Red Bull KTM Factory rider Jeffrey Herlings has told Dutch television that he is ready and waiting to fly to Indonesia and continue his fight for the 2018 MXGP championship.

"I have no problems anymore and am happy to be there again this weekend. It has been the third time that I have broken my collarbone in the same place and in the past I have been driving after a much shorter time than now, according to the doctor it is safe and I assume that I will be pain free. I do not assume that I'm going to win. I have not ridden for two and a half weeks and the competition is strong, I will probably lose a lot of points and I will lose the lead in the MXGP points standings, but then there are still seven matches to fight back.

"When I come back from Indonesia, I hope to be able to train 100 percent again, and then it will be a man-to-man fight until the end. There is no guarantee that Cairoli will play all matches without any injury, and there is a risk, especially in this sport, so we just have to wait and see.  I assume that there are no complications: in the normal world seventeen days is not long for this injury, but in my sport seventeen days is a long time not to be able to drive."

Love this quote from Herlings: "Fight for what you love, because the days that break you are the days that make you."