 Tony
Cairoli and Team de Carli to ride Orange with Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing in 2010
In a move that represents the apex of the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
Team's three year development program, the team has announced that
Antonio Cairoli will be riding "Orange" in the MX1 World
Championship in 2010. The team has signed the Italian for the next two
years.
Cairoli, who will be 25 years old in September, has been a dominant
force in World Championship MX2 and as from 2009, also in MX1. Joining
him in the Orange paddock facility will be his personal manager Claudio
de Carli and his mechanic.
Apex of three year program
"This move represents the apex of our three year development
program," said KTM Offroad Director Pit Beirer. "With Toni (Cairoli)
joining our excellent line-up of MX1 and MX2 riders and with Stefan
Everts as overall KTM Motocross Race Director, the Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing Team plans to be a dominant force in the world championship
paddock. We have the talent, the expertise and experience and a proven
record of great results, race wins and podiums. Thanks to our excellent
technical support, our KTM bikes have been virtually unchallenged out of
the gates this season and with a team structure like this, we expect to
reap major rewards in the 2010 season and beyond."
A winner up through the ranks
Cairoli, born in Sicily in 1985 first started racing at the age of four.
He is well recognized for his skill, courage and will to win. Racing
since the age of six, he notched up an impressive list of youth and
junior championship titles before he finally joined the big league in
2004. One year later he emerged as the sport's number one and as the
youngest ever Italian world champion. Despite some injury setbacks, he
has continued to enjoy dominance since then, including two MX2 world
championship titles in 2005 and 2007.
Cairoli, Nagl and Goncalves for MX1
The Italian racer will join two proven Red Bull KTM Factory Racing
riders, Germany's Max Nagl and Rui Goncalves from Portugal in the team's
MX1 line-up for 2010. Both Nagl and Goncalves, who moves up from MX2 in
2010, are proven GP winners and together with Cairoli will be under the
care and supervision of the new MX1 team manager Claudio de Carli.
Fine balance of expertise and talent
Stefan Everts will remain as the factory team's overall Race Director
and will, as the MX2 team manager, also nurture the three riders -
Marvin Musquin, Shaun Simpson and the talented young Dutch rider Jeffrey
Herlings. Musquin, the newly crowned French National Champion has
already shown how comfortable he is on the Orange racing machines in the
current season while Shaun Simpson has now been given the green light by
his doctors to return to riding after a serious training accident
prevented him from riding for the first half of the current season.
Everts, a legend in the sport and 10-times world champion and someone
who is always on the lookout for new and exciting talent has already had
the young Herlings in his line of vision for some time.
"We are very excited about the collective team we will be
presenting in 2010. With the addition of Toni and Claudio (de Carli) we
will be one of the best teams in the paddock and it's going to be an
honour to work with every one of them," Beirer said.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team Structure 2010
KTM Offroad Director: Pit Beirer
Overall Race Director: Stefan Everts
MX1
Team Manager: Claudio de Carli
Riders: Tony Cairoli, Max Nagl, Rui Goncalves
MX2
Team Manager: Stefan Everts
Riders: Marvin Musquin, Shaun Simpson, Jeffrey Herlings
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