| SECOND PLACE FOR FTR AND DEBON IN QATAR OPENER |
| Spanish rider Alex Debon took second place in Sunday’s inaugural Moto2 World Championship Grand Prix race at the Losail circuit in Qatar to give FTR Moto its first World Championship points as a motorcycle racing constructor. Debon, riding for the Motor Sport 69 Team, put in a spirited display in the thrilling, 20-lap race to give the Buckingham, England-built M210 machine from FTR a podium start to its 2010 campaign. “That was a great battle from start to finish,” said Debon. “I tried my best to save the tyres for later in the race and it worked out. To be on the podium in the first race is fantastic for everyone involved with the Motor Sport 69 Team and FTR.” Debon qualified in eighth place, on row two of the grid, for the evening race held under floodlights and now takes his 20 points haul to round two of the World Championship at Motegi, Japan on April 23-25. “Alex and the team have done an incredible job,” said FTR director Steve Bones. “Only six weeks ago Alex was laid in hospital having his collarbone pinned. But the team has worked really well, especially with the Ohlins suspension technician and Alex had a race setting that was good for all 20 laps.” FTR Moto also enjoyed another top 10 finish in the opening round as Hungarian Gabor Talmasci brought his Speed Up Team-developed M210 home in ninth place. His team-mate, Italian Andrea Iannone, finished 19th. Bones concluded: “The opening round results are a real credit to everyone involved with the FTR Moto2 project, from all of our suppliers and commercial partners through to the teams and riders at the sharp end. “We will get to work on further improving the Grand Prix machines and try to keep the momentum going in Japan in a fortnight and then the following week’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.” Ends. For further information regarding FTR Moto2 machinery and/or the Elf-Haslam replica Moto2 machines contact Mark Taylor; tel: +44 (0) 1280 815800; e-mail: mark@ftrmoto.com. |
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