Moto Ain membidik lebih tinggi
Moto Ain, pemenang Piala Dunia Ketahanan FIM dua musim terakhir, telah naik ke barisan pemain besar di kelas EWC. Pasukan Perancis yang dipasang di Yamaha juga telah menukar pengeluar dan akan berada di landasan yang betul dengan tayar Dunlop.
Pasukan swasta yang dikendalikan oleh Pierre Chapuis telah tetap berada di podium Superstock sejak bergabung dengan FIM Endurance World Championship pada tahun 2016. Pelumba Itali, Roberto Rolfo, naib juara GP250 yang juga memotong semangat dalam kejuaraan dunia Supersport, dan Robin Mulhauser dari Switzerland, bekas pelumba Moto2, merebut Piala Dunia FIM Superstock kedua berturut-turut tahun lalu.
Roberto Rolfo and Robin Mulhauser remain the mainstays of the ambitious team, who are heading into their first season in the EWC class. The third and equally accomplished Moto Ain rider is to be announced shortly.
Moto Ain’s choice of the Yamaha R1 remains unchanged, but the bike will be Dunlop-shod in 2021 to take on their first season in EWC.
Team manager Pierre Chapuis is making no secret of the squad’s ambitions. “We’re going in humbly because we have to get to grips with the category. But we managed 4th-place finishes overall last year with a stock bike, so we’re aiming to do at least as well as that. The goal is to get closer to the leaders. We’ve worked hard on the machine in terms of braking, the gearbox and the fuel tank shape. We’ve made all our own wheel fixing systems to save on costs. Most importantly, we’ve done kilometers and kilometers of testing to get to high-level performance as soon as possible.”