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MV Agusta Returns to GP Racing

MV Agusta joins the Moto2 World Championship with Forward Racing Team.

The history of motorcycle racing is closely linked to MV Agusta’s history, the most successful European motorcycle manufacturer of all time, with 75 world titles from 1952 to 1974. Forty-two years later, MV Agusta is back on the top, with a leading role. MV Agusta joins the Moto2 World Championship with Forward Racing Team.

MV Agusta decided to rely on Forward Racing Team, a team founded in 2009 that runs in Moto2 World Championship since its inception in 2010, reaching the podium in the inaugural race and obtaining their first victory in the fifth Grand Prix in Silverstone. Forward Racing Team has also participated in the MotoGP World Championship, obtaining the first place in the world ranking reserved for Open bikes in 2014 with Aleix Espargaró.

The first prototype that will run in the Moto2 World Championship is already in advanced stage of development; the debut on racing track is in scope for July 2018.

Link: MV Agusta

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