BMW goes enduro racing
BMW has assembled a three-rider team to tackle next year's world enduro championship, with the G 450 XThe firm spent 2007 refining the bike and entering it in selected events. Berti Hauser has been named as the director of the outfit.
The company explains: after engaging the services of Joel Smets, Simo Kirssi and a number of experienced sports enduro experts to hone the G 450 X prototype, the racing in 2008 will be in the hands of Anders Eriksson (SWE), seven times World Enduro Championship winner; Jeff Goblet (BEL), three times Belgian Enduro Championship winner; and youngster Bert Meyer (GER), winner of the Cross-Country Championship in 2006 and 2007.
Bert Meyer has also blocked a number of other weekends in his 2008 calendar: he will be taking part in all races of the German Cross-Country Championship in the same team with cross country specialist Simo Kirssi (FIN).
The aim here is to combine the experience of die-hard experts with the youngster's hunger for success so as to achieve outstanding results through team work.
Anders Eriksson: "For me this is like a second start in my racing career. The team already demonstrated great professionalism this year. I have now tested the BMW 450 and I am really enthusiastic. I feel highly motivated and of course I am out to achieve good results to show the bike's potential - as well as demonstrating what an experienced warhorse like myself is capable of."
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