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- Final ADAC MX Masters Brian’s life
- Brian’s exciting family story
- The two-stroke is like a violin, you can make music with it
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Final ADAC MX Masters
Brian’s life
At the ADAC MX Masters final in Teutschenthal, drivers from 26 nations cavorted on and off the track. The most multicultural story in this scene is told by a 16-year-old with a German passport: Brian Hsu, who is considered by many to be the greatest talent after Ken Roczen.
Markus Jahn
09/25/2014
A motocross weekend, and then at the end of the season, usually sucks the teams’ last reserves out of their heads and bodies. Especially in the junior classes with pilots who are not yet of legal age. Usually the entire families can (or have to) do their utmost to keep the successful steamer afloat. It is no different with the Hsu family.
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Mama Shu-Fang Hsu, the dormant pole of the family cross-country business, brushes the son’s encrusted boots with perseverance and serenity. Papa Zoltan Gacsal, everything organizer and team wrench, is overtired and also a little stressed because of a technical fip on the engine of the 250cc four-stroke Suzuki. Brian and his girlfriend Lena are on their way to the racetrack. During a reunion in his class, he wants to come up with a starting tactic for Sunday. It’s a completely normal Saturday cross on the racing course. Reported severe weather warning when there is currently sunshine included.
Brian’s exciting family story
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Shu-Fang, Zoltan, Brian and Lena. Price question: Who is the boss in the family MX business??
“Hello, I’m sorry that I wasn’t on time,” said Brian Hsu during the appointment with MOTORRAD. Friendly, eye contact, firm handshake. Off we go with the group of four and the moped in the direction of the improvised photo studio.
On the way through the paddock, it becomes clear that things are not so normal with Brian Hsu. Everywhere people are peeking or whispering what’s going on. Well, after all, he won the junior world championship title in the 85 cubic class back in 2012. This year he grabbed the 125cc two-stroke European championship, and the association nominated Brian alongside the seeded drivers Max Nagl, Marcus Schiffer and Dennis Ullrich together with Henry Jacobi as a substitute driver for the Motocross of the Nations in Latvia at the end of September. An award – and a pointer to the future: Brian will probably not compete there, but with this nomination alone, the DMSB makes it clear that they believe in Brian Hsu’s potential for the future.
While he patiently faxes in front of the camera, Papa Zoltan plopps down on a chair in the old press room in Teutschenthal and yawns extensively. But before anyone falls asleep, it might be the right moment to tell Brian’s exciting family story: Zoltan Gacsal, born in Hungary, came to Germany with his parents in 1978 and ended up in Freiburg im Breisgau. Even then, part of a motorsport-loving family, Zoltan began motocross at MSC Hugelheim in the early 1980s. So far so good. But now things are accelerating internationally in the direction of Brian: In Hawaii, violin maker Zoltan gets to know – and love – his future wife, who comes from Taiwan, in a language school. What was not without consequences, because on April 29, 1998 son Brian saw the light of day in Freiburg. Back then, Shu-Fang Hsu was working at a medical university in Taiwan for international affairs, so Brian grew up first in Hungary and later in Taiwan. Confusing enough? It goes on happily. Brian started BMX at the age of three and motocross three years later, learning to play piano and violin. Today the family lives in Cremona, Italy. The hometown of Stradivari, located south of Milan, is not only the world center of violin making, but also blessed with plenty of motocross tracks, either directly or in the vicinity. Brian, who has a Taiwanese passport as well as a German passport, is learning the craft of violin making like his father.
The two-stroke is like a violin, you can make music with it
With a smile, Brian explains his internationality: “I dream in English and Italian, calculate in Mandarin Chinese, my friend Lena lives in Bern, Switzerland – and I also speak Hungarian. Now I just have to work on my German, but in the motocross world everyone automatically speaks to me in English. In the future, however, I would like to go to the USA and ride Supercross. ”On the subject of Supercross and motorcycles, the young star with a long-term Suzuki contract also reveals his preferences:“ I like the two-stroke engine so much. He’s like a violin and you can make music with him. The four-stroke is more of a humming work machine and not so virtuoso. But of course I know that currently only four-stroke engines count, so I have to be prepared for that. “
Father Zoltan is yawning again, making it clear once again how much families are investing in sport these days. The extreme travel wears you out, your own needs take a back seat. Does it get too much for Brian sometimes? He is more surprised by the question, and so the father replies: “When we lived in Taiwan, it was extreme. The children are at school late every day and then get three hours of homework. Everyone should do the maximum there and give their best. I think that’s too much. “
Brian’s program has already been set for 2015: ADAC MX Youngster Cup and the European 250cc four-stroke championship. “We always just look from race to race and don’t want to worry too much about the really big goals. But of course a lot depends on which step the junior will take next year in terms of driving. At some point it is important to find the right entry into the big MX world. But of course we also have to weigh up what to do with Brian’s apprenticeship, ”said a thoughtful Zoltan.
Incidentally, the races in Teutschenthal weren’t the big bright spot for Brian Hsu. Eleventh place and failure, tick off and look ahead. The Dane Thomas Kjer Olsen won the Youngster Cup ahead of the Dutchman Calvin Vlaanderen. The German Henry Jacobi had to bury his title hopes, which were still justified before Teutschenthal, disappointed. So there remains a lively “multicultural” at the ADAC MX Masters.
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