Antonio Cairoli enters MX1

Published: 20th August 2007

Author: Yamaha Racing

After winning his second MX2 world championship title last weekend at Moneyglass Demense in Northern Ireland, Antonio Cairoli is gearing up to make his first appearance in MX1 at round 14 of the world championship held at the Donington circuit coming weekend.

With the MX2 title now in the bag Cairoli will ride a production YZ450F entered by his own Yamaha De Carli team. Besides Cairoli’s personal interest to race in MX1 he hopes his participation can help Yamaha to secure the MX1 world title.

Cairoli started his MX2 world championship career with Yamaha de Carli and is grateful to be able to try and return a favor to Yamaha; 'Now that I have secured the MX2 title I’m happy to support Yamaha to win the MX1 title. I’m not quiet sure what to expect from the race, but it is a good test for me as my future will ultimately be in MX1. I am planning to race a YZ450F already next year in the Italian championship, so why not give it a try now already.'