 I'm Max Frick and you're watching Talking Dirt. My personality is a little bit more quiet, but I like to keep myself. I have a lot of fun. I laugh, I joke around a lot, but in my own space. But when it comes to the track, I'm there to do a job and I want to try and do the best I can. You know, a little bit of a different approach to some people, but that's how I am. That's who I am, so that's how it works. I've been living in Rosleve now for two years. This is my second year after last season with COVID. We moved out here. You know, it's easier living here in the way of travel for our races, things like that. We're a little bit closer to the main hub of my racing here. So that's, that's much easier, but it is a lot different to what I'm used to and always living in, say, an English speaking country with either England or Australia. So there's, you know, a little bit to get used to, but it's a really nice place. We have some good weather in summer, so I can't complain too much. How did you approach the situation with your girlfriend and say, we're moving to Poland? At the time last year, we didn't really have much of a choice. I was coming and she didn't come out in the beginning, but after, after a couple of months when things eased off a little bit, she came out and she really enjoys it here. What's it like being with a Grand Prix rider? There's a lot more to it than you kind of expect at the start. I mean, I thought it would be kind of simple, you know, they ride once, twice a week, whatever. But then when you realize all the stuff they've got to kind of organize themselves and they pretty much do everything themselves, flights, hotels, they want to make sure they're here at this time and all of that. You realize it is a lot, a lot of work, which I didn't fully appreciate until a bit further on in the relationship, I suppose. You just thought he was bombing around, flying in and out of countries? Well, you kind of do, you think that about athletes in general. You kind of think, you know, all they're really lucky, they do a job that they're just talented at, and you kind of wish that you could do the same. But, yeah, I think it's a lot of pressure as well. Like, all the money you earn is just up to you. Yeah, yeah. And then some idiot knocks you off. Yeah, I think that's the worst thing, because I completely trust Max on a bike. I'm never worried about him doing something wrong, but it's just whenever someone's What about when he's on a scooter? Oh, no, I completely trust him. I'm absolutely petrified of everything anyway, but, you know, I feel as safe as I possibly could be with Max. So I save this to Max all the time. Like, when I watch you ride, I'm never nervous. I'm only ever nervous when someone's close to you and I don't trust them. My family, we traveled a lot as a junior to get to different events. And, you know, every weekend we were away racing, whether it's 10 or 12-hour drives, it didn't really matter. So fair play to my parents. They were very helpful when it comes to that and very dedicated. I think, you know, all the traveling I did as a kid definitely helps me out over here. It doesn't bother me to get up early for a flight or to travel to Sweden on a Tuesday, stuff like that. It's, you know, I quite enjoy it really. So I live in Andorra. I'm based there throughout the year and, you know, in the off-season. Sometimes I go back to Australia, but this year was based in Andorra for the entire winter. There's a lot of other athletes there in the same area that I am, and it's really nice to be surrounded by a lot of motivated individuals who are, you know, at the top of the game in their sport. So I think being surrounded by people like that, you know, can really help me improve myself all the time. Yeah, Georgina has a... What was it? What would you say? I have like a big collection of underwear. Yeah, I love buying them underwear because I buy them really interesting. Multicolour, different... Hearts, rainbows, fish... Sweets. Ice cream. Different colours. The ones that he wears. Do you want to say? Which ones? The ones that you wear when you're racing. Oh, I've got like... I've got some new ones for this year, and they've got lightning bolts on, and they're doing well so far. Yeah, they're my racing undies at the moment. Which ones were you wearing when you won the GP? To be honest, I can't remember, but probably the ice cream ones. When you were wearing the Georgina ones, because half of the year it was swapped from the ice cream to the ones with the rainbows on. Yeah, okay. And we thought it kind of was a little bit better. Do you remember? And we said maybe you need to start wearing these ones. Maybe. I honestly think that's true. We'll go with that though. Yeah. I like the sound of that one. I thought it would be cool if you could line this whole archway with lights and put like a speedway track surface down just temporarily. It'd be a bit sketchy, but it'd make for a cool video. If they could put like a temporary surface in, I think it would be really cool. You're going to fall. There you go. You definitely do feel lighter. Yeah? Yeah. It dies walking. Whilst we're in here in Rosslav, we do have a lot of spare time throughout the week. So we have a lot of fun. We play around a lot, go to lots of different places around the city and I spend a lot of time training. So I've taken up some new hobbies such as bouldering or climbing. So that's nice to go and blow it to time and then some energy in there, which is good. Time to talk about your goals for 2021. Just in the middle of something. Win as much as possible? Yeah. My goal is to win when as much as possible. I want to try and make it to the top six and I think the championship is so strong and anyone in that top six has the possibility to be on the podium or potentially in first place in the world championship. So it's all there and really playful. No, not today. Today we're just practicing. We've got some green ones on today. Practice pants. No, I haven't ridden it. Oh, like as an away rider I have, but not yet. So I'm pretty excited for when the fans can get back pretty soon because this place, when it's full, it's pretty cool. Obviously over the years, I see like some pretty cool videos and then as an away rider, seeing the fans here, it's pretty impressive. So I can't wait to be on the receiving side of being a home rider of the support from the fans here. Yeah, we all got tested, like blood tested before the start of the season to check if we had the antibodies in our system or not. And everyone, you know, riders, mechanics, all the staff around the club. And I believe everyone had antibodies except for four of us. You know, I think three riders and one mechanic. So it's been a lot of those people didn't know that, you know, if they've had COVID in the past. So a lot of those people must have had COVID at some point and still had some antibodies. So I was one of those riders that didn't have any antibodies. So need to keep protected throughout the year and until we can get a vaccine at some point, hopefully soon. A bit of a change is good sometimes. And, you know, I feel very welcome here so far. So I'm pretty happy with the move at the moment. And hopefully we can keep doing well and scoring some good points throughout the year and win a few matches. That's the main aim of the game, I guess. Last year I didn't really perform how I would have liked. So, you know, worked hard in the off season and so far, you know, the start of this season has been much better than where we started last year. It's my second year full-time. So I've done a few Grand Prix and I know what to expect. You know, this year I feel a lot more confident with my bikes and me as a person going into the championship. So hopefully I can learn from that and, you know, use that experience this year in the Grand Prix. Winning in Torrin was, you know, it was really, really cool. It's been a dream come true since I was a child, you know, watching the Grand Prix on TV and we don't really see the league staff in Australia as a kid that much. So we would always watch the Grand Prix and I'd watch, you know, Lee and Jason doing really well. And, you know, to me that was always the pinnacle of the sport. So to be up there on the top of the podium, you know, it really is a dream come true and hopefully something I can build off and, you know, get up there a little bit more this year. Did you cry? No, I didn't cry. I didn't cry. But, yeah, it was very emotional and I think everyone, you know, it's really cool just to come back after the race and, you know, see my mechanics and family and friends and speak to everyone and everyone's so excited and happy, you know, after all the hard work that we've put in all year. Behind the scenes, it's, you know, it really is a special moment. This is this year's pick and so far it's actually done a really good job. So I think these are going to stick around for a while. These are actually aged 10 to 12. Bit tight, but, you know, he squeezes it. We had a few choices last year. Makes it a bit interesting. Don't know what he's going to be wearing that day. Do a bullet's punch now.