 The Team
Husqvarna was one of the most successful MX3 teams in 2009.
Their rider Alex Salvini was fighting for the World Championship Title and
finished second at the end. Martino Bianchi, the sport activity coordinator
of Husqvarna told us some news and details for the season 2010.
Q:
How will the 2010 Team Husqvarna look like?
A:
The name of the team will be Team Husqvarna – Cross 2 R. The team
manager will be Marcello Bivio, a person that is close to Husqvarna since
1993. Bivio managed and won World Championships with Husqvarna’s
SuperMoto team with Eddy Seel and Gerald Delepine. Now he changed to
motocross. He has a workshop in Varese and he is Husqvarna dealer since
1987. Andrea Bartolini, the former motocross World Champion is also a part
of the team, her will be the riders and team advisor. Bartolini will follow
all the races for the FIM MX3 World Championship and UEM EMX2 European
Championship. And I am the sport activity coordinator for Husqvarna.
Q:
This year you will have only one MX3 rider, why this decision?
A:
Yes we will have only one factory MX3 rider. We took this decision because
we want to concentrate more in EMX2 European Championship with two riders
and one in MX3 World Championship. 250 cc market is more important for us
so we want to grow in this segment.
Q:
Who will be your riders?
A:
Alex Salvini will be part of the MX3 World Championship. We want to win the
title with him. We know that this is an important target but this year this
will be important also because we will have a complete new bike in this
class. With Italian Andrea Cervellin and Slovene Jernej Irt we want to win
the EMX2 European Championship or finished in top 3 position. Both riders
are strong and really motivated. They have the same speed right now so for
me it is difficult to choose who will be the more important for us. They
will start with the same potential. Then we also have 16 years old Latvian
rider Roberts Justs, he will compete in the new 125cc Championship with our
CR 125. We really believe in this Championship as we believe in 2 stroke
for off road competition. Justs is a very talented rider, motivated and
strong as well. All riders will also compete in four races of the Italian
Championship Assoluti D’Italia. Irt will race some selected ADAC
Master German Champion ship races, Cervellin the Italian Championship and
some Swiss races, Justs will also race in Holland and Latvia.
Q:
What will be your goals, do you think the team will be stronger than it was
in 2009?
A:
The goal is to win the FIM MX3 World Championship and UEM EMX2 European
Championship. The team is stronger, for sure!
Q:
Can you tell something about bikes?
A:
We did many tests so far. We have many new things ready for the season
beginning in Portugal. You will see…
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