This interview gives an idea on the virtual World Champion’s character and commitment, who can be discovered through the words of this extremely motivated youngster.

“For me it is a very great pleasure to be first in this Championship, it is a very great pleasure to be part of the best team in the MX2 Championship –Red Bull KTM Factory Racing- and I am really very happy to lead the Championship where I race. I feel super now, I love showing my red plate to all the crowds of many different countries in the world – even the crowds watching me on TV. We go mostly in Europe but we do travel the world! There are many different countries and it is nice to see each of them. This year we saw new venues such as Turkey, Latvia and we will soon see Brazil. It is great.”

Being a Motocross passionate since a young age, this 19 year old is now a well known face in the Motocross business which reckons Musquin as a VIP in the FIM Motocross World Championship and even outside. Though he keeps his feet on the ground and his focus on the racing.

“It is fantastic to see journalists, photographers and media in general being around the riders and especially around me, it is incredible! I have a good feeling with many of them and I love doing something special for the photographers when I ride!”

Musquin knows the importance of the media very well and is a big fan of the live streaming online which Freecaster.tv offers to all fans for free since this year.

“The media coverage is a very positive thing, there is the TV where we can watch the races as well as on the internet. The web is a big thing, we cannot just watch the races but also we can follow the results live, Youthstream has its own website and there are many more media who spread awareness on this Championship. This is very positive for us and for the sport in general, our friends, our sponsors, everyone helping us and being interested in this sport can watch us from anywhere they are. Youthstream is communicating a lot via the print media, internet and TV, and this is good.”

The spectacular riding style is not the sole characteristic of Musquin who is also one of the youngest riders in the series.

“This Championship is changing leaders very often, compared to last year, this year there are many riders who are now in MX1 and in MX2 there are many new pilots, younger, look at myself for instance, I am 19 and Gautier Paulin is also very young. Next year there will be the new age limit and it will mix the riders again. I think this Championship can improve in the future. Future always means change, the bikes will improve, the riders will train harder, the organizers will improve their tracks – look at Lommel this year- I think there will be even more technical tracks with jumps and stuff.”

Courtesy of his immense talent Musquin is surely one of those who have plenty of opportunities for the development of his career.

“This is the World Championship. The level is very high and there is an enormous potential I can exploit for my career.”

His hard working ethic can take Musquin far but there is no rest for the Frenchman, who is always training his hardest. This is all he needs to be on top of his game, the rest is just bullshit – the winner needs no drugs.

“There is no reason to talk about doping, from my side I train every day of the week, I can make a brief summary of my schedule. Monday: I do some light training to relax the muscles. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: I am on the bike, with some other physical training – footing and cycling. In the weekends I have the races. Personally I train really hard and the doping has got nothing to do with this. This can be an excuse, surely people can say the winner uses drugs. Each bike is different, each rider is different, he can be lighter or heavier, and has got his own style which can be smoother or rougher. There are many differences, motorsports are very technical and physical. It is necessary to be smooth and very technical, to think a lot about the lines we use.”

Musquin started his International career through the European EMX2 Championship which is still the base to start a career as a professional Motocross racer.

 “I am 100% sure it is the base to start the whole gig. I raced it in 2007 with Kawasaki Bud Racing and I finished fourth, it was a very good training against many fast riders. I was racing against Philippaerts, Paulin and we are all in the World Championship now. It is very good to race this Championship for one or two years to then move to the Grand Prix series.”

Being now the leader of the MX2 series Musquin’s focus is all there.

“Today I am thinking of the World Championship because I am in there. I think I will race it longer, I do not know how many more years yet. The USA are a dream for me and I hope I can go there one day and do what Christophe Pourcel did: winning!”

Two more Grand Prix’s are left before knowing if Musquin can clinch the Title or not, but it is sure he will be trying his hardest until the very last lap of this hard fought Championship.