Aspar has linked up with the MIR Racing Cup in Spain to additional its involvement within the improvement of younger riders.
The MIR Racing Cup will now be renamed to the MIR Racing Aspar Cup on account of the merge, which additionally has involvement from the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, the house of the Valencian MotoGP.
The MIR Racing Cup is a championship for younger riders that options a number of classes: Minimoto, Alevin 90, GP10, GP12, Moto5, and Promo3. It’s structured in a manner that’s meant for riders to progress from Minimoto to the Promo3 class earlier than transferring onto a category like Moto4 within the ESBK sequence on full-size tracks.
Aspar’s intention is to strengthen the construction that exists inside MIR already, and it says it’s going to preserve the present scholarship system to scale back the price of transferring by way of the sequence’ classes for championship-winning riders.
Aspar additionally says it’s going to “strengthen” MIR’s “expertise identification and promotion programme” in order that riders are judged primarily based not solely on their on-track efficiency but in addition “their technical progress, bodily preparation, and aggressive mindset”.
With Aspar’s present groups within the European Expertise Cup, JuniorGP, and within the Moto3 and Moto2 World Championships, younger riders who go to MIR and excel there now, theoretically, have a transparent pathway to the World Championship with Aspar.
“Grassroots motorcycling is the guts of our sport,” stated Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’, Aspar Workforce CEO.
“If we wish to see new champions sooner or later, we should put money into their improvement from the bottom.
“With the MIR Racing Cup and the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, we share the identical imaginative and prescient: to create an actual and accessible pathway from minibikes to the World Championship. This partnership will permit younger riders to develop with construction, values, and clear goals, inside knowledgeable atmosphere that prepares them to succeed in the highest.”
Daniel Antón, Normal Supervisor of the MIR Racing Cup, added: “Our objective has at all times been to supply actual alternatives to riders. With this partnership, the dream of reaching MotoGP from the grassroots degree is extra alive than ever: this alliance with the Aspar Workforce and the Circuit Ricardo Tormo is the definitive step in the direction of making that dream a actuality.
“Collectively, we’ll construct the biggest grassroots motorbike racing mission in historical past, a platform that connects expertise, coaching, and the long run.
“We wish each youngster who will get on a minibike to have the ability to think about themselves at some point on the MotoGP grid, and for that journey to be with us.”
