Off-road team to race under the name “BMW Husqvarna Motorsport”.
Evolutionary entrant in the FIM Enduro World Championship.
Munich/Cassinetta. The 2010 season will see BMW
Motorrad Motorsport lining up in the E2 class of the FIM Enduro World
Championship under the name “BMW Husqvarna Motorsport”.
The reason for signing up with the FIM under this new name is to
achieve a targeted pooling of off-road racing expertise by the two
brands BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna Motorcycles in the area of 450 cc
four-stroke engines. The aim is to set up an ideal knowledge transfer
through this sporting involvement, while at the same time optimising
the team’s performance.
Rainer Thoma, President and CEO of Husqvarna Motorcycles, explains:
“In order to achieve sustainable economic as well as sporting
success, it is essential to exploit synergies as best we can. That is
why we are now collaborating intensively with our colleagues at BMW
Motorrad. We are pooling the enormous expertise of both brands:
know-how from BMW Motorrad will flow to Husqvarna and vice-versa.”
The BMW Husqvarna Motorsport team is set to live up to this target:
it will be entering the season with the BMW G 450 X under the team
management of Speedbrain. In parallel with this, over the course of
the season Husqvarna Motorcycles will be working together with
specialists from BMW Motorrad and Speedbrain to develop a machine
based on the Husqvarna frame/chassis concept and coupled with the 450
cc four-stroke engine developed by BMW Motorrad. Following extensive
trials, the team plans to deploy the motorcycle in the ongoing event.
BMW Motorrad Motorsport Director Berthold Hauser adds: “Our
goal is clear: with the BMW Husqvarna Motorsport team we intend to
compete for the title in the E2 class of the 2010 Enduro World
Championship. Our E2 class runner-up result in the drivers’ and
manufacturers’ championship, our win in the Red Bull Romaniacs
and many more triumphs and podium places around the world bear witness
to the potential of the BMW G 450 X concept and the team’s
outstanding work in the season just past. Our joint involvement in
enduro racing now provides the ideal platform on which to test how an
authentic Husqvarna with the BMW G 450 X drive concept acquits itself
in the competitive arena.”
Team Husqvarna CH Racing will continue to run in the E1 and E3 class
of the FIM Enduro World Championship. The Supermoto and Motocross
segments will also remain under the Husqvarna banner.
