Italian International - Live!!!

Posted on March 07, 2021

The second round of the Italian International championship this afternoon, but recent news from Jorge Prado and Jeremy Seewer as they won't be racing this weekend, which makes it still an interesting race, but way less interesting without those two.

You can find the results right HERE, and if you want to watch the event live, you can do so at the official event facebook home page, right HERE

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In MX1 there will be Ben Watson (Yamaha MXGP Monster Energy Racing Team) joining fellow Yamaha rider and teammate Glen Coldenhoff, second in Riola. For the Brit it will be his absolute debut racing with a 450 4t, while for the Swiss it will be the first race in 2021. Leading the 450 group will be Jorge Prado, with his factory KTM 450SX-F with the red plate, Thomas Kjaer Olsen, riding the Husqvarna factory, the Riola’s surprise Van Horebeek with the official Beta Motor, Alvin Ostlund with the Yamaha managed by the JK team and Romain Febvre and Ivo Monticelli with their Kawasaki.

In MX2, an always very interesting class for the level of the riders and the bikes, Nicholas Lapucci, with his Fantic 250XX, will try again to challenge the official 250 4t of Jago Geerts, red plate of the class, and the Yamaha Ghidinelli of Tim Edberg but he will deal also with Andrea Bonacorsi, racing for the first time in 250 on the YZF250 managed by Hutten Metaal Yamaha Racing the surprise of Riola in 250. To help the Italians, there will be Alberto Forato and Andrea Adamo with their GasGas, of the SM Action Yuasa Battery Racing Team and Mattia Guadagnini with his official KTM 250SX-F, looking for redemption after the numerous crashes of Riola, as well as a large number of riders from all over Europe.

125 - In 125, the young Norwegian Hakon Osterhagen will lead the group of the riders with the red plate on his Fantic 125XX. His main rival will undoubtedly be Valerio Lata, riding the KTM managed by the MRT team, that will do everything to take the revenge after the second place of Riola Sardo alongside with Andrea Rossi (KTM) and all the other protagonists of the class, ready to battle, like Tiberio Mazzantini (KTM), Nicola Salvini (KTM) and Ferruccio Zanchi (Yamaha).

Unchanged format for the races and appointment with the live streaming from 1.10 pm on the Offroad Pro Racing Facebook page, where it will be possible to choose between the commentary in Italian or in English.