Suzuki has agreed terms with Steve Ramon (BEL, Suzuki) for a further two years keeping the 27 year old former world champion, who is currently second in the FIM MX1 World Championship series, on board the potent RM-Z450 for 2008 and 2009.
A further big-name signing will be unveiled by Suzuki at the end of the season.
Red Bull KTM’s Tyla Rattray (RSA) has been forced to end his 2007 FIM Motocross World Championship prematurely in order to undergo a reconstruction on his right knee, twisted and injured last week at Loket for the Grand Prix of Czech Republic.
After an injury caused break of some weeks, Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM) is ready to race the Motocross World Champion- ship round in Namur. Sitting out for a long time with a broken collarbone, Nagl looks forward to come back to race action at the historic and challenging track in Belgium a few days befor his 20th birthday:
Yamaha Motocross Team’s Joshua Coppins (NZL, Yamaha) experienced a very unlucky race weekend at Round 11 of the MX1 World Championship held at Loket (CZE). He scored two DNF’s and sustained an injury to his left shoulder when he crashed in the second moto. Although first examinations did not reveal any fractures, a MRI scan yesterday discovered a small crack in the neck of his glenoid, a part of the shoulder blade.
The 11th round of the 2007 motocross world championships took place amidst the spectacular scenery of Loket in the Czech Republic. The world's top riders duly reported for duty in the Bohemian village, not far across the German border. The visual delights of the historic town were all but forgotten however as the riders got down to the serious business of qualifying for the race and extracting the maximum possible points haul from the weekend.
The German Sturm Racing Team confirmed they recently found an agreement with US rider Jeff Alessi to race the MX1 GP series and the German MX-Masters in 2008.
Team Green have confirmed that the Kawasaki Racing Team/Team Kawasaki Europe will continue to be the manufacturer’s flagship entry in the MX1 Motocross World Championship for 2008 despite the sad and untimely passing of Team Manager Jan de Groot in June.
The Yamaha Motocross Team has agreed with the Italian star rider David Philippaerts to ride their factory YZ450FM in the MX1 world championship for 2008 and 2009.
KTM Red Bull Racing Team announced via KTM’s Off Road Director Pit Beirer that in 2008 both Tyla Rattray and Tommy Searle will stay with the factory team in the MX2 class. Both riders have Title ambitions, as director Stefan Everts said; the Belgian will actually continue to work for the team within the next two ye
