125cc rider Bradley Smith who is currently third in the championship and Formula One championship leader Jenson Button aren’t going to take each other on two wheels or four, but they’re going to to compete in the Mazda London Triathlon on August 2nd .
Smith is going to raise money for Riders for Health, the official charity of MotoGP while Button is doing his bid for the Make A Wish Foundation, a charity which supports children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses.
Riders for Health is an organisation that is dedicated to reaching communities in rural Africa with health care on a regular basis by giving health care workers access to reliable motorcycles and four-wheeled vehicles so predictable health care reaches even the most isolated communitiesThe London triathlon (multi-discipline endurance event where the competitor has to demonstrate proficiency in running, swimming and cycling) is the largest in the world, and Smith challenged Button after they met at Silverstone during the British F1 Grand Prix where Smith, in recognition of his achievement of being the first British rider in three decades to lead any Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship, was attending as a guest of Bernie Ecclestone.
MAP Raceways Yamaha rider Billy McConnell will also be joining Smith and Jenson.
McConnell will be doing the trialthon for his favourite charity Get Kids Going, which raises money to buy sporting equipment for disabled children.