October 6th, 2022 – The Kawasaki Racing Crew welcomes Mitch Evans to contest the 2023 FIM Planet MXGP Motocross Championship alongside Romain Febvre.

The 20-three-year-outdated from Cairns in the northern Australian condition of Queensland to start with contested the FIM Earth Motocross Championships in 2019 after securing his nationwide MX2 title the preceding summertime.

He had by now secured global recognition in 2016 when, as underneath-nineteen winner, he was picked to signify his region in the FIM Motocross of Nations as a seventeen-yr-previous. 

In a sensational debut on the entire world stage, he mounted the podium at his pretty initially GP in Argentina and has shown spectacular pace ever because nevertheless severe shoulder and wrist injuries have interrupted his profession. Absent for the 2021 season through harm he bounced back again spectacularly this summer time, rounding out the next-50 percent of the campaign with five prime-6 moto finishes and a defeat of the whole earth elite in Qualifying for the Swedish GP in August and help his nation to stand on the podium at the year-ending Motocross of Nations.

Mitch will start riding with the staff in Europe this 7 days prior to they fly to Japan for intensive testing with Kawasaki Japan factory professionals. 

Mitch Evans: “I’m looking forward to the prospect of functioning with Antti and the Kawasaki Racing Group currently from the preliminary talks they bought me definitely enthusiastic about the faith they have in me and the help they can offer you.

I right away sensed that they feel in my potential and they have the package which can just take me to the next amount and I want to thank anyone at Kawasaki for that. I manufactured some superior progress from my accidents this period just absent and now I’m seeking forward to putting in the perform through the off-time so that I’m all set to race for wins and podiums for Kawasaki following year. “ 

Antti Pyrhönen – KRT Staff Supervisor: “We are undoubtedly seeking ahead to doing the job with Mitch. He has revealed that he is a great expertise, and he has the racing spirit and charisma to be successful. I have been impressed at the way he has fought his way again up the ranks step-by-move to come to be a authentic contender soon after missing additional than just one yr as a result of damage. He has shown the battling character to race right up at the sharp-finish on a number of situations, even profitable the Qualifying race in Sweden. 

Mitch has proved that he is right here to make a statement and do well and he plainly has the resolve which an athlete desires to thrive in any sport and especially in these types of a demanding activity as motocross. With his potential, fighting spirit and hard work we are confident that he can come to be a truly major contender with Kawasaki. “ 

Steve Guttridge – Race Preparing Supervisor – Kawasaki Motors Europe: “Moving into time two of the new Kawasaki Racing Workforce MXGP task and we are delighted that Mitch will join the staff together with Romain while thanking Ben Watson for all his tricky get the job done and dedication throughout the previous time.

The strength amount of the group and Kawasaki’s desire to see both equally Mitch and Romain frequently on the podium throughout the 2023 season is infectious!  We see this appointment of Mitch as section of a optimistic and sensible evolutionary course of action of our manufacturing unit guide MXGP job. “