Covington ready for FIM MX2 World Champs

The 18-year-old native of Alabama had his first experience of motocross outside the USA when he raced the European MX2 British round in Matterley Basin last year, and, having impressed everyone with his speed and style, raced the opening three rounds of this year's FIM MX2 World Championship with the Kawasaki Racing Team in order to prepare for his debut in the US Motocross Championship. 

 

Thomas was on the podium in the second moto at the opening Grand Prix in Qatar, and enjoyed this experience so much that he tried to find a solution to stay all season in Europe.

 

Thanks to all the parties involved, he has now signed a two years deal with Team CLS, and next weekend in Italy he will be teammate to Arnaud Tonus and Dylan Ferrandis in the MX2 class, while Alessandro Lupino will switch to the 450 Kawasaki CLS to finish the season in the MXGP class.

 

Jean Jacques Luisetti (CLS team owner) said "We are of course very pleased to welcome Thomas, who raced with us last year in England. There was an opportunity to sign him for 2014 and 2015, and we couldn't miss it; with him and Dylan we'll have two very talented kids with us next season, as Arnaud and Alessandro have to move to the MXGP class. We offered Alessandro the possibility to start next weekend riding a 450; it's a good opportunity for him to show what he can do in this class and I'm sure that his smooth riding style will suit our 450 perfectly. Concerning Tommy Searle; he has never stopped training physically, and we expect to see him back in Holland or Spain; Thomas will be based with him in England, and when Tommy returns to racing we'll have two riders in the MX1 class thanks to Kawasaki and all our partners.”

 

Thomas added "I am so stoked to be on the Monster Energy CLS Kawasaki team! I know they have great bikes as Tonus and Ferrandis are sitting first and third in the series. I've been on Kawasaki since I was eight-years-old so it's great to continue the relationship with Kawasaki and Monster Energy. It was like a dream to score a podium result in Qatar; for sure the next races were not as good but that didn't affect my motivation. I'd like to thanks KRT who offered me a ride for the first few GPs, but now I'm impatient to be in Italy where I will race for the first time with the CLS Kawasaki.”