MX-GP: Campano wins MX3-GP world championship on YZ450F

News  05/09/2010  Campano wins MX3-GP world championship on YZ450F Campano in Switzerland In Switzerland on Sunday Carlos Campano became the first Spaniard to win an FIM Motocross World Championship when he clinched third place overall in the twelfth and final round of the MX3 series on his Team Yamaha Andalucía machine. The former MX2 and MX1-GP campaigner gained the first significant title for the innovative fuel-injected 2010 YZ450F with the support of YRRD and Yamaha Motor España. Campano went to Geneva with a generous 32 point advantage in the competition and after having won seven rounds previously and nine motos from twenty-two. The 25 year old picked up the necessary finishes behind Julien Bill and Alex Salvini with fifth and third positions to make a small piece of history. His first moto result on a tricky track was sufficient. 2010 MX3-GP World champ "Since the start of the season we have pushed in every race towards this title and we were able to come to Switzerland with a bit of an advantage," he said "and this was a good thing because I couldn't get to grips with the circuit here; it was very narrow and stony. We tried a few different settings on the bike to improve my feeling but I didn't feel quick enough to go for the win. Anyway we were able to enjoy some luck and achieve our goal." "In the first moto I had to fight back after touching with Salvini at the start but I regained positions to arrive to fifth, which was good enough for the title even though Alex was second," he added. "Apart from a slip in Spain it has been pretty much a perfect year and for me this is a dream realised. I'd like to give a big thank you to all the team and my sponsors for helping to make it happen." The new MX3 number one now plans to contest the final round of the MX1-GP championship at Fermo in Italy next week and will represent his country at the 64th Motocross of Nations at Thunder Valley, Lakewood in Denver on September 26th. Yamaha Racing Communications Barentszplein 4B / 1013 NJ Amsterdam / The Netherlands T. +31 (0) 20 625 6539 E. office@yrc.nl W. www.yamaha-racing.com © Copyright Yamaha 2010 | Unsubscribe