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Australian Hunter Lawrence has revealed fatigue impacted him on his way to second overall at Millville’s seventh round of the 2024 Pro Motocross Championship, although the Team Honda HRC rider credited rival Chase Sexton (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) on his victory.

The premier class rookie admitted he struggled to put a fight to Sexton in his 2-2 performance, citing extended media commitments during the lead-up to the weekend along with the physicality of Millville adding to his exhaustion.

“The Americans might not understand what I’m about to say, but I was rooted – I was buggered,” Lawrence stated on the podium. “Chase (Sexton) was riding unreal all day, so I tried to make it tough on him and see where he was better than me, but he was going like a freight train and I did all I could.

“I was struggling and it was a tough day – it was a big week of media with the new 2025 bike, not the normal regime. But it’s my job to show up and go and give it 100 percent – and that’s what we did. We were second, and we’ll keep chipping away.”

Lawrence’s points deficit has grown to 13 with just four rounds remaining, the series set to return to Washougal this weekend for the eighth stop of the series.