been following him from the cev moto3 in 2014, he's his own person a lot more since joining Tech3 and has started to mature from the cheeky brat.
I'd agree I don't think he's motogp quality and pending opportunities I'd like to see him on a decent supersport bike, it was almost a shame he missed following through the German superstock factory yamaha ride when he replaced the rider on the Tasca bike in 2016.
His CEV moto2 rides in early 2016 were impressive, replaced by Lecuona who couldn't replicate same results.
That Tasca bike was a 2yo piece of junk with no spares and minimum of crew. Last year he started out bad with the broken ankle and never really recovered so it was good to see the improvement early this year after Vierge left tech3 and they tried him on the setup Vierge was running suddenly made a big jump.
As I said, I'm biased and a fan of his, as I was his dad but there's a lot more than a surname involved here he definitely has some ability.
World Championship bike racing is a big bucks game, you need backing and then some.
More talented kids won't get the same chances and that's a massive area Aussie racing and business needs to address, the Europeans have the pathways sorted and seem to be more patriotic than us who'd rather run down the tall poppy.
Follow Van Eerde, I reckon he'll be competitive against the Oncu boys in the Red Bull rookies, already won a race in Asia Talent cup.
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