The following is from Husqvarna Motorcycles regarding its contract extension with the JM Racing team to run Husqvarna’s MX2 World Championship motocross effort:
Husqvarna Motorcycles are pleased to announce that the Jacky Martens-run JM Racing team will continue as Husqvarna Motorcycles’ official MX2 representatives in the FIM Motocross World Championship following the agreement of a new two-year deal, which will run to the end of the 2019 season.
Enjoying a stellar season in the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship, the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MX2 team run by JM Racing saw its riders claim six individual moto wins while securing GP victories in Mexico, Latvia and France. At the end of a long and challenging 19-round-long series, team riders Thomas Kjer-Olsen and Thomas Covington finished third and fourth respectively in the 2017 MX2 World Championship.
Remaining aboard the team’s ultra-competitive Husqvarna FC 250 machine for the coming season, both Kjer-Olsen and Covington have their eyes set on battling for the MX2 World Championship title in 2018. Set to kick off on March 4 in Argentina, the 2018 FIM Motocross World Championship will include 19 rounds and will end with the GP of Imola in Italy on September 30, 2018.
Diego Clement, Head of Motorsport at Husqvarna Motorcycles said that Husqvarna Motorcycles is thrilled to continue its working relationship with Martens and JM Racing.
“Under Jacky’s guidance, the results achieved by the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing riders have been hugely positive this season in the MX2 World Championship, and we’re looking forward to more of the same in the years ahead,” Clement said. “The way the team operates gives us nothing but confidence for the coming seasons, assuring that Husqvarna will be professionally represented and with the best chance of success in the MX2 series.”
Martens added that it is a great honor for JM Racing to continue to be the official Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing MX2 team.
“This season has been filled with many highlights, with our riders producing many winning results and showing their fighting spirit until the end of a long and demanding championship,” Martens said. “With Kjer-Olsen wrapping up the season third in the MX2 World Championship standings and Covington following in fourth, we can’t wait to see our two riders battling for more winning results next season. With these two riders in our team we firmly believe we will be strong contenders for the MX2 title in 2018.”
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