This weekend will see the start of the Enduro World Championship 2012 and, while memories of the unforgettable great champion Mika Ahola are still very close to the hearts of the team, the HM-Honda Zanardo squad looks forward to introducing the team that will take part in this new season in the E1 and EJ Class with the HM-Honda CRE F250R and the “Under 19” World Cup.
It’s great to announce that the important relationship is renewed with the support of HM Moto, Honda Europe and Zanardo, along with some new partnerships, which will work together to contest the most important motorcycle enduro championship, with the best riders in the world and with the presence of all the major manufacturers.
HM-Honda Zanardo Team riders will be: in E1 Class the Italian Simone Albergoni and the French Rodrig Thain. Albergoni comes back into the team with which in 2004 and 2006 he became two times E1 vice-world champion with the HM-Honda 250 4T. Last year Thain finished the season with a fourth place always in the E1 Class.
For the second year, the two Swedish riders Kalle Sjoo and Calle Svensson will take part to the Junior Championship with the CRE F300R and the CRE F250R. The Belgian rider Thierry Wansart will race with the CRE F450R in some rounds of the World Championship E2 Class.
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In the “Under 19” World Cup there will be the two young riders from Piacenza, Nicolò Bruschi and Andrea Castellana. Bruschi and Castellana will not take part to the first two races of Chile and Argentina, as permitted by regulations.
HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team’s first official outing will be this weekend at the Grand Prix of Chile, scheduled on March 24th and 25th in Talca, and the Grand Prix of Argentina, on the following weekend, on March 31st and April 1st in San Juan. The bikes have already been shipped to Chile and will be taken over by the team on Monday 19th, when HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team, led by Team Manager Franco Mayr, will land at Santiago de Chile airport. The next step will be to reach Talca, about 250 km away, in the south. This will see the official start the 2012 Enduro World Championship.
Alessandro Tramelli
“A little over two months after the death of Mika Ahola, we start with the heart turned to our great champion. However, we are confident that the team, led by Tullio Pellegrinelli, with Luca Pidutti (who followed Mika Ahola during these years), will surely develop in the best way the bikes, for all of our riders. This season we have also decided to include two guys of 16 and 17 years in the main team, because the work we have done together for years is producing excellent results. I’m sure that this experience will make them grow further. I’m also proud that for also in this new season we will have the support of HM Moto, Honda Europe and Zanardo”.
“A little over two months after the death of Mika Ahola, we start with the heart turned to our great champion. However, we are confident that the team, led by Tullio Pellegrinelli, with Luca Pidutti (who followed Mika Ahola during these years), will surely develop in the best way the bikes, for all of our riders. This season we have also decided to include two guys of 16 and 17 years in the main team, because the work we have done together for years is producing excellent results. I’m sure that this experience will make them grow further. I’m also proud that for also in this new season we will have the support of HM Moto, Honda Europe and Zanardo”.
Franco Mayr, Team Manager HM-HONDA ZANARDO
“With these two races for the next two weeks we will face an intense working schedule. I hope that the promoters of the two tests in South America have considered the importance of the Enduro World Championship. The high costs for these two races will be motivated only if returns will be important and if the races will be technically valid. I'm still very motivated and fascinated by the idea of dealing with these two tests, because it starts a new challenge for us in the WEC. So I’m really proud to tie the name of HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team to the enduro, with whom we share many values. First of all the passion for off-road bikes, thanks to the extraordinary HM-Honda CRE, to the technological innovation and to the work of all our technicians”.
“With these two races for the next two weeks we will face an intense working schedule. I hope that the promoters of the two tests in South America have considered the importance of the Enduro World Championship. The high costs for these two races will be motivated only if returns will be important and if the races will be technically valid. I'm still very motivated and fascinated by the idea of dealing with these two tests, because it starts a new challenge for us in the WEC. So I’m really proud to tie the name of HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team to the enduro, with whom we share many values. First of all the passion for off-road bikes, thanks to the extraordinary HM-Honda CRE, to the technological innovation and to the work of all our technicians”.
Simone Albergoni, HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team’s rider, E1 Class
“I come back to HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team with great motivation and with the knowledge that this new season will be really hard and well fought. I have to thank Mr. Franco Mayr and Alfredo Ciresa for this opportunity: I accept it with many sacrifices to regain my balance. I’m training like never before, both physically and psychologically. We have worked hard over the winter with the team and Luca Pidutti, my personal engineer. I really like my CRE F250R and every day I gain more and more feeling. I start with the ambition of repeating myself in a good season as the last with the HM-HONDA. The objective is to focus on the podium, even if the strength of my opponents in E1 Class is really high. All of us are working on giving our best, and certainly we’ll have good results”.
Rodrig Thain, HM-HONDA ZANARDO Team’s rider, E1 Class
“I can’t wait to start again racing in the championship. It is my second year on this team. Since the first test with the HM-Honda CRE F250R my feeling has increased. I’m really happy to race in the E1 Class, followed by my technician Toni Specia”.
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