INTERVIEW
SHERCO FOUNDER MARC TEISSIER
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sell, so for me it's important that
the normal guy can make at least
85 percent of the race. Okay,
the final 10-15 percent may be
a dream or aspiration but it may
also be potentially possible. I've
spoken a lot with the promoters
of EnduroGP and the FIM about
this. I tell them "be careful, be
careful." For me it is necessary
to pull back with trials and kill the
high, high level, so the public
can identify with the sport again.
Similarly to trials, enduro is
undergoing many changes for
2017. Now streamlined to two
classes, where do you stand
on it?
We are seeing many changes
in EnduroGP. Some good, some
not so good. It's in a difficult
period. With two classes for
2017, costs haven't massively
changed. The good riders have
become more expensive maybe.
Before we had six riders, now
only two, but we still spend the
same money to be sure of the
best riders. I don't know yet if it
will be good for the sport. We
had world champions in Enduro
1, Enduro 2, Enduro 3 and Endu-
roGP, now it's only Enduro2 and
EnduroGP. We have six enduro
bikes and only two classes to
race them in.
There are other complexities,
too. Since money has come into
the sport it's now a business.
We have a promoter to run the
championship and of course he
has to make money, too. But
now we have to pay to park in
the paddock, pay if you want to
put up a tent for promotion, pay
if you want to sell a sandwich.
Making a third party video is also
impossible. Like I said, we're not
F1 or MotoGP; enduro and trial
is small there isn't enough space
to make it too professional, that's
not how this sport works.
What is your philosophy on
how the sport works?
My philosophy is that this
sport is for the people by the
people. It is the life of the rider,
Teissier believes ex-
treme off-road racing
might not be the best
thing for the sport.
"We have all the technology for two-stroke fuel
injection… The bike is ready…we are ready but it
is not yet necessary to put it on the market."
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