Husqvarna 2012 Racing Teams Presentation

Today at the Husqvarna Motorcycles headquarters, the 2012 motocross and enduro world championship teams and riders were presented. Ten riders divided into two teams for the 2012 season that will officially start on March 24 with the opening of the World Enduro Championship in Chile, and April 8 with the first round of the MX2 World Motocross Championship in Holland.

After its official return to the new generation of world motocross championships in 2011, Husqvarna and Ricci Racing line up at the starting gate of the upcoming season with all the experience gained from twelve months of hard work and the results that provided invaluable input for continued collaboration in the MX2 calendar.

This year there will be three riders wearing the Husqvarna red and white on the TC250.

The Italian Alessandro Lupino will be joined in his second season by Belgian Nick Triest and Frenchman Loic Larrieu.

After the great success of 2011 – winning riders and manufacturers championship in both the E1 and E2 class, Team CH Racing will start the new season with a new rider line up and the challenge of a championship that looks to be highly competitive.

The team will concentrate on the E1 and E2 classes, with the aim of repeating the successes of last year, won by the TE250 and TE310.

There are six official riders, three for each category:

E1: Matti Seistola (FI), Lorenzo Santolino (SP) and Ricky Dietrich (USA)

E2: Juha Salminen (FI), Alex Salvini (I) and Romain Dumontier (F)

 Husqvarna will be also participating to the most important Extreme Enduro races with the factory rider Andreas Lettenbichler.