THE BIG SHOW

Let’s just kick straight to the big question: Who can beat Dean Ferris in 2018? He won in 2016 and then won real big in 2017. He had a chance to head to America but instead chose to stay with CDR Yamaha in Australia. He has a new little family and you know he’s just trained his arse off all off-season because he actually really likes training. There’s that, and then there’s the fact that he’s riding so damn well and it’s hard to point to a weakness on the track.

DEAN FERRIS

It used to be an imbalance of impatience and impulsiveness that would stop us from dropping a bet on Ferris winning a pro title. The pace was always there but so was the chance he’d throw it away. That seems a long time ago — but it’s not.

The 28 year-old Dean has come an awfully long way in a relatively short time. He’s changed