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Triumph Sets Sights On 2024 MXGP Debut T riumph Motorcycles con- firms plans to compete in the prestigious FIM Motocross World Championship in 2024 with a factory-supported race program under an all-new Triumph Racing banner. The new Triumph Racing Team formed in partnership with Thierry Chizat-Suzzoni, who will field two of Triumph's all-new 250cc four-stroke MX bikes in the 2024 MX2 class and will add an entry into the 450cc MXGP class in 2025. Under the new Triumph Rac- ing banner, which will now cover all of Triumph's racing-related activities including Moto2 and Supersport road racing, the part- nership between Triumph and Chizat-Suzzoni will encompass his established team structure and facilities. Triumph also an- nounced that Chizat-Suzzoni's long-standing team manager, Vincent Bereni, will continue leading the MX team with a full crew of experienced technical staff. Triumph Racing is based at Tri- umph's Global Headquarters in Hinckley, UK, where the brand's research, design, engineering development and prototype build are located, and the motocross World Championship team will be based at Chizat-Suzzoni's race facility near Eindhoven in Holland, where race team per- sonnel, operations and competi- tion development will be housed. Engineering groups at the Tri- umph factory and the race team are working closely together on continuously enhancing chassis and engine performance through an intensive testing schedule underway in the USA, UK and mainland Europe. Testing of the new Triumph motocross and enduro bikes is well underway and information on the specifications, perfor- mance characteristics and com- ponents of each model will be released soon, along with more news on Triumph Racing's entry into further championships and categories. Ricky Carmichael, Global Off-Road Ambassador, Triumph, said, "I'm really excited about [the] news. It's been a long time coming. Since the start of this project with Triumph, I have been amazed at just how hard everyone has been working. It must not go without mentioning, the whole R&D and engineering group that have been a part of the development of the motor- cycles have done an absolutely incredible job. From the first stages of the prototypes, I was really taken back at how well the performance was, since then, being in the UK testing the newest developments, I can tell you that it has the capabilities of winning at the highest level and I personally believe the riders, from professional to amateur, across the entire range of off- road models, will really like what has been developed!" CN IN THE WIND P28 Triumph Motorcycles says it will make its motocross racing debut in MXGP in 2024.