Red Bull KTM AMA competitor Dean Ferris is headed to Europe to compete in the FIM MXGPs for Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing.
The 23-year-old Ferris will fill-in for the injured Tyla Rattray and will compete aboard a factory Husqvarna FC 350. Ferris is scheduled to remain with the team for the subsequent MXGPs in Finland, the Czech Republic and Belgium.
Ferris contested the FIM Motocross World Championship having contested the series in 2012 and 2013. His best results came in 2013 where he claimed three MX2 race wins and ended the season sixth overall. This year, Ferris was hired to contest the AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships for Red Bull KTM, but he struggled early in supercross and then suffered a broken wrist in a crash while training in March. sidelined him with a broken wrist. Uddevalla will mark his return to action.
Red Bull IceOne Husqvarna Factory Racing Team Manager Antti Pyrhönen said that the team is pleased to have Ferris on board.
“It’s been a difficult time for the team with both of our riders suffering from injury so it’s great to have a rider with the calibre Dean has on board,” Pyrhönen said. “After the GP of Italy things happened quite quickly to put this in place. At the moment we don’t have any expectations for him. Firstly, we want to take the GP of Sweden slowly and then build from there. Nathan Watson will continue to act as our additional replacement rider until the GP of Finland.”
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