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2010 FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MX1 / MX2
Officially Approved Teams
UDDEVALLA (SWEDEN), 5 July 2009 - After the successful 2009 season and to increase the quality of events and services, these are the improvements for 2010:
1. MX1
A maximum of 26 riders will be entered for the entire FIM MX1 World Championship, and in addition 2 FMNR wild card riders and another 2 wild card riders (which Youthstream will use in order to support teams’ and local organisers’ requests for extra riders) will be entered per event.
The Regulations allow up to 40 riders, but to increase the quality we want to try and keep MX1 with a maximum of 30 riders.
2. MX2
From 2010 the class will be for riders less than 23 years old.
As we have many requests from riders wanting to participate in this class and as this is a promotional class, we will enter 40 riders per event. There will be 32 riders entered for the entire FIM MX2 World Championship, and 2 FMNR wild card riders and another 6 wild card riders (which Youthstream will use in order to support teams’ – who want to test new riders - and local organiser’s, and some riders from Continental Championships).
Our goal is to reduce the number of teams present, to increase the quality, the stability and the finance. We are not planning on entering new teams but to confirm the large majority of the 2009 teams who have shown us their professionalism and that they respect their engagements with their riders, staff, partners, Youthstream and FIM. We prefer to concentrate on the majority of the existing teams than to enter new teams, because this automatically excludes some more of the actual teams. When new sponsors, partners or teams are interested in entering the FIM World Championship, they can do it via one of the existing teams. This naturally is not valid for the manufacturers, because if we have other manufacturers who wish to enter they are very welcome.
To be entered, teams must prove to have the budget and to be financially able to participate to the entire FIM World Championship (excluding the overseas events if they are not in the top 20). Teams must be in condition to respect their engagements with their riders, staff, partners, Youthstream and fully respect the FIM Regulations, and promote the FIM Motocross World Championship in a good and positive way.
At the beginning of this year, in order to enter the teams, we asked the manufacturers to propose us their list of teams who they wanted to enter, but this proved to not work as it should. So now manufacturers will be able to enter their factory team, but all other teams will be accepted by Youthstream based on the professionalism shown during the current season.
Concerning overseas travel, it is only compulsory for the top 20 in the World Championship classification to go. For the others it’s completely up to them.
The first 2010 provisional OAT list will be published at the beginning of August, and for the private teams we will only announce the name of the teams (not the name of the manufacturers) as there still are a lot of negotiations between these teams and the different manufacturers.
We will only accept teams with 2 riders in one class; we will no longer accept teams with one rider in MX1 and the other in MX2 or teams with one rider with one brand of motorcycle and the other with another brand. For some special occasions we will accept teams with a 3rd rider but only if it’s a factory team or a private team who has shown to have the financial potential to cover the costs of the 3rd rider without having any problem.
During the year Youthstream has been speaking to Martin Van Genderen (representing the OATs) to improve the services, paddock and the relationship between teams and Youthstream. These discussions are very positive and Youthstream will do their best to continue developing Motocross’ image, the TV production, the race track, the various services supplied to the teams and the dialogue and relationship with the teams.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Mr. Daniele Rizzi | Youthstream Press Coordinator | Mobile: +39 333 868 09 43 | Email: d.rizzi@youthstream.org
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I think a guy should be able to show up and qualify for the show, not have to be invited.
Come awn DC! Obviously, it's up to you to preserve the sport of motocross.
That press release sounds like your team is welcomed to race only if you have enough money. Where is the ROI?
Taking the 250's to 23yo is a mistake.
It's the prime class to some.
Bring back the 1252stroke and put the 23yo thing there,
call it mx3 and forget the 525's, or just let them run mx1.
Youthstream startin' to sound like Nascar..........................
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I don't like it....so that means a lot of guys couldn't ride the 250F simply because they're too old.
250F class should be open to whomever wants to ride it, regardless of how old they are.
it would be cool if they would let race everybody...
"hey i will pay this much to be in your program, since i was cut out"
I would not be surprised if these "chosen" MX teams end up having to pay handsomely for the privilege of entering...ala F1.
Pit Row
The reasons some 'Euro's' want to ride the States is challenge and a crack at the huge US SX market..maybe become a US citizen in the process..and taste a bit of glamour. I dont see any Belgians wanting to race the US circuit full time, cant remember any who have ever.
So that narrows it down to French, Kiwi's, Aussies, South Africans and Pommies making the big change. Thats one Euro country out of 5, hardly a big deal really.
30 rider gate. So if we have the injuries next year that we have this . Pourcel, Ramon, Mackenzie, Deruever, Strijbos etc we could end up with just over 20 riders on the gate ???
No one at Y.S is related to Madoff are they ?? Didn't he just fuck a bunch of people out of a load of cash and give nothing in return?
this is mx not fuckin formula 1 or moto gp.
i watched the gp yesterday live on tv and fell asleep, it was that exciting :great big fucking roll eyes smilie:
now on saturday night (my time) i watched the ama national on line and was on the edge of my seat, barcia practically jumping over metcalf, jg charging down short and reed, some of the best racing i've seen in ages.
i usually go to a few gp's every year, but i promise you now i will never set foot in another gp while this band of fuck ups run the show.
and another thing, how is the grassroots man, you know the dude with not much money, but a shit load of tallent ever gonna get the chance to ride a gp, maybe get noticed?
unless you have a shit load of money behind you youthstream aint interested in you, so fuckem!!
looks like i'm gonna have to save for flights lol
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