WTR Ten10 Team

WTR has officially announced the technical and commercial partnership with Bangalore based Ten10 racing team which is going to set the 125 cc circuit on fire in 2011.

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As can be guessed the partnership is named as WTR-Ten10 Racing and is structured on a three year basis. The partnership would graduate into the Moto3 class 2012 and has intentions for competing in the Moto2 class too in the future.

The conglomerate team would be having one Italian and one Indian rider in the 125 segment in the 2011 grid, marking the exciting entry of India in the international motorcycle racing arena.

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Loris Castellucci, WTR Team Principal : "It’s the start of a very important project which will give us the opportunity to compete in the World Championship with a talented young Indian rider, which will be a first. There will also be a well-known young Italian rider too, who will be announced in due course. This has been made possible thanks to Ten10 Racing and I thank them for believing in us, and for the passion and commitment they bring to this project."

Ramji Govindarajan, Ten10 Racing Team Principal : "I’m extremely excited by the opportunity we have been afforded through the WTR Team. We’ll be the first Indian team with an Indian rider to participate in the World Championship. This will be a great learning experience and this WTR-Ten10 Racing Team project is a very important milestone in the history of Indian sport. We would like to thank Mr Castellucci and his team for approaching a team from India, and I am confident that this partnership will be competitive and produce a lot of new talent from India and Italy."

News Source : MotoGP.com