In his latest update for Crash.net, rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies talks about his new deal with Team Campetella for 2006, riding in his first enduro and learning Italian ...
Hello and Happy New Year to everybody! I hope everybody had a good Christmas and New Year and best wishes for ’06.
Finally, I’m able to confirm some good news in that I’ll be riding for Team Campetella in 250s this season. I’m really looking forward to working with a new team and one that’s as established as Campetella is.
At the end of last season, I was looking at Campetella as one of what would be my top choices for a team in ’06. There were other opportunities with other 250 teams, and also a chance in BSB, but the offer from Campetella was something that we’ve been waiting for for the last four years in GPs. It seems like I’ve been in the paddock for a long time, but grand prix racing is really where I want to be - and not just being there to make up the numbers, but being competitive.
After a couple of conversations towards the end of last season, and ongoing 'phone conversations in November and early December, we found out that there would be a new sponsor joining the team which would provide the budget and also make it possible for me to join. The team's new sponsor, Ticino Hosting, is a very successful Swiss internet service provider. Ticino is expanding its brand into economic and commercial sectors, and doing it through different promotion, and that’s how it came about that it is now the title sponsor of Team Campetella.
Ticino had a slice on the side of Roberto Rolfo’s bike last year, so it is well aware of
MotoGP and very enthusiastic about the sport. My team-mate is going to be Taro Sekiguchi, who rode for Campetella last year, and there will also be two 125cc riders, Andrea Iannone and another Italian who is yet to be confirmed.
