2021 World Champions - powered by Vertex GP- Racer ' s choice
Italian piston specialist Vertex ( VP Italy ) continues to consolidate its position as the premier piston brand , powering the titled riders of the off-road world championships , starting with Maxime Renaux of the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team - with the new MX2 World Champion it was " Gold all round for Vertex - with quality bringing home the results . " In the motocross 2021 season , the victory at the Internazionali d ' Italia in the MX1 and Supercampione classes with Romain Febvre of the Monster Energy KRT team , the victory at the Prestige Elite MX1 Championship with Alessandro Lupino ( MRT Racing KTM team ) and at the Italian Women ' s Championship with Kiara Fontanesi ( MX Fonta Racing team ), all made for a truly golden season ". The season had begun uphill for 21-year-old Frenchman Renaux , who dislocated his shoulder at the Internazionali and made a quiet debut in the world championship in the opening race in Russia , but then everything went better and better as the season progressed with five GP victories , seven second places and two third places to win the championship with two races to spare . Additionally , in the MX World Championship , Vertex Pistons also got the vice-champion title with Jago
Geerts ( Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team ) and took second and third world championship places in the MXGP - respectively with Romain Febvre and with the multiple world champion Tim Gajser ( Honda HRC team ). In the WMX , Vertex won the vice-champion title with Nancy Van de Ven ( Ghidinelli Racing team ) and the third step of the podium with Kiara Fontanesi . Added to these are the titles won in the European championship , where the Vertex pistons were highlighted with the victory of Valerio Lata ( KTM Marchetti Racing ) in the EMX125 and the second place of Kevin Horgmo ( GASGAS SM Action team ) in the EMX250 . Vertex Pistons then scored excellent results in World Enduro , with 6 titles won : Brad Freeman of the Beta Factory team became world champion of Enduro GP and E3 , Matteo Pavoni ( TM Boano Factory team ) won the Junior and J2 world champion titles , Lorenzo Macoritto ( also of the TM Boano Factory team ) became champion in EJ1 , and Albin Norrbin ( Fantic D ' Arpa Racing team ) won the EY title . Finally , new successes were also achieved in the Supermoto with Marc Reiner Schmidt and Thomas Chareyre , riders of the L30-Tm Racing team , with which Vertex Pistons earned the S1Gp world champion and vice-champion titles respectively . Vertex Pistons supported all these motocross , enduro and Supermoto champions with its GP-Racer ' s choice pistons . At the top of Vertex Pistons ' 4-stroke off-road production , this model is hot forged with high resistance VP-310 alloy , equipped with the exclusively machined T-Bridge ( inspired by F1 ), DLC ( Diamond Like Coated ) coated pin , and highperformance rings in chromed or nitrated steel -depending on the application . " Racer ' s choice pistons stand out for the exclusive shape of the head , allowing a guarantee of excellent performance without any loss of reliability ". In addition to the GP-Racer ' s choice model , the range of 4-stroke off-road pistons is completed by the hitech Replica , High Compression and Big Bore models . " All are characterised by a molybdenum disulfide coating - to enhance smoothness and wear resistance - and each is equipped with applicationspecific features that guarantee a perfect replacement of standard pistons with an excellent quality / price ratio ( hi-tech replica ), an increase in the compression ratio , which improves power and torque ( high compression ), and an increase in displacement , which greatly improved performances ( big bore models )." The off-road 4-stroke Vertex pistons range has been updated for the cross , enduro and Supermotard 2022 models and is available for Beta enduro motorcycles in the 350 / 390 / 430 / 480 RR versions and for the whole KTM , Husqvarna and GasGas range - as well as for Honda CRF 250 / 450 , Kawasaki KX 250 / 450 F , Yamaha YZ 250 / 450 F and Suzuki RM- Z 250 / 450 .
VERTEX PISTONS / VP ITALY S . R . L . Reggio Emilia , ITALY Tel : + 39 0522 918888 info @ vertexpistons . com www . vertexpistons . com
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