Can a rider make a living out of professional Motocross?
Once you call something “professional” it mean it must provide you with the means to survive and this is the case of professional Motocross. Nowadays all riders entered through our system of Officially Approved Teams have a salary going from a base of 20,000 euro until a peak of 800,000 euro, though we are pushing to have a minimum salary of 24,000 euro. Looking back at some years ago most of the riders were privateers without salary and most had to cover their own expenses. It’s normal that everyone wants more, but if a rider is fast then he can make a comfortable living with Motocross, all the fast up and coming young riders immediately enter into a professional structure with good contracts; see Musquin, Roczen, Paulin, Herlings, etc. Q: Can a rider feel safe when he does his job then? A: Unfortunately the mechanical sports carry a rate of risk but we do our best to reduce it. First of all on our tracks there are all the necessary medical services requested by the FIM regulations, w
