Mapfre Mahindra Team’ unveils new 2015 season Moto3 livery
Bangalore, 18 March 2015: The Mapfre Mahindra Team officially unveiled its 2015 season Moto3 livery at the start of final pre-season testing at Jerez, Spain on Tuesday, March 17.
According to a Press Release here on Wednesday, t
he team, a partnership between the multiple-championship winning Aspar Team and Mahindra Racing, will become the Indian motorcycle constructor’s factory team and field three Mahindra MGP3O racers in the 2015 Moto3 season.
During the photoshoot at the unveiling, the Mapfre Mahindra Team’s riders Juanfran Guevara, Jorge Martín and Pecco Bagnaia were joined by team boss Jorge Martinez, Mahindra Racing CEO Mufaddal Choonia and representatives of continuing title sponsor Mapfre.
“We are ready to start the 2015 season feeling excited and very happy because this is a new and completely different project for Moto3,” Martinez, a former rider and multiple champion, said. “Our agreement with Mahindra means that we will become a factory team.
“We have done a great job together over the past few months and the bike has evolved a lot. I hope our riders continue to produce the excellent form they have shown in pre-season testing so that we can start the new campaign fighting at the front.”
“We are very excited by this new project and I would like to thank Mapfre, Mahindra, MRW and all our sponsors for their efforts, because without them this new project would not be possible. I hope that 2015 can be a season full of success,” Martinez, recently recognised as a legend of the sport by governing body FIM, added.
The Jerez Moto3 and Moto2 test takes place from March 17th-19th and they are the final chance for teams to hone their racing bikes on the track before the season kicks off at the Losail circuit in Qatar on March 29th.
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