Involved this season with five riders in three different classes, team Monster Energy Bud Racing Kawasaki will focus next year on the MX2 class with three young and talented riders. Frenchman Pierre Goupillon and German Brian Hsu will join Brian Moreau, who will enter his fifth season with the team.
Reigning 125 European champion, Brian Moreau (who will turn 16 begin of next year) already entered some races in the MX2 class, scoring a fourth position in a French Supercross (Tours) and a win in a Beach Race (Junior class in Hossegor) on the new KX250F Kawasaki developed by Bud Racing. Familiar with the team as he joined them five years ago to compete in the 85 and 125 class, Brian will have two new team mates next season. On the podium of the 125 European championship in 2016 Pierre Goupillon (18 years old) will continue to work with Yves Demaria, and for his second season in the MX2 class he will be looking for podiums in the European and French championships. Newcomer in the team Brian Hsu (19 years old) will line up in the 15 European rounds of the MX2 World championship; Brian won everything in the ‘smaller classes’ with a 85 World title in 2012, a European and a World title in the 125 class in 2014, and he knows that next season – his second one in the MX2 class – will be important for him. All the riders are already training, working and testing, and they will enter their first race of the season mid February in Lacapelle Marival (France), one of the main pre season event.
Stéphane Dasse: “Next season we’ll focus on the 250 class, always with young hopefuls as the average age of our riders is under 18! The main change for us will be a come back in the MX2 World Championship with Brian Hsu, who will enter the 15 European rounds of the series; it’s a first step, as maybe we’ll be back full time in the World Championship in 2019. We’ll have two riders in the European MX2 series, Brian Moreau and Pierre Goupillon, and our three riders will also enter the French championship. I’m sure that there will be a strong team spirit between those three super talented kids, and for sure Brian Hsu who has more experience will be a reference for his team mates; he’s only 19 years old and we both enter a nice challenge as we want his career to rebound with us. He will be a good mate for Brian (Moreau) and Pierre, and working together the three riders can only be stronger including Brian (Hsu) who was working mainly alone with his family until now. Those three kids have a good spirit, are talented, and we’re sure they have a huge potential. We won’t race in the US next year, the plan was to line up Brian Hsu in some events but he had to recover from a shoulder injury and as we have no pressure from our partners it was better for him to rest and prepare next season.”
