miss the start of the 2025 MXGP season after undergoing surgery on his knee. The Red Bull KTM Team rider suffered a torn ACL in his right knee in Valkenswaard last October. The 30-year-old still has several weeks to go before he can get on the bike again. The MXGP Championship gets un - derway in Argentina on March 2. "We're looking good," Herlings said recently. "I can do every- thing aside from ride the bike. I can cycle, swim, cross-train, and it should only be a few weeks until we are back to the normal plan. I wanted to be strong com- ing into this year, so having this setback was not good, but what I can hope for now is a successful second part of the champion - ship. It was a weird injury be- cause there was not much pain after surgery, but it takes time to recover. I want to ride as soon as possible and join the rest of my Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team, but we just need to wait a little longer. I really want to race again." CN WIND IN THE P28 Jeffrey Herlings will sit out the start of the MXGP season after undergoing knee surgery. Sean Dylan Kelly Returns to Team Hammer Suzuki S ean Dylan Kelly is back with Suzuki and Team Hammer for the 2025 MotoAmerica AMA/ FIM North American Road Rac - ing season. The 22-year-old Kelly will compete in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship aboard the Suzuki GSX-R1000R. "I'm back with Team Hammer, where I have some of my abso - lute best racing memories," said Kelly. "It feels good to be coming back to the team to give it a shot in Superbike. I am excited to see what the Suzuki GSX-R1000R is like now that I have two Moto2 seasons and a year of Superbike under my belt. Clearly, the objec - tive is to do the best we can, and eventually that means to win races as we put it all together." Kelly will team up with Richie Escalante. "We're getting the band back together," said Chris Ulrich, Vice President of Op - erations for Team Hammer. "We had an opportunity to reunite with SDK, and we think we can make a serious run at the championship. We know his work ethic and his skill, and we are looking forward to making something happen. We have good equipment and two com - petitive Superbike riders in Sean and Richie Escalante. We think it is a good combo." CN Sean Dylan Kelly has reunited with Team Hammer Suzuki and will compete in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship.