"As a fledgling team, the main reason behind signing Mc
Williams and Pitt was for their skills in further developing the overall bike package and making us more competitive as a team," team owner Ilien confirmed, "Both riders come well equipped with a huge amount of experience to bring to the team as we start out. I've said since the beginning of this project that we are on a steep learning curve and I believe that McWilliams and Pitt will really help us begin to make our mark on the grid."
Pitt - at 30, some twelve years younger than his team-mate - clocked up a lot of miles with Kawasaki's
MotoGP team back in 2004, and is looking forward to returning to the grand prix scene.
"I'm delighted that everything is confirmed now – I can't wait to get back out on the track," he insisted, "I really feel like I wasn't able to reach my potential before and now I'm lucky enough to get another opportunity with a new team on what promises to be a great bike. You only need to take a quick look around the Ilmor headquarters to see how seriously these guys take things - it dwarfs everything I"ve ever seen before."
