While the guys at Misano and the Nurburgring cruised the track (with the latter getting damp in the process) Tony Cairoli was really kicking up the dirt this weekend as he won his fifth motocross championship victory on board his KTM 350.
The victory is Cairoli’s third MX1 world title in a row, contributing to five championship wins altogether in the FIM Motocross World Titles.
After announcing that Cairoli will stay with KTM in 2012, it’s his second win on the 350cc bike and the total takes him into a class of legends which includes Roger De Coster, Eric Geboers, Georges Jobe and Joel Smets.
Could the 10 world victories of Stefan Everts be in his sights for the future? He’s certainly got what it takes.
Winning at Gaildorf is also a historic event for the team.
FIM press release states:Antonio Cairoli will never forget the hard pack track of Gaildorf, but for all the members of the Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing team the German track of Gaildorf was already present in the history of the squad, as it was there when the first orange KTM won a World Title back in 1996 after Mr.
Stefan Pierer had taken over the company in 1994.
Today it will be another unforgettable moment for KTM, as Antonio Cairoli and Ken Roczen handed the two FIM World Titles on the same day in the old school motocross track of Gaildorf.