Yamaha Red Bull De Carli Team announcement
By TMX Archives on 22nd Nov 07
Claudio de Carli is proud to announce that his MX2 World Championship team will from now on be called the Yamaha Red Bull De Carli Team', signifying the stronger collaboration between the team and the world leader in the energy drinks market.
Since 2006 Red Bull has been a team partner and after two very successfulseasons, in which Antonio Cairoli finished second in 2006 and celebrated hissecond MX2 World Championship title this year, both parties agreed to intensifytheir relationship.
Partnering title holder Cairoli in the 2008 MX2 world championship will bethe team's current riders Matteo Bonini and Alessandro Lupino, all riding YamahaYZ250F machines tuned by the team race department under direct supervision ofClaudio De Carli.
The agreement, sealed with a simple handshake betweenRed Bull Motorsport management and Claudio De Carli, offers the team manyopportunities to further strengthen its structure and competitiveness. After theearlier announcement of Youthstream that Red Bull will be the official energydrink of the FIM Motocross World Championship for 2008, 2009 and 2010, as wellas the title sponsor of the MX of Nations, Red Bull's increased involvement inthe Yamaha De Carli team is a yet another confirmation of their trust in thepotential of the Motocross sport.
The racing team of Claudio De Carli wascreated in 1994 at the time when Claudio's active riding career had ended. Inthe eighties De Carli was one of the best private riders in the Motocross WorldChampionship and the first Italian ever to win a race in the 500cc WorldChampionship. Since the start in 1994 Team De Carli has been with Yamaha,winning their first 125 world title in 1997 with Alessio Chiodi on a YamahaYZ125. In 1999 the team came close to another 125 world title when ClaudioFederici finished second.
Today's dominant position of the team in MX2 started with the arrival ofarguably the biggest star in Motocross today, Antonio Cairoli. In his first fullseason in 2004, riding the Yamaha YZ250F, Cairoli finished third. He won hisfirst MX2 world title in 2005, finished second the year after, but won back histitle by crushing the opposition this season. Other accomplishments of the teaminclude many national Italian championships as well as contributing to ItalianMotocross des Nations victories in 1999 with Claudio Federici and 2003 withAlessio Chiodi.
Antonio Cairoli, born in Patti Italy on September 23 1985, also has otherprizes added to his tally which include the 2006 European supercross title andtwo MX2 Italian titles won in 2006 and 2007, of course all won with the YamahaRed Bull De Carli Team. Tonio' is only twenty-two years old, but with 21 GP(one in MX1) and 48 heat victories (one in MX1) he is already the mostsuccessful rider on the MX2 starting list.
In Matteo Bonini, born inCastelnuovo Monti Italy on September 20 1985, the team has another rider withwinning potential. This year Bonini finished third in the MX2 ItalianChampionship and frequently proved he could ride with the fastest riders in theWorld Championship.
Sixteen year old Alessandro Lupino, born in Viterbo Italy on January 15 1991,is the future of the Italian motocross. Last year he won everything there was towin in the 85cc class; the Italian, European and World Championship. This year,for the first time on a YZ250F bike he finished second in the Junior WorldChampionship, sixth in the Italian Championship, and he won the Trofeo Italia'.