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| Max Nagl signs for
Red KTM Factory Team for another two seasons |
| The Red Bull KTM Factory Team
announced on Saturday at Uddevalla in Sweden head of
the MX1 and MX2 GPs on Sunday that their MX1 factory
rider Max Nagl of Germany has signed to remain with
the team for another two seasons. |
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Max, who together with Tony Cairoli and Rui
Goncalves contests the MX1 World Championship for the Austrian
factory team, is considered one of the most talented riders on
the circuit and particularly known for his blitz starts out of
the gate and for his courage on the track. At the completion
of his new two year contract for the 2011 and 2012 seasons,
Max will have been with the team for a decade, indicating a
huge level of mutual trust between rider and team.
At the signing of the new contract Max, who has been riding
since Germany with a pinned fractured collarbone, drew praise
from KTM Motorsports boss Pit Beirer for his immense skill and
sportsmanship, none more obvious than in his superb efforts on
the track with his recent injury.
Claudio De Carli, who runs the Red Bull KTM MX1 team, was also
generous with his comments for the German rider saying he was
proud to have Max in his line-up of riders. "Max is a
rider who never gives up. With the riders we have, we could
never have a better team," he said. Stefan Everts, the
manager of the Red Bull KTM factory team said the intention
was to work with Max towards winning the MX1 championship in
the next two seasons.
Nagl, who rides the KTM 450 SX-F this season, will have the
choice of either this bike or the new 350 SX-F to ride next
season. The new generation KTM 350 SX-F is being ridden by
team-mates Tony Cairoli and Rui Goncalves in the 2010 season.
"When it comes to the choice of a bike for Max, we have
shown this season that we have nothing to prove with our
350-SX and he can choose the bike he prefers," Beirer
said. "He will try out the 350 SX-F in one round of the
German National MX Championship so he can test it in a race
situation, then he will make his choice." Despite his
injured shoulder, Nagl was, in fourth place, the fastest of
the three KTM MX1 riders in Saturday's qualifying for the
Swedish GP on Sunday.
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| Max Nagl clinches the deal to ride
KTM for another two years here with Pit Beirer, Stefan
Everts and Claudio de Carli |
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