Interview by: Geoff Meyer from MXLarge.com
Max Nagl was involved in a terrible five rider accident at the Eersel circuit in Holland yesterday, and what has become a black day for the sport all riders were badly injured (not to mention the injury to Glenn Coldenhoff in a crash in Belgium).
Nagl who has been really consistent this season and looked assured to continue with HRC for 2015, but that is now also in some doubt as he fights to recover from his wrist injuries. Speaking to Nagl this morning about the accident and he tells us what he expects from the coming weeks and months.
Max, I can imagine you are not on top of the World today?
No, not so good at the moment.
Reading reports of the accident, it sounds like a really horrible experience for everyone involved. Can you tell me how the accident happened?
We were in Eersel training in Holland. Training was going good. Then two riders collided over a jump and crashed on the other side of the jump. It was Mike Kras and one amateur rider. I came over the jump and I crashed into them, and then Todd and another rider crashed into us.
Have you experienced anything like this before, was it like a racing accident?
Whenever you crash it isn’t nice, a situation like this is always shit, and for sure when it isn’t your fault. If you are the rider and you do something wrong, then ok, but there was nothing I could do, I just came over the jump and there were two bikes on the ground, I couldn’t do anything.
The word is you have a broken wrist, can you confirm this?
I cannot say about this, because they took me to a hospital in Holland but this wasn’t a good hospital, but tonight I go to my Dr. Claud and we do some scans and check everything. I really don’t know, I just know it is both hands and it gives a lot of pain, but I don’t know for sure what is wrong. I don’t know if my season is done, they will tell me this afternoon.
Obviously you have had a good season until now, and shown what a good rider you are. Your contacts with HRC stops at the end of the season and that must now be a concern for you, to come back and prove you deserve your ride for 2015?
It is never a good feeling getting injured with your contract ending. My main aim is to get my hands healed up and try and make a strong comeback to try and get a good contact for next year, that is my only goal now.
Did you get to talk to any of the riders after the accident?
I was in the same ambulance as Mike Kras, we talked a little bit, but he was really bad with his back injury and we couldn’t talk a lot and Todd Waters was in big pain from his leg, so there wasn’t a lot of talking.
I don’t want to keep you any longer, I am sure talking about this situation isn’t really what you want to be doing. Get better fast Max and thanks for talking to me.
Thanks very much and thanks for calling.
