What made the victory all the more amazing was the fact he did it in a cool and calculating fashion and then having crossed the finish line for victory just smile and went about the business of being a teenager, no wild dance, no crying, no screaming, just a little grin and a quiet walk to the GP podium.

Roczen is a likeable kid, often comes into the press office to play on his computer on Sunday evening, or sometimes you might see the good looking blonde kid chatting with girls in the paddock on a Saturday night, just a kid having fun at the races.

The only difference is, this kid might just carry the sport on his back for the next decade, be it here in Europe or in America, so good is he.

Some of the legends of the sport, names like Eric Geboers and Joel Smets feel he is the best talent to ever come out of Europe. Yes, that is right, even better than Stefan Everts, J.M.Bayle or Roger De Coster.

We decided to sit down with a bunch of former World Motocross Champions and ask them about this kid. Just how good is he, and what does he have that makes him special.

We first asked Belgian legend Eric Geboers to give his opinion. Geboers has five World Motocross Championship, and 39 Grand Prix victories. He was also the first rider to win World titles in three different classes (125cc,250cc and 500cc).

He is team manager of the Teka Suzuki team and has worked with Roczen for many years due to their connection with Suzuki. Geboers is impressed with the fact that Roczen was so cool in his first race. Despite being considered one of the all time great Geboers knows how it feels to come under pressure of being the next big thing.

“I mean I was nervous at my first Grand Prix, I was really nervous, I was throwing up on the motorcycle, being sick in my helmet, and at least inside I was nervous. My first race was a long time ago, but I could do my home Grand Prix when I was 17. I got the chance from the Belgian federation to race the home Grand Prix, because you should have been 18 years old. I finished third, and because it was a good result, they put me on the grading list and because I was straight on the grading list I could do the next weeks Grand Prix of France, and I won.

“With Ken he is stable in his head and I don’t expect him to have too much trouble, accidents can happen, and it will take an accident or injury to stop him in my opinion. He has really done everything to my expectations, but what is easy to say after it has happened. He surprised me also, but he is so smart. I think it is the best package we have seen in the sport. It is also a different evolution, this kid started sooner than Stefan (Everts) did, but this guy was preparing when he was 11 years old. I mean I went to the states with him back then. His style is fresh, not really like a European rider.

“You know I am really surprised and what is funny his style reminds me a lot of how I used to ride, but he is better than me everywhere, honestly, but that isn’t that difficult. Also compared to when I was his age, I wasn’t racing that long. That period I was racing in, that 125cc class, it was an undeveloped class, and now, the MX2 class is very strong, also back when I won, we had the best bikes and not just a little better. I think Ken Roczen has a much more difficult job now than what I had. I won my result just playing around.

“Suzuki have thought his situation very clearly, we created a good group of people around him. He isn’t arrogant, he is just confident. You have to also understand, for him it is new, he cannot put his head outside the tent and kids are coming for signatures, it’s a heavy load for a 15 year old kid. This is his really a stage of his career he has to go through, and how he is dealing with it, it might not be what everyone thinks is correct, but he isn’t arrogant, confident he is. Some might make the conclusion that he is cocky, but he is not arrogant. This is a 15 year old kid and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders and for a 15 year old kid, he is doing pretty well. I noticed at one point somebody wanted a signature from him, so he said he didn’t have time for a signature, but saying that probably takes longer than actually giving the signature.