As preparations for Triumph’s debut in the 2024 MXGP/MX2 and SuperMotocross World Championships intensify, Triumph Racing confirms that it has signed two top-class riders to lead its race development testing.
Clément Desalle joins as test rider for the Triumph Racing MXGP/MX2 Team, run by Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, and Ivan ‘Hot Sauce’ Tedesco comes on board as a full-time test rider for the Triumph Racing US SuperMotocross World Championship Team, led by Bobby Hewitt.
Clément DesalleTriumph Motorcycles will enter the Monster Energy AMA SuperMotocross World Championship at the start of the 2024 season, with a fully supported factory race programme established in the United States to run motocross operations under the global Triumph Racing banner. This new Triumph Racing team will field three of Triumph’s all-new 250cc four-stroke motocross bikes in the East and West Coast World Championship before entering the 450cc premier class in 2025.
Similarly, in 2024, Triumph Racing will also contest the prestigious FIM Motocross World Championship with a factory-supported race programme.
The new Triumph Racing Team has been set up in partnership with Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, one of the sport’s most experienced and successful team owners, who will field two Triumph 250cc motocross bikes in the 2024 MX2 class and will add an entry into the 450cc MXGP class in 2025.
Triumph Racing is based at Triumph’s global headquarters in Hinckley, where the brand’s off-road design engineering department is located, which is responsible for the concept and development of the powertrains and chassis for the motocross and enduro motorcycle ranges. The MXGP/MX2 World Championship team will be based at Chizat-Suzzoni’s race facility near Eindhoven in Holland. In contrast, the SuperMotocross World Championship operation will be based at a new state-of-the-art competition headquarters in the USA.
The engineering groups at the Triumph factory and the race teams are working closely together, led by Tedesco and Desalle in the USA, UK and Europe, building towards a competitive World Championship debut in 2024.