International Dealer News IDN 152 December 2019/January 2020 | Page 10

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Husqvarna Motorcycles has
announced a return to international
road racing and the FIM World
Championship Grand Prix Moto3
class where they will officially
support the Max Racing Team.
Owned by four-times 250 cc World
Champion Max Biaggi, and under the
management of experienced German
former racer Peter Öttl, the team will
field Romano Fenati and Alonso
Lopez in the 2020 season on the
new Husqvarna FR 250 GP.
British distributor Bickers has
added distribution of NOCO
battery chargers and jump
packs. The NOCO boost range
features five lithium-based
jump packs; there are also five
battery trickle chargers
available, plus an accessory
range that includes extension
cables, adaptors, connectors and
protective cases. Historically,
NOCO's origins are with the
two-step NCP2 "No Corrosion
Product" - a battery corrosion
preventative invented by Joseph
Henry Nook in 1914.
Michelin has signed an agreement to
acquire 80% of PT Multistrada Arah
Sarana TBK ("Multistrada"), a tyre
manufacturer based in Indonesia.
Michelin will pay USD 439 m for their
controlling stake. With a production
capacity of more than 180 thousand
tons (i.e., 11 million passenger car
tyres, 9 million two-wheel tyres and
250 thousand truck tyres),
Multistrada generated net sales of
USD 281 million in 2017. With this
transaction, Michelin will strengthen
its presence in the highly promising
but local-production dominated
Indonesian market by acquiring a
very competitive local plant with
good quality facilities and
immediately available production
capacity.
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Matteo Ferrari takes
inaugural FIM Enel MotoE
World Cup
Matteo Ferrari (Trentino Gresini
MotoE) has been crowned 2019
FIM Enel MotoE World Cup
winner thanks to a P5 finish in
Race 2 at the Gran Premio Motul
de la Comunitat Valenciana.
Brazilian Eric Granado (Avintia
Esponsorma Racing) beat
Bradley Smith (One Energy
Racing) on the final lap to claim
a double victory at the Circuit
Ricardo Tormo, with Hector
Garzo (Tech 3 E-Racing)
completing the Race 2 podium
after being disqualified from
Race 1.
Having achieved a double win at
Misano in September, Ferrari
entered the Valencia races with a
19-point lead over his nearest
rival, Tech 3's Hector Garzo.
The first race at Valencia was
won by Granado, with Garzo
disqualified for running tyre
pressures below the permitted
minimum. Granado's Race 2 was
enough to give Ferrari a 20-point
buffer over MotoGP podium
finisher Bradley Smith as he
entered the final lap. The
champion himself took the
chequered flag in fifth,
challenging Granado on the
opening lap, but ultimately
yielding to Garzo and Pramac
rider Alex de Angelis.
Former MotoGP star Sete
Gibernau, who will depart the
MotoE grid after one season,
finished his final race in the
category in seventh, losing out
to fellow ex-premier class rider
Mike Di Meglio on the final lap
by 0.038s.
While Ferrari and Smith retained
the first two spots in the
standings, Granado leaped
ahead of his teammate and ex-
Avintia MotoGP rider Xavier
Simeon for third. Simeon crashed
on the opening lap of the final
race, his accident collecting
Pramac's Josh Hook in the
process. Ferrari will remain part
of the Gresini MotoE line-up next
year.
2020 FIM
Enel MotoE
World Cup -
Provisional
Schedule
The provisional calendar for the
2020 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup
will see the series visit more venues
for another six rounds in its second
year.
The season will begin at the Spanish
Grand Prix at the Circuito de Jerez-
Angel Nieto before round two sees
MotoE head to Le Mans and the
French Grand Prix. From there it’s on
to a new venue, the TT Circuit Assen,
which replaces the Sachsenring on
the Cup calendar for 2020.
MotoE will then get back on track at
the Red Bull Ring in Austria before
the summer break, with a double-
header at Misano World Circuit
Marco Simoncelli to round out the
year as the Gran Premio di San
Marino e della Riviera di Rimini hosts
the season finale for the 2020 Cup.
TABLE 1 - 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (6 RACES)
Position Rider Nation
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 FERRARI Matteo
SMITH Bradley
GRANADO Eric
GARZO Hector
DI MEGLIO Mike
SIMEON Xavier
ANGELIS Alex
RAFFIN Jesko
CANEPA Niccolo
CASADEI Mattia ITA
GBR
BRA
SPA
FRA
BEL
RSM
SWI
ITA
ITA
INTERNATIONAL DEALER NEWS - DECEMBER 2019 / JANUARY 2020
Total Germany
Points
99
11
88
20
71
8
69
13
63
16
58
9
47
10
47
3
46
4
39
5
Austria
11
16
0
-
25
20
13
7
8
3
Misano
Race 1
25
4
3
20
-
16
-
13
11
-
Misano
Race 2
25
8
10
20
6
-
-
9
13
16
Valencia
Race 1
16
20
25
-
6
13
11
9
10
7
Valencia
Race 2
11
20
25
16
10
-
13
6
-
8
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