Moto3, [OFFICIAL]: GASGAS launches into Grand Prix

We had already told you this and the pipe was not pierced. To give a little more color to the Moto3 field while communicating on a new strategy for the brand, KTM, or more precisely the group formed around mobility by Stefan Pierer, will remind the world of the existence of the GASGAS brand. In a discipline where you have to put on the gas, what could be more natural. But it’s still a first…

What we told you at the end of October is now official news: for the very first time, GASGAS puts both wheels of his motorcycles on the asphalt and places himself in the spotlight of international road racing.

The Aspar team and GASGAS are thus launching an exciting new project in the 3 Moto2021 World Championship. The historic Spanish brand, which participates in trial, enduro and rally competitions, among others, will make its debut on the asphalt with the Spanish team. Sergio García et Izan Guevara will be the two pilots of this new project which will make it possible to publicize GASGAS at the World level. Sergio Garcia and current Moto3 junior world champion Izan Guevara will go into battle on RC 250 GPs KTM in a new challenge which will begin in a few months.

Hubert Trunkenpolz – CMO KTM AG commented: “ GASGAS is a legendary brand built on a passion for competition, with a proud Spanish personality that is bold and dynamic. Today, GASGAS also stands for high performance, allowing riders to enjoy joining the action with the best machines. Considering all these points, it is entirely appropriate that GASGAS sees the Moto3 World Championship as an exciting new series in which to race and also promote the brand, outside of the off-road disciplines for which it is well known. This is an exciting and fitting new chapter for GASGAS Motorcycles"

Like Husqvarna

Pete Beirer, director of motorsports at GASGAS added: “ We are very excited to introduce GASGAS Motorcycles into international road racing and we are confident that this will strengthen the brand and open it up to a global audience. There's also no better place than the Moto3 World Championship, as this category represents the first step on the MotoGP ladder. It is the ideal testing ground for selecting and encouraging new motorcycle talents. The Aspar team, which has enjoyed great success managing the brand's arrival, is looking forward to seeing our distinctive GASGAS motorcycles on the track in the first race of the 2021 season"

Jorge Martinez, Director of the Aspar team concluded: “ carrying the GASGAS name in the Moto3 World Championship is a very important moment, both for me personally and for this team. As a proud Spanish team to be the first to work with a brand with such strong Spanish roots, to bring it to the highest level of international road racing, it is very, very special. 2021 is shaping up to be an extremely exciting season for us! Of course, we hope to continue the exceptional run we experienced during the 2020 season and, with our two leading drivers, Sergio Garcia and Izan Guevara, we are focused on the immediate fight for podiums and the introduction of the GASGAS brand on the world stage"

We will recall that KTM is currently following the same strategy with another brand in its group, in this case Husqvarna. And it's Max Biaggi who is the highest representative of this approach.