Maxwell secures Moto2 ride at PI
Will compete on a Honda-powered Moriwaki in the world championship race at the 2010 Australian Motorcycle Grand PrixVictorian Wayne Maxwell has secured a one-off ride in the Moto2 class at this year’s IVECO Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Phillip Island from October 15-17.
The 27-year-old Victorian racer will be riding an Italian-entered Matteoni Racing machine, which features a Moriwaki chassis and the standard Honda control engine used by all Moto2 competitors.
The setup is similar to the machine used by current Moto2 leader Toni Elias.
“When the team contacted me about this ride, it was incredibly fortunate,” said Maxwell. “This year the MotoGP event is a non-championship round for Australian superbikes, so I was free to take up Matteoni’s offer.
“Not only that, the stars have aligned for me with Matteoni: I’m on a Honda, at Phillip Island, on my preferred tyres (Dunlop) and the team really knows how to engineer a Moto2 bike.
“I need to thank all those who put this deal together. Now I plan to go out there and show what I am capable of.”
All the Moto2 competitors use Dunlop’s N-Tec tyre, which is the hoop that Maxwell used to set a new national superbike lap record (1:32.316) at Phillip Island in October last year.
Maxwell will be joined on the Moto2 grid by fellow Australian Alex Cudlin, who will also be making his grand prix debut on the Blusens-STX BQR bike.
Meanwhile, Shannon Johnson will take Maxwell’s place on the Honda CBR1000RR in the national superbike support races at the Australian Grand Prix.
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