Jeremy Seewer wants to provide the music in Frauenfeld

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Jeremy Seewer (28) is quite surprised as he climbs one of the big motocross jumping hills on the GP track in Frauenfeld on Maundy Thursday. On the mound, SonntagsBlick provided an electric piano for the Swiss MXGP star. “I didn’t think you would bring such a big one here,” says Seewer with a laugh and sits down at the instrument.

After just a few taps on the piano keys, he is absorbed in the music. De Bülacher plays a piece by Ludovico Einaudi. “An Italian artist that I really like,” says Seewer.

The man with gasoline in his blood also knows the soft tones. At the place where he flies at full speed over the jumps on the racing motorcycle on Easter Monday, the work of a composer can now be heard flawlessly.

At the age of twelve, the motocross star took piano lessons under light pressure from his mother Anita. “After a year I had enough. Today I regret not learning better,” says Seewer, “I like to play the piano as a balance for my extreme sport.”

“I’m not the little Swiss anymore”

Piano sounds for the home Grand Prix – now Seewer also wants to provide the music on race day in Frauenfeld. “I want to win here,” he says in no uncertain terms, “I still have a score to settle. In 2017, the home win was actually already done, but then things went badly.” He then finished second after a crash Will you come to the big victory celebration this time?

The man from Zurich is the great hero of Swiss motocross fans. Switzerland used to be a power in motocross, the sport of motorcycling in dirt, mud and sand. But on three wheels. In the sidecar cross, teams such as Hansi Bächtold/Fritz Fuss, Christoph Hüsser/Andreas Hüsser or Andreas Fuhrer/Adrian Käser were national sports stars as well as countless world champions, also thanks to regular appearances on the SRF “Sport Panorama”.

But solo pilots from Switzerland? They went missing on top of the world for decades. Until Seewer’s star rose. “I’m no longer the little Swiss in the World Cup like I was in the beginning, who might get third or fifth place. But it took a lot of effort.”

The man from Zurich is rewriting Swiss motocross history. Two-time vice world champion in the small MX2 class. And in 2019, 2020 and 2022 he already became vice world champion in the top class MXGP three times. Five GP wins in each of the two World Championship classes. Yamaha has been working as a rider for five years now.

Practice slope in the garden of the parents

Seewer has already achieved much that no solo Swiss pilot has achieved before. “I was 16, 17 years old when, after winning a race at the Junior World Championships in Italy, I realized I was probably pretty good. But there was still a long way to go,” he says today.

Because especially abroad there are many teenagers who, just like Seewer, are already racing motocross at a young age and, just like him and his older brother Roger, just follow father René, who raced himself, on the mopeds. At one point, the Seewer brothers even have their own practice arena in their parents’ garden.

But even training a lot as a boy did not automatically make Seewer one of the best pilots in the world. However, the Bülacher develops an unprecedented ambition when a career in the World Cup begins. “There was always the belief that I could really play a good role at the World Cup. I’ve been at the front for years, it’s become normal,” says Seewer. At the GP debut in Belgium in 2012, 18th place is another highlight. Ten years later “I’ll go crazy if I only get fourth”.

A world star in the motocross scene. Virtually unknown in Switzerland. Or? “I’m rarely in Switzerland,” says Seewer, who has lived in Belgium’s motocross mecca in Lommel for years. “Motocross is very popular there. But it always surprises me that I am also addressed in Switzerland, for example at the airport.”

In addition to his amazing ability to never get injured in this bone-crushing sport, Seewer’s recipe for success, which isn’t really spectacular, also includes the stable environment. Although he has been single for two years, this also helps him to fully focus on his sport.

The starting number also indicates its stable environment

His parents never pressured him, but they are still present at all races in Europe to provide moral support. With Denis Birrer, a longtime manager who is more of a friend than a business partner, which is also reflected in Seewer’s race number 91. As a child, little Jeremy rode his 94-year-old motorcycle. But when an exceptional German talent makes 94 his trademark, Seewer turns into 91 – because Birrer’s motorcycle shop in Höri is called ZH Moto 91.

Birrer conceived the move to Yamaha five years ago when Seewer’s career was jeopardized following Suzuki’s completely unexpected departure. Since then, the Zurich native has finished second in the World Cup three times in five seasons.

That is why Seewer is also chasing the big title dream in 2023. Will he crown himself in the year with the returned home race? Seewer: “I have already achieved a lot, especially for a Swiss. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. That takes some pressure off. But it is very clear: I want to win this title.” But the start of the season failed with several crashes, Seewer only traveled to Frauenfeld in seventh place at the World Cup. “I am fitter than ever. And the season is long!”

Source : Blick