Nestaan Husqvarna’s return to the MXGP class has been put on hold, as Kay de Wolf will not travel to Argentina for the opening round of the season after injuring his thumb at a French pre-season race in Sommieres.

The Dutchman attempted to ride today to assess his strength; however, the team has opted for the 2024 MX2 World Champion to sit out this weekend’s action.

Nestaan Husqvarna via Social Media: “Thumb injury puts Kay on the sidelines for Argentina. He tried everything to line up this weekend, but now the focus shifts to recovery and being ready for Spain. We regroup, we recover, we come back stronger”. 

Kay de Wolf: “Unfortunately, I won’t be making my MXGP debut this weekend, and I will be missing the first round of the season. I’ll tell you everything what happened. In Sommières, I went down with the start, then actually worked my way up to the front, and with two laps to go, I went down, I hurt my thumb. Immediately I didn’t feel really good, so I skipped the race and then went home, went to the doctor for check-up on Tuesday. I ended up breaking my ligament, torn my ligament in my thumb. We had to get surgery, so we had surgery last week on Wednesday, and then after that, I straight away flew to Madrid. So I’ve been in Madrid for a little bit over a week to do recovery and to do rehab on my thumb. I really want to thank those guys who helped me. It’s been a pleasure working with them, and they really, really helped me, so I can’t thank them enough. Unfortunately, I went to Lommel today, and it ended up not being strong enough, which the doctor actually said it was not going to be able to, but I’m only going to be able to normally take off the cast tomorrow. 

We really went quick on this injury, and we tried to do everything we could, but unfortunately, I won’t make it in time for Argentina GP so I’ll be sitting out this one. I will be working on my rehab on my thumb, and I will be coming back stronger. So I’m really excited to go racing, but unfortunately, I have to miss the first round, and hopefully, I’ll be back in Spain in Almonte. I’m really looking forward for that, and I will do everything I can to be ready in Almonte.“