INTERVIEW: KERIM FITZ-GERALD
01 November 2011
by Laren van der Westhuizen
MXSA: Give us a brief wrap up of your
national season. How does it feel to be MX2 champion?
KF: My season started off a little slow but from the
half way point things kind of turned around and I found some missing
speed I think i didn't have at the first and second round. It feels
really good to be the champion, its something we all work on and
want to be so its a great but next year will be the year to watch
MX2 I think.
MXSA: What do you think of going back
to 4 strokes in the MX2 class?
KF: I think its awesome, its
how it should have been for the past 2-3 years. The racing is going
to be insane in the MX2 class next year I think. We will all be
on 4 strokes, so I can't wait.
MXSA: What are your plans for the rest
of the season?
KF: We have 2 regional's left
I think and then we got the Cape Town Bike Festival in December,
I know every single guy racing it cant wait. So if you not doing
anything Cape Town is the place to be in December from the 16th-18th
at the Cape Town Stadium.
MXSA: Have you secured a ride for 2012
yet?
KF: Not yet, but things will
be sorted out soon so I am really looking forward to 2012 though.
MXSA: What are your goals for 2012?
KF: I am sure I will be racing
both classes so it would be awesome to win a MX1 championship. It
will be tough cause we all know how good the 450 class is right
now. I will be back on a 450 but no matter what it will be a tough
year.
INTERVIEW: KERIM FITZ-GERALD
19 August 2011
by Laren van der Westhuizen
MXSA: You have always been fast and
have won championships, bt you have really turned up your game the
2nd half of the season. How have you done this?
KFG: I haven't really done anything
different, just been working on some stuff that I thought I needed
to do to win some races.
MXSA: What has been your favourite track
so far this year?
KFG: I liked most tracks this year, PE and Bloem were
fun but Cape Town was the most fun track to ride for me.
MXSA: What has been the most fun race
this year?
KFG: I have had a few fun races with Michael Kok but
our last regional at Zeemans was a lot of fun, there were 3 or 4
of us going at it the whole race. I didn't win but it was a fun
race.
MXSA: You are leading the championship
in the MX2 class by a few points. What is the plan for the final
round?
KFG: I'm only leading by 5 points so it's really close.
Racing is always tight at Bronco, everyone goes fast there. There's
going to be battles going on everywhere all day and I know Rich
and I will find each other somewhere and go at it, ha ha.
MXSA: Are you nervous for the final
round, and have you stepped up the training?
KFG: No, I don't think the nerves will be an issue, I
have been racing for a long time so I have kinda learnt how to deal
with them. I won't be changing to much, things have been going well
and we will just have to wait and see what the national brings.
MXSA: How have your bike been this year?
KFG: The KTM's have been awesome, we started off a little
slow but Franziska, Greg and Brian from KTM made sure we got what
we needed and things all started coming together.
MXSA: Any hint of what you might be
doing next year?
KFG: I am not 100% sure but I'll be racing ha ha.
MXSA: How much longer will we see Kerim
Fitzgerald racing?
KFG: Hopefully a long time still, I have been fortunate
through all my years of racing and I haven't had to many bad injuries
so my body still feels young if I can say that,I don't hurt when
I wake up so hopefully still a long time.
MXSA: Any last wishes for you in the
sport of MX?
KFG: I wish the riders had a voice here and people listened
to what we said sometimes instead of people making decisions that
suit them!!!
Also I want to say a BIG THANKYOU to all the people and awesome
sponsors that have helped me this year and stuck by me. Red
Bull, KTM, Oakley, THOR, Airoh Helmets, Gaerne, Motorex oils, Pirelli,
Pro Carbon, KD Tube and Wire, Ernest Web, TRP. Also to
my parents who are always behind me 110%, my brother Darrel, Uncle
Rods, Sven Voigt for being the mechanic and to my BIGGEST fan Chloe
V, THANK YOU all!!
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