Cooper Webb Says Time Is Now
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 1:05PM
This week riders are taking a break from supercross prep to head to Angel Stadium for the SuperMotocross World Championship media days. Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing’s Cooper Webb was on site and spoke to the media at length about his injuries, coming close to winning the championship in 2024, and his expectations for 2025.
Last weekend [at the Australian Supercross] we saw you go down pretty heavily. So, what's the status on that?
Cooper Webb: Yeah, yeah. No, it was a great weekend. Yeah, I'm a little banged up for sure. But we got checked out yesterday and all good. No, no real injuries. Kind of some whiplash and just kind of jammed my thumb, you know, from before. I seem to always crash on my dang thumb now. So, I thought it was maybe shoulder at first but got checked out and everything's clear. Just muscle stuff, tightness. So, give it about a week, maybe less. I'm gonna try to ride on Thursday and should be good. I was at Doctor G's all day yesterday. But, yeah, like you said, there's always a risk, but there's a risk also at the Yamaha test track too, right. Every time we're on a motorcycle there's a risk. But I'm taking a lot of positives from it. I was able to win the first main event, which was great, and I felt great all weekend. So, yeah, we're healthy and in one piece and now we're five weeks from A1.
Between Paris and Australia, I feel like this pre-season, your form has been quite good, better than years past. So, is that a case of building sooner into the season? What's your take on that?
Yeah, I think there's a few things, but I think second year with the team would be a big one, right? I think I am now second year on the same bike with the same crew. No real changes on the bike for us this year. And then also with the training side, you know, I came in from Aldon’s last year and had some health stuff going on. So, I’m just kinda getting a grasp on that and coming in I was hurt all summer. So, we started training, you know, a lot sooner. Like I did nations and then kind of never took a break, which I didn't feel like I needed. So, I’m just kind of building on that and I know this year is important for me. I'm not getting any younger and I feel like I have a real opportunity to win this year, so I didn't wanna put myself at a deficit at all. I really wanted to be as strong and as fit and as fast as I could be this year. And I think we're in a good spot.
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